Not a huge week, but enough to round up the latest in a links post. Remember, anything you want to see in this space can be e-mailed to t.w.sullivan1@gmail.com or tweeted @GreatLaxState.
DO IT I DARE YOU (via @CK_Lacrosse)
This license plate. You are jealous of it.
Club
Schedules for the 2012 Cherry Bomb tournament in Traverse City this weekend are now available online.
True Lacrosse summer camp is under way today at Tecumseh.
Photo gallery from the June Heat Lacrosse exhibition.
Ca$h Cow$ took home the championship at Pipe City in Chicago over the weekend. #MOOOO
High School
Forest Hills Central was well-represented on the Advance All-Area team, as was Rockford. Three Rangers earned All-American honors.
College
Inside Lacrosse’s John Jiloty points out that something needs to be done about the pace of play in collegiate lacrosse. The game’s popularity on television and in final four attendance has waned in recent years, and a shot clock is (of course) among the suggested fixes. My thoughts on that matter:
@GreatLaxState But SHOT CLOCK. “@Deadspin: 7 times as many people watched a Rambo movie in Spanish as watched MLL: http://deadsp.in/51xs ”
A shot clock hasn’t made the MLL popular in the least, so what makes people think it’s the solution for college. (For the record, as someone who’s come to the game in recent years – since the alleged slowdown has taken place – I don’t think it’s as big a problem as the lifelong observers of the game seem to believe).
Detroit led the MAAC in men’s lacrosse players on the academic honor roll. That’s a welcome headline after the Titans were hit with scholarship reductions just over a year ago for academics.
A retro Michigan helmet sold for 167 bucks on eBay (HT: 412 Lax).
The Nick Colleluori Classic has announced that Michigan is among the participants in the 2012 event, Oct. 6-7. The Wolverines got smacked around in a couple games last fall in the same event.
Michigan State’s MCLA team has hired Brandon Schwind as coach, replacing the dismissed Dwayne Hicks.
Recruiting
2013 Michigan commit Stefan Bergman was a key performer for his La Salle team’s Brine Shootout championship.
Two incoming Michigan recruits make Inside Lacrosse‘s top 20 post-grads.
15. Dan Kinek, M, Avon Old Farms (Conn.), Michigan
18. Gerald Logan, G, Hotchkiss (Conn.), Michigan
Two of Logan’s Hotchkiss teammates top the list in Notre Dame-bound Matt Kavanaugh and future Yalie Michael Quinn. Derek Sganga (Marist) is the other Avon Old Farms representative. PhillyLacrosse.com touches on Kinek’s appearance on the list.
Internal Linkage
Is Emil Weiss an elite Division-1 goalie?
Detroit was particularly snake-bitten last year, and better health could lead to a stronger team in 2013.
Looking at Michigan and Detroit’s 2012 stats side-by-side.
As always, links of note or any content ideas, etc. can be sent to t.w.sullivan1@gmail.com or @GreatLaxState.
I want to use this opportunity to sing the praises of the guy that made most, if not all the great Michigan Lacrosse Videos of recent. The “retro,” ( I laugh, my Bacharach bucket is retro,) helmet belonged to Mike O’Leary and he had enough gear such that his dad felt they could part with some.
Mike O’Leary has produced 4 Emmy winning videos, not all about lacrosse. But his lacrosse videos have some scenes often taken and used again by others. “Proof” segments were used in the video that Paul Rabil called the “most inspirational.” He produced the lacrosse videos at Michigan and then went on to create inspiring videos for University of Miami athletics, one, (The Great Storm,) shown on the big screen before the Miami opener. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWvt-cZLwT0) won a 2010 Emmy. He also came back and did a video on the re-dedication of the Big House, shown on the big screen there.
Here is “Proof,” http://vimeo.com/37426356
Who knows, maybe the helmet was used in this vid.
Without looking a little closer (I’ll be honest, I only looked at the auction to see if it was still running before including the link), I didn’t realize it was Mike’s helmet. All the videos he’s done for the lacrosse team, and going into the football video boards have been great.