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flalax22 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 12:09 pm
DocBarrister wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:51 pm
LaxFan2000 wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:10 pm
keno in reno wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:57 pm
DocBarrister wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:15 pm
flalax22 wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 4:03 pm The opinions on Quint within the hop community are mixed. Outside of it less so with many not appreciating the level of arrogance he walks around with. I’m not going to argue his stats but it may explain why there hasn’t been a nomination.
He’s one of the best goalies in Hopkins history and the top commentator in the sport of college lacrosse.

Are you sure it’s “arrogance”?

DocBarrister
By what measure is he the top commentator in the sport of college lacrosse?
His and only his measure. Don't you know that's all that counts?
Quint Kessenich has contributed to the broadcast of every Division I national lacrosse championship since 1995.

https://www.oursportscentral.com/servic ... /n-5570572

Can you name a single person who can claim the same?

He is the top lacrosse commentator for the top network covering Division I college lacrosse, ESPN. Not my opinion, simply his professional status on the network.

Barring some unforeseen event, Quint K will be covering the 2023 Division I national lacrosse championship.

Those are just the facts. Pretty good measures, don’t you think?

DocBarrister :?
Sounds like a great resume. Fortunately for the rest of us who are able to take off the Hopkins colored glasses occasionally we can see that Quint and his like are actually what stalls the progress of the sport. The constant inside jokes, references to local eateries, MIAA schools and useless unrelated facts make watching broadcasts unbearable. Quint thinks he’s prepared because he writes down one or two “facts” about a player on his prep card instead of actually doing his homework and calling a game.
Actually, I think his anecdotes are part of the reason QK broadcasts the biggest events in college lacrosse. It is those broadcasts that potentially bring in non-lacrosse fans. Commentators like Mark Dixon (a personal favorite of mine) who focus on calling the game are good for devoted lacrosse fans, but probably not so much for viewers who are just tuning in for a big game and who are unfamiliar with lacrosse.

Quint’s comments about the aromas of Italian sausage sandwiches and his colorful tales may annoy some lacrosse fans, but they are probably something that new viewers can identify with and relate to while watching the broadcast.

Anyway, Quint K is definitely one of the more charismatic lacrosse commentators. It’s why ESPN has kept him employed for over a quarter century. It’s why he is the top commentator in college lacrosse.

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he's covered and written about the sport for 30 years and ESPN is a central part of the games story now.
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Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/tyxanders/status/15 ... 4898281472

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
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HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Nice flip for Milliman, Koesterer, and the crew. Doubt Petro is happy about it.

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HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/tyxanders/status/15 ... 4898281472

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Posner hasn’t taken long turning things around at Lawrenceville.
For years, Lawrenceville was the go to Post Grad school for
SE PA recruits looking to improve their profile.
First thing Posner did was expand his horizons, recruit nationally
and in Canada, pretty much his blueprint when he was at Culver.
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DocBarrister wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:26 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Nice flip for Milliman, Koesterer, and the crew. Doubt Petro is happy about it.

DocBarrister :)
the cuse ppl think he was the odd man out bc of other guys ahead of him. Whatever the issue it's nice that there are so many coaches in the sport now w/hop ties former or current so that if it doesn't work for a kid there are options and networks at other schools.
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Re: Johns Hopkins 2023

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DocBarrister wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:26 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Nice flip for Milliman, Koesterer, and the crew. Doubt Petro is happy about it.

DocBarrister :)
A physical and cerebral player. Plays under control. Ideal Petro recruit.

https://nlfrankings.com/player/quintan-kilrain/
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Sagittarius A* wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:00 am
DocBarrister wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:26 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Nice flip for Milliman, Koesterer, and the crew. Doubt Petro is happy about it.

DocBarrister :)
A physical and cerebral player. Plays under control. Ideal Petro recruit.

https://nlfrankings.com/player/quintan-kilrain/
Can he pass and catch right handed at all?
Looks like he avoids doing so...
Highlight tapes are tough...
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MDlaxfan76 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:12 am
Sagittarius A* wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:00 am
DocBarrister wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:26 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Nice flip for Milliman, Koesterer, and the crew. Doubt Petro is happy about it.

