Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast

NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse 2020 Preview Andrew Towers & Jamie Munro Discuss their top 20 teams heading into the 2020 Season 3:25 #20 Princeton 4:50 #19 Princeton 5:49 #18 Army 6:35 #17 Towson 8:25 #16 Loyola 9:48 #15 Georgetown 10:55 #14 Denver 12:20 #13 Hopkins 14:05 #12 High Point 16:40 #11 Ohio State 19:00 #10 Duke 21:57 #9 North Carolina 24:30 #8 Notre Dame 27:50 #7 Cornell 30:50 #6 Syracuse 33:45 #5 Pennsylvania 38:00 #4 Maryland 41:05 #3 Yale 45:12 #2 Penn State 49:55 #1 Virginia

Jim Stagnitta Podcast Coach Stagnitta 3:50 What Coach Stags did after winning 1st ever PLL Championship 4:05 Coach Stagnitta’s lacrosse journey - the high school years - the college years at the University of Pennsylvania - playing under two different coaches Charlie Coker and Coach Tony Seaman - After college and getting into college coaching 22:18 Getting Head Coaching job at Washington & Lee at age 27 - How Coach Stags grew as a coach and other mentors 26:00 MVP Lacrosse Camps 27:23 Coach Stagnittas Assistant Coaches over the years - Timmy Downs - Lars Tiffany - Jim Rogalski - John Burgess - Greg Carroll 30:45 Moving to Rutgers from W&L - Early struggles & setbacks - Reset - Focusing on things that are important 44:00 Entrepreneurs/Camp Business - looks for a void, and a way to help people - High end experience - Details 53:30 Coaching in the Pro Ranks - Denver Outlaws Head Coach - Florida Launch - Charlotte - PLL Whip Snakes - coaching in the PLL 1:08:06 MVP Development Group - Corporate & Pro - Complete Athlete 360 - HS & College teams - holistic approach - Helping create culture - effective communication - Manage changed - helping leaders reach goals Coaches now have to be more like CEO’s - MVP Development Group helps leader communicate & resource their people, help leaders need to create trust, 1:19 New Business coming this summer - Recruiting is Later - Created 2 events Spotlight 88 Invitational- For Rising 8th/9th graders - PLL players & college coaches coaching - 2 1/2 day camp of high level skills and concepts at Towson Univ taught by college coaches.

Brian Voelker Podcast Coach Voelker’s Lacrosse Journey 3:30 Coach Voelker’s playing days at Gilman 7:40 Voelker’s playing days at Johns Hopkins - playing for Coach Zimmerman - playing for Coach Tony Seaman - playing with Dave Pietramala 12:32 Take-away checking and the difference in defenders today 21:20 Coaching with Coach Tierney at Princeton and winning the National Championship 24:35 Returning to Hopkins as Assistant Coach, Becoming a Head Coach with the Bayhawks 26:50 Becoming Head Coach at University of Pennsylvania 27:10 Drexel Years 28:52 Culture at Drexel 30:00 Drexel Assistant Coaches Durkin & Boyle 33:03 Coach Voelker’s Defensive Philosophy - V-Hold vs Cross Check Hold - Crease slide vs Coma - Single invert - man vs zone - Defending 2 man game 47:00 Drexel’s Offensive Philosophy - BC/Canada connection - Reid Bowering 55:25 Keys to not giving up Transition 57:44 Recruiting - college coaches & pickup basketball on the recruiting trail - Less Fall recruiting events so athletes can play other sports

Lars Tiffany - National Champion University of Virginia Head Coach Lars Tiffany  01:23 Playing as a D1 Head Coach  -Playing to enjoy the game -Time machine  -Building empathy for the players we coach  -Playing with old teammates  -Personnel from the team -Learning communication  -Decentralized command  -Playing pick up lacrosse to stay with the game  11:00 Playing Small Sided Games -Two times a week -Practice plan breakdown  -Breading decision making  -"Skills are a solution" -Learning to implement solutions  14:35 Building the Culture in 2020 Coming Off the National Championship -Can't be identical from last year  -Playing opponents more prepared for them  -Can't play the underdog role  -Reading as a team  -This years book: The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday -The concept of hunger  -Staying humble  23:00 Playing at Virginia This Year  -Playing slower in 2019 than expected -Learning to balance possessions -Using shot clock as a metric measuring device -Playing fast with Coach Kirwin  -Living through droughts and excepting turnovers  -Bringing the schematic concept of managing games like football -Giving power back to the players -Playing fast requires good goaltending and face-off play 35:14 Defense Philosophy -Freedom to double to players backs  -Allowing players to go outside the script -Freedom to slide -Defending the Yale rollback offense  -Using the medicine of the game  -Training heavy on Sundays off  -Being physically ready for it  -What about the COMA slide is advantageous for  -Playing the invert behind with the COMA slide 48:16 Riding Philosophy and Scheme -Nature vs Nurture of it all -The personnel of the attackmen  -The mentality the attackmen have -Pouncing on the sideline to sideline passes  -The Munro drill or the Coquitlam drill -Notre Dame riding drill 55:56 Recruiting Philosophy and Tendencies -Change has come in defensemen  -Recruiting defensemen for game day traits -Seeing communication skills in defensemen  -Offensive talent is still seen early  -Narrowing down the focus -Making the process more personal -Evaluating the 2021 class -Being patient

