2007 lacrosse preview (and midseason report)

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[quote ugarte]But Yale, Penn and Harvard? Step on those throats until the final whistle![/quote]
I'm with you, but I think it's more humiliating to lose by 10 or so when a bunch of freshmen and backups are out there for a whole quarter, kicking your starters' asses while the other team's starters are jumping and screaming on the sideline like they just won in overtime (as Cornell's did when Max Dorne scored late against Pennsylvania).

[JasonN95]

[quote Hillel Hoffmann]
Biggest mystery: Is back-up goalie Jake Myers, the junior transfer from Syracuse, trying to red-shirt? There doesn't seem to be any better explanation for the failure to rest Matt McMonagle during all these blowout wins.
[/quote]

I thought red-shirting was permitted by Ivy rules, or is that just in football?

Perhaps the coaches are worried that McMonagle isn't seeing enough quality, difficult shots while Cornell's starters are in so they leave him in when the bench is out there hoping that he'll get some. Sort of artificially inproving the quality of the opponent and creating in-game practice for Matt.

[Josh '99]

[quote JasonN95][quote Hillel Hoffmann]
Biggest mystery: Is back-up goalie Jake Myers, the junior transfer from Syracuse, trying to red-shirt? There doesn't seem to be any better explanation for the failure to rest Matt McMonagle during all these blowout wins.
[/quote]

I thought red-shirting was permitted by Ivy rules, or is that just in football?

Perhaps the coaches are worried that McMonagle isn't seeing enough quality, difficult shots while Cornell's starters are in so they leave him in when the bench is out there hoping that he'll get some. Sort of artificially inproving the quality of the opponent and creating in-game practice for Matt.[/quote]I've gotten the impression (though I've never seen this in writing) that the Ivy League doesn't allow redshirts except for medical reasons (a la Vinnie Auger or Jeff Hamilton).

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[quote Josh '99][quote JasonN95][quote Hillel Hoffmann]
Biggest mystery: Is back-up goalie Jake Myers, the junior transfer from Syracuse, trying to red-shirt? There doesn't seem to be any better explanation for the failure to rest Matt McMonagle during all these blowout wins.
[/quote]I thought red-shirting was permitted by Ivy rules, or is that just in football?[/quote]I've gotten the impression (though I've never seen this in writing) that the Ivy League doesn't allow redshirts except for medical reasons (a la Vinnie Auger or Jeff Hamilton).[/quote]
Myers has a bunch of nagging injuries -- probably enough to qualify. But that's part of the mystery too. Could he play even if they wanted him too?

[Beeeej]

[quote Hillel Hoffmann]Lacrosse goalies are highly susceptible to minor but accretive injuries (translation: after every game their bodies look like a sack of bruised flesh that has been attacked by a hundred gibbons with hammers).[/quote]

I'm totally calling my next band A Hundred Gibbons With Hammers.

[JasonN95]

Oops, bad typo, that should have read "I thought red-shirting was not permitted by Ivy rules, or is that just in football?"

[ugarte]

[quote JasonN95]Oops, bad typo, that should have read "I thought red-shirting was not permitted by Ivy rules, or is that just in football?"[/quote]So everyone figured. The rest of the comment doesn't make sense otherwise.