UKLaxfan wrote:
erm....
Virginia - Dom Starsia
Syracuse - John Desko
Duke - John Danowski
North Carolina - Coach Breschi
plus many others
Pretty much all of them recruit athletes over lacrosse players
It used to be you had to be from a Top HS in Maryland or New York to get into any of the above
Now these teams have learned that athletes come from all over the Country and when they arrive on Campus they are Coached up on the Lacrosse Skills & Lacrosse IQ.
Some of these athletes are even converted from one position to a different one as their build, speed, strength or endurance are better suited to a particular position in Division One Lacrosse than they ever played in High School.
I thought you followed NCAA Lacrosse & the Coaching Convention Recruiting trends & strategies?
I would still say that these are good lacrosse players before they ever get recruited. Yes, I've been to the Coaching Convention for the last 7-8 years, so I have had the opportunity to meet and to listen to some of the top coaches. In this country, a good athlete who plays lacrosse before going to uni would be an exceptional player already, by our standards. Maybe not as good on Lacrosse IQ, but then that's a big failing in this country at all levels, mainly due to the coaching, and the lack of good lacrosse to watch. My understanding from those coaches is that they would choose a good lacrosse player who has better athletic ability, over another who is a better lacrosse player but not as good an athlete. It's only a question of definition. If we are hoping to start with a good athlete at uni who's never played lacrosse, then we've got the odds stacked against us. It's not impossible, but we're more likely to get players to a US standard by starting them young and giving them good coaching ..... and then getting them recruited to a US college!
