Post by FLHoya on May 22, 2005 22:55:26 GMT -5
DFW (and can nychoya help me on this): Isn't there already a minimum capacity in place for NCAA Quarterfinal Lacrosse hosts that's well above 4,500? Homewood seats 8,500 and people were worried all week that it'd never hold all the Navy, UVA, and UMass fans in addition to the home crowd (imagine if Cuse was the fourth team). I agree that the era of the 4,500 seat QF venue is over. What WOULD be cool if we can't do that is get 4,500 people into the MSF for ANY sporting event--a lacrosse Round of 16 game, a big Patriot League game when the team gets good, etc.
NYC: You made me check out the tape of that play, b/c I thought it was a really weird sequence too. As in: "huh, where in the heck was Rich on that play?" Normally when you see an empty netter, the goaltender has tried to double if not the shooter than somebody who had the ball during the possession. But what D'Andrea did was about 2-3 seconds after the re-start, he essentially turned his back to the play (when maybe it looked like McClone was going behind the net, so that'd be whY) and doubled a guy off the ball (I couldn't tell who cause he went off the screen). But Brodie was certainly trying to strip the ball before the goal.
I also checked out the play in OT where we turned it over while still on the man up. I can't figure out if our guy behind the net was trying a wraparound or a feed out in front of the crease (had a guy there and I'd have given him at least 50/50 of converting the pass and short-range goal and ending it right there). But it looked like it deflected off the long pole.
Yeah, I like 2 and 3--isn't that the "fun" dilemma? Great freshman and incoming freshman talent, and the Brothers Cannon are gonna be really special next year. But as hard as it is to take for granted what Corno and Merrill bring to the game--sometimes you do. And they ain't comin' back next year. We're nowhere close in this game without Corno, period. And the stuff Brodie can do to another team's best attacker/midfielder is unreal. We'll miss them a lot no matter who fills the void I think.
The one thing that bit us again though esp. in the first half was the shot selection and the timid offense. From what I read/saw, it was something we struggled with all year. Few times in the first half we had some really nice looks that we shot right into Alford's chest. You know in my basketball recaps how I talked about that period in every GU basketball game--"The Lull" or whatever--where the off ball movement stops and we just pass around the perimeter and fire something up from deep. That happens to GU lacrosse too. Dave Ryan and the other guy kept going on about how our offense is so dependent on individual effort rather than some kind of passing scheme or whatever. And I think that makes a difference sometimes--makes controlling tempo all the more important, lest you get behind by three goals and NEED to score quick.
I went to the Duke game this year and it was a real contrast of styles. Duke ran a ton of backdoor and quick stick looks for easy goals, and we ended up firing a bunch of blanks right into Fenton's stick from deep range. But the offense definitely grew as the year went along and I think they'll be a lot better next year. Definitely like seeing how B. Cannon can work the wraparound chances and P. Cannon's long range ability (he scores goals like his today all the time).
NYC: You made me check out the tape of that play, b/c I thought it was a really weird sequence too. As in: "huh, where in the heck was Rich on that play?" Normally when you see an empty netter, the goaltender has tried to double if not the shooter than somebody who had the ball during the possession. But what D'Andrea did was about 2-3 seconds after the re-start, he essentially turned his back to the play (when maybe it looked like McClone was going behind the net, so that'd be whY) and doubled a guy off the ball (I couldn't tell who cause he went off the screen). But Brodie was certainly trying to strip the ball before the goal.
I also checked out the play in OT where we turned it over while still on the man up. I can't figure out if our guy behind the net was trying a wraparound or a feed out in front of the crease (had a guy there and I'd have given him at least 50/50 of converting the pass and short-range goal and ending it right there). But it looked like it deflected off the long pole.
Yeah, I like 2 and 3--isn't that the "fun" dilemma? Great freshman and incoming freshman talent, and the Brothers Cannon are gonna be really special next year. But as hard as it is to take for granted what Corno and Merrill bring to the game--sometimes you do. And they ain't comin' back next year. We're nowhere close in this game without Corno, period. And the stuff Brodie can do to another team's best attacker/midfielder is unreal. We'll miss them a lot no matter who fills the void I think.
The one thing that bit us again though esp. in the first half was the shot selection and the timid offense. From what I read/saw, it was something we struggled with all year. Few times in the first half we had some really nice looks that we shot right into Alford's chest. You know in my basketball recaps how I talked about that period in every GU basketball game--"The Lull" or whatever--where the off ball movement stops and we just pass around the perimeter and fire something up from deep. That happens to GU lacrosse too. Dave Ryan and the other guy kept going on about how our offense is so dependent on individual effort rather than some kind of passing scheme or whatever. And I think that makes a difference sometimes--makes controlling tempo all the more important, lest you get behind by three goals and NEED to score quick.
I went to the Duke game this year and it was a real contrast of styles. Duke ran a ton of backdoor and quick stick looks for easy goals, and we ended up firing a bunch of blanks right into Fenton's stick from deep range. But the offense definitely grew as the year went along and I think they'll be a lot better next year. Definitely like seeing how B. Cannon can work the wraparound chances and P. Cannon's long range ability (he scores goals like his today all the time).
