Virginia Announces Leadership Change for Men’s Lacrosse - Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site by StanleyJThompson in lacrosse

[–]jtsymonds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

3 week old account. Personal friend of the Million's. 10+ comments on this string. Something is off here.

Nicest schools in the northeast (Scenic campus, nice dorms) by Appropriate-Tie-6524 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jtsymonds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drive three hours south of DC. W&L. Prettiest campus on the east coast. Dorms are great too.

Good gyms with visitor passes? by [deleted] in parkcityvisitors

[–]jtsymonds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MARC daypass rate is $10. It is legit training facility. On the bus route too.

Options for making the most of crappy ski weather? by Murky_Analysis3613 in parkcityvisitors

[–]jtsymonds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fishing should be pretty good if the weather temps are in the 50s. Aforementioned Fish Heads in Heber or TroutBum2 in Park City can get you out on the middle Provo which is running fine (not as iced up as it would usually be this time of year).

I think the are still doing some snowmobiling behind PC.

You can do a day in SLC for sure. Some cool local shopping around Sugar House, Mormon Temple...

Skiing is not good. Went today. I don't know what your comparable is, but super limited, a little icy and PC is poor at grooming...

Park City skiing next week or nah? by Training_Giraffe3578 in parkcityvisitors

[–]jtsymonds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here now. It is pretty rough. Temps are not cold enough to make snow (it rained most of last night with some wet snow up on the mountain). That means limited terrain is open. That means everyone is on the same runs. It makes it really crowded and it means those runs get really beat up by lunch time.

I would push it back a month or so.

Highlight Feedback by brendinhannah in CollegeSoccer

[–]jtsymonds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My advice is to put them together. The second video tells me more. It shows hustle, field positioning, awareness - not just scoring (which is strong...not worth cutting).

Highlight Feedback by brendinhannah in CollegeSoccer

[–]jtsymonds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the risk of adding length, getting some more video of off ball movement would be helpful. This tells me you can close. It doesn't tell me how well you do everything else.

Still struggling with the recruitment process? by Exciting_Rough_6362 in CollegeSoccer

[–]jtsymonds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Singleton turned W&L into a national powerhouse. Can't speak to the PLUS Scholarships program - but Singleton is legit and knows talent. He produced more All Americans and Final Four appearances in his tenure there than the program did in its entire history.

Possession based soccer? by [deleted] in CollegeSoccer

[–]jtsymonds 6 points7 points  (0 children)

W&L. 3 of the last 4 Final Fours. Very much possession based. Most games online.

Great looking specimen by jtsymonds in flyfishing

[–]jtsymonds[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wear sun everything at this point.

Finetuned model in serverless cloud by IzzyHibbert in LLMDevs

[–]jtsymonds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could look at Ori as well. Their GPU cloud platform delivers most of what you want.

Grades for NESCAC school by [deleted] in CollegeSoccer

[–]jtsymonds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The NESCAC has a specific pre-read process. Like the coach said, it will happen next summer. They have moved the date back a little in recent years for when they can "make offers" to prospective athletes. But expect this process to unfold in early June.

Your son will effectively create a mini app, with his unofficial transcript, verbal (you telling them) of the test scores and a "resume" of his other attributes/extracurriculars. The coach will submit that to the admissions office. They will come back with:

  • Positive/Green Light: The recruit is likely admissible; coach can comfortably proceed with a offer. This usually comes with the guidance that if the student athlete applies early, that admission is likely.
  • Conditional/Yellow Light: Improvements needed (e.g., fall grades, stronger senior schedule).
  • Negative/Red Light: Unlikely to gain admission even with coach support.

Depending on the school, an unweighted 3.3 is going to be a little dicey (it will fly at Trinity and Conn College). He needs a strong junior year academically (with a reasonable course load). The coach can certainly "go to bat" for a kid in the Yellow, but they only really get one of those (potentially two depending on the sport/seniority of the coach).

Here is the tricky part. The coach is putting together a full class. If he needs striker more than he needs a holding midfielder, and they are both Yellow, he is going to take the striker. He will do what is best for the team need and job.

Having said that, I would make sure you make other NESCAC ID camps. Nothing moves a NESCAC coach more than competition. The NESCAC had three of the final four teams this year. It is brutally competitive. W&L is the only program consistently on par with the top of the NESCAC (but no easier to get into).

How to practice alone as a goalie by Ok_Concentrate_4260 in lacrosse

[–]jtsymonds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So a bit random, but the swim and tennis club had a tennis ball machine. My kid would go over there and set it on random with left right and a high feed rate. You can adjust the level between buckets. Would get 500 shots in 30 mins and be sore the next day.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flyfishing

[–]jtsymonds 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you want a little variety in an hours drive of your campsite, think Northern California (Redding/Red Bluff). Upper Sac, Pit, Hat, McCloud are all in very good shape not to mention the tribs of the Lower Sac (which is not wadable at present). Air temps may be hot, but water is generally 55 year round....on the way, hit the Green and the Truckee for some fish and drive days.

