Re: Virginia Lacrosse 2022
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:18 am
Yep. This is why I focus on senior year.ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 9:47 amRight, and these are rankings, not ratings. Kelly was one of the best college middies his senior year. Sure, he was not a multi year first team all american, but hardly anybody from this list was. People take these rankings to imply that a top 20 player will dominate at the college level, forgetting that there are 3+ classes of players older than them already in college that were ranked high and players that were coming in under the radar who were just as good or late bloomers.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 9:17 amWest transferred to Maryland. Not sure if he played one or two years at Cornell. You could argue Kelly and West didn’t play to their ranking but it would be an argument.ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 9:00 amBesides the other ones mentioned, these are wrong.InsiderRoll wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 4:33 amThe top 25. I like to look at which players were among the top 25 seniors in college as a barometer and which players outperformed their ranking relative to the others......MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 10:25 pmNot following; that was IL with that "ranking"...and I'm certainly on record that I don't think they get those right, beyond the top 10, maybe 20, each year as very likely, if healthy, to be strong contributors wherever they go. Beyond that it's a crapshoot.
That said, they even whiff in the top 10. UVA for instance had the #1 incoming tender that year, ranked 8th overall recruit all positions, but as it turned out, I don't think he was in the top 10 tenders for that particular class. Maybe not top 20. Happens.
Yeah 30% seems fair. Although that top 10 is brutal and this not a very star studded class.
6. Pat Kelly A Calvert Hall (Md.) North Carolina - BUST
Kelly was a very good 1st line middie for the UNC 2016 national championship team
15. Ryan Palasek D Rocky Point (N.Y.) Syracuse - Hit
Palasek hardly played at all for SU.
17. Henry West M Darien (Conn.) Cornell - BUST
Had a productive career at Cornell
26. Robby Haus D Gilman (Md.) Ohio State - BUST
3rd team all american.
28. Zach Powers D Upper Arlington (Ohio) North Carolina - BUST
Pretty sure he started on D for the 2016 NC UNC team.
50. Max Randall D Duxbury (Mass.) Dartmouth - BUST
Multi-year starter.
92. Tim Barber M West Genesee (N.Y.) Marquette - BUST
Considering you had Dejoe (a lesser player who was ranked higher) as a hit, this one makes no sense. Barber was a key player on the 2016 SU team that won the ACC tournament championship.