RMLC & WCLL compete for championship

[Daniel Morris]

Scotty,
I think you just called me a bad coach who is poorly organized. After all I've done for you, too... You are off my Christmas list. :

JP, in Perth I was surprised you were able to have matching shoes and your hair combed on most days. You only forgot to put your pants on once the whole time.

Actually Michigan is the class of the MCLA in organization and coaching (well at least tied in the second category ). However my point is that in most cases every school in this league has the potential to be like CSU. Look at Duluth, Utah, etc... Once there is stability in the coaching area, and a concerted, sustained effort is made at building bridges within the school good things usually happen. Heck, CSU has very little school support, but having a committed competent coach has helped make them the most dominate team in the last 5 years.

For what it is worth here is the current list of Mich and Ohio players on the rosters of the top 40 (approx) DI programs. It is a very impressive list, if not quite the numbers noted by shep.

Cornel-0
Duke-0
UVA-1(Oh)
Georgetown-2 (2 Oh)
JHU-0
Maryland-2(2 Oh)
Princeton-0
Navy-1(Mich)
UNC-0
Albany-0
Notre Dame-3(2 Oh, 1 Mich)
Loyola-2(1 Oh, 1 Mich)
UMBC-1(Oh)
Towson-0
Delaware-1(Oh)
Colgate-3(2 Oh, 1 Mich)
Drexel-0
Rutgers-0
Ohio St.-9(Oh=8, Mich=1)
Bucknell-3(1 Oh, 2 Mich)
Syracuse 4(1 Oh, 3 Mich)
Dartmouth-2 (2 OH)
Yale-0
Penn-3(1 Oh, 2 Mich)
Harvard-2(2 Mich)
Penn St.-3 (3 Mich)
Denver-4 (3 Oh, 1 Mich)
UMass-2(1 Oh, 1 Mich)
Army-2 (2 Mich)
Fairfield-0
Brown-2 (2 Oh)
Mt Saint Mary’s-1(Oh)
Binghamton-0
Stoney Brook-0
Hofstra-0
Air Force-4(3 Oh, 1 Mich)
Lehigh-2(2 Oh)
Hobart-1 (Oh)
Holy Cross-0
St Johns-0

Top 20=28 (21=Oh 7=Mich)
next 20=30 (17=Oh, 13=Mich)

What are the numbers from NY? I feel like where I went to high school in the Hudson River Valley, between us, Long Island and Upstate, we were sending 20+ kids from each district to Div I schools. Hell, from surrounding towns we probably had 20+. Hess, Carcaterra, Kavovit, Beardsley, the list goes on and on.

[Zamboni_Driver]

Now you have an interesting question - can schools that lack a "virtual varsity" status compete with those that do?

This conversation again brings me back to my original post/question. Maybe "virtual varisty" is not the best term, but there is something to be said for a team with a relationship with the school, consistent coaching, and organization. Such programs seem to raise above others regardless of league they are in. Thus, when teams are trying to move into the top 25 of top 16, they need to consider the program and not the league when it comes to scheduling.