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HopFan16 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:41 am
Heh, you win one playoff game in 30 years and immediately the condescension sets in.
Is the implication that Rutgers' non-conference schedule is weak because teams don't want to play them? Because it looks awfully similar to the schedule from 2020. Who isn't returning Brecht's call? Name names.
No condescension. But no one is giving Hopkins anything either.
Army and Loyola were near or were top 10 teams to start the season. Princeton, who knows? We will find out. I would agree Hopkins has a very challenging schedule. Congratulations. Rutgers has a schedule very similar to many other teams.
I'll give you an entire conference instead of the teams. The Acc. Every team was approached. Not one would bite. Takes two to tango. Nevertheless, the schedule is fine. We will see exactly how fine at the end of the season.
This is true regarding the schedule and the ACC. Multiple attempts made, no takers so that pretty much takes care of that conversation
Nobody at RU (fans anyway) don’t argue the fact that we would have liked to have one more “marquee” game in the OOC...just one more and the schedule would have been a perfect OOC balance...but you can’t schedule people if they don’t want to play
And not saying Rutgers is some historical juggernaut (they are not) that people are dogging...but the fact is RU wanted a game on the schedule with an ACC school, and it couldn’t get worked out...not because of RU
As far as last year...great, Hop won the last meeting...10-12 days earlier Rutgers beat them by 5-6 goals and won 2/3...it’s hard to beat someone 2 times in a season let alone 3..but that was last year...it’s over
This year the Rutgers v Hopkins game is gonna be great...I’d call it a pick em at this point...should be a good one but way too much to see before we get to that one
Now back to the game at hand. Should be a good one this weekend
Buckle up
While Rutgers doesn't have the history of some schools in lacrosse, it has a better one that many others. Rutgers has been playing lacrosse for over 100 years. They were named National Champion pre -NCAA 2 times. They've made the NCAA quarterfinals 7 times and the tournament 10 times. They've won roughly 600 games, produced 200 All American's and 10 Hall of Fame player/coaches. Rutgers doesn't have Hopkins' history, but a lot of great men have gone through the program seeing success. The alumni are extremely proud of it.
Tru dat. And should be.
Terrific program. I played against a Tom Hayes team (Hayes had 5 of those tournament teams and 4 of QF's) and did a little summer coaching with him...I enjoyed the coaching...didn't enjoy the pummeling they gave me as a freshman in my first scrimmage in college, freshman fall...long day, a lot of bruises. Ton of terrific players.
But what 2 years did they get named National Champion?
I must be missing that...though I see 1928 claimed on the Rutgers site...sorta.
But not on the USILA site.
https://usila.org/sports/2015/10/27/GEN_1027151106.aspx
Sorry, you are correct. It's 1. My apologies.
Were those the days of freshmen not being allowed to play varsity?
Shortly thereafter. My freshman fall was 1976.
My sister, 3 years younger, watched the game with my dad...she remarked that her HS girls' team could have beaten my team, as we dropped so many passes...really ugly. I'd been the tender on the MSA champ the prior spring, so was used to really top play. I'd turned down my dad's alma mater in Charlottesville for Hanover the prior winter...
After we played Navy that next spring, my dad took me aside after the game and said it wasn't too late to transfer to UVA...but I'd already started holding hands with my future bride of now 41 years. I gave up 17 after never having had more than 9 scored on me in a game before. 83 shots, 51 on net, 34 saves, at the time an NCAA record. Another day of many bruises!
Those first two years were rough in the net, but by my junior year we broke well into the top 10, defeating Cornell who had been unbeaten in the Ivies for 5 years as I recall.
Rutgers was (and is) first rate, no question about it. Tom was very nice to me as well, seemed like a good guy when I did a couple of summer camps with him. Did you play on those Hayes' teams?
What a story, thank you for sharing. 41 years. Congratulations!
83 shots is an obscene amount. I'm surprised you were able to walk off the field after that. I've never heard of stats like that before. I'm even more shocked that record was broken?
Yes, I played for Tom a bit after you were in school He was great to play for, but I didn't realize how great until I was out in the real world. A titan of the game, no doubt. I hope he sees lacrosse, even in it's different form, being played in the Olympics. When it is, I will toast one to him. He's done a tremendous amount of work over a long period, as have a number of others, to see this happen.
I remember those camps. From my understanding, he created what was the lacrosse camp back then. I could be wrong but I am not aware of one prior.
yes, as they say in sales 'always be closing' ...and my philosophy, "every day is a new opportunity to close the deal.' But basically I'm lucky.
It was indeed a rough game. We had a bunch of terrific football-first athletes, tough competitors, but only a handful of true lax players, certainly not 'enough'. I'd make a flurry of saves, make an outlet pass, hit the stick of the midfielder but dropped and here they come on another fast break. They threw wave after wave of midfielders at us. Jeff Long was their best player and he had a field day. Met him many years later at a Nike Blue Chip where my son was playing, he recalled that day in '77 'fondly'.
Funny story, my dad had played against Navy a couple of times for UVA, he was the tender on their '52 championship team, and he'd told me stories of being housed above the gym, fed hot dogs and baked beans...during the games a division of plebes would be marched behind the opposing goal to raz the tender, at quarter they'd form up and march to the other end...on our visit we too were housed above the gym, fed hot dogs and baked beans, but on our trip they had a concert in the gym that night...Fleetwood Mac...needless to say we didn't get much sleep. Plebes came out in force, same drill.
Those first two years we didn't win many games, but my team loved nothing more than a good fight...won those...never did understand dropping sticks and gloves much less taking off helmet...
We got better in my junior year as the complement of serious lax players increased and the winningest HS coach in history, Bill Ritch of Sewanhaka, 'retired' to 20 minutes outside of Hanover. Dud Hendrick persuaded Coach Ritch to come assist and we suddenly had a huge boost to our play.
Funny, I just checked the record book...Duke's tender in 1975 had 37 against Drexel...that's been the most in DI since 1971 NCAA, so I didn't actually break the record...there's been higher in DII and DIII...my dad had 35 against I think Army back in his day. He and Bob Catzen hold that UVA single game record.
I too hope we eventually have lax in the Olympics...hope it's the full field game though. Heck of a lot of teams around the world made it to the World Games in Israel...my son helped coach the New Zealand Men's National Team and had a blast.