Cornell lacrosse 2019

[CU77]

IMO, players taking shots before they are ready does not make for a fun game to watch.

[Al DeFlorio]

IMO, players taking shots before they are ready does not make for a fun game to watch.

Agree completely.  The problem is the waiting around to switch middies.  The shot clock is not going to change that.

[Swampy]

IMO, players taking shots before they are ready does not make for a fun game to watch.

Agree completely.  The problem is the waiting around to switch middies.  The shot clock is not going to change that.

Exactly!

Rather than 20-second-clear and 60-second-shot clock, I would have preferred an 80-second prohibition on substitutions except in case of injury.

[Al DeFlorio]

IMO, players taking shots before they are ready does not make for a fun game to watch.

Agree completely.  The problem is the waiting around to switch middies.  The shot clock is not going to change that.

Exactly!

Rather than 20-second-clear and 60-second-shot clock, I would have preferred an 80-second prohibition on substitutions except in case of injury.

Coaches will still switch middies so it will in reality become a 40-45 second shot clock, and the sublime beauty of a surgically-precise Teat goal-mouth pass will be a much less frequent phenomenon.

[mike1960]

I agree with Swampy that this is bad for the game and bad for Cornell.

On the plus side, here's a nice article on the team & PM from US Lacrosse:

https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/men/cornell-returns-as-national-contender-with-milliman-as-head-coach

I don't think this will be bad for Cornell. They can attack and get off several passes in 60 seconds, esp. with their box skills.

A shot clock is a draw for the general fan, and that's good for the growth of the sport. The game becomes faster and more exciting. It also, as people have pointed out, takes away the (sometimes inexplicable) subjectivity of the refs to determine shots v. passes or when to put on the stall warning.

It does add, though, the sometimes difficult call whether a shot occurred before or after the shot clock expires.

Mike

[jeff '84]

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/shanny-s-take-on-the-minto-cup-game-2-situation/52996


"Shanny's Take on the Minto Cup Game 2 Situation"

(Jeff Teat is suspended for 3 games for verbal abuse of ref). sketchy.

[CAS]

Jeff Teat's suspension was overturned upon appeal.

[billhoward]

Jeff Teat's suspension was overturned upon appeal.

Maybe he's pre-law. And saw Animal House.

[billhoward]

Bill Tierney, all is forgiven. Denver flies to Princeton to play the Tigers Tuesday, March 26.

https://goprincetontigers.com/news/2018/8/22/mens-lacrosse-tigers-to-host-denver-in-bill-tierneys-return-to-princeton.aspx

Princeton "jumped at the chance"?

"The opportunity to add Denver to the schedule presented itself, and we of course jumped at the opportunity."  

[Trotsky]

Jeff Teat's suspension was overturned upon appeal.

Maybe he's pre-law. And saw Animal House.

Does this thing talk?

[Al DeFlorio]

Cornell fall ball October 14 against Maryland.

[CU77]

Source? This news doesn't seem to be anywhere else ...

[Al DeFlorio]

Source? This news doesn't seem to be anywhere else ...

Email from Milliman.  Good enough for you?

[scoop85]

So it seems LaxPower may really be defunct based on a message posted today when I tried logging on.  I'm certainly glad we have this forum to use.

And a new forum is already up and running at FanLax.com

[billhoward]

Source? This news doesn't seem to be anywhere else ...

Email from Milliman.  Good enough for you?

As Ned Harkness allegedly (and probably) said, "Keep your elbows up, boys."