Flying Dutchmen Fans

During this day and age we are simply no match for these other CAA lacrosse schools especially Towson.

Yesterday was probably a fluke to be honest and really nothing to get excited about. It wasn’t that long ago we’d be talking about how badly we should beat a school like fairfield. I guess it’s good we won yesterday, but in the big scheme of things it means absolutely nothing. Sorry

Correct Pbdutch. It won't mean anything in the end. But it was at least a very strong performance against a good team, so any win is nice to see. Perhaps HU can have fun playing spoiler to provide a small bit of meaning to their season.

More recognition for Shea Kennedy:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWwKbPQFGxI/

Well-deserved honor for D Blake Cooling:

https://usila.org/news/2026/4/7/2026-us ... ril-6.aspx

Jojo, you are one of the more dialed in fans here for lax, what's your take on our talent level - seems like we have some, is it not enough, is it not what it used to be, is it young and still developing? Is it top heavy with just a handful at a high level and most more complimentary?

Trying not to ask a loaded question that puts you in a position to compromise any possible friendships, but just curious from a more lax focused eye. I won't ask about ST lol, or even to name any specific kids names, but just generally how do you assess our roster talent overall?

I like our talent. We have a mix of players, and I assume the best are on the field. But more than that, I like where our newer players are coming from. We're attracting athletes from winning programs like IMG Academy (FL), Mountain Vista (CO), Valor Christian (CO), Cherry Creek (CO), Calvert Hall (MD), etc. I would love to see us bring in more Canadians. We've had some good ones in the past.

To win in lacrosse, you need to be strong on faceoffs and in goal. Due to injuries, we've had a tough year at the x and our wing play can improve, but we have a solid goalie and enough offensive talent to turn those one-goal games around. Defense seems to be improving.

It will be interesting to see how we finish vs. #2 Drexel tomorrow and #1 Towson at the end of the month. Both games are on the road. Speaking of Towson, I think the Tigers have some of the best talent in the CAA, including the likely CAA POTY, Mikey Weisshaar, who is also expected to be a top-5 PLL draft pick.

"To win in lacrosse, you need to be strong on faceoffs and in goal."

Got it, thanks Jojo, that's helpful for me as the bottom line in this sport. And good to understand your perspective on the talent - those are definitely talent-rich areas, esp out west. We all know LI and MD regions, but CO has become a legit hotbed.

So it seems like outside of injury impact, we have some talent - which of course continues to point the smoking gun at the staff, which we all already know and have known for many years.

I'm very confident a better staff wins more in this program. HU may never be the 90's version, but I firmly believe HU can return to a much higher level of play with the right staff that can effectively lead in the modern game. Even the outside lax boards of lax heads I've read have made note of our awful staff and the complete fallout of our program over the years. Change can't happen fast enough.

The win last week over Fairfield was nice. Back to sameo sameo today with a blow out loss to Drexel.

Jojogunne: I have to ask. If you like our talent, as stated, why has Hofstra dropped off the lacrosse map and, frankly, is now an embarrassment. I mean, yesterday we got blown out by Drexel a program we have historically dominated. The series of losses to programs Hofstra has dominated in the past is long. So if its not the talent level - please explain the demise of the program. Thanks.

Just thinking out loud here, but if our talent level was actually good the coaching (in my opinion) wouldn’t really matter.

It’s very clear and obvious to me that:

1.) we don’t have the talent and these kids really aren’t legit or good D1 lacrosse players

2.) The coaching isn’t able to help these kids develop or bring out the best in them

At this point, we should probably just take men’s lacrosse off this board because we are at a point of no return and we all should get used to just accepting the reality of what our men’s lacrosse program really is and what it’s going to continue to be.

We always get so excited about incoming talent from other parts of the country and this and that and it’s always been the same ole garbage.

i think the call to shut down the program over the top and drastic. The program definitely needs a change of direction at the top. The support for the Tierney/Metzger regime has dwindled to zero on this board. The best that can be said is that there have been no scandals or other embarrassments, except for the play of the field. If anyone can offer a defense to the current staff I would love to hear it. To let this get to this point and continue is, as i have stated previously, professional malpractice by Cole who is charged with overseeing Hofstra athletics.

