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WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:44 pm It hasn’t been discussed here as far as I can tell, but as far as the “more to go”:

I expect WLax to get cleared out next. Whenever Coach Tucker’s contract is up. And, if Hopkins isn’t renewing it in advance, well, you can’t watch Coach Pietramala walk the plank for two years and not think the same is happening or could happen to you.

Why? If you apply the same standards to Wlax that were used in justifying letting go of the entire Mlax staff, well... sure, Wlax is meh. Not a great D1 team - never has been. Different expectations - ABSOLUTELY. I would rate it as above average, but disappointing that it really hasn’t broken out and made more noise at D1. The sad thing is - it’s not, for the most part, expected to.

But: One new AD, and now an even newer AD.

A chance, when the opportunity arises (contract up is the most obvious), to bring in new blood for a Wlax coaching staff that might turn out to be more successful on the field (B1G, NC$$) and might cost less too. More visibility that the new AD is continuing to help improve JHU Athletics.

I could easily see the AD making such a move. She’s already made the tough one. Wlax would be easy peasy in comparison.

If I were sitting in the other half of the CLC, I wouldn’t be comfortable at all.

This is pure speculation on my part - I’ve done very little poking around on this subject. I’m not even sure if any of the other sports coaches are on a “contract” like men’s lacrosse is. Maybe all are just JHU Employees, just like other JHU jobs - professors and janitors.

But, witnessing the past couple of years and especially this past April, I highly suspect something will change soon. Maybe a year or two to go. Not sure.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Wombat

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:40 pm Demopolous just flipped to Brown, per Ty Xanders. Is Milliman having trouble holding onto Petro's 21s or is this an intentional thing to essentially start over with his own guys? I can't imagine this kid, the 3rd ranked goalie in the class from Darien, would not have fit into the new staff's plans.

With most '21s committed already, Milliman is going to have to pull some rabbits out of his hat by either flipping some guys himself or finding ones way off the radar. It's fine (perhaps preferred) if it's a small class given the current size of the roster but you can't afford to just keep hemorrhaging big potential talent like this without replacing it to some extent.

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:44 pm It hasn’t been discussed here as far as I can tell, but as far as the “more to go”: This is pure speculation on my part - I’ve done very little poking around on this subject. I’m not even sure if any of the other sports coaches are on a “contract” like men’s lacrosse is. Maybe all are just JHU Employees, just like other JHU jobs - professors and janitors. But, witnessing the past couple of years and especially this past April, I highly suspect something will change soon. Maybe a year or two to go. Not sure.Back to your regularly scheduled programming.
Wombat

flalax22 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:59 pm

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:44 pm It hasn’t been discussed here as far as I can tell, but as far as the “more to go”:

I expect WLax to get cleared out next. Whenever Coach Tucker’s contract is up. And, if Hopkins isn’t renewing it in advance, well, you can’t watch Coach Pietramala walk the plank for two years and not think the same is happening or could happen to you.

Why? If you apply the same standards to Wlax that were used in justifying letting go of the entire Mlax staff, well... sure, Wlax is meh. Not a great D1 team - never has been. Different expectations - ABSOLUTELY. I would rate it as above average, but disappointing that it really hasn’t broken out and made more noise at D1. The sad thing is - it’s not, for the most part, expected to.

But: One new AD, and now an even newer AD.

A chance, when the opportunity arises (contract up is the most obvious), to bring in new blood for a Wlax coaching staff that might turn out to be more successful on the field (B1G, NC$$) and might cost less too. More visibility that the new AD is continuing to help improve JHU Athletics.

I could easily see the AD making such a move. She’s already made the tough one. Wlax would be easy peasy in comparison.

If I were sitting in the other half of the CLC, I wouldn’t be comfortable at all.

This is pure speculation on my part - I’ve done very little poking around on this subject. I’m not even sure if any of the other sports coaches are on a “contract” like men’s lacrosse is. Maybe all are just JHU Employees, just like other JHU jobs - professors and janitors.

But, witnessing the past couple of years and especially this past April, I highly suspect something will change soon. Maybe a year or two to go. Not sure.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Wombat

I think you are assuming, (wrongly in my opinion) that Petro is gone because of on field results. I think Tucker is exactly what the new and old AD want and expect in a coach.

jhu06 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:57 pm I never saw a womens lacrosse player do anything on campus other than walk around in dirty sweatpants talking to other womens lacrosse players

jhu06 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:03 pm don't contribute to campus life

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:00 am If it’s fair to call a HS Jr a defector is it also fair to describe Hop as North Korea?

pcowlax wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 2:51 pm I have to say I am shocked at the forbearance of this board in not weighing in on the, uhm, "finding" that put JHU in the news over the weekend.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:40 pm Demopolous just flipped to Brown, per Ty Xanders. Is Milliman having trouble holding onto Petro's 21s or is this an intentional thing to essentially start over with his own guys? I can't imagine this kid, the 3rd ranked goalie in the class from Darien, would not have fit into the new staff's plans.

With most '21s committed already, Milliman is going to have to pull some rabbits out of his hat by either flipping some guys himself or finding ones way off the radar. It's fine (perhaps preferred) if it's a small class given the current size of the roster but you can't afford to just keep hemorrhaging big potential talent like this without replacing it to some extent.

pcowlax wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:38 pm Oh, I certainly agree (even more likely than a hoax just a piece of rope at a construction site) but a patient, wait and see attitude is not exactly the hallmark of the JHU board.