Lacrosse 2011 polls [5/2 #2 all polls]

[Ben]

I hope this is the right place for this question...some of my friends and I will be going to the game against Dartmouth this weekend. It'll be our first lacrosse game, so we'd like to know what the fan etiquette is, i.e. is the goalie a "sieve"? Is it all his fault when we score? Are there any lacrosse-specific chants, and is it OK if we come up with our own or bring some from other sports? Thanks.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I hope this is the right place for this question...some of my friends and I will be going to the game against Dartmouth this weekend. It'll be our first lacrosse game, so we'd like to know what the fan etiquette is, i.e. is the goalie a "sieve"? Is it all his fault when we score? Are there any lacrosse-specific chants, and is it OK if we come up with our own or bring some from other sports? Thanks.

My experience is that the cheering is not like Lynah.  No chants other than "Let's Go Red!"  Not even a "Red!" during the anthem.  I tried a "sieve...It's all your fault!" cheer at Princeton last year.  I got a few chuckles and a lot of dirty looks.

But...if you can get people to do it, go for it.

[jeff '84]

Quint Kessenich says Pannell is "by a far margin" in the lead for the Tewaaraton....

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/player?rd=1#/podcenter/?autoplay=1&id=6269246&callsign=ESPNRADIO at 2:15.

[billhoward]

Quint Kessenich says Pannell is "by a far margin" in the lead for the Tewaaraton....

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/player?rd=1#/podcenter/?autoplay=1&id=6269246&callsign=ESPNRADIO at 2:15.

You think that kills his chances? Maybe the Lax Swami weighs in the topic once Navy wins a game.

[jtwcornell91]

I hope this is the right place for this question...some of my friends and I will be going to the game against Dartmouth this weekend. It'll be our first lacrosse game, so we'd like to know what the fan etiquette is, i.e. is the goalie a "sieve"? Is it all his fault when we score? Are there any lacrosse-specific chants, and is it OK if we come up with our own or bring some from other sports? Thanks.

My experience is that the cheering is not like Lynah.  No chants other than "Let's Go Red!"  Not even a "Red!" during the anthem.  I tried a "sieve...It's all your fault!" cheer at Princeton last year.  I got a few chuckles and a lot of dirty looks.

But...if you can get people to do it, go for it.

From my limited experience, lacrosse crowds, at least in the Ivies, are more family-oriented--both in the sense of appropriate behavior, and also in that more of the crowd is players' families.  So I think the "support the participants in a positive manner" rule really does apply in lacrosse more than hockey.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I hope this is the right place for this question...some of my friends and I will be going to the game against Dartmouth this weekend. It'll be our first lacrosse game, so we'd like to know what the fan etiquette is, i.e. is the goalie a "sieve"? Is it all his fault when we score? Are there any lacrosse-specific chants, and is it OK if we come up with our own or bring some from other sports? Thanks.

My experience is that the cheering is not like Lynah.  No chants other than "Let's Go Red!"  Not even a "Red!" during the anthem.  I tried a "sieve...It's all your fault!" cheer at Princeton last year.  I got a few chuckles and a lot of dirty looks.

But...if you can get people to do it, go for it.

From my limited experience, lacrosse crowds, at least in the Ivies, are more family-oriented--both in the sense of appropriate behavior, and also in that more of the crowd is players' families.  So I think the "support the participants in a positive manner" rule really does apply in lacrosse more than hockey.

That's a very good point.  Lacrosse crowds usually have a lot of kids.  You'll often see local clubs and kids' teams show up en masse.  Keep it G-rated.

[TimV]

Absolutely true.  The lacrosse world is small - players know each other well, may even play together on summer league teams.  Their families similarly socialize and tailgate together.  There's generally (but not always) a lot less edge to the game.  You rarely see the kind of in-your-face stuff you see in hockey, even in the scrums on the crease.  Lacrosse people enjoy the combat and the contact then party afterwards.  Really a different culture altogether.

[Trotsky]

Absolutely true.  The lacrosse world is small - players know each other well, may even play together on summer league teams.  Their families similarly socialize and tailgate together.  There's generally (but not always) a lot less edge to the game.  You rarely see the kind of in-your-face stuff you see in hockey, even in the scrums on the crease.  Lacrosse people enjoy the combat and the contact then party afterwards.  Really a different culture altogether.

Sounds a lot like hockey culture at many places, actually.  I'm always amazed how not only every player seems to know each other, but their parents and sisters and pets seem to know each other too.  Very small world.

[Josh '99]

Quint Kessenich says Pannell is "by a far margin" in the lead for the Tewaaraton....

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/player?rd=1#/podcenter/?autoplay=1&id=6269246&callsign=ESPNRADIO at 2:15.

Pannell's 5.5 points per game lead the NCAA by a pretty fair margin over the second guy (Jeremy Boltus, Army, 4.89), and currently he's the only guy in the top 10 in both goals per game and assists per game.  I think that's a pretty reasonable statement by Quint.

