Tillman inherited a team that was 12-4 and made the quarterfinals the year before. If you think that situation was similar to ours then you're beyond helping.jhu06 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:08 am In his first season at Maryland, Tillman's Terrapins finished with a 13–5 record, the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship, and as national runners-up after a loss to Virginia in the NCAA championship game. Tillman inherited an experienced squad with 17 seniors from one of the highest ranked 2007 recruiting classes.[12] Rather than overhaul the team, Tillman made minor adjustments to terminology and refocused the defensive scheme from man-to-man match-ups to team containment.[13] During the postseason, Tillman remained in contact with his two predecessors at Maryland. He discussed his players and their personalities with former coach Dave Cottle, whom he invited to address the team after the regular season in which they lost to four underdog opponents.[13] Tillman also consulted with Hall of Fame inductee Dick Edell, who led Maryland to three finishes as national runners-up. Edell, whose teams lost the championship game in 1995, 1997, and 1998 said, "I will counsel people on the semifinals. I don't have a useful thing to say about the final."[14]
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During Tiffany’s first season at UVA, his Cavalier offense finished No. 1 in the ACC and No. 3 in the nation in three offensive categories: goals per game (14.40), assists per game (9.13) and points per game (23.53). Aitken shattered UVA’s freshmen midfielder record of 29 goals and 40 points. Aitken broke the goals record in eight games. Attackman Kraus was named ACC Freshman of the Year and was the only rookie on the All-ACC team after leading UVA with 34 goals and 56 points. In 2018, Tiffany’s Cavalier team ranked No. 1 nationally in ground balls (38.0). Defensively in 2017, Virginia led the nation with 43.33 ground balls per game, averaging nearly seven more ground balls per game then No. 2 Brown (36.56), Tiffany’s previous program. Prior to Tiffany coming to UVA, his Brown squad in 2016 led the nation in ground balls as Tiffany’s staff three years in a row has led the nation’s best team on the ground.
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In his first year at Carolina in 2009, he led the Tar Heels to a 12-6 overall record and a spot in the NCAA quarterfinals. The Tar Heels won their first game in the ACC Tournament in 13 years and they fell just one goal shy of reaching their first Final Four in 16 years. Breschi was the first UNC coach in history to have double digit win seasons in his first eight years as head coach before that streak was broken in 2017 when Carolina finished 8-8.
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this is mens lacrosse, not discovering a 3,000 year missing egyptian city.
UVA in Tiffany's first season did not win an ACC game and missed the tournament. Basically the same season as Dom's last one. Surely you recall the panicked posts on LaxPower from from fans who thought he wasn't the right fit. Guys getting cut, personnel tinkering, major culture change, lot of growing pains that year...sound familiar? Unlike our staff he was allowed to meet his players in person prior to the January of that season. They were pretty good a year later and obviously very good the year after that. You have to give it more than one season, but I guess some people are just hard-wired to need to pretend-fire people over the internet. If only this were The Apprentice.