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  1. #961
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    Feb 2007
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    Durham
    Very entertaining game today. Shame our team did not play with the same intensity as the Hoos and Merlin did today. Sucks that we beat the team that won and lost to the team that lost. As for transfers, depending upon internal development, a top notch goalie and some swift SSDMs would be great. I too would be leary of introducing additional attack. We saw this year that that does not always translate into improvement.

  2. #962
    Quote Originally Posted by buddy View Post
    Very entertaining game today. Shame our team did not play with the same intensity as the Hoos and Merlin did today. Sucks that we beat the team that won and lost to the team that lost. As for transfers, depending upon internal development, a top notch goalie and some swift SSDMs would be great. I too would be leary of introducing additional attack. We saw this year that that does not always translate into improvement.
    Lax can really be about matchups, which sometimes works for you and sometimes against you. Having watched some of your game against MD, and parts of the Duke-UVA match, it felt really clear.

    If UVA and Duke played 10 times, Duke would probably win at least 6, all things being equal. But UVA’s strength was mid-field athleticism, which happened to be exactly what was needed against a very strong MD. It sucked the way it ended, but you guys had a nice overall season.

  3. #963
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    New York
    Congrats Hoos !

  4. #964
    Quote Originally Posted by ElliottHoo View Post
    Lax can really be about matchups, which sometimes works for you and sometimes against you. Having watched some of your game against MD, and parts of the Duke-UVA match, it felt really clear.

    If UVA and Duke played 10 times, Duke would probably win at least 6, all things being equal. But UVA’s strength was mid-field athleticism, which happened to be exactly what was needed against a very strong MD. It sucked the way it ended, but you guys had a nice overall season.
    Elliott, you're being charitable. Appreciate the words. The chasm was vast between Duke and Virginia by the time the tournament rolled around. Duke needed multiple feeders and middies. If you needed crease attackmen, then we had plenty.

  5. #965
    The Tewaaraton awards won’t be handed out until Saturday (rather than the traditional ceremony at the Smithsonian, they will be handed out at halftime of the Whipsnakes - Chaos game at Gillette Stadium), but I don’t think there is much doubt who is getting them.

    Premature congratulations to Jared Bernhardt and Charlotte North. They won them fair and square.

  6. #966
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    Vermont
    is Charlotte North a high school?

  7. #967
    Quote Originally Posted by budwom View Post
    is Charlotte North a high school?
    You sure you’re not thinking of North Mecklenburg?

    How different might Duke’s season have been with a 101-goal scorer up front?

  8. #968
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    Nov 2012
    Location
    New York
    Desko out at Syracuse ?

    Gary Gait as next Syracuse men's coach ??

    https://www.syracuse.com/orangelacro...se-report.html

  9. #969
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    Apr 2010
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    Arlington, VA
    Quote Originally Posted by TywinBlue View Post
    Desko out at Syracuse ?

    Gary Gait as next Syracuse men's coach ??

    https://www.syracuse.com/orangelacro...se-report.html
    Seems like a logical move. Gait has done a very good job with the women's team, and he is a Syracuse legend.

  10. #970
    Quote Originally Posted by TywinBlue View Post
    Desko out at Syracuse ?

    Gary Gait as next Syracuse men's coach ??

    https://www.syracuse.com/orangelacro...se-report.html
    Desko had a heck of a career, but it was based mostly on recruiting. Once he stopped having the most talent—and in particular once Cuse stopped being the automatic choice for Six Nations kids—he went downhill pretty quickly. It was over for him when Brendan Fowler won ten faceoffs in a row. It just took a while to become apparent.

  11. #971
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    Feb 2008
    Location
    Washington, D.C.
    Quote Originally Posted by burnspbesq View Post
    If I were doing a way-too-early Top 20, I think I would have Duke in the 6-8 range.

    We look to have plenty of offensive mids, although how the pieces fit together is anything but clear. Nakeie, Owen, and McAdorey look like a potent first unit. If McAdorey needs a year to figure it out, maybe he spends a year on D a la Tripucka and Lawson, and Danenza runs on the first unit. Assuming Badour stays and is healthy, there’s a role for him, perhaps on a second unit with Dyson and O’Connor, or perhaps as a man-up specialist. Dyson needs to be a lefty alley dodger so that he and Brennan don’t get in each other’s way, which means he can’t be on the same unit as Owen.

    Brennan, JoeRob, and Basile are the starting attack. Depth is a question mark.
    I had meant to reply to your post last week and suggest that there might be a possibility that Dyson Williams will move back to attack. I am not sure he has the dodging skills for midfield and he racked up a large number of goals in 2020 at attack before the season ended. Although JP Basile started having runs at midfield late this year, he (like Dyson) strikes me as being a better fit at attack and he also played well at that position in 2020.

    However, Coach D may now have one less option next year. Inside Lacrosse is reporting that JP Basile has entered the transfer portal as a grad student.

    https://www.insidelacrosse.com/artic...own-more/58063

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