2026 Men's Lacrosse

[CU2007]

Inside Lacrosse top 100 incoming recruits, and we have ONE. He's 79th. One would think this would be the recruiting class that would have benefited the most from the national championship 15 months ago. Troubling to say the least. 

[BearLover]

Inside Lacrosse top 100 incoming recruits, and we have ONE. He's 79th. One would think this would be the recruiting class that would have benefited the most from the national championship 15 months ago. Troubling to say the least. 

Yes. We are behind every other Ivy, even Brown and Dartmouth. This has to be our worst recruiting class in a long time.

[BearLover]

It seems to me there is at least the possibility that the 5 for 5 won't be so bad for us. The roster spots on non ivy teams will fill. The talent is plentiful and  will distribute as it always has. 

Ivies need to promote the value of the degree and the network. Then treat the available 5th year as a bonus - an opportunity to get a different lacrosse experience. A choice of sorts, to play another year someplace new or move on to professional school or life in general.

NIL and other dollars is the bigger threat.

Unsurprisingly, I disagree with this take. At the moment, the money paid to college lacrosse players is almost nonexistent. It could become a bigger issue in the future, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

On the other hand, fifth years won't really fill roster spots unless those players will add something very strong to that roster. For example, Duke will only take a few fifth years, to plug holes. But they'll take the best fifth years in the country. So let's say they need a goalie and a forward. They could bring in, say, Matt Tully and Willem Firth, or have their best senior forward stay a fifth season.  That's just a couple of roster spots, but they instantly add a couple of premier players at those positions. That's what Cornell is going to be up against now. The best teams will never have holes. They'll just pluck who they need from other programs, or ask their best existing players to stay an extra season.

[Al DeFlorio]

It seems to me there is at least the possibility that the 5 for 5 won't be so bad for us. The roster spots on non ivy teams will fill. The talent is plentiful and  will distribute as it always has. 

Ivies need to promote the value of the degree and the network. Then treat the available 5th year as a bonus - an opportunity to get a different lacrosse experience. A choice of sorts, to play another year someplace new or move on to professional school or life in general.

NIL and other dollars is the bigger threat.

Unsurprisingly, I disagree with this take. At the moment, the money paid to college lacrosse players is almost nonexistent. It could become a bigger issue in the future, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

On the other hand, fifth years won't really fill roster spots unless those players will add something very strong to that roster. For example, Duke will only take a few fifth years, to plug holes. But they'll take the best fifth years in the country. So let's say they need a goalie and a forward. They could bring in, say, Matt Tully and Willem Firth, or have their best senior forward stay a fifth season.  That's just a couple of roster spots, but they instantly add a couple of premier players at those positions. That's what Cornell is going to be up against now. The best teams will never have holes. They'll just pluck who they need from other programs, or ask their best existing players to stay an extra season.

Do you really think everyone else here doesn't understand all of this?  You unnecessarily write this same stuff every few days.  Does it make you feel less depressed by writing it?  What is it that you get out of writing gloom and doom every few days.  It's become clutter.