Lax Coach-Poll

[TimV]

That was the subject line on the Andy Noel email this morning.  ::cheer::

It was actually a blurb to sign up for  "former Director of Cornell Outdoor Education, will lead Cornellians and their friends on an exciting trek to Nepal, Annapurna Base Camp, and the Himalaya."

Not exciting enough to warrant two exclamation points, Andy.  Come on, man!::doh::::cuss::

[Swampy]

So Cornell is going to hire someone with a history that's arguably more problematic? Mike Pressler seems like a non-starter.

Cornell's already done that.  Didn't Kerwick have a DUI at Georgetown?  

Pressler has a history of successful coaching at two well regarded academic institutions (Duke and Ohio Wesleyan) and is probably a better tactician, if you saw how Bryant played SU.  He probably would have been smart enough to put a pole on an inbounding player with 9 seconds left in a tie game, or to run his 2nd midfield more on a hot humid day.

I think Pressler has some family ties in Rhode Island, and that's more likely the reason not to expect him.

I think Pressler would be hard to move for two reasons. (1) He's very loyal to Bryant for hiring him when nobody else would. Just as in 1885 Andrew D. White wouldn't take the head coaching President job at Stanford out of loyalty to Ezra Cornell, even though he was retiring from the position at Cornell. (2) The administration at Bryant is trying to be like Quinnipiac and move from unheard of D-II school to D-I with a name for itself, and the administrators are wetting themselves over Bryant beating Syracuse in the dome. Right now lacrosse is about as big-time as you get at Bryant, so I'd expect them to match or beat almost any offer.