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.I don't know anything about filming a TV game, but is it better in late afternoon to be facing towards or away from the Sun? And if it is the latter, how f'n stupid is it to be facing the Sun when each game over a 2-week period is facing the Sun? As a viewer some plays in the pll are washed out by the Sun. But maybe it doesn't matter, IDK?

I couldn't tell you since I don't have the NBC Gold App and have heard bad things about it. I'm not one to purchase the online streaming and I didn't like the fact that only 3 of the MLL games were on "actual" television. I thought the PLL had it right with most of their "Regular Season" games being on TV, either NBC or NBCSN but only 50% of the playoff games are on "actual" TV and as we are finding out a bit, a 4 game Regular Season in a week with everyone making the playoffs (and knowing that going in) is not a solid instrument to test how good teams are.
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PLL Championship Final: Chaos #7 vs Whipsnakes #1 on Sunday, August 9th at 12:30 PM ET on NBC.

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PLL Championship Final: Chaos #7 vs Whipsnakes #1 on Sunday, August 9th at 12:30 PM ET on NBC.

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Championship!






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All this means is he saw some pictures of cool or unique stadiums. This means nothing.
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Matt Whitcher SSDM scooped up by the PLL Waterdogs.
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Schedule released:
7 weekends with 5 games each.
Quite a few bye weeks and an All Star day.

Playoffs give the regular season winner a quarterfinal bye while 2-7 play and the 8th team misses.
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As far as I can tell, these are the most up-to-date PLL rosters going into training camp 2021. Apologies if I’ve missed anyone or mis-positioned anyone, the rosters on the PLL website are sometimes inconsistent. Also did my best with the various lists of exempt players, but that was trickier to figure out.

Thoughts going into the season? Team strengths, weaknesses, needs, contenders? Who makes the 25-man game day rosters for each club? How does the influx of talent help, or hurt, teams? Championship picks? Best players still in the player pool? (not that there’s an available list to look at that I can find).

