Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat May 07, 2022 2:25 pm
Make the case without invoking tradition or titles that no one under 40 cares about for a transfer to go to Hop.
Education - great but replaceable.
City/campus-not a tiebreaker most likely
Coach - two losing seasons. Younger guy with limited experience as HC and little name cache. Grant Jr? I guess but again from a time long gone by.
That’s the thing … in order to succeed at Johns Hopkins, Coach Milliman will need to outrecruit or match competitors like Brecht, Tillman, and Shay.
Petro succeeded for a time in outrecruiting or matching legends like Starsia, Tierney, and Desko.
The success of a Johns Hopkins lacrosse head coach has never depended on academic reputation, campus facilities, the locale (despite the obvious charms of Baltimore
), or even the “tradition”. It has depended on the coach creating a winning culture at the program and successfully instilling full faith in his vision for the team.
In order to succeed, Milliman is going to have to outcompete his great rivals.
Tall task. No one ever said the Hopkins gig was easy.
DocBarrister