the last 20-30 years has been a real evolution in women's lacrosse. it can easily be argued a revolution. several decades isn't that long for major change. the real prospect is alive that it continues, even if not at the same pace. covid or something dug into things the last 5 years.Relax77 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 7:06 pmIt’s an exaggeration but the point is not apples to oranges. You are watering down the product by having 40 kids a team. And when you get past the 30th ranked team it shows heavily. And it’s not about riding a bench. It’s about they don’t belong there on that level.SoCal wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 6:58 pm125 professional baseball teams is an apples to oranges comparison. We are talking about college lacrosse, yes? How many college baseball teams? That’s your apples to apples to comparison. I’d also argue that most of the young women who play lacrosse in college don’t have aspirations of winning a national championship or playing professional lacrosse and that’s okay. They’re student-athletes. If they’re okay riding the bench then who cares if most rosters are large. Let the top 15ish programs and their fans battle out every year for the best of the best.Relax77 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 6:32 pmLmao.SoCal wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 6:06 pmDidn’t you say that the HHH games were all about having fun and don’t translate to what will happen once they’re at their colleges?Relax77 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 5:42 pmI know I’m in the minority but I sincerely hope they institute the roster limits in wlax. It was plainly evident after watching some of the games this weekend at HHH (where most of the teams there were top 40 teams) that some of the girls don’t have the ability or skillset to be playing at the D1 level, or at least what maybe D1 was five years ago. It is severely watered down right now. I also don’t believe it would slow the growth, there’s plenty of girls lax in D2 and D3.however, what i don't see passing the smell test is roster limits. i might be wrong and schools may argue schollies are increasing and (from $0) payouts to women are growing. but they'd be eliminating opportunities, and "growth" would be gone. only dollars up. i don't see it happening to women without a challenge. and i'd be surprised if it's even put on for women.. Do I really have to answer that, in regards to the point that I made above? Yeah. HHH is all about meeting and greeting your future teammates. Stony Brook going 0-3 and Syracuse 1-2 doesn’t mean they are going to suck going forward. HHH Committed has nothing to do with the fact that there was a large amount of kids that shouldn’t have been on some of those teams.
There were kids who had difficulty catching and throwing the ball under pressure. Couldn’t clear. Trying to run through five people from the defensive zone to the offensive zone and dropping the ball every time. Turning over the ball continuously everytime they touched the ball. At times it looked like youth lacrosse. Some of those kids will never step foot on a field in a meaningful game. Especially since most teams play what, 16-20 kids a game. And I’m not talking about the super athletic kids that don’t have the sick skills yet.
There was 750 kids at this event. Having 125 d1 teams. 40 kids to a team. There isn’t 5000 skilled enough girls to play at that level unless you water it down. Like I’ve said before. What would happen if we made 125 professional baseball teams. How would the product be.
. Do I really have to answer that, in regards to the point that I made above? Yeah. HHH is all about meeting and greeting your future teammates. Stony Brook going 0-3 and Syracuse 1-2 doesn’t mean they are going to suck going forward. HHH Committed has nothing to do with the fact that there was a large amount of kids that shouldn’t have been on some of those teams. what's at least a defensible prospect, go where if you blow out your knee or lacrosse isn't there for you. sure, most aren't afforded that in reality, but roster limits would not move the needle in the right direction, imo.
my unscientific study says more players and students would be going to 2nd or 3rd choice schools. for lacrosse. i've always been on the side of students and arhletes going where they want. the evolution (and i think talent) will expand.