I. Archers
a. Attack: Grant Ament, Marcus Holman, Will Manny, Nate Solomon
b. Midfield: Tom Schreiber, Ryan Ambler, Connor Fields, Ryan McNamara, Tre Leclaire, Christian Mazzone, Jeff Trainor, Joey Sankey, Austin Sims
c. FO: Stephen Kelly, Conor Gaffney, Noah Rak
d. SSDM: Dominique Alexander, Mark McNeill
e. LSM: Scott Ratliff, Jared Connors, Latrell Harris
f. Defense: Graeme Hossack, Warren Jeffrey, Matt McMahon, Evan Conell, Jack Rapine, Jackson Place
g. Goalies: Drew Adams, Adam Ghitelman, Nick Washuta
II. Atlas
a. Attack: Jeff Teat, Eric Law, Dan Bucaro, Jake Carraway, Mark Cockerton, James Pannell
b. Midfield: Bryan Costabile, John Crawley, Romar Dennis, Dox Aitken, Brent Adams, Joel Tinney, Brendan Sunday
c. FO: Trevor Baptiste, Gerard Arceri, Chris Mattes
d. SSDM: Danny Logan, Peter Dearth, Kevin Unterstein, Jake Richard
e. LSM: Kyle Pless, Craig Chick
f. Defense: Tucker Durkin, Cade van Raaphorst, Michael Rexrode, Austin Pifani, Andrew Newbold, Aidan Hynes
g. Goalies: Jack Concannon, JD Colarusso, Sam Lucchesi
III. Cannons
a. Attack: Lyle Thompson, Bryce Wasserman, Andrew Kew, Ryan Drenner, John Upgren, Clarke Petterson
b. Midfield: Paul Rabil, Connor Buczek, Josh Currier, Deemer Class, Max Tuttle, Stephen Rehfuss, Shayne Jackson, Chris Hogan
c. FO: Drew Simoneau, Tom Kelly
d. SSDM: Zach Goodrich, Sam Duggan, Luke Anderson
e. LSM: Reece Eddy, Chase Levesque
f. Defense: Brodie Merrill, Jack Kielty, Jake Pulver, Justin Pugal, Scott Hooper, Tyson Bell, Holden Garlent
g. Goalies: Nick Marrocco, Jacob Stover
IV. Chaos
a. Attack: Josh Byrne, Mac O’Keefe, Chris Cloutier, Miles Thompson, Ryan Smith, Chase Fraser
b. Midfield: Sergio Salcido, Jake Froccaro, Austin Staats, Wes Berg, Ian Mackay, Tanner Cook, Dhane Smith, Kyle Jackson, Eric Scott
c. FO: Max Adler, Kyle Gallagher, Austin Henningsen
d. SSDM: Patrick Resch, Mark Glicini, Dalton Crosson
e. LSM: Matt Rees, Troy Reh
f. Defense: Jarrod Neumann, Jack Rowlett, Kyle Thornton, Dan Coates, Johnny Surdick
g. Goalies: Blaze Riorden, Austin Kaut
V. Chrome
a. Attack: Jordan Wolf, Justin Guterding, Randy Staats, Matt Gaudet, Jackson Morrill
b. Midfield: John Ranagan, Jordan MacIntosh, Ned Crotty, Justin Anderson, Colin Heacock, Brendan Kavanagh, Jeremy Thompson, Will Haus
c. FO: Connor Farrell
d. SSDM: Ryan Terefenko, Ryan Beville, Michael Brown
e. LSM: Joel White, Eli Salama, CJ Costabile
f. Defense: Jesse Bernhardt, Mike Manley, JT Giles-Harris, Danny Moss, James Barclay, Greg Weyl, John Moderski
g. Goalies: John Galloway, Sean Sconone, Tate Boyce
VI. Redwoods
a. Attack: Rob Pannell, Ryder Garnsey, Jules Heningburg, Matt Kavanagh, Ryan Lee
b. Midfield: Myles Jones, Joe Walters, Sergio Perkovic, Charlie Bertrand, Jamie Trimboli, Kyle Harrison, Patrick Harberson
c. FO: TD Ierlan, Charlie Leonard, Peyton Smith, Greg Puskuldjian
d. SSDM: Isaiah Davis-Allen, Jack Near, Nick Ossello
e. LSM: Larken Kemp, John Sexton, Hugh Crance
f. Defense: Garrett Epple, Finn Sullivan, Eddy Glazener, Chris Price
g. Goalies: Tim Troutner, Jack Kelly, Brian Phipps
VII. Waterdogs
a. Attack: Ryan Brown, Michael Sowers, Kieran McArdle, Ben Reeves, Christian Cuccinello
b. Midfield: Zach Currier, Connor Kelly, Ben McIntosh, Mikie Schlosser, Drew Snider, Ethan Walker, Michael Kraus, Ryan Conrad, Dan Eipp, Christian Scarpello
c. FO: Jake Withers, Casey Dowd
d. SSDM: Kyle McClancy, Steven DeNapoli, Matt Whitcher
e. LSM: Brian Karalunas, Ryland Rees
f. Defense: Liam Byrnes, Eli Gobrecht, Ben Randall, Chris Sabia, BJ Grill
g. Goalies: Dillon Ward, Matt DeLuca, Charlie Cipriano
VIII. Whipsnakes
a. Attack: Matt Rambo, Zed Williams, Ryan Tierney, Jay Carlson, Chris Aslanian, Dylan Maltz, Simon Mathias
b. Midfield: Connor Kirst, Jake Bernhardt, John Haus, Brad Smith, Mike Chanenchuk, Jack Jasinski, TJ Comizio, Frank Brown
c. FO: Joe Nardella, Kevin Reisman
d. SSDM: Matt Abbott, Charlie Hayes, Matt Hubler
e. LSM: Michael Ehrhardt, Alex Spring
f. Defense: Bryce Young, Tim Muller, Matt Dunn, Sean New, Colin Squires, Nick Grill
g. Goalies: Kyle Bernlohr, Reed Junkin, Alex Ready
IX. Unavailable to Travel
a. Curtis Dickson – Chaos
b. Challen Rogers – Chaos
c. Bryan Cole – Whipsnakes
d. Jesse King – Chrome
X. Injured List
a. Brendan Fowler -Cannons
XI. Holdout List
a. Curtis Corley – Cannons
b. Foster Huggins – Chrome
c. Isaac Paparo – Whipsnakes
d. Ty Warner – Whipsnakes
e. Pat Spencer – Archers
f. Connor Cannizzaro – Chrome
g. Kevin Cooper – Whipsnakes
h. Peter Baum – Redwoods
i. Jared Bernhardt - Chaos (likely)
XII. Military Exempt
a. Tom Rigney – Chrome
b. Maybe
i. Matt Rees - Chaos?
ii. Johnny Surdick - Chaos?
iii. Matt Landis - Redwoods?
iv. Noah Richard - Waterdogs?
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Lax Mouse wrote: Tue May 18, 2021 11:08 am
I couldn't see any misses in your rosters.