Andrew Baxter - Head Coach at Fairfield University  00:58 The Journey For Coach Baxter -Growing up in Rochester NY -8th grade  -Reconnecting with past mentors -Transferring schools in college -Springfield legends coaching in college now -Coach Bugby  -Connecting to the coaching world -Experiences at Colgate  -Favorite camps from back in the day -The 5 years at Drexel -The beginning of building the pairs offense 29:46 Coaching With Old Teammate Nick Myers at Ohio State and Transitioning to Yale -The support from the wife -Taking a step professionally  -Learning to build a program -Coaching with Nick Myers -Learning to be thoughtful -Evaluating options for a time by stepping away from the game -Being reached out to by Coach Shay at Yale -First few years at Yale -Why Andy Shay is successful -Developing men  -Less is more -Players accountability  41:49 Building Culture  -Worrying about the "how" instead of the "what" -It means something to get through practices -What the little things in practice should look like  -How well you mobilize your team is an indicator of the structure of the program -Using the film to address the "what" -Managing change  -Utilizing the mental side of the game -Recruiting culture-Working on culture 52:50 Style of Play Philosophy  -Building on fluidity on two way play -Want to play fast  -Breaking down the 6v6 play in the league  -Really playing two way middies -The evolution of it all 58:18 Defensive Philosophy  -Finishing your play  -Going from on ball to off ball and visa versa -Transitioning roles within a possession  -Efficiency is key  -Practicing communication  -Teaching decision making -Using rules within drills to encourage things  -Parameter scrimmages 1:07:08 Offensive Philosophy -Early offense -Take advantage of two way middies -Very simple -Focusing on ball movement  -Operating a lot out of the 22 set  -2 man game -Why 2 man game is effective  1:11:41 Player Development Philosophy  -Using individual periods -Using small groups and station work -Individual skill development is key -Starting with an individual experience in the spring  -Teaching dodging -The footwork of different dodges -Teaching shooting  1:22:53 Recruiting Philosophy -School recruits itself -New facilities  -Looking for core principles -Talking to their advocates -Skilled athletic attackmen as the unicorn  -Playing both ways in the midfield -Face-off guys  -Multi-sport athletes-Recruiting box players and Canadians  -What you note in recruiting  -Evaluating IQ

Jake Elliott - Analyst for Saskatchewan Rush and All Time Box Lacrosse Voice NLL Preview Part 3 - West Division 00:30 Calgary Roughnecks  -Defending NLL Champions  -Suspension of Dane Doby  -Jesse King and his insertion  -Offensive personnel  -Christian Delbianco  -Game 5 of the Minto Cup 2 Years ago  -Tyler Pace and his thoughtfulness of the game -Curtis Dickson -Dane Doby  16:50 Saskatchewan Rush  -Mark Mathews as the Mail Man  -Mark Mathews peculiar stick  -Derek Keenan and his coaching influence -The ever evolving offensive scheme -The Whitby system  30:18 Colorado Mammoth -Pat Coyle as a great Head Coach -Dillon Ward and building around him  -Big strong defensive mindset  -Some of the young guns -Spread thin in the early part of season  -Reaching the 10-11 mark offensively  34:30 San Diego Seals -Getting Austin Staats -Getting Austin Staats back from injury  -Missing some key assets  -Still up in the air as a team  -The "Rumble on the Runway" -Picking up Jeremy Noble  -Connor Fields 43:02 Vancouver Warriors -Second year with new ownership -The depth is coming back  -Competing in a tough western division  -Trending towards the future -Important draft picks coming down the pike

Jake Elliott - Analyst for Saskatchewan Rush and All Time Box Lacrosse Voice NLL Preview Part 1 - East Division 02:27 The Realignment and Expansion of the NLL -Halifax moving Rochester called the Expansion  -New Rochester Knighthawks replacing the moved team -Second year for Philadelphia and San Diego -Three different divisions  -New playoff format  07:02 Georgia Swarm  -Lyle Thompson  -Randy Staats  -Ted Williams  -Shane Jackson  -Established returning goaltender  -What makes Lyle Thompson so impressive  -The underrated Randy Staats and his game 15:28 New England Black Wolves  -2 road wins to start the year -The goaltending situation  -The offensive personnel  -The production in transition  -Andrew Kew and his rookie year  -Callum Crawford -"The Crowbar" 22:45 Philadelphia Wings  -Fixing things from a disappointing year last year -New goaltending  -Playing in a tough division  -Recovering from injuries -Matt Rambo  -Blaze Riorden 26:48 New York Riptide -Expansion year -Concerning acts on the team  -Looking for Americans  -College players from the NCAA

