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AreaLax wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 9:24 pm MICHAEL SOWERS: 'I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO THIS POINT'

“I have told coaches that I am going to be very disorganized, especially in the next couple days, because I never considered a Plan B,” Sowers said. “I never thought that I would need one.”

Sowers does not know the exact number of coaches who reached out to him but did say the outpouring was huge...

“Great academics, obviously, but I want to go win a national championship,” he said. “That’s been my goal since I’ve been at Princeton. I want to win a national championship and bring one to a group of guys that is a special locker room. That’s what we had at Princeton. I want to provide that spark to a locker room and fit into a culture where I can put a program in the best position to win a national championship.”

Laxxal22 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:26 am

thetruth wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:47 am

Njlaxx11 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:15 am Sowers to Nova is my bet.

Very good call IMO.
Think Sowers to Villanova makes a ton of sense. They have a very good returning team. Could also see Aitken suiting up there after football season.

If this happens and Kirst comes back Nova would be a pretty scary team. I'm enjoying the different hypotheticals. Next year's Face-Off magazine will be a collector's item.

laxpert wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:14 pm

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:17 am

You think large companies struggle to cut legacy fixed costs? How do you think it’s going to be for schools that have grown the last 20-30yrs from say, 1,500-2,000 students to 2,000-3,000 students like a lot have, built up personnel, infrastructure etc. Suddenly their run rate top line goes down by even 10% it’ll be a struggle and only the best managers or those with cash will be in solid footing.

Forbes has several articles with detailed analysis using several metrics to determine a grade. If a school grades out a D it's got some holes in the dike.

I recall a DIII coach telling me " We exist to make the college money, reaching my applicant, admissions and fund raising goals is just as important as our record on the field.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/cartercoud ... 8280e561c4

Laxxal22 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:39 am

JHUFan wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:42 pm Reposting my note from the Hopkins thread here:

I would think Hopkins has to be at the very least on the radar (if not one of the final contenders) for all Ivy players in this situation (i.e. Sowers and Morril) simply because of the academic reputation. Who works their butt off at Yale or Princeton for 4 years only to settle for a degree from a clearly inferior academic institution (i.e. Penn State) with no consideration for Hopkins, which is easily the best academic option left out there with a relevant lacrosse team with Duke being the only exception.

I'm not sure how attractive Hopkins would look to top Ivy and Patriot League guys.

1. These guys just spent 3.5 years on Ivy League campuses having an Ivy League experience. The chance of a year of big-school experience at UNC, UVA, PSU would seem a lot more appealing than a quasi Ivy League social scene again.
2. Hop has tradition, and you can sell high school kids on tradition because they have four years to immerse themselves in it. Those with one year to ring chase go to programs that are realistically already in the hunt before they arrive. Hop isn't. The academic rep won't matter too much because ACC/Big Ten schools have good options, and AA caliber players from Ivy & PL schools will have great job prospects (assuming roughly a 3.3 or better college GPA) regardless of the grad program.
3. What is a 22 year old's perception of Petro? Being the guy who got the best of Gary Gait doesn't mean a ton to kids born a decade after that game was played. At this point do star players see a top coach and legend of the game or just a big scary dude?

I could see Hop being in play for Balti/MD guys looking to get back close to home for post school life, or perhaps guys with good high school/club buddies currently playing for the Blue Jays, but I don't think the school experience, coach, and state of the program are all that attractive for the top dominoes in the portal.

RumorMill wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:08 pm To add some diversity to this thread, where does Gallagher go? Is there a top ten/twenty non-ivy team that needs/wants a top ten fogo? And makes sense for him.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:16 pm

Laxxal22 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:39 am

JHUFan wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:42 pm Reposting my note from the Hopkins thread here:

I would think Hopkins has to be at the very least on the radar (if not one of the final contenders) for all Ivy players in this situation (i.e. Sowers and Morril) simply because of the academic reputation. Who works their butt off at Yale or Princeton for 4 years only to settle for a degree from a clearly inferior academic institution (i.e. Penn State) with no consideration for Hopkins, which is easily the best academic option left out there with a relevant lacrosse team with Duke being the only exception.