Here are my thoughts:

Whips are favourites and Archers behind them.

My roster projections:
xxx xxx=On 19 man roster
(xxx xxx)=Not on 19 man but 25 man roster
((xxx xxx))=Not on the the 25 man roster. Will be dropped to waivers

I. Archers
a. Attack: Grant Ament, Marcus Holman, Will Manny ((Nate Solomon))
b. Midfield: Tom Schreiber, Ryan Ambler, Connor Fields, (Ryan McNamara), Tre Leclaire, Christian Mazzone, Jeff Trainor, (Joey Sankey), ((Austin Sims))
c. FO: Stephen Kelly, (Conor Gaffney), ((Noah Rak))
d. SSDM: Dominique Alexander, Mark McNeill
e. LSM: Scott Ratliff, Jared Connors, (Latrell Harris)
f. Defense: Graeme Hossack, Warren Jeffrey, Matt McMahon, ((Evan Conell)), ((Jack Rapine)), (Jackson Place)
g. Goalies: Drew Adams, Adam Ghitelman, (Nick Washuta)

Alexander & McNeill plays good defense but they are not a threat in transition. Trainor solves that.
Trainor should not stay on O on the pro level but he can push early offense.
LSMs like Ratliff has had to provide that and Connors will do the same. But you can't always choose who gets a fast break.
Leclaire & McNamara fight to take JCurrier's spot as the pick partner for Schreiber and add a lot more range.
Mazzone is a different player but still looking for the same spot. Ambler & Fields will play on the right side, rarely together but both getting time.
D got bigger & both Hossack & Jeffery can play especcially against heavy Whips. If Place is healthy, he's a speedier option.

II. Atlas
a. Attack: Jeff Teat, Eric Law, Dan Bucaro, Jake Carraway, (Mark Cockerton), ((James Pannell))
b. Midfield: Bryan Costabile, John Crawley, (Romar Dennis), Dox Aitken, Brent Adams, (Joel Tinney), ((Brendan Sunday))
c. FO: Trevor Baptiste, (Gerard Arceri), ((Chris Mattes))
d. SSDM: Danny Logan, (Peter Dearth), Kevin Unterstein, Jake Richard
e. LSM: Kyle Pless, Craig Chick
f. Defense: Tucker Durkin, Cade van Raaphorst, Michael Rexrode, ((Austin Pifani)), (Andrew Newbold), ((Aidan Hynes))
g. Goalies: Jack Concannon, JD Colarusso, ((Sam Lucchesi))

If think Teat, Law & Carraway will be the Attack. Abandon the QB at X start to let Law sneak up from behind for inside feeds.
Bucaro can dodge high wing & invert. Costabile, Aitken and Dennis stand deep to fire or take advantage of poor approaches.
Ken Clausen is the new defense coordinator and had Rexrode, Newbold & Pless last year on Outlaws, & Chick the year before that.
Outlaws had the best organized D in the last few MLL-seasons. Chick will get more CTO's but all Outlaws can't play. Durkin & CvR has solid spots.
The SSDM group is good now and all 4 can play. Adams can also get runs and Costabile also, but I think he should put his energy on O.

