I would take out the
substitution, maybe take out a long-stick or two. Back in the ’70s, there were a lot more 16-14, 17-15 games where it was up and down. There was no substitution. There were no long sticks. I’m not saying it’s in a bad place now, but I enjoy the end-to-end action, and middies being able to play both offense and defense as opposed to specializing. Does the sport need a shot clock? That’s a tough question. It’s going to bring in zone defense and all that. It will be interesting to see how that unfolds.
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What are the most important aspects of a coach when dealing with players?
The number one thing you have to be able to do is help the player. If you can help the player, then the player will usually be receptive and listen — whether that’s on the field, off the field, work ethic, technique, whatever it is. If the athlete feels like you can actually help them become better at whatever area it is you’re emphasizing, then it’s worthwhile. You feel good and he gets something out of it. If you’re not able to help or assist the player for
whatever the reason, then there’s not much production.
One day you will retire as a football coach. If the phone rang and someone wanted you to be a lacrosse coach, what would your response be?
It would be tough. I don’t know if I know enough about it. The game has kind of passed me up a little bit.
When you look at a guy like Paul Rabil, if he grew up in Texas and was a football player, what would his ceiling be? [Amswer on next page]
Belichick, whose father coached football at the U.S. Naval Academy, latched onto lacrosse at Annapolis High in Maryland.
Even in his ascendancy as a four-time Super Bowl champion head coach of the New England Patriots, he has remained close to the sport through the Bill Belichick Foundation, which provides financial assistance to football and lacrosse organizations in need, and in his friendship with Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala.
Bill Belichick Field opened June 17 at the Hopeful School in Masaka, Uganda — the result of a donation to the Fields of Growth lacrosse volunteer corps.
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