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How about this candidate for out-of-the-box hire? Katrina Dowd--she is already on campus, is a fantastic coach and has the women's team on the cusp of an at-large NCAA bid (which would be a first for the program). Kind of what Syracuse did with Gait several years ago....

"This will be the first year these teams can't reload using 5th years/grad students. There are some Ivy players that will get an extra year, but 2024 was it for the Covid impact." I think I got this right--only Ivys get the extra year in 2025, and not too many of them. And I did reference ...

Yes, let's hope that the Heels show up for the seniors and knock off Duke.... I will take a crack at 2025, and yes, there are some positives going forward: UVA and Duke lose a ton of offense, and to a lesser extent, ND, too. This will be the first year these teams can't reload using 5th years/grad s...

What do you mean by "throw more money at the problem" and how has this happened in the past? I am just trying to understand what might happen, not trying to be flip about it.....

I like the positive energy for Saturday! But looking at the next 3 games, the Heels will not be favored in any one of them. Assuming the team does not win an ACC game this year, and considering that the team won only one ACC game last year and subsequently there were major staff changes and a shorte...

Matan had a great freshman season but I think the experiment this year at midfield has stunted his development. If the coaches knew at the start of the season that the team was essentially in a rebuilding year, I think it would have been wise to play Matan, Petro and Duffy all together to develop ch...

Agree, on those midfielders (Egan, Tillman, Demarco) having a lot of talent, and can be augmented by Matan when he is not at attack. The time is now for production to be generated out of the midfield. HPU is a pretty good test, but then Army, Syracuse and the rest of the ACC schedule drops. The defe...

Duffy, Petro and Matan are the future, whether it is this season or next it will be fun to watch these guys for the next 2.5 years. Egan and Demarco have shown at times that they can be very effective, and both are great athletes so hopefully they figure things out this season. It would be great if ...

Duffy, Petro and Wambach are really off to good starts, and I think Duffy and Petro will get even better as the season goes on, but hard for Wambach to improve: Points #NameTeamPtsGoalsAstsAvg 2 McCabe Millon virginia 23 15 8 4.6 3 Dominic Pietramala north carolina 19 14 5 3.8 5 Owen Duffy north car...

Writes the Syracuse fan with Manhattan, Hobart and HPU on the schedule....Glass houses.

Adversity often reveals character and the team really showed up in a great win over Penn. Glad the UNC kids who balled out don't read the negativity on this board (which often says more about the authors than anything close to reality). Offense finally found a groove in the 2nd half and the defense ...

UNC has a large number of 5th years (many of whom do not see the field but who wouldn't want to spend one more year in Chapel Hill) and also a large number of seniors (again, many of whom do not see the field). UNC's roster next year should be considerably smaller....

Should be a great match up this weekend! The young UNC attack of Duffy, Petro and Matan, along with the veteran McGovern, played much better in week 2 so it will be interesting to see how the step up in competition with JHU impacts this progression. I know some are still grumbling about how JHU larg...

My sense is that Matan and McGovern will both provide minutes to Dom--great problem to have 4 very solid attackers.

Yes, I worry that the tougher JHU early season schedule will allow them to get out to an early lead. Hopefully UNC can withstand that initial shock of higher level speed/ball movement and get into the flow of better competition without finding themselves in too big of a hole..... But this team must ...

Based on almost 4 years of observing UNC, I will take a shot at the defense. But first I am going to wade into the attack discussion. Matan is not going to be splitting time with anyone in my opinion--he scored more goals as a freshman last year than any frosh since 2011. He is one of the best athle...

This topic needs to end now. These are young men putting in a lot of time and effort and this is beneath the level of a worthwhile discussion.

Why isn't Breschi playing SSDM? He has been a fixture since he arrived on campus.