III. Cannons
a. Attack: Lyle Thompson, Bryce Wasserman, Andrew Kew, Ryan Drenner, ((John Upgren)), (Clarke Petterson)
b. Midfield: Paul Rabil, Connor Buczek, Josh Currier, Deemer Class, (Max Tuttle), (Stephen Rehfuss), (Shayne Jackson), Chris Hogan
c. FO: Drew Simoneau, (Tom Kelly)
d. SSDM: Zach Goodrich, Sam Duggan, ((Luke Anderson))
e. LSM: Reece Eddy, Chase Levesque
f. Defense: Brodie Merrill, Jack Kielty, Jake Pulver, (Justin Pugal), ((Scott Hooper)), (Tyson Bell), (Holden Garlent)
g. Goalies: Nick Marrocco, Jacob Stover

Lyle is the heart. Does he like to play with X-attackmen that turn the corner like Wasserman? I think he fits better with a passer like Stanwick or crease guy like Miles.
An X-passer would be Rehfuss & a crease guy would be righty Petterson or lefty Jackson. Kew should be top 6 & I think as an attackmen.
Rabil & Buczek can play on different lines because they are similar. Currier and Drenner will fit close to Lyle as middies while Class should stay on the other side to strech shoot.
Goodrich is a star & Duggan will be a great partner.
Bell is a runner but he takes bad angles. Hogan will get his shot over him as SSDM to start.
Eddy & Levesque reunite from Boston University & are both slick ballhandelers. Pugal could bump up to LSM.
Kielty may be no.1 cover guy right away. Pulver is strong & Merrill should be a hawk off-ball. Garlent is my 4th option.


IV. Chaos
a. Attack: Josh Byrne, Mac O’Keefe, Chris Cloutier, (Miles Thompson), ((Ryan Smith)), (Chase Fraser)
b. Midfield: ((Sergio Salcido)), Jake Froccaro, Austin Staats, Wes Berg, Ian Mackay, (Tanner Cook), Dhane Smith, (Kyle Jackson), ((Eric Scott))
c. FO: Max Adler, (Kyle Gallagher), ((Austin Henningsen))
d. SSDM: Patrick Resch, Mark Glicini, Dalton Crosson
e. LSM: Matt Rees, (Troy Reh)
f. Defense: Jarrod Neumann, Jack Rowlett, Kyle Thornton, ((Dan Coates)), Johnny Surdick
g. Goalies: Blaze Riorden, Austin Kaut

Dickson is a big loss. The blessing in disguise is that Dhane should ball handle more. Dhane can stay mid and Chaos can now have 2 lefties at attack.
That would be Byrne, O'Keefe, Cloutier or maybe Austin Staats. Staats could be better from down low.
O'Keefe will play up high in seetled play but his shooting can make fast break's a nightmare, so maybe play him at attack.
Third guy will be a righty crease guy. Can Miles keep his spot or does Berg or Ryan Smith take it?
Froccaro, Fraser, MacKay & Jackson is the middies that can survive when caught on D. Fraser could be a full time SSDM but I haven't seen him in field.
Crosson looks like the most reasonable replacement for Bell on SSDM. Maybe Coates? Teams will need 3 SSDMs.
Thronton is an oranganizer on D. Was hoping Chaos would make more changes on D. Blaze will have to save them again.