Jake Elliott - Analyst for Saskatchewan Rush and All Time Box Lacrosse Voice NLL Preview Part 2 - North Division 00:30 Halifax Thunderbirds  -The former Rochester Knighthawks  -Cody Jamison  -Shut down defensemen  -Cody Hossack and how he's improving  -NCAA players impact  -Cody Jamison's shooting  09:15 Buffalo Bandits  -Hammered in the offseason -Injuries plaquing them  -Still in the mix -Dane Smith -Matt Vinc  -Corey Small  -Josh Byrne and his versatility  -Chris Clutier and his impact 18:23 Toronto Rock -Bouncing back from a disappointing year  -Playing in transition mode -Tom Schreiber  -The areas where Schreiber will develop  -Dan Dawson and his swim move  -Latrell Harris  27:27 Rochester Knighthawks -Expansion team  -Good mix of personnel -Holden Cattoni  -Shawn Evans as a competitor

Michael Cummings - All American, All Ivy, 2x National Championship Games, All-Pro & Wall Street Bond Broker  01:19 Run in the Late 80's at Cornell-Recruiting class -The personnel of the older players -Close eyes shooting method -A dream year in 87' -The 88' year against Syracuse  -Game vs North Carolina in 88' -Timmy Goldstien  -Paul Schmoller -Playing for Richy Moran  14:42 Becoming a Bond Broker In New York  -Relationships from Cornell -Following the crowd  -Working as a Bond Broker  16:58 Playing Indoor With the New York Saints  -Meeting Tom Towers -The who's who of Long Island  -Changing as a player playing box -Hitting goalies in the head  -National Championship National Anthem Story  20:51 The Evolution Into How Mike Got to Where He's at Today -Making all pro team as a rookie -Coming close to the USA team -Maryland and John Tillman  -Penn State  -Duke  -Hoftsra  -Working through self esteem problems  -Becoming accepted by people at any cost  -Loosing control  -Living the split life -Self esteem as a driver in life -Using the strength from God -Tapping into dormant confidence  -Urging people into not making the same mistakes -Selling real estate in Mexico -The saving grace of lacrosse mcummings29@mac.com

Mike Murphy - Penn Head Coach and 2019 Head Coach Of The Year 00:59 Coach Murphy's Coaching Journey -It's about the people and the passion we share -Becoming friends with Andy Towers -Coach Benedict  -1 v the whole team GB drill -Playing for Duke  -The experience of coaching at Brown in 92' -Going along with Dom Starsia to Virginia  -Bounce passes-Deep zone ride  -Making the move to Penn 15:45 The Leadership and What Made the 12 Game Winning Streak Happen Last Season  -The senior group  -The balance of leadership and skill -The athletic fluency basketball brings to special players -The toughness of the team 19:39 Developing Culture To Build On Last Year -Not trying to replicate the last year  -The team will be a little different  -Style will likely stay similar -The use of collaboration  -The off-field commitment  -Recruiting your culture 24:43 Style of Play at Penn -Playing with pace-Spacing is key  -Defining space -Engaging all 6 players -Spacing between dodgers and defender -Playing 2 way middies  -Running zone defense 33:47 Player Development Philosophy  -Fluency piece  -More dynamic drills for players to react to  -The credit to the coaches vs the player -V hold vs Crosscheck defense  38:21 Defensive Philosophy  -Physical  -Technical  -Tactical -Key of connectivity  -The concept of fluency  42:51 Recruiting Defensemen  -Evaluating defensemen  -Change of direction vs agility  -Being able to react  -Off-ball piece of recruiting  -Evaluating IQ or game sense  -Stick skill piece  -Canadians and Box Lacrosse  -Finding the right fit  -Criteria: good student, good player, good kid -Flexible to see if they fit in to the scheme  -The role at 2 man game at Penn -Recruiting defensive mentality  -Style of play for short stick defensemen  -The positions within positions for attackmen  -Evaluating attackmen  1:00:06 New Rules -The dive is still being perfected -The shot clock  -The sub box helped  -New recruiting rules -The advantages for the players for the new recruiting rules -The advantages the coaches are getting with recruiting rules -Prospect day in June  1:05:00 Importance of Advocates and Informers for College Coaches -Using different sources -Character references are important  -More time to evaluate with the new schedule  -The use of film to evaluate players