"Coach Phil has his guys and the other guys. If you aren’t one of his guys, you are going to be questioning why you bother putting in the effort."

"As a parent, you hope to guide your children in the right direction and set the in a path for success. I have enormous regrets sending my son to play lacrosse at Centre. He had plenty of schools that really wanted him but instead he chose Centre with my blessing. He waisted what could have been a fun college lacrosse career because I didn’t see through the sales pitch of Phil and Grant. I deeply regret not paying closer attention. "

"Phil isn’t professional and he tries to be buddies with some players. There is a hierarchy with Phil. Talent is a part of it, but so is where you played high school, public or private school, and MOST importantly if you are one of his guys. You are going to get almost no individual instruction from Coach Phil and if you intend to get better, it will be on your own. Everyone on campus who cares about lax talks about the favoritism, especially with Phil, but nothing changes."

"I attended Centre as a lacrosse player. The school is fine but I could have chosen lots of good schools. The deciding factor for Centre was lacrosse. I had no idea that I would be lied to in nearly every meeting with coaches, that coach Phil would be desperately trying to relive his college life and would talk about players openly to the players that he was trying to befriend. He and Coach Z will recruit you knowing that they don’t intend to play you. They will lie throughout the off season about where you are in the depth chart and then when the season comes around, you ride the bench. If you aren’t getting some D1 attention, do not come here. I promise you will regret it. Unless you want to hear from other players all of the bad things Coach Phil said about you, this isn’t your place. You won’t be developed at all, you will be lied to constantly, and you will come away hating the sport that you once loved. I quit playing because if Phil and Coach Z. I really hate that they turned something I loved into something that I walked away from. "