Dip&Dunk wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:46 am
As mentioned by Navy staff, IL and other posters here, this recruiting year is unlike any other year Navy has had in terms of recognized high quality players. I am wondering:
1. Will we see these recruits as plebes this year in the starting line up? Or...
2. How many are going to NAPS? And why? (it is not like there is a backlog of AA's they have to work through)
3. What is an Amplo system player? And how does what he has fit that system?
Unpopular opinion: I must admit I am not a fan of every coach stating how they are going to grow the character of the players, embody the mission, etc. Got it. So are the professors, company officers, battalion officers, leadership instructors, diversity staff, Honor Board, Supe staff, and 'Dant staff. It would be refreshing to hear them say they are here to win. Winning is not contrary to mission of the Naval Academy. Yes the coach has to recognize there are demands on a player's time not generally felt elsewhere (but those players also deal with other issues Naval academy players are shielded from) but the coach, more than anyone else, is there to win. I too often feel the "mission pitch" is another way of saying "please do not judge me by my win-loss" record". I know they are not mutually exclusive but....
I'll give at shot..
1. I could see 3-4 of them getting solid minutes and couple others getting time in games where Navy is running away with it.
2. That is always a mystery. But to your point, that extra year gets them closer to the AA player, especially as they mature near 2C year.
3. My perspective..... I'd say an Amplo system player is much-much more loose, relaxed, and has been taught more skilled subtleties of the game, they also better bring it, every time. The foot is on the gas pedal (not as much as UVA) but we are getting closer to this era style of lacrosse. Not sure what you are looking for in the last part of the question that would not be fitting for every coach.
Not sure what you are driving at in your last piece. All those people you list at USNA, how many spend time actually learning and understanding the person. I do not know Amplo well enough, but I can say many of the players gravitate to him for all things NOT lacrosse. For the majority of their day, MID's are mentally locked in, tight, always being watched, nit picked...not to mention some of the 'helmets' are looking to knock the athletes down. I 'd guess the carpet is wearing out faster in the lax offices at Ricketts with the added MIDN foot traffic this past year and half.
...KN a candidate for the AZ job, again. Then there's this :
