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houndace1 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:42 am Cornell Willis got a feature on the men's lacrosse social media pages. As i understand it, he's an extremely passionate fan but i'm getting the vibe from this board that he's not well liked?? Is there/are there particular reasons for this?

51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:49 pm

houndace1 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:42 am Cornell Willis got a feature on the men's lacrosse social media pages. As i understand it, he's an extremely passionate fan but i'm getting the vibe from this board that he's not well liked?? Is there/are there particular reasons for this?

I guess that would be me. And to be clear - "liked" is not the issue. I don't know the man to form an opinion anywhere close to like or dislike. When I have seen him at the off tail-gate seems like a very nice engaging person. And to gain the notoriety and the access to the program (his twitter page used to have a picture of him doing a groundball drill in front of the team at practice) one would assume he has given a fair amount so for that Hopkins fans should be grateful.

But then the game starts and he becomes the world's biggest a$$hat. He is an embarrassment IMO. Today was no exception. There literally are not 100 people in the stands - especially at 10:30 AM And here he is yelling at the top of his lungs at a January scrimmage like its the Final Four. The berating of the officials is the absolute worst and it is just unpleasant to be around. He must be mid 40's, didn't go to Hopkins, doesn't have a kid on the team and he's raising his blood pressure over a scrimmage. It's absurd. I didn't behave with such idiocy when I was @ Hopkins. My worst memory of Hopkins' superfan was the Navy game @ Annapolis that Shack won in OT. It was - I think - the first game of the year and it was colder than a witches' boob so once again there were very few people in the stands. I went to the game with a very good friend of mine - a Captain in the Navy and a former Navy lacrosse player. We had to move sections because it was so bad and it was the first time I was ever embarrassed to be a Hopkins fan.

I will give him credit for one thing - extreme profanity is not the issue - just a overall level of unpleasantness

You can be the #1 fan and still act appropriately - not like a 2 year old

tech37 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:43 pm Seriously, what logic is there behind switching jersey numbers in pre-season? Is HOP the only team that does this?

51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:19 pm The second scrimmage - First off let me say I became very lazy - I got tired of trying to figure out who was who and so I just watched the scrimmage more than tracked it and a lady affiliated with Richmond had the most awesome 3 year old Black Lab to play with. Because even though you might have written down Forry Smith was #33 or Calnan was #11 you couldn't remember so it just became very tedious
Anyway:
Hopkins scored 5 of the first 6 goals and "led" 5-2 after the first 15 minutes. Williams (twice), Angelus and Prouty were goal scorers - I couldn't see who scored the other - Giacalone was in goal for that quarter
Murphy and Mabbett scored to make it 7-2 and after Richmond knocked in 2 Degnon and another Blue Jay replied to make it 9-4 after 30 minutes. The
Hopkins defense was at the other end of the field so I didn't note who the goalie was - I think it might have been Darby.
Then came the Debbie downer of the afternoon for the Jays as they were outscored 7-0 and therefore "lost" 11-9. Marcille was in goal and there were tons of subs - couldn't/didn't track them all

One note - I don't think it's going to be a big deal but they had to stop play to help Concannon off the field after a very late EMO for Hopkins. He was in the middle near the crease - couldn't tell what happened exactly. They put an ice wrap on his rib cage - might have taken a butt end to the side.

51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:19 pm The second scrimmage - First off let me say I became very lazy - I got tired of trying to figure out who was who and so I just watched the scrimmage more than tracked it and a lady affiliated with Richmond had the most awesome 3 year old Black Lab to play with. Because even though you might have written down Forry Smith was #33 or Calnan was #11 you couldn't remember so it just became very tedious
Anyway:
Hopkins scored 5 of the first 6 goals and "led" 5-2 after the first 15 minutes. Williams (twice), Angelus and Prouty were goal scorers - I couldn't see who scored the other - Giacalone was in goal for that quarter
Murphy and Mabbett scored to make it 7-2 and after Richmond knocked in 2 Degnon and another Blue Jay replied to make it 9-4 after 30 minutes. The
Hopkins defense was at the other end of the field so I didn't note who the goalie was - I think it might have been Darby.
Then came the Debbie downer of the afternoon for the Jays as they were outscored 7-0 and therefore "lost" 11-9. Marcille was in goal and there were tons of subs - couldn't/didn't track them all

One note - I don't think it's going to be a big deal but they had to stop play to help Concannon off the field after a very late EMO for Hopkins. He was in the middle near the crease - couldn't tell what happened exactly. They put an ice wrap on his rib cage - might have taken a butt end to the side.

tech37 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:43 pm Is HOP the only team that does this?

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:43 pm

tech37 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:43 pm Is HOP the only team that does this?

Lots of teams. Maryland does it too.

With the enormous caveat that it's still January and the Jays will see more prolific offenses in the regular season...it sounds like the starting defense fared pretty well in both scrimmages.

Seeing Zinn's name a bunch is music to my ears, but also like to see Degnon and Mabbett in the mix—going to be hard to continue calling that group the "munchkin middies" if all those guys are involved.

51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:49 pm

houndace1 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:42 am Cornell Willis got a feature on the men's lacrosse social media pages. As i understand it, he's an extremely passionate fan but i'm getting the vibe from this board that he's not well liked?? Is there/are there particular reasons for this?

I guess that would be me. And to be clear - "liked" is not the issue. I don't know the man to form an opinion anywhere close to like or dislike. When I have seen him at the off tail-gate seems like a very nice engaging person. And to gain the notoriety and the access to the program (his twitter page used to have a picture of him doing a groundball drill in front of the team at practice) one would assume he has given a fair amount so for that Hopkins fans should be grateful.

But then the game starts and he becomes the world's biggest a$$hat. He is an embarrassment IMO. Today was no exception. There literally are not 100 people in the stands - especially at 10:30 AM And here he is yelling at the top of his lungs at a January scrimmage like its the Final Four. The berating of the officials is the absolute worst and it is just unpleasant to be around. He must be mid 40's, didn't go to Hopkins, doesn't have a kid on the team and he's raising his blood pressure over a scrimmage. It's absurd. I didn't behave with such idiocy when I was @ Hopkins. My worst memory of Hopkins' superfan was the Navy game @ Annapolis that Shack won in OT. It was - I think - the first game of the year and it was colder than a witches' boob so once again there were very few people in the stands. I went to the game with a very good friend of mine - a Captain in the Navy and a former Navy lacrosse player. We had to move sections because it was so bad and it was the first time I was ever embarrassed to be a Hopkins fan.

I will give him credit for one thing - extreme profanity is not the issue - just a overall level of unpleasantness

You can be the #1 fan and still act appropriately - not like a 2 year old

johnnyonthegunpowder wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 8:50 pm So Cornel Willis has no connection to Hopkins at all?

Hoponboard wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:12 pm

johnnyonthegunpowder wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 8:50 pm So Cornel Willis has no connection to Hopkins at all?

It’s like you becoming the #1 fan for Stetson baseball. It feels kind of random.

Willis relishes and feeds off the attention he gets for his uncritical fandom.

On the one hand, it’s kind of neat to see his devotion to Hopkins lacrosse—-given that he has no connection to the school. On the other, it is weird to hear Carc always bringing him up in a broadcast as if he represents Hopkins lacrosse.

tech37 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:43 pm Seriously, what logic is there behind switching jersey numbers in pre-season? Is HOP the only team that does this?