I totally missed, that, thanks for the info!
wait, edited to add: are we referring to this "news" posted on April Fool's Day?
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UNC Men’s Lacrosse 2025-26
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wait, edited to add: are we referring to this "news" posted on April Fool's Day?
a) Oh, whoops! I read that wrong. Corrected me again, thanks. Even worse optics, as the MLax world will descend on Scott Stadium with a ton of eyes and idle time focused on the UVA program this week.
b) This is great insight. As in, only place on the internet right now insight. There are a lot of people asking what happened at UVA with few answers provided so far. I searched a bit before I posted.
For comparison, UNC made a commitment to add almost 200 scholarships this year, taking us from 338 before the House v NCAA settlement to 532 in 2026. At roughly $50K per scholarship that is a $10 Million addition to the budget we just have to figure out how to pay for. We are currently operating at a loss, so this is a pretty major commitment.
And even with that massive increase, we are only funding roughly half of the 735 roster spots available on UNC's sports teams. So my guess is that even with this massive increase, sports like MLax at UNC will be slow to fully fund because we have already stated that FB and Baseball will receive full scholarship allotments eating up over 40 of the 100-ish men's scholarships off the top. But I bet MLax did add a few scholarships in year one of the new landscape.
So UNC is likely a leader in this endeavor, but even so MLax will probably take a while to get to fully funded. No inside knowledge, just drawing some conclusions based on logic,
But if UVA pulled some MLax scholarships, that is pretty crazy and indefensible. And yes, those players will surely bolt if their coach felt he should quit and their players had their few partial scholarships pulled.
The players may change, but as long as Breschi is coaching, the post-season ignominy remains
Lax used to get 11 1/2 scholarships and unlimited roster spots. Now they have 48 roster spots and can theoretically have them all on scholarship. When this changed, they took the 11 1/2 away and told him that he could have as many scholarships as he could raise the money for. There were some negotiation throughout the year, but this might change, but it didn’t. There is also some talk of parents being upset at special treatment given to the Millon brothers. But that is noise.
In the new world UNC has a huge, little talked about advantage. Several years ago, the general assembly passed the law that UNC system schools athletic departments are only billed the in-state rate for all scholarship athletes. Basically we can have about four players from out of state for every one that UVA can have for the same price.
Am I remembering wrong? I’m fairly sure the law actually made it so we had to billing counting out of state athletes as out of state. I feel like I remember that being a conversation with the Ram’s Club having to eat an extra mil or two in costs.
No. Out of state athletes in the UNC system are billed as in-state tuition. Is a huge advantage, particularly in non-revenue sports.
I’m friends with a women’s coach from another D1 school, and when I asked her why Carolina was so much better than everybody else, she said two things – Jenny, and the fact that they only have to pay in state tuition rates.
why would they pass a law to keep things the status quo?
I somehow missed that this was reinstated around ~2020. I was correct that this waiver was originally removed in 2010.
Should we be worried UVA will come after Breschi?
UVa should pursue Quin Busczek (sp?) from Cornell. And if they don’t, UNC should when Breschi’s contract is up. Guy is a stud coach. And I believe has some sort of distant UNC connection… uncle may have played here or something like that? Might have that wrong…
Princeton looks unbeatable. Notre Dame started the game 3-0, but Princeton scored 11 straight heading into the half.
Here is a full account of the UVA Coach Lars Tiffany getting fired. This is one man’s opinion but it seems well sources and is a nuanced view.
Bottom line:
Bosses did not like him
Assistant coaches did not like him
Many Players had complaints they took to the AD, and may have resulted in mass transfers.
Tiffany did not want to accept limited resources and compensation, but it appears he did have an offer which he tried to agree to, but it was pulled?
seems like all of the above.
Bottom line:
Bosses did not like him
Assistant coaches did not like him
Many Players had complaints they took to the AD, and may have resulted in mass transfers.
Tiffany did not want to accept limited resources and compensation, but it appears he did have an offer which he tried to agree to, but it was pulled?
seems like all of the above.
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UVa's current lacrosse situation is not unlike what our program went through in the late 70's. Paul Doty was a knowledgeable lacrosse coach who completely alienated the players to the point that there was a palace revolt. Players were quitting right and left. In comes Willie Scroggs. Great coach, players loved him and the program had no financial support. The team voluntarily cleaned out Kenan after football games to raise money for travel and equipment. If UVa can find the right coach, it could happen again. But I will caveat that statement with the observation that player attitudes are much different now than they were back then. It may be impossible to find 35-40 players that want to sacrifice so much for a program.
As for our season, it was certainly not the result we wanted. However, if you look at our five losses, there is a lot of hope for next season. Four of our losses were to the Final Four Teams, including the National Champion and runners up. The only bad loss (in my opinion) was the ACC Championship. We did not look prepared, nor did we look hungry and that's not a good look for a team that hasn't won a championship of any kind in 10 years. With that said, if Duffy is anywhere near 100% in the Quarter Final, we beat Syracuse. We matched up very well with the Orange, and there was no way they had enough talent to stop Petro, Duffy and the freshmen at the end of the game. Duffy is so talented, but can't avoid the hamstring issues. It will be interesting to see how the incoming freshmen fit in next season. Maybe Duffy will actually benefit from fewer minutes and less wear and tear.
As for our season, it was certainly not the result we wanted. However, if you look at our five losses, there is a lot of hope for next season. Four of our losses were to the Final Four Teams, including the National Champion and runners up. The only bad loss (in my opinion) was the ACC Championship. We did not look prepared, nor did we look hungry and that's not a good look for a team that hasn't won a championship of any kind in 10 years. With that said, if Duffy is anywhere near 100% in the Quarter Final, we beat Syracuse. We matched up very well with the Orange, and there was no way they had enough talent to stop Petro, Duffy and the freshmen at the end of the game. Duffy is so talented, but can't avoid the hamstring issues. It will be interesting to see how the incoming freshmen fit in next season. Maybe Duffy will actually benefit from fewer minutes and less wear and tear.
UVA goes cheap and hires Kevin Cassese. Shows they are no longer serious about lax.
I ran into Lars at the game yesterday. Really shady situation by UVA AD. Did not honor offer sheet he signed in March. He will likely go after them for breech of contract.
I ran into Lars at the game yesterday. Really shady situation by UVA AD. Did not honor offer sheet he signed in March. He will likely go after them for breech of contract.
I agree with the first part of your post, he is the cheapest option. But Cassese isn't the worst hire they could make. He did a really good job at Lehigh with a program that wasn't anywhere near as storied as UVa. But he's not getting any funding and I don't think cleaning the stadium after football games is going to get him where he needs to go.
Cassese will do just fine. An average coach can win at UVa. Along w ND and Duke, the easiest programs to recruit to. And who knows, Cassese might even be above average….I agree with the first part of your post, he is the cheapest option. But Cassese isn't the worst hire they could make. He did a really good job at Lehigh with a program that wasn't anywhere near as storied as UVa. But he's not getting any funding and I don't think cleaning the stadium after football games is going to get him where he needs to go.