And to my longstanding complaint about the pace, speed, and situational awareness to be creative at their practices significantly impacts how the defense responds in game situations when playing teams unlike that what is seen at practice. Those numbers you posted are indeed quite telling. Sure Navy has a scout team, but they are not going to be to able replicate oppositions speed, pace, and efficiency.naptownshark wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 9:29 am I have been a longtime reader of this thread and mostly read to see whats going on with the program and how the fans have been reacting.
I also noticed that oldjay is quite a supporter of RS and dislikes RW quite a bit. Here's some NCAA Stats
2012-
O - 39th @ 9.08 g/gm
D - 14th @ 8.92 g/gm
2013
O - 58th @ 7.92 g/gm
D - 32nd @ 10.32 g/gm
2014
O - 51st @ 8.93 g/gm
D - 20th @ 9.36 g/gm
2015
O - 38th @ 9.79 g/gm
D - 13 @ 8.57 g/gm
2016
O - 33rd @ 9.88 g/gm
D - 2nd @ 7.38 g/gm
2017
O - 47th @ 9.43 g/gm
D - 22nd @ 9.57 g/gm
2018
O - 48th @ 9.0 g/gm
D - 15th @8.93 g/gm
2019
O - 48th @ 10.62 g/gm
D - 51st @ 12.08 g/gm
So yes, statistically the defense has been significantly better than the offensive side of the ball. One year the defense was worse and you are just going to bash RW for it? How about the previous years were the O was complete garbage? How about the multiple years RS went on record to tell media that it was the most talent on the offensive side of the ball he's had and still couldn't produce?
Let me be clear. I like RS and RW both a lot. Both of them are great guys and good leaders but to sit here and bash RW, oldjay, after one bad year is a little telling which side you're on. RS came into a difficult situation after Meade was fired and it was unfair but knowing some alums he also didn't help his cause too much either.
I think a lot of people's frustration came with RS not ever being willing to give up the O to capable OC's that have come and gone. The mainstay of Navy Lacrosse has always been D and RW would be a fantastic head coach. He knows these kids, knows the academy and would be a great fit. All I'm hoping for as a fan is to see Navy Lacrosse come back to play how they used to in the 2000's.
Sorry for the rant but the past two pages made me really puzzled.
BEATarmy!
2016, the year they are ranked @2 defensively and they had a nice close game in the NCAA playoffs, they also had a highly aggressive defense that was super athletic and they could extend much further, coupled with Dove at F/O. RW adjusted IMO, which is what any good coach does, especially when your players are quite different each year.
If there is an argument that RW should not be the leader of this team, I have yet to hear one....Bueller?
