[LRoggy]

If you are a lacrosse fan this is HUGE news. This is the equivalent of Nick Saban being let go at Alabama. Pietramala and Bill Belichick are close friends. Belichick is an enormous lacrosse fan, having played it in college. His children are all coaches in the sport.

[Texas Eagle]

This is the equivalent of Nick Saban being let go at Alabama.

OMG, it's bigger than that. It'd be like John Shuster being let go at The U.S. Curling Team.

[Jack Black]

Seriously, you are abusing the "BREAKING" feature, it's not for flogging your personal hobby horse, it's for the whole of Free Republic. There might be one other person who cares about this obscure sport and this obscure school... and it's SPORTS, which isn't exactly breaking news - unless it's the Kobe crash or something.

Not cool.

[hardspunned]

I know nothing of lacrosse. I assumed some researcher was leaving over bad Wuhan plague data.

[digger48]

Strike me down Corona, there’s no reason to live anymore now

[Bartholomew Roberts]

University of Cincinnati just announced they were dropping their Division I men’s soccer team. The team has been a UC staple since 1973.

I think a lot of Universities and Colleges are going to be cutting sports programs to keep their budgets intact.

The Coronavirus coupled with reduced enrollments are going to really impact schools over the next decade.

[chiller]

There is likely a bigger picture. NCAA programs began today to cancel some secondary sports because of loss of revenues. NCAA B-ball , tuitions, and possibly fall football.

More to come.

“Hey coach...about your salary....in fact, about your team.”

[CollegeRepublican]

I was saddened by this news. Petro was the best defender of the 80s. My father took me to all of the Hopkins home games growing up and I am a Hop fan to this day, even after playing for another team in college. I went to several summer camps where Pietramala was a coach. He would let anyone try and take him one-on-one and he would strip the ball from everyone that tried to take him on. His hoarse voice yelling at you from across the field and his intensity were unforgettable. Whatever team lands him will have a great coach and lacrosse mind.

[bramps]

His children are all coaches in the sport.
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So his son that coaches the Pats finds enough time to coach lacrosse too?

[STJPII]

Born, raised and currently live in Baltimore. I’m a lax geek. The game has passed Pietramala by. JHU would be better served with Nadelen from Towson, a JHU grad. Nadelen has done more with less and is a better evaluator of talent. Pietramala simply couldn’t recruit the way his predecessors Ciccarone or Tierney did

Hopkins used to get many of their best players from the Baltimore private schools. In recent years I have seen those players go to UNC and play for Breschi. The Ensign Kelly Award winner from Calvert Hall (Cole Herbert 2020) is going to UNC next year. He is the type of kid JHU needs and used to get. Calvert Hall, the number one team in Maryland, is sending three top kids to Maryland next year. In years past they’ve sent many to UNC.

Tambroni at Penn State is a recruiting machine. Not sure if he would want to leave

[Vision]

It's big news in the Lax world and probably a good move. I've been wondering if this was coming, his record was hot and cold with more cold. Under his watch Hop wasn't consistently in the top tier at the end of the season.