[Ben]

I hope this is the right place for this question...some of my friends and I will be going to the game against Dartmouth this weekend. It'll be our first lacrosse game, so we'd like to know what the fan etiquette is, i.e. is the goalie a "sieve"? Is it all his fault when we score? Are there any lacrosse-specific chants, and is it OK if we come up with our own or bring some from other sports? Thanks.

My experience is that the cheering is not like Lynah.  No chants other than "Let's Go Red!"  Not even a "Red!" during the anthem.  I tried a "sieve...It's all your fault!" cheer at Princeton last year.  I got a few chuckles and a lot of dirty looks.

But...if you can get people to do it, go for it.

From my limited experience, lacrosse crowds, at least in the Ivies, are more family-oriented--both in the sense of appropriate behavior, and also in that more of the crowd is players' families.  So I think the "support the participants in a positive manner" rule really does apply in lacrosse more than hockey.

That's a very good point.  Lacrosse crowds usually have a lot of kids.  You'll often see local clubs and kids' teams show up en masse.  Keep it G-rated.

That seemed to have been the attitude at women's hockey until the later stages of this season. It didn't stop us from trying to create some atmosphere, but we'll see how things go on Saturday.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I hope this is the right place for this question...some of my friends and I will be going to the game against Dartmouth this weekend. It'll be our first lacrosse game, so we'd like to know what the fan etiquette is, i.e. is the goalie a "sieve"? Is it all his fault when we score? Are there any lacrosse-specific chants, and is it OK if we come up with our own or bring some from other sports? Thanks.

My experience is that the cheering is not like Lynah.  No chants other than "Let's Go Red!"  Not even a "Red!" during the anthem.  I tried a "sieve...It's all your fault!" cheer at Princeton last year.  I got a few chuckles and a lot of dirty looks.

But...if you can get people to do it, go for it.

From my limited experience, lacrosse crowds, at least in the Ivies, are more family-oriented--both in the sense of appropriate behavior, and also in that more of the crowd is players' families.  So I think the "support the participants in a positive manner" rule really does apply in lacrosse more than hockey.

That's a very good point.  Lacrosse crowds usually have a lot of kids.  You'll often see local clubs and kids' teams show up en masse.  Keep it G-rated.

That seemed to have been the attitude at women's hockey until the later stages of this season. It didn't stop us from trying to create some atmosphere, but we'll see how things go on Saturday.

I'm not saying to avoid trying to create some atmosphere.  I remember a lot more atmosphere at lacrosse games back "when I was a lad" so it was certainly done in the past.  Just keep it clean.

[Trotsky]

That seemed to have been the attitude at women's hockey until the later stages of this season.

I was pretty surprised by the extension of the typical crowd chants into the women's games at the end of the year.  I guess it means the program has arrived and I can't really argue against it without implicitly invoking a gender double standard so...

meh, I still didn't like it.

[Ben]

That seemed to have been the attitude at women's hockey until the later stages of this season. It didn't stop us from trying to create some atmosphere, but we'll see how things go on Saturday.

I'm not saying to avoid trying to create some atmosphere.  I remember a lot more atmosphere at lacrosse games back "when I was a lad" so it was certainly done in the past.  Just keep it clean.

I didn't mean to conflate swearing and atmosphere...at most it's going to be like the women's hockey playoff games. If not that, we'll try to befriend the refs (it works, we've tried), and find a song that we can fit Pannell's name into.

That seemed to have been the attitude at women's hockey until the later stages of this season.

I was pretty surprised by the extension of the typical crowd chants into the women's games at the end of the year.  I guess it means the program has arrived and I can't really argue against it without implicitly invoking a gender double standard so...

meh, I still didn't like it.

So you were one of the people giving us a hairy eyeball, then...

:-D

[phillysportsfan]

That seemed to have been the attitude at women's hockey until the later stages of this season.

I was pretty surprised by the extension of the typical crowd chants into the women's games at the end of the year.  I guess it means the program has arrived and I can't really argue against it without implicitly invoking a gender double standard so...

meh, I still didn't like it.

whats wrong with it?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

That seemed to have been the attitude at women's hockey until the later stages of this season. It didn't stop us from trying to create some atmosphere, but we'll see how things go on Saturday.

I'm not saying to avoid trying to create some atmosphere.  I remember a lot more atmosphere at lacrosse games back "when I was a lad" so it was certainly done in the past.  Just keep it clean.

I didn't mean to conflate swearing and atmosphere...at most it's going to be like the women's hockey playoff games. If not that, we'll try to befriend the refs (it works, we've tried), and find a song that we can fit Pannell's name into.

There was a chant that Hobart fans used to do whenever they had possession in our attacking zone, especially on the EMO.  They'd all just go "goal time" over and over again in that sing song that people use to chant goalies' names.  I found it intimidating in a snarky sort of way.