To even the very casual observer, Hofstra men’s lax program has been in steady decline for nearly 2 decades, even with a softening of the schedule. We have replaced games against top 20 matchups against the likes of Army, Princeton, UNC, and Virginia with teams like Hampton, Manhattan, Binghamton, Sacred Heart, Wagner and St John’s. Even those teams have been problematic for Hofstra of late. I also don’t buy into the discussion that it is hard to recruit in Hofstra’s backyard. There are 3 centers for lacrosse (Long Island, NYstate and Maryland). We couldn’t be in a more advantageous location and yet we are rarely pulling any star caliber players out of those areas. One would hope that our coaching staff would be ingratiating themselves to the nearby high schools coaches and players but that doesn’t seem to be the case. While Hofstra lax is moribund, new college lax programs in the last 15 years like High Point Univ, Richmond Univ, Boston University, Marquette, Univ of Utah, etc have far surpassed Hofstra. In fact Richmond, a 10 year old program is presently ranked # 4 and Boston Univ which was started in 2015 is ranked 17, as Hofstra teeters in at #60 according to the latest RPI. Dubiously, Hofstra is just ahead of that powerhouse team, Cleveland State at 57. .

I am sure Seth Tiernny is very knowledgeable of the game, and was a solid Assistant Coach at Hopkins, but if his press conferences are indicative of his coaching style, he comes off depressed and totally uninspiring . Every metric on the health of this program points to a change, be it W/L record, game attendance, player recruitment and over a decade decline in the polls. Enough already.

I have suggested, as have a couple of other posters on this site that if there is no intent to change the head coach, as well as the culture that exists, that it would be best to simply cut our losses. Conversely I’ve been impressed with the head coach of LIU. He was a proven winner at Div 2 level having won two NCAA championships, and in less than 5 years at LIU, they have this year amounted a 9-2 record. Should Hofstra be back in the market for a head coach, I hope they bring someome in with winning head coach experience, and not a hot shot assistant, which frankly was the Tierney MO.

The need for urgent makeover is now. Sustaining the unsustainable is mindless and wasteful. Let’s move forward or put our Hofstra fans, which I am one, out of our misery

Chandy: Your post is spot on. I hope that Cole et al read it. I doubt that will happen. This is a horrible and sad situation. Cole's incompetence on all this is infuriating.

I do get the strong impression that both Cole and Poser are completely pwned by Margiotta (spelling on purpose lol) - seems like that guys got them all by the proverbial nads. Very very sad.

No clue why this guy still forces such garbage to persist if he's supposed to be someone that loves HU, loves our athletics, and loves lacrosse. NONE of that is coming through when you continue to force your pal to remain who straight up sucks as our HC and is driving the program into full oblivion.

I really just don't get it - I would think the action would be the exact opposite to help the program ?? Leaders make tough decisions, and have to do whats right for the betterment of the whole, not a part. Sometimes your friend or your family member isn't right for the situation. Gotta be able to make those calls if you want to be respected.

Not sure who I'm even directing this at, considering I think ALL of them have displayed ZERO leadership in all of this. One of them needs to step up.

I assume you mean James Metzger, since Joe Margiotta passed away over 17 years ago.
Interesting to read about all of his contributions to the Long Island lacrosse community.
https://share.google/ZgjpYn6Rmzu80bkY3

Oof, sure did JBOD lol, thank you! Apologies to the late Margiotta. Yeah, this dude loves lax and is generous to it, I just can't fathom how he can have that level of passion and continue to fuel this total failure and/or prevent it from making any necessary changes. It makes zero sense to me.

Another spanking - Yale 16 Hofstra 9. Don't even know what to say at this point - it has all been said.

Wait till you look at the face-off numbers. As Jojo said, the lax game is won and lost at the X - we don't have it. Not sure if our goalie is slipping fast as well, or if it's more his inadequate defense not giving him enough help.

Will be nice when this season comes to an end.

It would be nicer if ST moved on and Hofstra lured Amplo back to his alma mater. As Bear Bryant said when returning to coach Alabama - Momma's calling.

A LOT of us have been talking about Amplo and getting him back to Hofstra. In all honesty, he may be the only option to try and save this embarrassment of a program.