51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:07 am
Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:15 am
One of the worst defenses in the country last year just got even worse.
Rome is burning.
Here we go. These are the posts that drive me nuts. Why exactly? While I harbor not one crumb of ill will toward the young man and it certainly is conspicuous to have a 3 year starter up and voluntarily leave the program in agreement with the coach - maybe you should let the team actually play 2 or 3 games before offering that opinion. For example, what if one of the freshmen is Tucker Durkin 2.0 - I am not saying for a second one of them is - but what if? Who would you rather play? - that player or Rapine if it came down to those two?
If one were to draw any inference from the IL article - a dangerous practice I admit - but a reasonable one might be that Petro is not standing pat this year and he is shaking up the defense - and Rapine's role may have been changing - maybe so far as splitting time or actually competing for his job.
And why - like a certain poster back in the days of Laxpower - do I get the feeling that if Hopkins were to beat Towson 10-4 and Rapine's replacement played well - all of a sudden your take would be that we would have an AA on our hands. Jack who?
It's never good to lose your #1 defenseman just before the season starts.
Last year's defense gave up 13 Goals per game with Rapine and Foley.
Without those two will they now give up 15-16 GAA?
How will the offense possibly compensate for that?
Colwell will now be covering the opponent's top D man with two inexperienced starters behind him. Maybe Reinson bumps down but his experience is mostly at LSM. Top attack units might just shred this group now. You're dreaming if you think a magic superstar will emerge from a freshman class with no top ten or top twenty players.
The only reason I'm going to the games this year is to see Epstein play. I'm fully expecting a dumpster fire defense. Playoffs are now very iffy.
If you don't like reality, you can always re-watch Game of Thrones.