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Wheels wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:25 pm

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:13 pm

Wheels wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:09 pm Underwhelming.

Nads is a better coach. Surprised they couldn't or wouldn't get him outta Towson.

Nads is great, but how do we know if he's "better" than Milliman? Milliman went 13-5 and made the NCAA quarterfinals in his first year as head coach and in his third year, was 5-0 and ranked in the top 3. And that was coming off a very underwhelming period for Cornell lacrosse prior to his promotion to head coach.

Still digesting this news...initial reaction is I think it's pretty exciting.

Pretty simple for me. Who would I have rather seen my team play against, a Nads coached team or a Milliman one? Having seen both up close, I'd rather my team play against a Milliman-coached team. Milliman will recruit well like he did at Cornell. Will he win big games at Hop? He didn't at Cornell even with a generational talent in Teat. His lack of in-game adjustments was noticeable. Maybe he would have broken through this year. Had Cornell playing with real toughness. Still, as a Terp fan, seeing Nads on the sideline at Homewood would not have been good.

redfoxalum wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:38 pm Well Milliman's certainly had a meteoric rise from HC at D2 Pfeiffer to HC at Johns Hopkins in 8 years. It will be very interesting how this plays out. Looking at the '20 and '21 classes that Petro had lined up, the demise of early recruiting might have been saving him from himself going forward. Physical size and depth that were missing from his ER classes. And one of his sons in the '22 class is the kind of player who would've attracted other top recruits.

On paper, Koesterer makes eminent sense for 1 assistant spot. JHU grad, upstate NY native like Milliman, relatively under the radar success at UMBC, B1G experience at OSU, wouldn't have to move during the pandemic. Rewkowski another relatively local JHU grad with experience under some top coaches. Also wouldn't be a surprise to see him bring some of his Cornell staff or Brad Ross, MD native at Navy, who also has B1G experience at OSU. Would also be nice to add someone with MIAA connections, at least in the Director of Ops role.

faircornell wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:36 pm Congratulations, JHU! You have a good lacrosse coach, recruiter, fund raiser, and alumni relations man coming your way. If you don't eat him alive with perfectionism, I think you'll like the medium to long term results. I was hoping he'd stay at Cornell for a few decades.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:30 pm

jhu06 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:23 pm Total break from the past. The days of nostalgia/the old boys club are over.

Maybe that's what we need.

Catbird wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:28 pm As an alumnus and someone who has been going to games since Seaman was the coach (which is longer than some but not as long as many others), let me be the first one to say won't no one care if he wins.

Good Luck Coach M

Yikes—imagine being so self-involved that you stop rooting for you alma mater and refuse to support the players because the coach isn't an alum himself.

Milliman has a reputation for being an excellent recruiter, knows what it takes to navigate a tricky academic setting, and from what I've heard guys like playing for him. He's young, but not too young. The fact that Cornell fans are upset about this tells you a lot of what you need to know. They looked like arguably the best team in the country this year. Not much to complain about apart from him not being an alum or part of the "family." It'd be nice if he puts someone like Stanwick, Durkin, Crawley, Koesterer, Boyle, etc. on his staff but he may not.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:52 pm
Well Cornell is going to be upset no matter what as this will be what, their fifth coach in a decade? (Tambro, DeLuca, Kerwick, Milliman and ???-hopefully some stiff) Hard to get FG type traction constantly replacing HCs.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:13 pm Yeah but Jeff was there for close to a decade and had them oh so close to a title in 09.

CU77 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:13 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:39 am can someone who has no idea who the new coach will be covertly imply that you do know?
also, don't reference any source, etc.

thanks.

LaxPundit07 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:38 pm You might want to start wrapping your head around it

As a neutral outsider, I appoint myself referee and declare that we have a winner!

Trumansburger wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:10 pm

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:52 pm
Well Cornell is going to be upset no matter what as this will be what, their fifth coach in a decade? (Tambro, DeLuca, Kerwick, Milliman and ???-hopefully some stiff) Hard to get FG type traction constantly replacing HCs.

And of course Pietramala before Tambroni...

Wheels wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:25 pmPretty simple for me. Who would I have rather seen my team play against, a Nads coached team or a Milliman one? Having seen both up close, I'd rather my team play against a Milliman-coached team.

Chitown wrote: ↑Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:28 am Just thinking If Hopkins hires Millman, it would indicate that the Admin. has decided to "institutionalize" the lacrosse Coach position. None of the Yale, Cornell, Princeton or Penn Coaches came to their Univs with renown lacrosse playing or coaching backgrounds. Those Univs attract lacrosse players based on the Univs general reputation, not the Coaches' reputation. That makes the coaches fungible, and more easily replaceable. Maybe you don't need a "great" coach, just players who can pick up a GB, are athletic, and can catch & throw.

So if Hopkins hires Millman, it will mean that the Admin is entirely in "control".

Also, one thing for sure: Hopkins will NEVER EVER hire as the Coach someone who is a former Maryland lacrosse player. So count out the Georgetown Coach.

harflax wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:41 pm "Hopkins was Nadelen's dream job and now it's been ruled out (his choice, not theirs), so he can stay and focus." Has anyone else heard this ?