Comments on: Why All The D3 Lacrosse Hate, Quint?

By: connorwilson

connorwilson — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:24:00 +0000

much appreciated!

By: connorwilson

connorwilson — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:22:00 +0000

Hey John Paul, not MY emphasis at all… just quoting Quint on that one!

By: jsherm25

jsherm25 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:17:00 +0000

Totally agree, I just started watching the MCLA this year and I really enjoy watching it

By: Jarred Hatfield

Jarred Hatfield — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Quint is just ingnant! haha

By: Ryan Conwell

Ryan Conwell — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:14:00 +0000

I was so glad to see this write-up. I’m an RIT grad who has kept an eye on Jordan since his time there and his headline making play in the NLL didn’t hurt either. Even though he’s a player I track, making the NLL all-star team as a rookie generally gets you past the “who is this kid?” comments. I was sitting there scratching my head for awhile after reading it.

By: griswold

griswold — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:20:00 +0000

Interesting that MLL would post this today (5 JUN). Seems that the other NCAA division “issues” have been on other vested parties minds as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ARMwOg_FQ

By: John Paul Masaryk

John Paul Masaryk — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:16:00 +0000

I don’t understand your emphasise on the cheating on the face offs: eck vs. bunker.
Hesitating on the down call is something done throughout the leagues. I guarantee you 9/10 refs will never call this. Cheating?
Whats more like cheating is grabbing the ball, pinning the opponents cross down, or having you foot in the neutral zone. I’d be more careful to what you call cheating.

By: CANLAX

CANLAX — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:27:00 +0000

No worries…I like your style, just don’t want to see your comments dismissed when you got all the rest of it correct….Cheers!

By: Patrick Nichols

Patrick Nichols — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:35:00 +0000

as a D2 player i know that more than the top 5-10 teams are legit, on some occasions. yes there is more consistency in the top 10, but then again Merrimack lost to SNHU, Assumption beat St. Anselm (who had multiple Top 10 wins), and having watched them personally Saint Rose (a brand new program) is going to be able to compete the top teams in the VERY near future

By: Jeff Shields

Jeff Shields — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:08:00 +0000

With only 46 teams, its tough to get exposure. D1 has 61 but its the highest level with lots of TV time, and D3 has 189. One hundred and eighty nine! And over 200 in the MCLA as well!

From those numbers I’d be willing to say that the D3 and MCLA fan base is about as large as D1, whilst D2 grinds out the season in the shadows awaiting to show its brightest colors in the National Championship game in front of mostly D1 and D3 fans. Its a great thing to have strong and faithful fan base for our great game, but when you divy it up, D3 shouldn’t be complaining.

Conner loves MCLA (not too long ago he was asking for a partner to write D3 stories) and there are people like him with blogs like this talking about D3 lax. But unfortunately, theres no one like him writing and opinionizing on D2 (at least that i’ve been able to find) and frankly, it sucks not getting that kind of love.

D2 is the one geting at lot of hate, simply because it wasn’t even mentioned in the article. And it sucks even more because who is there to even talk about?

So stop whining D3 guys, you as a Division are just fine and much more well off than you gripe about.

By: Taftie

Taftie — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:05:00 +0000

I agree with the article, of course Quint and IL in general aren’t going to take D3 seriously, they are way too invested in marketing the Top-20 in D1 and nothing else, because of the early season tournaments they sponsor, too much $$ on the line to give people the impression that there is other good lax out there.

Its just like how they release the Top 100 recruit lists and no D3 kids make that either, when we all know that there are at least a couple top-50 caliber recruits who chose D3 this year.

The Mike Stone comments are proof that he tries to find excuses as to why the D3 kids are excelling. He says he watched the Rochester game and Stone “can’t miss” but gets his looks from Rabil dodges, well, if you watch the game highlights online, 2 of the 3 goals Stone scores were unassisted off of his own nifty dodges.

Anyone who really watches the MLL knows that what makes Boston so dangerous this year, is that Stone has stepped up and can create his own opportunities, so teams can’t focus on Rabil/Boyle anymore.

Also, to say “who is this kid” about MacIntosh an NLL All-Star, 2x D3 All-American is just embarrassing. If Stone/MacIntosh had played in the ACC or at JHU, Quint would be saying how they are the next big thing in the MLL.

By: connorwilson

connorwilson — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Yup, I boned that one. Thank you for the fix, the post has been updated.

I can admit when I get something wrong!

By: connorwilson

connorwilson — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Great points! I like a little argument/conversation. Now if Quint would just deign to interact with me!

By: connorwilson

connorwilson — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:29:00 +0000

D2 lax is legit, at least at the higher levels. 5-10 great teams, and lots of great players. Just doesn’t get the same exposure IMHO.

By: Patrick Hopkins

Patrick Hopkins — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:45:00 +0000

Ok I’m gonna throw this out there…as a former D1 player, and continuing fan of the college game, does anyone agree with me when I say no one gives a fuck about D2?? I recognize all D1 teams and a ton of the big D3 names, but couldn’t name you 5 D2 teams. Anyone else feel the same way?