V. Chrome
a. Attack: Jordan Wolf, Justin Guterding, Randy Staats, Matt Gaudet, ((Jackson Morrill))
b. Midfield: John Ranagan, Jordan MacIntosh, Ned Crotty, (Justin Anderson), Colin Heacock, (Brendan Kavanagh), (Jeremy Thompson), Will Haus
c. FO: Connor Farrell
d. SSDM: Ryan Terefenko, (Ryan Beville), Michael Brown
e. LSM: Joel White, Eli Salama, CJ Costabile
f. Defense: Jesse Bernhardt, (Mike Manley), JT Giles-Harris, (Danny Moss), ((James Barclay),) ((Greg Weyl)), ((John Moderski))
g. Goalies: John Galloway, Sean Sconone, ((Tate Boyce))

Randy takes the starting spot off Gaudet, who can jump in on EMO.
Haus, Terefenko start off a super strong SSDM group.
White, Salama and Costabile feel too good to leave off the field so I think one of them should take Manley's spot at close defender.
Sconone could be the new starter.


VI. Redwoods
a. Attack: Rob Pannell, Ryder Garnsey, Jules Heningburg, Matt Kavanagh, Ryan Lee
b. Midfield: Myles Jones, Joe Walters, Sergio Perkovic, (Charlie Bertrand), ((Jamie Trimboli)), (Kyle Harrison), Patrick Harberson
c. FO: TD Ierlan, (Charlie Leonard), ((Peyton Smith)), ((Greg Puskuldjian))
d. SSDM: Isaiah Davis-Allen, Jack Near, ((Nick Ossello))
e. LSM: (Larken Kemp), John Sexton, Hugh Crance
f. Defense: Garrett Epple, Finn Sullivan, Eddy Glazener, (Chris Price)
g. Goalies: Tim Troutner, Jack Kelly, (Brian Phipps)

Redwoods need off-ball players but will they be smart enough to play Lee?
My top 6 would be Pannell, Garnsey, Kavanagh - Lee, Heningburg, Perkovic. That is a lot of attackmen.
Harrison does not have a spot if you only look at playing ability.
Landis would make them even better.
Kelly would be so fun to watch.



VII. Waterdogs
a. Attack: Ryan Brown, Michael Sowers, Kieran McArdle, Ben Reeves, (Christian Cuccinello)
b. Midfield: Zach Currier, Connor Kelly, Ben McIntosh, Mikie Schlosser, (Drew Snider), Ethan Walker, ((Michael Kraus)), Ryan Conrad, ((Dan Eipp)), ((Christian Scarpello))
c. FO: Jake Withers, (Casey Dowd)
d. SSDM: Kyle McClancy, (Steven DeNapoli), (Matt Whitcher)
e. LSM: Brian Karalunas, Ryland Rees
f. Defense: Liam Byrnes, Eli Gobrecht, Ben Randall, (Chris Sabia), ((BJ Grill))
g. Goalies: Dillon Ward, Matt DeLuca, ((Charlie Cipriano))

Sowers, Brown, McArdle is the new look at attack.
Currier, Kelly, MacInotsh at first midfield. Schlosser, Walker, Reeves, Cuccinello & Snider fight for two sports.
Was Conrad not good enough last year or was there another reason? Let's see him make a comeback.'
Byrnes, Gobrecht & Randall is an all new close D that will be a huge improvement in front of Dillon Ward.

VIII. Whipsnakes
a. Attack: Matt Rambo, Zed Williams, Ryan Tierney, Jay Carlson, (Chris Aslanian), ((Dylan Maltz)), ((Simon Mathias))
b. Midfield: Connor Kirst, Jake Bernhardt, John Haus, Brad Smith, Mike Chanenchuk, (Jack Jasinski), (TJ Comizio), (Frank Brown)
c. FO: Joe Nardella, (Kevin Reisman)
d. SSDM: Matt Abbott, Charlie Hayes, ((Matt Hubler))
e. LSM: Michael Ehrhardt, Alex Spring
f. Defense: Bryce Young, Tim Muller, Matt Dunn, ((Sean New)), (Colin Squires), (Nick Grill)
g. Goalies: Kyle Bernlohr, Reed Junkin, ((Alex Ready))

Not much will change and the Whips are just reloading. Abbott, Hayes, Spring, Kirst & Tierney will all play but the old players will still be the ones leading.