DocBarrister :)
A physical and cerebral player. Plays under control. Ideal Petro recruit.

https://nlfrankings.com/player/quintan-kilrain/
Can he pass and catch right handed at all?
Looks like he avoids doing so...
Highlight tapes are tough...
weird post, man

oh no a 15-year-old lefty close defenseman favors his left hand! what are we gonna do???
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HopFan16 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:35 am
MDlaxfan76 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:12 am
Sagittarius A* wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:00 am
DocBarrister wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:26 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Nice flip for Milliman, Koesterer, and the crew. Doubt Petro is happy about it.

DocBarrister :)
A physical and cerebral player. Plays under control. Ideal Petro recruit.

https://nlfrankings.com/player/quintan-kilrain/
Can he pass and catch right handed at all?
Looks like he avoids doing so...
Highlight tapes are tough...
weird post, man

oh no a 15-year-old lefty close defenseman favors his left hand! what are we gonna do???
Agreed. I read a little of this article this morning. It's not written by a professional writer, but the story is good and deals with one-footedness vs. two-footedness in soccer development, so I thought I'd link it here.

https://www.joyofthepeople.org/post/201 ... tal-system
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Re: Johns Hopkins 2023

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HopFan16 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:35 am
MDlaxfan76 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:12 am
Sagittarius A* wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:00 am
DocBarrister wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:26 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Nice flip for Milliman, Koesterer, and the crew. Doubt Petro is happy about it.

DocBarrister :)
A physical and cerebral player. Plays under control. Ideal Petro recruit.

https://nlfrankings.com/player/quintan-kilrain/
Can he pass and catch right handed at all?
Looks like he avoids doing so...
Highlight tapes are tough...
weird post, man

oh no a 15-year-old lefty close defenseman favors his left hand! what are we gonna do???
:D
I know, I know, but he seemed to be refusing to use his right hand when the circumstances clearly called for him to switch...it's a highlight reel, surely there's some tape of his making a great play and being forced to roll back to his other hand or when given a lane to the net to pull it across to improve the angle...whatever...instead, it looked like his decisions with the ball were driven by his comfort with only the left hand.

And yeah, 15 year old defensemen, if elite level, should be able to use their off hand. Not everyone does, but a lot of the best do.

So, someone who knows him well enough to say he's both "physical and cerebral" would likely know whether he can use his off hand or not...and it just didn't make the highlight reel. That's why I used a question mark and mentioned "highlight tapes are tough".

If there are any kids out there, just know that if you're gonna make a highlight reel, be sure to show off whatever skills you can. Approaches, slides, interceptions, de-sticks, GB's, catching and passing both hands (preferably), cross field, etc, etc. And if you can make clear who it is you are going against, even better.

And if you're not comfortable going to your off hand, work hard at it during the off season...and in every warm up or practice, make a point of it. Eventually it'll be second nature, given the situation.

Same for goalies; you'll be far more comfortable protecting your stick when scrambling for a ball, clearing etc. Just make it part of your routine.
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ohmilax34 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:00 am
HopFan16 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:35 am
MDlaxfan76 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:12 am
Sagittarius A* wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:00 am
DocBarrister wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:26 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Nice flip for Milliman, Koesterer, and the crew. Doubt Petro is happy about it.

DocBarrister :)
A physical and cerebral player. Plays under control. Ideal Petro recruit.

https://nlfrankings.com/player/quintan-kilrain/
Can he pass and catch right handed at all?
Looks like he avoids doing so...
Highlight tapes are tough...
weird post, man

oh no a 15-year-old lefty close defenseman favors his left hand! what are we gonna do???
Agreed. I read a little of this article this morning. It's not written by a professional writer, but the story is good and deals with one-footedness vs. two-footedness in soccer development, so I thought I'd link it here.

https://www.joyofthepeople.org/post/201 ... tal-system
Interesting article. And I'd say that we have lots of examples of elite level lax players who only play with one hand, or certainly are greatly 'one-handed'. I'd also agree that playing with just one hand puts a special premium on developing tactics to enable that to be effective.

But I don't agree that it's better to be one-handed.
Or more importantly, it's better to be incapable of using an off-hand situationally.

