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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt the lack of Landon players on UVA's roster has anything to do with GH since Coach Starsia has started recruiting a few Landon underclassmen.

As the sport continues to grow in popularity and more football type players pick up the stick, you will see less and less players from IAC schools on ACC rosters. [/quote]

I certainly buy that last comment. This previous poster "gets it".

The door is closing on good IAC lacrosse players, who are not also great athletes. As the inventory of high school players increases [b]without a corresponding increase in the number of colleges playing the sport,[/b] there will be far fewer IAC players -- who tend to better lacrosse players than athletes -- on the rosters of the best teams.

A criticism I have heard of IAC lacrosse players is that most tend to have no real upside in college. In these intense high school programs they have all their ability wrung out of them. There are exceptions, of course, like Bray Malphus or Ryan Curtis. But parents who are grooming kids in middle schools for the opportunties that the lacrosse players had in the 2000's are going to be greatly disappointed by the scenario they face six years from now.[/quote]

This is all true.  Kids from IAC schools are going to need to be excellent athletes in the future in order to make the rosters of the best teams.

The two facts that people should also appreciate though, is that--this past weekend notwithstanding--(1) ACC teams are less likely in the future to be among "the best teams."  The ACC schools this weekend were all there by virtue of upsets in the tournament, and none of them really had excellent seasons.

Point (2) is a corally of this:  the number of colleges playing the sport seriously is, in fact, increasing.  Notre Dame has become a national power.  Penn State's hiring of Tambroni last year (who, incidentally, first turned down Maryland's offer) shows their commitment to becoming a big-time power.  Look for OSU and Michigan to show serious commitments at some point in the near future to match PSU and ND.  And Denver under Tierney has clearly shown a commitment to becoming a powerhouse.  More elite lacrosee players are becoming attracted to these schools over the ACC schools, because growing up these kids they had no aspirations to be a part of the whole ACC lax scene and everything that entails.[/quote]

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