Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 41 - National Champion Virginia Assistant Coach Sean Kirwan

Sean Kirwan - University of Virginia Offensive Coordinator 00:44 Coach Kirwan's Journey -Lacrosse Familiy -Mountain Lakes Lacrosse -Growing Up In a Strong Program -Playing College Lacrosse at Tufts University -Coaching as a Graduate Assistant at Tufts 04:17 Coach Kirwan's Offensive Philosophy and It's Evolution -Putting Pressure On Opponents -Playing To Your Strengths -Up Tempo 07:07 The Things Learned From Coach Dailey -Allowing Autonomy -Teaching How To Manage People 08:37 Transitioning to D3 to D1 and Lessons Learned From Lars Tiffany -Learning the Next Layer to Everything -Playing the "Long Game" -Becoming More Prepared -Trust and Autonomy While Demanding the Best 13:20 Lessons Learned and How Talent Was Leveraged in 2015 and 2016 @ Brown -Realizing Structure -Learning From Not Putting Enough Pressure on Opponents -Learning How to Play Settled 6v6 Offense -Finding the Balance Between Structure and Creativity -Coaching a Player Like Dylan Molloy -Being Able To Identify and Manipulate Sliders 24:55 UVA's Championship Run Offense -Feeling Confident in Matchups With Two no. 1 Attackman -Invert Options With High IQ Players -Two Very Talented Middies -Capitalizing What They Knew Best -Playing as a 6 Man Unit, Especially Late in Games 31:51 Yale's Offense -Flow of the Offense -Freezing Defensemen to Get The Chasing -Making You Pay For Showing Off Mirror -Yale vs Penn State 35:15 Penn State's Offense -Off-ball Play -Generating Offense Without Winning Matchups -Admirable Shooting -Basketball Influence 39:00 Why Hang Up Game is SO Dangerous? -Creates Indecision -Generating Backside Come Around Goals -Different Things to Think About Defensively 41:58 Having a Team of Come Back Kids -Continue to Get Stressful as Season Goes On -Strong Senior Class -Ryan Conrad -Leaning on Second Year Class -Momentum is a Funny Thing -Riding Intensity and Its Impact 49:47 Progression and Emphasis on Player Development -Important to Lars and Bled Into Coach Kirwan -Three Phases to Introduce -Teaching How To Play In Transition -Teaching The Time and Place To Dodge Differently -Drilling All Goals Scored in the Duke Game 57:27 Recruiting and What Is Being Looked For? -Analytically Driven -Highlighting Hot Beds to Focus On To Be Efficient -Talking to High School and Club Coaches -"Shooting Without Ego" -Being Able to Run By vs Get By A Defender In Recruiting -Dissecting IQ -Using Pick Up vs Instruction Because of Competition