That said, I do think that there's a decent point to be made that mastering one hand before stressing about the second makes sense.

In lax, it seems to me that at 6, it's hard enough to pass and catch, but by 9 I'm definitely getting a kid to at least be comfortable switching hands, and by 12 I'm stressing that the second hand needs to be fully competent, and by 15 I want it to be 'dangerous' and a comfortable weapon, whether on offense or defense.

But that doesn't mean that if a one-handed kid is physically and craftily dominating, he has no place on my team! But he has to be that much better with the one hand than the guy who is dangerous with both. And that's rare (albeit we do see some examples).

But the article's main point, it seems to me, was the value in "playing" over strict academy in early play. Totally agree.
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Heard we may be bringing in a goalie transfer. Stand by
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MDlaxfan76 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:30 am
ohmilax34 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:00 am
HopFan16 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:35 am
MDlaxfan76 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:12 am
Sagittarius A* wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:00 am
DocBarrister wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:26 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:21 pm Enough about Quint already. Recruiting news:

4-star defensman in the '23 class who was committed to Cuse just flipped to the Jays. Quintin Kilrain, lefty 3-year starter for Lawrenceville

PM is doing real well with the top private school in NJ, the "new Culver" under head coach Jon Posner. Fourth commit from there in two classes, though one has since reclassified as a '24. English, Rawson, Kilrain, and '24 Lumpris. They've got a couple of other '24s who will be highly ranked

https://twitter.com/natlaxfed/status/15 ... 3717027842
Nice flip for Milliman, Koesterer, and the crew. Doubt Petro is happy about it.

DocBarrister :)
A physical and cerebral player. Plays under control. Ideal Petro recruit.

https://nlfrankings.com/player/quintan-kilrain/
Can he pass and catch right handed at all?
Looks like he avoids doing so...
Highlight tapes are tough...
weird post, man

oh no a 15-year-old lefty close defenseman favors his left hand! what are we gonna do???
Agreed. I read a little of this article this morning. It's not written by a professional writer, but the story is good and deals with one-footedness vs. two-footedness in soccer development, so I thought I'd link it here.

https://www.joyofthepeople.org/post/201 ... tal-system
Interesting article. And I'd say that we have lots of examples of elite level lax players who only play with one hand, or certainly are greatly 'one-handed'. I'd also agree that playing with just one hand puts a special premium on developing tactics to enable that to be effective.

But I don't agree that it's better to be one-handed.
Or more importantly, it's better to be incapable of using an off-hand situationally.

That said, I do think that there's a decent point to be made that mastering one hand before stressing about the second makes sense.

In lax, it seems to me that at 6, it's hard enough to pass and catch, but by 9 I'm definitely getting a kid to at least be comfortable switching hands, and by 12 I'm stressing that the second hand needs to be fully competent, and by 15 I want it to be 'dangerous' and a comfortable weapon, whether on offense or defense.

But that doesn't mean that if a one-handed kid is physically and craftily dominating, he has no place on my team! But he has to be that much better with the one hand than the guy who is dangerous with both. And that's rare (albeit we do see some examples).

But the article's main point, it seems to me, was the value in "playing" over strict academy in early play. Totally agree.
Thanks! I think that what you wrote makes sense.
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HopFan16 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:15 pm Heard we may be bringing in a goalie transfer. Stand by
Can he pass and catch with both hands?
;) !
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MDlaxfan76 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:25 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:15 pm Heard we may be bringing in a goalie transfer. Stand by
Can he pass and catch with both hands?
;) !
Quality post!
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More important: Who will be warming him up?
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
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HopFan16 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:15 pm Heard we may be bringing in a goalie transfer. Stand by
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Ruffled_Feathers wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:36 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:15 pm Heard we may be bringing in a goalie transfer. Stand by
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Quint Kessenich ?
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10stone5 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:51 pm
Ruffled_Feathers wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:36 pm
HopFan16 wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:15 pm Heard we may be bringing in a goalie transfer. Stand by
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Quint Kessenich ?
Can't imagine they'd bring in a grad transfer. And there aren't that many non-grad transfer goalies on the list in the portal thread. I'm trying to guess and am having a hard time finding one that makes sense other than . . . . you know who.
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