IX. Unavailable to Travel
a. Curtis Dickson – Chaos
b. Challen Rogers – Chaos
c. Bryan Cole – Whipsnakes
d. Jesse King – Chrome
X. Injured List
a. Brendan Fowler -Cannons
XI. Holdout List
a. Curtis Corley – Cannons
b. Foster Huggins – Chrome
c. Isaac Paparo – Whipsnakes
d. Ty Warner – Whipsnakes
e. Pat Spencer – Archers
f. Connor Cannizzaro – Chrome
g. Kevin Cooper – Whipsnakes
h. Peter Baum – Redwoods
i. Jared Bernhardt - Chaos (likely)
XII. Military Exempt
a. Tom Rigney – Chrome
b. Maybe
i. Matt Rees - Chaos?
ii. Johnny Surdick - Chaos?
iii. Matt Landis - Redwoods?
iv. Noah Richard - Waterdogs?
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I think it’ll be interesting to see which teams, if any do, carry multiple FO’s or goalies onto their 19 man game day roster. With such a premium on spots and depth of talent at other roster positions, can a team justify carrying two goalies into game day? Some, like the Archers, seem locked into it, but for teams that use a one goalie system and have an established starter, does it make sense? There’s always risk if a goalie gets hurt or has an off day, but as teams try to infuse an influx of new talent across their rosters, does getting game reps and trying different lineups take priority? FOs is a bit more interesting with the rules that require taking a FO off after a violation, and if someone is having a rough outing, I’d argue that’d be more pressing than goalie struggles. It’s easier to make defense adjustments than FO adjustments, and keeping guys fresh will be important.

I’m also curious to see which rookies crack the game day rosters – these rosters were deep before the college draft. College players are just emerging from their most consistent lacrosse and training regimens of their lives, but they also just played a whole season. It’ll be interesting to see who has the legs and who’s banged up. There’s always a handful of rookies who come out of the gate swinging. I’d imagine a good number of rookies get placed on the practice squads the first few weeks, but they’ll be taking game day spots sooner rather than later.
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Anyone know why Teat is on the unable to travel list, He is in NY attending school. Why would he not be able to travel?
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I've got nothing but speculation. Could be he's got a job lined up back in Canada or will be spending some time with family. Also important to note that I believe Cornell's graduation ceremonies are this weekend, so he could be very understandably busy with that.
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The PPL opens today in Boston, MA at Gillette Stadium.

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PLL does such a good job presenting the game on TV. Very fun to watch.
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What a great opening game. The Cannons will be competing for the top this year – always good to see with an “expansion” team. Redwoods did a great job of weathering the storm and battling back with composure. Official stats haven’t been released yet so I’m going from memory here.

Players that impressed:

-Both Goalies – Troutner and Marrocco both made some incredible saves throughout. I felt Troutner in particular kept them in this game. I was wondering how Marrocco would hold up with PLL competition and he did not disappoint.
-Rabil – Huge fan of what Rabil’s done in his career, but was admittedly a bit unimpressed with his performance last year in the bubble. Wondered how much he had left in the tank. I’m sure he’s heard that sentiment from others, and what a debut in a PLL Cannons uniform. 3 gs and 1 asst is not a bad way to start the season. Makes you wonder if the problem was him last year or the Atlas’s offense schematically (I have my thoughts). Speaking of . . .
-Pannell – Another former Bull with a solid debut for his new team. Looked way more comfortable leading this offense, and it flowed best in the 6x6 when it went through him.
-Ierlan – He’s gonna be a problem. Got way more comfortable as the game was on. Statistically dominant and scrappy, the Redwoods have no more excuses.
-MLL attackmen in the PLL – I thought both Kew and Lee had great first games. Lee seemed to fit a bit more into the Woods offense than Kew for the Cannons, but Kew still found his openings and made an impact. Wasserman looked fast but definitely a bit uncomfortable coming out of the box. He’ll be seeing that Glazener takeaway check in his dreams. He’ll get over it and settle in.
-Rehfuss – How many “almost” assists did he have? I think he ended up with 1 on the scoreboard but by my count he had 6 or 7 other clean feeds that someone lost a hold of or shot right into Troutner’s stick. He looked fine out of the box and seemed the most able to initiate team offense for the Cannons. He may have had a few hockey assists. The 6x6 looked best with the crisp ball movement, and he was almost always a part of it.
-Lyle’s first half – Really the first quarter. He looked every part the most talented player in the world. Then the Redwoods clamped down. Coach Quirk is going to have to find a way to get him involved in the team flow a bit more instead of those individual effort plays, and when they figure that out, good luck.
-Redwoods top 6/7 – Yikes. Garnsey on the second line? I get it, but this offense is deep. Outside shooting wasn’t quite happening today but as teams adjust and slide more to Pannell or guard Lee and Kavanagh, those outside looks will open up as the season progresses. Heningburg looked great, and certainly adds a bit more versatility to his game than Jones and Perkovic. Speaking of Jones, he looks better than ever. Some solid goals and played physical. As players wear down over the season, look for him to take advantage.

