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Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-07-17T17:21:55-06:00

My question: If he is really the "Joe Paterno" of club lacrosse, why did it take him so long to land a head-coaching gig....at a Div-II school?

I have had a bit to do with Coach Lamb. Without disclosing anything personal
I asked coach lamb about his getting a new coaching job. He indicated to me that this lay off was an interesting break for him. He has been in LaX for all his life, and was having a very interesting break, between spending more time with what his kids were doing etc. and seeing how life could be without having to fully 'live' LaX. I am sure his batteries have been recharged with a new perspective in life. I would bet that this new job will be handled a bit differently, having learned some valuable lessons about life now.

Even adversity can teach us good things.

Statistics: Posted by sage — Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:21 pm

Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-04-18T20:19:55-06:00

As this year has continued I have gotten to know Coach Lamb even better and I really can't express how much I respect him as a person as well as a coach. It may take him a few years to get on his feet at Adams State, but I know that he'll be successful. He already has tons of kids looking to play for him, there are so many lacrosse players that would love to get a crack at playing NCAA ball.

Statistics: Posted by Schmoe — Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:19 pm

Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-04-18T17:07:20-06:00

I am glad Coach Lamb landed on his feet. He is a great coach that BYU doesn't deserve to have. Would have loved to play for him but I too went the UVU route! Hope he wins a NC in Colorado!

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Statistics: Posted by Starge — Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:07 pm

Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-02-12T20:29:59-06:00

Well, either way, Lamb has a job at a (technically) higher-level now, BYU has relegated their lacrosse team and put them in their place. I hope that both do well, but have a feeling that it will take Lamb a few years to really get going at Adams and it will take a long time, if ever, for BYU to get back to where they were. Both parties seem to be happy with where they are now, so let's not dwell on the negative.

Statistics: Posted by Schmoe — Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:29 pm

Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-02-12T18:42:56-06:00

Sounds like Coach Lamb was fired by Lee Gibbons, BYU's Director of Extramural Sports (lee_gibbons@byu.edu), so he could be replaced by a guy they only had to pay part-time. That's low class.

Statistics: Posted by Mars — Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:42 pm

Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-02-12T06:24:35-06:00

Not a problem, hope I didn't sound defensive, I have never played for Coach Lamb and was happy with my decision to play at UVU instead. I understand that it is difficult to conceive that such a prominent and successful coach would be let go over something so minor, if you want to see the reactions of various people from different programs in the MCLA, you should check out this thread on collegelax.us, which formed as news was breaking of Lamb's departure:

http://www.collegelax.us/forums/viewtop ... =9&t=12237

Statistics: Posted by Schmoe — Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:24 am

Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-02-12T05:23:23-06:00

My question: If he is really the "Joe Paterno" of club lacrosse, why did it take him so long to land a head-coaching gig....at a Div-II school?
Let's see, he had been at BYU for fifteen years where he formed, started, and built the lacrosse team, he also formed, started, chaired, and built the MCLA from the ground up which all competitive clubs are now a part of, won three national championships and took his teams to many more, team was ranked in the top ten for over ten years straight, and built the feeder programs of high school and junior high school lacrosse in Utah. There are an extremely limited number of D1 lacrosse schools (61), and only two west of the Mississippi, one of which hired Bill Tierney from Princeton right before Lamb was let go. Most schools are going the MCLA route as it costs the school next to nothing and they don't have to deal with title nine issues. He turned down offers at other schools because he had a vision for BYU lacrosse, which was his baby. Now, after taking one season off, he has the chance to build another program from scratch, which he seems to do pretty well.

You can believe me or not, I had a lot of fun arguing with people who had no idea about club lacrosse when Lamb was originally fired, this is the way it really is and Lamb really was one of the top three coaches every single year in the MCLA.

Fair enough. I didn't know anything about him. It just wasn't jibing for me. Thanks for the context.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:23 am

Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-02-11T21:52:52-06:00

My question: If he is really the "Joe Paterno" of club lacrosse, why did it take him so long to land a head-coaching gig....at a Div-II school?

Let's see, he had been at BYU for fifteen years where he formed, started, and built the lacrosse team, he also formed, started, chaired, and built the MCLA from the ground up which all competitive clubs are now a part of, won three national championships and took his teams to many more, team was ranked in the top ten for over ten years straight, and built the feeder programs of high school and junior high school lacrosse in Utah. There are an extremely limited number of D1 lacrosse schools (61), and only two west of the Mississippi, one of which hired Bill Tierney from Princeton right before Lamb was let go. Most schools are going the MCLA route as it costs the school next to nothing and they don't have to deal with title nine issues. He turned down offers at other schools because he had a vision for BYU lacrosse, which was his baby. Now, after taking one season off, he has the chance to build another program from scratch, which he seems to do pretty well.

You can believe me or not, I had a lot of fun arguing with people who had no idea about club lacrosse when Lamb was originally fired, this is the way it really is and Lamb really was one of the top three coaches every single year in the MCLA.

Statistics: Posted by Schmoe — Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:52 pm

Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-02-11T14:38:56-06:00

My question: If he is really the "Joe Paterno" of club lacrosse, why did it take him so long to land a head-coaching gig....at a Div-II school?

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:38 pm

Re: Former BYU coach finds new home in CO

2010-02-11T01:30:58-06:00

Is Holmoe directly over the guy who oversees the clubs? I don't know if the guy was only in charge of club sports or if he's over all the clubs at BYU. If it's the latter then I don't think he'd be working under Holmoe, but I really have no idea. Just a stupid move, getting rid of an excellent coach because your personalities disagree (say hi to Mark Mangino and Mike Leach for me).

Statistics: Posted by Schmoe — Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:30 am