Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 15 - Cleveland State Head Coach Dylan Sheridan

Dylan Sheridan Head Coach of Cleveland State University 00:31 Welcome Dylan -Community work -Fall for lacrosse coaches -Fall ball -Experimenting in the fall 02:52 What Coach Sheridan is Experimenting With this Fall -Trying new things on special teams -New drills -New Ride/Clear schemes -New rules on the riding and clearing -New amendments on flag down procedure 05:53 The Dive Rules -Dived a lot in the first few weeks -Not used as much after getting hit a few times -Will cause some difficulty for referees -Grey area around the crease -Playing defense differently 09:49 Coach Sheridan's Coaching Journey -Started playing for Skip Flanagan -Played in MCLA and lessons learned to help with future coaching -Also played Division 3 Football -Started coaching in Division 2 -Coached in the women's Division 1 game -Starting a Division 3 team with Coach Haas -Assistant at Denver -Assistant as Princeton -Came back to Cleveland to start Cleveland State 17:58 Lessons Learned From Coaches -Family is key -Lacrosse is a game that is wasted on the youth -Learning from tough times -Standards matter -Humility and changing and trying new things is important -Coach Tyranny as a Father in Law -How to treat Assistants -How Jamie met Matt Brown -Coach Brown's help along coach Sheridan's path -The ambition of Matt Brown -Emphasis on Skill -Reading Defenses -New styles from Coach Bates -Days at Princeton 32:22 Building Culture in a Program -Recruiting good people -Getting to know players -Homework on knowing players -Having current players help filter the character of recruits 38:08 Coach Sheridan's Defensive Philosophy -Coach Tyranny's philosophy when he was at Princeton -Slide and recover -Rotate and recover -Having multiple ways to play things -Being great at one thing rather than average at a lot of things -Aggressive defense -Pressure with new rules -"Pressure with your feet" -Zone vs pressure at the end of a shot clock 42:43 Coach Sheridan's Offensive Philosophy -Box like offense -Motion offenses -Hybrid of everything learned -Hang up game -Identifying 2v1 scenarios -No longer having to play guys both ways -Thoughts on two way middies with new rules 47:46 Leveraging Film -Being developed in the weightroom and the film room -Big ceiling of growth in the film room from high school -Optimizing film usage -Building understanding -Applicable to everything from skill to X's and O's -Individual skill -Copycat effect 55:30 Box League and its Impacts -Mirroring league from Colorado -Based out of Cleveland and Columbus -All during the week -Level of play rose among Cleveland State guys -Tickle down to youth level