lax culture from an insider
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Anonymous
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Yeah, but the guys at Miami make no pretense about the business they are in. Have you ever heard them brag about their school? It's about real athletics and they are headed for the Pros.
The lax bros I know in the mid-Atlantic State schools are wimpy and elitist non athletes for whom the rides ends abruptly if and when they graduate from college ... if they get that far. |
Anonymous
| Doesn't golf have the same aspect --- preppy, country club, etc.? How about swimming? Fencing? There are a lot of sports that aren't perceived as drawing from the same player pool as others, but that doesn't meant they are associated with bad manners. |
Anonymous
| We talking about athletes and athleticism -- not manners. But, on that subject many non athletic lacrosse enthusiasts have poor manners to boot. |
Anonymous
"Loutish" is the word that comes to mind when I think of the typical lax dad. |
Anonymous
| I have to say: I don't really see what makes an exciting sport to watch or play. So, you cradle a ball in some old scottish designed net/stick, throw it to someone who catches it and try to get it into a goal. wipty doo. How does that compare to a 80 yard touch down running past 5 potential tackles or a end of game touch down pass. By comparison it seems silly. Perhaps these guys are legends in their own mind? I don't see lacrosse on TV every sunday. Even if it is a small east coast prep school / Ivy thing, who cares. Your so- called phenomenon involves what , maybe 1000 people. Who cares. |
Anonymous
The Scots have nothing to do with lacrosse, let alone "designed" the stick. Your post is unbelievably ignorant. |
Anonymous
| Has the issue of "lacrosse culture" come up in the Huguely trial? |
Anonymous
| Well, we've learned plenty about the UVA teams this week. |
Anonymous
I believe it originated as a native American game. |
Anonymous
| Lacrosse did indeed originate as a native American game, called Baggataway. Fun fact: during Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763, a group of Ottawa Indians captured a fort by getting inside its walls through pretending to chase an errant lacrosse ball. |
Anonymous
why would it? Did "private school culture" come up? Or perhaps "Washington, DC culture"? Not sure where you were going with this question. |
Anonymous
What did we learn? |
Anonymous
Well, for one thing, it was a UNC player, not a UVA player that pulled Huguely off of YL during a public beating. |
Anonymous
| We learned the elite level of partying, the excuses, the covering up, the hesitancy to step in and help others; we previously learned the coach knew about GH attacking a teammate WHILE HE SLEPT and did nothing about it. Need I go on? |
Anonymous
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-whitney-houston-and-yeardley-love-stories-substance-abuse-an-unfortunate-theme/2012/02/13/gIQAxfQwBR_story.html?hpid=z3 Unfortunately we've learned how much alcohol plays into the culture of Lacrosse at UVA and how deadly that mixture can become. I don't buy for a second that the men's and possibly the women's lacrosse coach did not see the amount of drinking these kids were doing, the problems that were coming up from it and did nothing to stop it. Why the men's lacrosse coach hasn't been fired is hard to understand. He lets the culture continue. |