Additonal Thoughts
by dillon77 (2020-03-11 12:16:15)
Edited on 2020-03-11 12:18:19

In reply to: This year could be a rebuild  posted by Otter

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1) Completely agree on faceoffs. It was worse than the statistics.

One of the biggest WTF's of the game was when Leonard won the faceoff with us up 11-10 and went to goal. He passed on shooting but then threw an ill-advised pass out of bounds. Why not just keep running and take it around to burn clock?

2) "Stop fouling." Ohio State went 6-6 on extra-man opps. Leclaire got what...4...of his goals on man-up and he was wide open on most of those. Some degree of adjustment or even paying attention to where he was?

3) While ground balls were equal, I completely hear you. Been a bugaboo of mine for years with this team.

4) On the positive: our defensive middies (short- and long-stick) are beyond fast. They glide and have smooth acceleration. That said, let's put it on net.

5) I thought Entenmann mades some remarkable reaction saves yesterday but, yes, did give up a chippie or two. There was also one goal where a single wing dodge got a middie on-cage with no slide in sight.

6) Willet's seems to disappear at times. Is he being rotated in? Would like to see him set up more. Yes, I know he's somewhat limited, but varying his positioning could address that.

I'm watching this team, as well as the women's team (both my girls played high school and AAU lacrosse). Now that the Women's Hoops Team has its season end earlier than usual, I'll have more time to watch and post on lax board.


At this rate we can start wondering who'll replace Corrigan
by NDoggie78  (2020-03-11 12:37:45)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I'm not calling for his head, but he and Brey and Jackson and Muffet are all approaching retirement age and all the teams have been less than spectacular this year. They may just decide it's time on their own.

Wish we had an AD I trusted to make the right hires.

On FOGO, why haven't we recruited the best here? It has been a weakness for years and probably what has kept us from winning a championship. Surely Corrigan had to have seen the kid at Denver from Culver. Did we recruit him? Could it have been an academic issue?
Mistakes
by ccndbound  (2020-03-11 12:31:07)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

This team is making far more mental mistakes than in teams in years past. Man down defense was terrible - not rotating quick enough and not getting to the shooter (Leclaire). OSU ran the same play multiple times and our rotating D got stuck on the pick more than once. Those are mental errors.

Our A leaving the box early on the late face off that we were about to get - mental mistake that cost ND possession.

Offsides, delay of games, etc. - mental mistakes.

If these don't get cleaned up, they are going to have a hard time beating anyone in the ACC. All other ACC teams are looking pretty strong.