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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]sounds like Prep AD is the person who is holding GP athletics back[/b].

When you are the largest school in the conference by a wide margin, have the facilities that GP offers, there is no reason why Prep should not be kicking ASS in the IAC. GP is not STA either when it comes to academics either.

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Holding GP athletics back? What a ridiculous statement. He is the [b]Athletic [/b]Director - not the Lacrosse (at all costs) Director. Take the time to review Prep's IAC W-L records,  and IAC championships, in the Fall / Winter / Spring sports for 2017-2018, then try to make that statement.  [/quote]

PP is correct, AD is '79 alum and [b]is also the current head football coach[/b] and did not like when Prep lax under Giblin became the headline program at the school. Sadly, this lead to AD de-emphasizing lax, letting it whither on the vine and hiring a lackluster head coach when he could have picked from a number of outstanding replacements. To be clear AD's job is to hire the finest coaches for every sport and provide an environment where student athletes in every sport can be successful. Hardly a win "at all costs" approach when you have families paying $40K+ ($60K for boarding) per year at a school like Prep.    [/quote]

Wait a minute. You are saying that Paro purposely hired a "lackluster" head coach as part of an effort to de-emphasize lacrosse.

That's a bizarre opinion.

Urick had a strong resume as a candidate. He certainly had the bloodlines and the contacts.

This idea that he is failing is just an opinion of a few. There is more parity these days in the IAC with the rise of Bullis and SSSA and the emergence of GZA and SJC as competitors for Catholic lacrosse players.

Urick has also faced a situation --- correctly identified by other posters on here --- in which the school is not interested in lacrosse being the main sport. There are too many memories and bruised feelings and egos from Giblin's reign.

So Urick doesn't get everything he wants and maybe doesn't get everything he needs. And part of that is Financial Aid for prospective lacrosse players. When Prep built the Taj Mahal of athletic facilities, it put itself in a situation where they needed more full pay students. There is now less FA per student. [/quote]

"Urick had a strong resume as a candidate. He certainly had the bloodlines and the contacts."

Sure he was a fine player and is presumably a nice guy, but he is not an effective head coach or program builder. After playing and then coaching for his Dad for nearly ten years, you would have expected other serious D1 coaching offers...none came, the only head coaching job was starting a new D3 program at university of DC??  So basically zero head coaching experience for an established program at any level AND zero coaching experience not working for the old man. Everything else from PP are excuses...Prep has plenty of talent, just not a leader with the drive and vision like others in the area to build a winner. [/quote]

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