Coach Purdie Interview Transcript

Coach Purdie Interview

0:02- Coach, Why do you think Long Island continually produces top-notch collegiate talent?

0:07- With players starting here at age 3, it really looks to begin an instructional process and helps those players who could be lacrosse players later on get the basic skills needed. We also have such a networking of teams that players are able to play on from junior high to high school and then in the summer here on Long Island there is no weekend that goes by that you can’t be playing lacrosse. And we’ve basically been known for many years to have such strong lacrosse that those guys are really playing against the best players in the world every weekend and that makes you a better player.

0:51- Well, how would you compare the players coming out of high school into the college scene from Long Island versus what is considered the other top areas such as Baltimore?

1:00- Well Baltimore has some guys as, but what you are really looking at is as lacrosse develops around the country and world, still right here in Long Island you have some of the best lacrosse going on every day of the week so if you’re a player and you’re looking to get better, this is really a ultimate place to come and I back that up with the fact that I came here 20 years ago because I wanted to get better after I left Australia.

1:31- Have you any trends in the college recruiting scene that is going away from Long Island to other states, other countries?

1:41- Absolutely, yea absolutely, you just have to look at some of the top players I have on this team. You just need to look at who won the last world indoor championships; you just have to look at who won the last world outdoor championships, that’s not USA. Its team Canada so if you were to ask me, I think Canada is going to start sending a number of top recruits.