Anyone notice how SSSA has a super fluffy schedule this year? #strategies by coach to keep the record looking good in a weaker year. 4 public school games and only 1 MD IAAM game. |
KD's been doing this for years. Cherry picking teams and playing them at right time in the season has always been a part of her winning strategy. Hats off to her, because it works. |
Not a SSSA parent, but think the team is young this year. Maybe it is also part of a longer term view to develop the group. Why play the most competitive teams this year and early in season is not the right match-up this year? It seems smart. |
KD is one of the best if not the best girls' HS coaches ever. I trust she knows what she is doing. Any local girls coach is striving to have her reputation. |
There's a bit of a cost of adoption issue -- each school will need to purchase at least one and potentially two clocks (depending on whether they have a scoreboard on an end line that can show a 90 second timer. I think we will probably see it before too long but likely will require significant coordination among leagues and jurisdictions. |
Agree. Implementing would take time and planning so needs to start at least a year out. Think the time is now for ISL and WCAC to start exploring it. |
Except your boys lacrosse teams already use a shot clock so it's just the all girls schools that have an additional investment. |
How badly did they beat Potomac today? |
Is that right? Have a daughter at girls school. I’d be glad to donate the clocks there if they adopt the rule. Watching six girls play catch for 8 minutes is boring as hell. |
Only slightly less boring than the rest of the game, really, though, right? |
I wouldn't call the SSSAS schedule school super fluff at all. Saints scheduled three top 25 programs out of conference.
3/16, Saints played Roland Park (MD). 3/28, Saints played Episcopal Academy (PA), currently #25 on USA Lax National Girls' Top 25. 4/1, Saints played STAB (VA), currently #15 and reigning VISAA champs. On 4/29, Saints play Anges Irwin (PA), currently #9. As far as the public schools, KJ schedules a few public school games a year often at the request or as a favor to the public school coaches, in order to help the pubic school program play against tougher competition. It's called growing the game. |
You consider the higher level of skill and finesse required to play the girls’ game boring? |
Honestly, I think the women’s game is more interesting than the men’s game. It’s all iso-ball on the men’s side. |
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