Things I was less impressed by:
-Buzcek’s offense: shooting was off and fumbled some inside looks. Rough outing but he’ll bounce back. If not, I’d be interested to see Wasserman on that line.
-Redwoods’ transition D: This got shored up as the game went along, but it’s hard to understand how a rope unit with these LSMs and SSDMs had such trouble early.
-Redwoods Turnovers: there were a lot, and this kept the Cannons in the game at points, especially with TD winning at the dot.
-Lyle after the first quarter – As I mentioned, I think that’s on schematics and coaching adjustments more than anything.

Other notes
-Drenner looked good as well. If the Cannons develop a solid team offense, I think they’re incredibly balanced, especially with Rabil playing as he is.
-Glazener took a few shots for the team, I really enjoyed listening to him dissecting the offense in real time.
-Smaller field makes clearing an adventure for first time PLLers. It showed.
-Overall I thought both defenses looked good, communication is always gonna be roughest at the beginning of the season but they both adjusted well to mistakes. Bell has at least 1 g 1 a but he got flat out beat by Jones throughout. Other than that (and Jones knocking down Duggan . . . there’s a theme there), I thought shorties played well. I'm glad Epple didn't murder anyone today.
-Was worried about the Cannons FO approach in the drafts. Still worried now.
-Lot of talented players on both rosters that sat this one out. Would love to see more on the field. I know the cost of more players dressing/teams in the league might be prohibitive at the moment, but there is so much talent in the wings.
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Lax Mouse wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 9:50 pm -Ierlan – He’s gonna be a problem. Got way more comfortable as the game was on. Statistically dominant and scrappy, the Redwoods have no more excuses.
Great update Lax Mouse.

I did not see the game, but it was my understanding that the PLL modified the faceoff setting and placement of sticks to make this more of a scrum vs an advantage for a traditional NCAA FOGO like TD. Sounds like the new PLL format is not doing what was intended if TD is dominating already...or am I over analyzing it?
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youthathletics wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:35 pm
Great update Lax Mouse.

I did not see the game, but it was my understanding that the PLL modified the faceoff setting and placement of sticks to make this more of a scrum vs an advantage for a traditional NCAA FOGO like TD. Sounds like the new PLL format is not doing what was intended if TD is dominating already...or am I over analyzing it?
Not sure if they modified any FO rules going into this year. From my understanding the PLL allows the MOTO grip and the players have definitely been crouched using it for FOs. Haven't seen really anyone doing standing neutral. I think some other differences are that the wings start closer to the dot, and they are allowed to try to dislodge the ball if it's being clamped. In theory this should make the FO more of a scrum. I think by the end of the game TD was winning a lot cleanly, and the Cannons did not do a good job of making the FO a scrum (similar story with the Chaos yesterday). The Archers were the opposite - Baptiste was winning a high percentage of clamps but the Archers FO unit pressured and made every FO a battle. Wasn't the only thing they did well yesterday but I think is a leading example of how to win FOs when your guy is getting beat off the whistle.
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