Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 55 - Inside Lacrosse's Ty Xanders - a podcast by Jamie Munro

Ty Xanders - Inside Lacrosse's Director of Recruiting & High School Content 
01:01 Class of 2021 Recruiting -Focused on this summer-first class through the entire cycle of the new rules-Best thing that could happen for the sport-Numbers of recruits breakdown -5 stars setting the process-Always surprising -Service academies advantage -Breakdown of different schools 
07:43 Schools Leading the Way-Air Force - 10-Johns Hopkins, Brown, Maryland - 9-Changes in class sizes from the past -Differences for IVY Leagues -Sizes of recruiting classes-Total spots available for D1 players- 800-1,000-Spots available everywhere
13:05 Evaluating Rosters and Getting to Know Kids in the Process as a Player-Seeing a player multiple times -Developing a strategy -Smaller sample size-More talent than ever-Fall is more important than it has been -How it changes in the comping spring -The slow of recruiting during the season -Timeline to keep in mind for 2021's
21:45 What The Changes Will Do To Schools at the Bottom of the Food Chain -Flipping commits-The haves picking off the have-nots -The fluidity of it all-Where the pressure comes from -Take your time -Continuing to get better-More time to focus on developing 
30:22 The Change in Watching and Recruiting High School Games-Hard to predict-Try to, but the season is most important -Evaluating high school vs club -Non as convinced there will be a significant more high school recruiting -The way high school coaches know there players better -Development of using film -Watching 2022 lacrosse this fall
42:38 The Class of 2022 Being Under Recruited / 2021 Class Skill Levels-This year is changing how we will handle it in the future-The talent differential from 2021-Building a list -The attack group -High scholarships to defensemen -Goalie class 
47:46 Impact of Re-Classifying -More beneficial under the old rules-It will still exist-Gaining an advantage over the rest of the class-They will come possibly in November 
56:17 Inside Lacrosse Player Ranking Breakdown -The rule of 5 -Breakdown of the yearly timeline for evaluation -College coaches help and input -There are a lot of misses unfortunately -Eyes outside that help evaluate beyond college coaches-Bias in the recruiting world -Adding stared players -Window shrinking to watch kids may make predictions less likely to be correct

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