Does anyone know when the FOGO was first introduced into college lacrosse? Any chance it was a Richie Moran invention, and if so, when that might have been?
I'm trying to do a little research for a friend of a friend. My friend, Tony Scazzero, was a FOGO at Cornell in the early '70s. I'm trying to figure out how early in FOGO history that might have been. Tony is retiring from coaching lacrosse at Texas A&M for 46 years. The other guy played for him there and is organizing his retirement party. I'm looking to help him with some of Tony's lacrosse background.
Lots of articles to be found on recent FOGOs, but I haven't stumbled upon one that answers my question.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Quote from: KillerDoes anyone know when the FOGO was first introduced into college lacrosse? Any chance it was a Richie Moran invention, and if so, when that might have been?
I'm trying to do a little research for a friend of a friend. My friend, Tony Scazzero, was a FOGO at Cornell in the early '70s. I'm trying to figure out how early in FOGO history that might have been. Tony is retiring from coaching lacrosse at Texas A&M for 46 years. The other guy played for him there and is organizing his retirement party. I'm looking to help him with some of Tony's lacrosse background.
Lots of articles to be found on recent FOGOs, but I haven't stumbled upon one that answers my question.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm not sure there's a clear-cut date when it began. In the early seventies, I played club lacrosse on the West Coast. The coach always had 2-3 players who would take face-offs, although one guy took the preponderance of face-offs. I often played wing on the face-off unit. Typically, most players on the unit were middies -- because face-offs could go either way, and back then all middies were two-way. But as I was just really learning the game, I got to be pretty good with groundballs and somewhat physical defense, but I sucked at offense (shooting and passing). So, while a game was still in question, if and when we got possession after a face-off and went on attack, I would typically be subbed out. I don't recall what happened to the individual who took the faceoff, but typically they would be one of our better players. So, they'd be more likely to stay on.
I suspect other teams used a similar strategy. And if a player were really good at winning face-offs but not in other aspects of the game, there must have been some coaches who'd keep him out for the draw and then substitute him off as soon as possible,