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RPI 2024 Off-Season: Was 2023 – 2024 Just a Bad Dream?

ECAC officials calling the national championship game. Big ten called the BU Denver game which was the worst officiated game I ever seen.
 
jericho said:
For those interested, the men's lacrosse game between #2 RPI and #7 Union will be on RPI-TV today, I was told. I'm probably going to go check it out. Game time 1 PM.

Edit: My thoughts after RPI's 16-12 victory.

1) Lacrosse is an exciting sport, but the rules are very odd.
2.) RPI's faceoff guy needs to don a pair of pads and skates. He was excellent.
3.) RPI's goalie needs to don a pair of pads and skates. He was excellent.
4.) Even though the goalie was excellent, Lacrosse goalies don't stand a chance in a one on one with the shooter. They have no padding and can't use their bodies to save the ball unless the stick comes with them.
5.) There were guys flying on and off the field at any given moment. Not a line change, just random guys. THe defenders don't play offense and the offense doesn't play defense. It was very confusing.
6.) Guys have long sticks and short sticks. I have not found out the difference yet.
7.) RPI plays very very well defensively. Union very rarely was able to get a good shot off, which helps the goalie because he has no shot at a save if they do.
8.) RPI player Luke Murphy I was told is the leading candidate for the DIII Tewaaraton Award (Hobey of Lacrosse), and it shows. Union could not stop him.
9.) We might have to try to find some broadcasters willing to take a trip to wherever the DIII Lacrosse championship is played (Baltimore? Pittsburgh?) in case RPI makes it there.

Overall, I'm glad I went as it was my first outdoor lacrosse game ever, but man was it cold and windy at ECAV. Also, college students are an odd bunch, both men and women.
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Great seeing RPI lacrosse playing so well. Tough comparing d3 lacrosse to d1 hockey but if we can be #2 in the country in lacrosse theirs no reason we can’t be competitive and in the top 20ish in hockey. If you look at athletics as a whole it’s really good. Quite a few ranked teams on the hill. Hockey is the proverbial eye sore
 
Today is 14 April 2024. There are 174 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2024 for the start of next season.
 
jericho said:
For those interested, the men's lacrosse game between #2 RPI and #7 Union will be on RPI-TV today, I was told. I'm probably going to go check it out. Game time 1 PM.

Edit: My thoughts after RPI's 16-12 victory.

1) Lacrosse is an exciting sport, but the rules are very odd.
2.) RPI's faceoff guy needs to don a pair of pads and skates. He was excellent.
3.) RPI's goalie needs to don a pair of pads and skates. He was excellent.
4.) Even though the goalie was excellent, Lacrosse goalies don't stand a chance in a one on one with the shooter. They have no padding and can't use their bodies to save the ball unless the stick comes with them.
5.) There were guys flying on and off the field at any given moment. Not a line change, just random guys. THe defenders don't play offense and the offense doesn't play defense. It was very confusing.
6.) Guys have long sticks and short sticks. I have not found out the difference yet.
7.) RPI plays very very well defensively. Union very rarely was able to get a good shot off, which helps the goalie because he has no shot at a save if they do.
8.) RPI player Luke Murphy I was told is the leading candidate for the DIII Tewaaraton Award (Hobey of Lacrosse), and it shows. Union could not stop him.
9.) We might have to try to find some broadcasters willing to take a trip to wherever the DIII Lacrosse championship is played (Baltimore? Pittsburgh?) in case RPI makes it there.

Overall, I'm glad I went as it was my first outdoor lacrosse game ever, but man was it cold and windy at ECAV. Also, college students are an odd bunch, both men and women.
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My 3 daughters have all played women's lacrosse from 1st grade through the club level, several teammates went on and still are competing at D1 level. The rules are weird, and women's lax compared to men's is apples and ham sandwiches. However, great fun all around. Glad to see a RPI legacy sport making a comeback,
 
Just found this video of the field house many years ago. In it, there is a nice-looking RPI banner in front of the blue curtain (where the hanging scoreboard (not the jumbotron)) hangs today. It's also hard to tell from the video, but it looks to me like the end section that's usually covered by the curtain had physical seats. Does anybody know why this was removed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA26z5y5AHE
 
RPI Hockey Guy said:
Just found this video of the field house many years ago. In it, there is a nice-looking RPI banner in front of the blue curtain (where the hanging scoreboard (not the jumbotron)) hangs today. It's also hard to tell from the video, but it looks to me like the end section that's usually covered by the curtain had physical seats. Does anybody know why this was removed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA26z5y5AHE
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The band was there.
 
