MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:57 am
runrussellrun wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:47 am
HopDad2024 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:36 am
I have a son who is a 2020 commit and all of the commits were called by the AD and asked if they had any questions. 3 weeks timetable to get a new coach. Alumni not a prerequisite.
She said they are not going D3...so let's stop that talk. Even if that was a thought how do you do that? You hire a D1 coach and recruit D1 players and tell them they are now D3. You wouldn't have a team or coach.
Change is sometimes good. My son would have loved to play for Petro. JHU will get a top shelf coach and things will move forward and JHU will get back to being a top 10 team. The 2020 class is a legit top class loaded with talent. 2021 is loaded as well...new coach just needs to keep them.
The future is bright. Change is hard. Bloomberg money is a game changer. Petro and the coaches bit hard on early recruiting and even Petro admitted they were not good at it. I think that was part of the issue this season. JHU has a lot to offer a commit...top shelf facilities...top shelf education with a guaranteed job when you graduate with a incredible alumni network. Lacrosse is the only revenue sport at Hopkins and it will continue to be. Lacrosse landscape has changed. If you look at Ivy success recently. I know for a fact that the academic requirements are the same as JHU, no money and I know from a friend that if you have the ability to pay at a Ivy you pay. We have the scholarships and the Bloomberg money. Be patient, let's see who we get as the new coach and give him a chance to put the program back to where it belongs.
GO HOP!
When you say "belongs", what do you mean? Beyond the laxmafia, ensuring the autobid Hopkins gets to the tourney every year. Where else should they "belong" ? In the Patriot league, with their peer colleges. yes, I think so too.
Could you imagine Hopkins playing Holy Cross up on the Hill? on top of the BU parking garage, looking at the turnpike traffic in Boston ?
Lehigh IS a lousy STEM school........
He meant 'belongs' as in competing for NC's.
Yes, and like I said, they are "belonging" every single year, correct? You can NOT win a championship if not invited. And, if are going to speak for others, I think this fine gentleman means "championship weekend" when he means "belong" .
One of the reasons we can't stand Hopkins......like it's a birthright. That Hopkins "belongs".. Why?
To the math, nerds. Opportunity, vs results. past 18 years: Since 2002, Hopkins has been invited 17 times, reaching championship weekend 7 times. 41%. Not bad at all. However, you go back 10 years, to 2009 , and it doesn't look so good. Ten n$aa invites , one FF. Ten %. Albany, in the same time period, is 6 for 1. 16% Better than Hopkins. Fresh new n$aa faces, Nitme lions and Rutgers, both have 3 invites. Both have 1 FF appearance. 33% FF clip.
'Cuse & Terps also have been invited 17 of the 18 years. Cuse percentage the exact same as Hopkins. 41% chance of making the FF. Not bad. Terps are just a tad higher, reaching the FF 10 of 17 times. So, Maryland has had a 58% clip of reaching the FF.
Duke, 15 invites and 11 FF's. 73% clip of reaching FF.
Denver, at 45%, 5 of the 11 invites resulted in a championship visit.
North Carolina. 12 invites and only 1 final four. 8%.
If you think a team "belongs", with a ten percent chance of making the championship weekend, when league counterparts are reaching the FF at exponentially higher rates, 33% for the Penn & Ohio St. Do we even need to included the Terps insane ten year run. Maryland has made the FF at a 70% clip...........just a little bit better than Hopkins.
Why, in any other world but laxmafia world, would logic state a team like Hopkins belongs in the playoffs, any more, than say, Marist ?