I have no doubt you had great convos with Keli. And of course she wants to help the lax program because it’s her job. However, I can guarantee that she has told every single fan/alumni for every RU sport about all the great future plans and support those programs are going to get. She’s basically a politician in this regard. I’m certainly optimistic but actions speak louder than words.
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Brecht was ahead of the curve on two things — transfer portal and NASCAR. He was one of the first coaches to embrace the portal and used it to fill key gaps. And when we were one of only a few programs that fully committed to high speed defense to offense and recognized the impact of true two-way middies and the importance of a goalies ability to throw outlet dimes in the post shot clock era. Most programs at that point were still struggling to figure out the impact of the shot clock. Many teams had a slow, deliberate strategy that was very coach-centric vs. Brecht’s player-centric philosophy. Many coaches focused more on minimizing mistakes than making plays. Relying heavily on substitutions, getting early leads and ball control offense. Brecht’s teams played wide open and allowed players to make plays at the expense of more mistakes but it is a system that players love to play in.
Since then, teams caught on to the portal, which only accelerated with the coming of NIL and increased scholarship limits. In addition, most old school coaches still running a ball control style of play have been systematically forced out in favor of a more uptempo style like Brecht’s. With more teams playing that way teams have become better at defending it.
Those things have more than leveled the playing field, because other programs have closed the gap strategy wise and have more resources. Brecht has shown that with equal resources he can compete at the highest level. Hopefully Kelli will get us that support.
Since then, teams caught on to the portal, which only accelerated with the coming of NIL and increased scholarship limits. In addition, most old school coaches still running a ball control style of play have been systematically forced out in favor of a more uptempo style like Brecht’s. With more teams playing that way teams have become better at defending it.
Those things have more than leveled the playing field, because other programs have closed the gap strategy wise and have more resources. Brecht has shown that with equal resources he can compete at the highest level. Hopefully Kelli will get us that support.
He was fortunate that he has had, at a minimum, 2 goalies who made that possible.
I wouldn’t say fortunate. It is intentional. It’s a skill they recruit for and train when they arrive.