Today is 15 April 2024. There are 173 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2024 for the start of next season.
 
jericho said:
For those interested, the men's lacrosse game between #2 RPI and #7 Union will be on RPI-TV today, I was told. I'm probably going to go check it out. Game time 1 PM.

Edit: My thoughts after RPI's 16-12 victory.

1) Lacrosse is an exciting sport, but the rules are very odd.
2.) RPI's faceoff guy needs to don a pair of pads and skates. He was excellent.
3.) RPI's goalie needs to don a pair of pads and skates. He was excellent.
4.) Even though the goalie was excellent, Lacrosse goalies don't stand a chance in a one on one with the shooter. They have no padding and can't use their bodies to save the ball unless the stick comes with them.
5.) There were guys flying on and off the field at any given moment. Not a line change, just random guys. THe defenders don't play offense and the offense doesn't play defense. It was very confusing.
6.) Guys have long sticks and short sticks. I have not found out the difference yet.
7.) RPI plays very very well defensively. Union very rarely was able to get a good shot off, which helps the goalie because he has no shot at a save if they do.
8.) RPI player Luke Murphy I was told is the leading candidate for the DIII Tewaaraton Award (Hobey of Lacrosse), and it shows. Union could not stop him.
9.) We might have to try to find some broadcasters willing to take a trip to wherever the DIII Lacrosse championship is played (Baltimore? Pittsburgh?) in case RPI makes it there.

Overall, I'm glad I went as it was my first outdoor lacrosse game ever, but man was it cold and windy at ECAV. Also, college students are an odd bunch, both men and women.
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Regarding #4, as a former lacrosse goalie I can assure you that you can use any body part necessary to make a save...stick or no stick. The downside of that is with the ball traveling in excess of 100 mph, the consequences of making a flesh save aren't all that fun... LOL.
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
Regarding #4, as a former lacrosse goalie I can assure you that you can use any body part necessary to make a save...stick or no stick. The downside of that is with the ball traveling in excess of 100 mph, the consequences of making a flesh save aren't all that fun... LOL.
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When i was much younger i played both lacrosse and ice hockey. I decided to only play hockey and gave up lacrosse because I was only getting hurt playing hockey while I was getting KILLED playing lacrosse.
 
RPI Hockey Guy said:
Just found this video of the field house many years ago. In it, there is a nice-looking RPI banner in front of the blue curtain (where the hanging scoreboard (not the jumbotron)) hangs today. It's also hard to tell from the video, but it looks to me like the end section that's usually covered by the curtain had physical seats. Does anybody know why this was removed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA26z5y5AHE
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Yes, there were seats in the end sections facing the stage but they were pretty awful locations that over the last 30 years or so only sold for the Freakout. It must have been at least a decade back that they were removed and I never heard the rationale for it. It may have been the same time they moved the band and tore down the stage, but with my aging memory I wouldn't guarantee it.
 
Today is 16 April 2024. There are 172 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2024 for the start of next season.
 
rpi82 said:
Yes, there were seats in the end sections facing the stage but they were pretty awful locations that over the last 30 years or so only sold for the Freakout. It must have been at least a decade back that they were removed and I never heard the rationale for it. It may have been the same time they moved the band and tore down the stage, but with my aging memory I wouldn't guarantee it.
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Oh, that is what RPIHG was referring to. I do remember that I showed up for a game one year and said to myself that those seats were gone, but I don't recall when that was either.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Oh, that is what RPIHG was referring to. I do remember that I chowed up for a game one year and said to myself that those seats were gone, but I don't recall when that was either.
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Chowed up? Aren’t you supposed to chow down?
According to without a peer.com, the seats in the late, not-so-great Section 1 were removed in 2010.
 
Engineers said:
Let’s go Seth appert! Turns out he is a good coach. I know weird….. lol
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Some journalists have already speculated that Seth is not a candidate based on the press conference: Sabres GM said at the press conference that he's looking for someone experienced, which suggested to them someone with significant NHL head coaching experience. I didn't realize that 3 out of the last 5 Sabres HC had zero NHL head coaching experience, including Granato, and a fourth had less than 50 games. That list doesn't include Seth's fill-in games.
 
DavidNardolillo said:
Some journalists have already speculated that Seth is not a candidate based on the press conference: Sabres GM said at the press conference that he's looking for someone experienced, which suggested to them someone with significant NHL head coaching experience. I didn't realize that 3 out of the last 5 Sabres HC had zero NHL head coaching experience, including Granato, and a fourth had less than 50 games. That list doesn't include Seth's fill-in games.
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Short list: Jay Woodcroft, Craig Berube. Seth will get his shot, but it won't be this go around...
 
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