Jim Love posted a very interesting thread on the parallels between
college lacrosse and college hockey.   It is as legitimate as any other
off-season topic.
 
        A couple of thoughts occurred to me.   Many of the colleges who are
so good at lacrosse are also very selective academically.   A lot of the
good lacrosse players are developed at very good high schools and prep
schools.   The word affluent comes to mind in many cases.   I think a lot of
these schools naturally steer their graduates to the very selective
colleges.   This makes more naturally for lacrosse dynasties than in hockey
where the talent is a lot more diffuse in its development stages.   It would
also be interesting to know if there are many Canadians playing US lacrosse.
Certainly there is nothing (in lacrosse) like the Junior A/B systems which
college hockey coaches are increasingly expecting a year or two of
experience in before a S/A moves up to the college level.
 
        On another topic,  I was struck by the fact that timing is almost
everything in life.   I chuckled at the question about automatic
lacrosse/hockey bids and growing the sport.   "Can you say MAAC??"   Why
yes,  I believe we can!   It comes out like:  "Todd Krygier",  UConn
alumnus,  who got the OT game-winner night before last for the Cap's against
Buffalo!!
 
        As I said,  timing is everything:-):-)
 
        -- Dick Tuthill
 
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