Lacrosse Loses 13-6 at #19 Rutgers

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Men's lacrosse looking for its first Big Ten victory of the season vs Rutgers today.  Michigan took an excellent Maryland team to the brink last week, only to lose in the last 43 seconds.  They did that without their top two offensive weapons, Ian King and Kyle Jackson. 

Even though it was a tough loss, it was Michigan's most encouraging game of the season.  I would like to think it bodes well for their chances in the Big Ten portion of the schedule, but this team and this season has been pretty unpredictable (the college lacrosse season as a whole has been very unpredictable so far).

Rutgers is not the weak link in the Big Ten as they have been in the past few years.  They're pretty good right now and are coming off a solid beating of Johns Hopkins last week.  The Scarlet Knights are 8-2 with their only losses coming against a top-10 Stony Brook team and Princeton (they suck this year but a loss vs Princeton will never look too bad). 

According to Inside Lacrosse there is  a stream of the game on BTN2GO (which you need a log in for which I don't have). 

GO BLUE!

 

 

MGoBoard

Wolverine Devotee

April 10th, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^

Next weekend is gonna be ugly as the march to an inevitable 3-10 season continues. This poor team is gonna be playing in front of likely 50,000 people since the game is before the osu spring game. All the fixings for an embarrassing rout.

Ian King is back and surprise surprise, still getting blown out.

Hopefully Warde is making his first hire soon.

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littlebrownjug

April 10th, 2016 at 2:52 PM ^

Rutgers clearly had more talent and depth, but the biggest difference was the coaching. There were several points at which there was confusion on the bench about who to bring in (that should not be happening at this point in the season). I think that JP is a good dude, and he should be complemented for his contirbutions to the program, but we strongly need to consider a coaching change if we want to start winning. Plucking a talented assistant from a traditional power like Hopkins, UVA or Syracuse would be the road that I take.

The lax parents were very welcoming, and they really represented their sons and the UofM well. In fact, there was quite a Michigan turnout today!

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Wolverine Devotee

April 10th, 2016 at 6:37 PM ^

It sucks because this isn't his fault. His boss failed him by not conducting an actual coaching search and just hiring JP because he was good at the club level.

Michigan Lacrosse would likely not exist as far as the athletic department goes if John Paul didn't turn the club team into a machine that went 59-1 in 3 years. I think he should be kept in some capacity. He could be a good assistant coach. But it's obvious that this is just not working out.

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Autostocks

April 11th, 2016 at 12:01 PM ^

I agree with you that JP is not working out and we need a new coach, but keep in mind there would be no varsity lax at Michigan if not for JP.  He was the driver, along with some passionate club parents, who got the deal done.  So in my opinion, there was not much choice but to let him launch the program and run it for a reasonable period of time.  But again, I agree that time has passed.  We should be further along than this.

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