I'm not sure how attractive Hopkins would look to top Ivy and Patriot League guys.

1. These guys just spent 3.5 years on Ivy League campuses having an Ivy League experience. The chance of a year of big-school experience at UNC, UVA, PSU would seem a lot more appealing than a quasi Ivy League social scene again.
2. Hop has tradition, and you can sell high school kids on tradition because they have four years to immerse themselves in it. Those with one year to ring chase go to programs that are realistically already in the hunt before they arrive. Hop isn't. The academic rep won't matter too much because ACC/Big Ten schools have good options, and AA caliber players from Ivy & PL schools will have great job prospects (assuming roughly a 3.3 or better college GPA) regardless of the grad program.
3. What is a 22 year old's perception of Petro? Being the guy who got the best of Gary Gait doesn't mean a ton to kids born a decade after that game was played. At this point do star players see a top coach and legend of the game or just a big scary dude?

I could see Hop being in play for Balti/MD guys looking to get back close to home for post school life, or perhaps guys with good high school/club buddies currently playing for the Blue Jays, but I don't think the school experience, coach, and state of the program are all that attractive for the top dominoes in the portal.

Plus how many hotties were on the campus you are leaving? If it gets a poor grade in that category wouldn't somebody want a super senior/grad school year at a place that has it going on?

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:15 pm BJ Burlace in the portal?
Wondering if that is a legit transfer request or just shopping. He didn't see any time at Yale this year.

AreaLax wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:20 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:15 pm BJ Burlace in the portal?
Wondering if that is a legit transfer request or just shopping. He didn't see any time at Yale this year.

His younger brother was a commit to Yale but decommitted the next day

Three @HarvardMLax juniors entered the NCAA’s transfer portal yesterday as grad students for the 2022 season, according to a source: G Kyle Mullin, LSM/D Frankie Tangredi and F/O Steven Cuccurullo.

AreaLax wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:11 pm TX twitter

Three @HarvardMLax juniors entered the NCAA’s transfer portal yesterday as grad students for the 2022 season, according to a source: G Kyle Mullin, LSM/D Frankie Tangredi and F/O Steven Cuccurullo.

Sting The Corner wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:30 pm Pretty curious to see where Xander Dickson lands—putting up 20 points as a freshman for a Championship team is impressive. Best guess he follows Burkinshaw to Penn where once was committed? But if PT was the issue @ UVA no guarantees to walk into a starting job at UPenn....Yale?

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:20 pm Does playboy still do the girls of the ACC?

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:46 pm

If guys are transferring out of the Ivy right now because of the 5th year policy remaining the same evening amidst COVID-19, I don't think we'll be seeing a lot of guys transfer in. Some will because it's still an Ivy degree, but I think we see a lot more circulating amongst the other top teams that are also good schools instead of the Ivy

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:48 pm

AreaLax wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:20 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:15 pm BJ Burlace in the portal?
Wondering if that is a legit transfer request or just shopping. He didn't see any time at Yale this year.

His younger brother was a commit to Yale but decommitted the next day

Brother flipped to Maryland and he was a Maryland commit at first as well. Plus their dad was a Terp great. All signs point to that being where he’s going to wind up too.

keno in reno wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:57 pm

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:48 pm

AreaLax wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:20 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:15 pm BJ Burlace in the portal?
Wondering if that is a legit transfer request or just shopping. He didn't see any time at Yale this year.

His younger brother was a commit to Yale but decommitted the next day

Brother flipped to Maryland and he was a Maryland commit at first as well. Plus their dad was a Terp great. All signs point to that being where he’s going to wind up too.

No disrespect, but what signs are you talking about? He de-committed from Maryland 2 years ago.