Love words.......and these last are a gem.RURICK wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:05 pm This is my first reply on fanlax. i am a rutgers grad from 46 years ago, played soccer there, and an avid fan since the 1970's as my brother played soccer there in the early 1970's. i always revered hopkins program as the best in college lacrosse. Just a few comments and not directed at any particular poster. Throughout the years and particularly in the recent past, I discovered how ridiculous it was to compare Rutgers and hopkins due to the fact that rutgers almost never received commitments from anyone in the top 100 in the high school ranks. However, with covid and the new transfer rules, Rutgers was able to get a few transfers; namely, joe dugenio, st. johns transfer fogo, and the kirst brothers, Connor and Colin,Lehigh transfer goalie. Except for Connor who is one of the top players in the country, Rutgers still has very few people on their roster from the top 100. After watching the RU/HOP game on saturday, i came away with some thoughts. 1) Your new coach blows away Pietramala and will have Hop competing for titles in the not too distant future. 2) You are extremely lucky that you can recruit and get the best rated high school players to commit to your school on your reputation alone. 3) your game plan was great as you were the first team, not Maryland, that we didn't play are 2nd and 3rd stringers after the 3rd quarter. 4) your team was poised, disciplined, and very well coached. 5) this is Rutgers year. Our offensive unit, i believe, is the best in the country. as long as we hold our own in faceoffs, and get more possessions, we will win against most anyone in the country. That was the difference in our first game at marylandas they won every faceoff in the fourth quarter. If we win the faceoff battle on sunday in piscataway, we will finally beat Maryland for the first time since 1980. Good luck the rest of the season. Your best recruit in the last ten years is your new coach. good luck the rest of the year except against RU.
Makes one wonder if you weren't being sardonic in your comments about "top" recruits.
