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[QUOTE="ivorytower, post: 3499833, member: 6888"]
According to IL/RR  assessments, all the other ACC teams have had better recruiting classes than Cuse over the past several years  yet Cuse goes tooth and nail with all and was arguably the best ACC squad last year. 
Perhaps why Duke and ND  were compelled to go so heavily into transfer portal despite their heralded recruiting classes

Week in, week out Duke-UNC-UVA-ND getting so and so ad nauseam can be disheartening. 
Compiling much top talent in each recruiting class  increases probabilities of the number succeeding but there are only ten players on the field at one time . If only 5 or so players a grade hit then a team can be very good especially if their talents compliment.

View  IL rankings as very credible,  based on observation but also inherently biased to those talents repeatedly seen on circuit. Top fifty get the ink and their commitments headline  but reality is there are alot of good players  for the discerning eye  to filter thru and project beyond the current state.

Agree that Syracuse COLLEGE (moreso than lax program) is a harder sell than other ACC teams especially those to the south.  Despite that , Cuse lax talent last year  was as good as any and they have athletes.  Shame that 2020 went by wayside because team was on the ascent while some other contenders were not as strong as usual. Adding Sowers (or Gray in 19") would have  put us over the top but wont bemoan lost chance because we return several top talents.

It's 2020 so I  may be canceled for being sacrilegious to the legacy of cuse lax but... Considering the cited disadvantages and a much greater competitive landscape with wider parity,  gonna credit staff for being able to identify n structure  the team to keep program near the top almost every year.
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