KingPrat wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 4:14 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:55 am
well, Pressler did run a team which thought it was a-ok to hire a stripper for a party held off-campus by the lax team (rape charges were bogus, but there was indeed an underlying issue). DeLuca, apparently, had more than just the hazing matter contribute to his firing, though that may well have been the precipitating event. Having seen his 'style' a few years later, it was not surprising to hear there was a real problem. Both guys have rebounded.
If you think a team throwing a party off-campus is a sign of team cultural issues, then I have bad news for you...
While personally not a fan, I can assure you that if a college campus is close to a strip club, it is frequented by the lax guys...
I have heard similar about DeLuca, but never really got too much more insight.
hmmm, well let's just say that I grew up in a pretty hedonistic, permissive era, the '70's,...and we sure as heck never frequented any strip clubs as a lax team, much less hired a stripper to a party at the frat or local house. I'm sure individuals did, heck I remember going to The Block as an 18 year old and certainly we saw some of the hiring of strippers at various bachelor parties during the post graduation years...but not as a lax team.
No, throwing a lax party off campus doesn't disturb me, including with the underage drinking, hopefully close enough that guys could walk, not drive. I lost a friend during my freshman year to a drunk driving incident...terrific player, down at W&L...very tragic. We all did dumb stuff, me included. I remember being a bit shocked though when after a game at Navy we got to the bus and there were stacks and stacks of beer cases for the bus ride back to Hanover...would have been more fun if we'd won the game!
My son's team certainly threw their share of parties, well known as the best such on campus, though that was limited to dorm room capabilities...certainly no strippers! Plenty of cute girls though. I mean seriously, strippers?
Let's just say that it was very clear to me when it was revealed that a stripper had been hired that these guys either had too much money or too much arrogance, or likely both, to not realize that it was going to be a huge problem if ever known. Come on, seniors...really, really dumb...it's not as if sports teams don't know they're a target on any of these campuses.
But if kids and coaches didn't know before, they sure as heck knew after that incident...and yet we still have these hazing incidents and other stupidity. Yeah, I know, we were all dumb too.