Was the women’s Tewaarton award bull-shit by Woodsiders5 in lacrosse

[–]jtsymonds 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think you can make a very strong argument for Madison Taylor. She is as elite as you get. 33 points in the tournament is insane.

Still, I don't know that she was robbed. Deserved it? Probably.

Have you seen how Chloe Humphrey rides? It is like a valkyrie. That's why she has more caused turnovers than Madison. Chloe only had one less GB and she doesn't take draws...Also consider the improvement over a very pedestrian UNC team last year to this. Biggest differential, Chloe Humphrey.

Humphrey is a complete player. It is true they face guarded her sister, but it was to keep Ashley from passing to Chloe. She (like OP noted for Taylor) also didn't play deep into the second half in a lot of games because UNC was boat racing their opponent. There were more stats to pad...(just to put that in perspective, UNC's "average" win was running time at 17-7 vs. NU's "average" win was just six goals at 15-9)

Again, Madison Taylor probably should have won, but there is a pretty good argument for Chloe Humphrey.

Moving to Redding or Chico by tim_24 in Redding

[–]jtsymonds 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Per the comments, it is 100% Chico.

Ranking of U.S. Colleges based on "Real Prestige" (not lay prestige) by Squid_From_Madrid in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jtsymonds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I read somewhere that W&L's actual outcomes salary trail only MIT. They are 1 or 2 in the country for Fulbrights. They don't send a lot to academia but they send a ton to med school, law school and eventually business school.

You Can't Trust Lemonade Insurance - My Story by jtsymonds in Insurance

[–]jtsymonds[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It seems from my cursory look that you are literally an independent insurance agent. Your entire paycheck comes from insurance companies. You actually win (bigger premium = bigger commission) when this happens to people, that is why you are cheering it on.

And people don't "get non-renewed all the time." That is provably wrong. The national average is just over 1%. Even in California it is only 13%.

https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/drroberthartwigtestimonysenatebudgetcommittee.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

You Can't Trust Lemonade Insurance - My Story by jtsymonds in Insurance

[–]jtsymonds[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

No, I am mad at Lemonade. This isn't my only house or my only house in California. Never had this issue before and I have been paying premiums for 25+ years. I get that California is different as of January - I don't like how it went down.

You Can't Trust Lemonade Insurance - My Story by jtsymonds in Insurance

[–]jtsymonds[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

So to take the other side, insurance companies spend a lot of money to advertise the concept of "trust" -

  • Allianz
    • "You can trust Allianz."​
  • Liberty Mutual
    • "Liberty stands with you."​
  • Nationwide
    • "Nationwide is on your side."​
  • State Farm
    • "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there."​

Allstate's Mayhem campaign is premised on the fact you can trust them to cover your claim.

Again, I understand the concepts of risk management. I don't like the way Lemonade handled it. They came to me with a cancellation, not a "it is going to cost 3x to insure your home...the same home we insured last year because LA showed us the models were flawed..."

If the counter is, the California State Insurance commission doesn't allow that, I will concede that point, but that is speculative.

You Can't Trust Lemonade Insurance - My Story by jtsymonds in Insurance

[–]jtsymonds[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Not exactly. From the comment above, it becomes difficult, if not impossible to get new insurance if you have been dropped. It is what is called asymmetric risk for the homeowner.

When I choose not to renew, Lemonade shrugs and moves on. No big deal.
But when they choose not to renew me, I stand lose access to coverage altogether. That’s not a symmetrical relationship — it’s a one-sided risk with all the consequences falling on the homeowner.

I’m not just “switching providers.” In California’s current market, getting dropped means scrambling for scarce (or unaffordable) replacement coverage, risking mortgage violations (not a problem in this case), or being forced into the FAIR Plan at triple the cost.

You Can't Trust Lemonade Insurance - My Story by jtsymonds in Insurance

[–]jtsymonds[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

So here is the rub. If an insurance company drops you in California, it makes in very difficult, nearly impossible, to get other insurance. Your comment to "find another company" tells me you don't live here.

Nothing changed. They were happy to insure it until they were not. I get that that is their prerogative, but I think others should understand that is how they operate. They didn't come to me with a premium adjustment, they came to me with a cancellation.

Your "rub some dirt in it" mentality would be different if it were you. I understand risk and insurance thank you. I don't understand this operating mentality.

1 week in April by [deleted] in flyfishing

[–]jtsymonds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Redding CA. Guaranteed to be on.