johnnyonthegunpowder wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 3:35 pm
Somehow there is nothing more snobby, pretentious, and hoity-toity than Scanlan's quote. Oh the irony of living in 2019.
i wouldn't say it's those things. they sound like honest feelings. maybe he thought he wasn't allowed into some of their reindeer games. if i were advising him, i probably would tell him to keep that reasoning to himself. they were his teammates, after all. but yeah, he's maybe just hitting 19-20 years old and being a little too honest about his thoughts getting out isn't shocking?
his background -- silver creek high school varsity from it looks like 7th grade thru soph year in western new york. silver creek district at least partly encompasses the rez nearby, though i don't know what part of the area he's from. it's a blue collar area, but not without its charms. one example of "blue collar" is that that team has fielded as few as 10, 11 or 12 guys -- including 7th graders... and still done well in the nys tournament at times.
then... img for a couple years, as well as heading out west in the summer to play with the adanacs. and to israel with the iroquois. make of the travel what you will, but he was able to get out of the area..
what specifically he means or what he's looking for isn't easy to decipher. harder still to find it in lacrosse anymore, and harder still to find it in the b1g or acc. the backgrounds of teams at least will be similar at unc, duke, uva, nd in the acc and at least maryland, hopkins, michigan in the b1g. syracuse and rutgers have more of the "blue collar" types on their rosters (painting with a broad stereotyping brush here). and maybe ohio state also. and then albany. that hasn't translated for those teams recently in the hustle stats (more stereotyping) like riding and gbs (except maybe cuse to a degree), but if we're speculating and using backgrounds as a clue -- those might be the players here.
side piece --- he's zed williams cousin. i believe zed had a good experience, but uva isn't part of the southern ivy league for nuthin'. though
if he's talking more about the things that sometimes translate to gbs and riding, ya never know...