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Smith’s last minute shot when he should have held it (to have possession to start the 4th quarter) is just exemplary of these boys not having their heads in the game. Second absolutely stupid error from a captain in this game.

DocBarrister

Petro had a prescient quote many years ago when a similarly veteran defense returned ... he said it didn’t matter and that you have start all over again each season. Marr’s three goals are nice, but he really screwed up the Blue Jays for about 6 or 7 minutes with a turnover and a truly stupid penalt...

Epstein looks like the only Blue Jay ready to play today.

Good comeback by the faceoff crew.

Defense is a complete mess. How can Pat Spenser be left so wide open with no one defending him?

DocBarrister

Amusing tidbit ... was watching briefly the Harvard-North Carolina game. Both announcers had Southern accents and apparently were more accustomed to calling baseball games than lacrosse. After a Crimson goal scored on a shot that was described as a “changeup,” one of the announcers proclaimed, “That...

Raescreek wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:28 pm Well I guess that answers that...

17-8 Tigers win

Loved the energy and aggression of the Tigers. Nadelen has Towson back in form.

DocBarrister

Interesting to notice Terry O' Riordan indirectly taking Cole Williams to task on Dan Aburns post about former Loyola teammates "dapping" each other after a Towson goal. https://twitter.com/Dan_Aburn/status/1094683659267985409 Does anyone doubt that Coach Petro (and/or the captains) had a...

Wasn’t much in Petro’s press conference that I disagreed with. Don’t agree with his use of zone D. I understand the technical and tactical rationale behind that decision, but his crew needed to ramp up their aggression, not retreat into a passive stance. Darby improved his overall game after the hal...

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:10 am Very nice tribute by US Lacrosse on Bo Moore UVA '54.

https://www.uslacrosse.org/blog/us-lacr ... asses-away

So sorry to hear of your loss. Your family has contributed so much to the game.

DocBarrister

I think Darby will be fine. F/O and midfield are terrible. The mids are getting completely pushed around. What happens when the midfield faces teams in the ACC? I think Petro and Dwan should work in haste to convert some of those big 6 ft + freshmen offensive midfielders into SDDMs. Would add more ...

Blue Jays’ offense had a tough time dealing with the physicality of Nadalen’s D (welcome to the Big Show Joey Epstein). If they had trouble with Towson’s defense, what is Loyola’s aggressive D going to do to them

DocBarrister

I’m just going to file this one away in that dark, foreboding place that no one ever mentions again and focus on the future. Coach Petro and his boys have a lot of work to do. Think this team still has a lot of promise, but the playoffs essentially begin next week for the Blue Jays. If they don’t ra...

Embarrassing. Offense not playing as a unit, but more like independent contractors. D is a complete mess. Only guy looking a little better in the 2nd half? Darby ... go figure. As for faceoffs ... boy, do the Blue Jays miss Coach Koesterer. But glad they’re giving several faceoff guys some reps. Doc...

Blue Jays need to make a goalie change. It’s not Darby’s failure to stop shots (Hopkins sloppy D and turnovers on offense aren’t helping) ... you have to know how to throw a decent clearing pass. I think we’ve seen at least 4 or 5 horrible clearing passes from Darby already. Absolutely no composure ...

I am heartbroken that Lax Fidelis did not live to see another Johns Hopkins lacrosse national championship. But with Spring around the corner, hope is renewed, and I am certain LaxFi is with us in spirit. Yes ... the college lacrosse season officially opens with the first game of the Johns Hopkins U...

Love the transparency of the FanLax Administrator in explaining his actions. It’s the way all Internet forums should be run.

DocBarrister

I was at the Colgate/Delaware scrimmage and really watched the clock situation. It is going to take a few games to get used to it. As someone mentioned on the Hop thread it becomes sort of a fire drill at 25 seconds. The defense gets more aggressive and players on offense start to press. It creates...

I thought Epstein looked fast and that first step is a great weapon to have. Is he better at X or on the wing I dont know. My main concern for this team is that we are seriously lacking size in the midfield. With the exception of some of the new faces whose time was limited it looked like a waterbu...

LaxPower - one of the LaxPower originals passed away today. Bob Fortenbough who was known on LaxPower as Lax Fi, Jersey Joe, Jack of Hearts, Weems Creek Weenie and about 12 more. A great lax fan and friend to many of us.RIP. I just learned about this. I am heartbroken to hear the news. Just heartbr...

High Point vs. Hop scrimmage video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM0Z5SowhVE&feature=youtu.be Scoring for Hopkins: Marr 2g, 2a Smith 2g Epstein 2g Williams 1g, 1a DeSimone 1g, 1a Keogh 1g Rapine 1g Kuhn 1g Baskin 1g Shilling 1a Colwell 1a Concannon did not play as a precaution. Ryan Darby lo...

Your obsession with the MAGABomber’s ethnicity is telling, old salt. Deplorable .... DocBarrister He's making fun of how stupid our nation has become with this R/D thing, and you know it. You and your buddies are trying to tar and feather Republicans because of a lone crazy actor, forgetting that y...