this rabid Hopkins fan just hopes Epstein takes Grimes under his wing.....Joey didn't have a great first day his rookie year, either.flalax22 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:33 amWhat are your thoughts on how Epstein and DeSimone will coexist. Small sample size but it sure looks like they both are comfortable behind the net and probably both at their most effective there.HopFan16 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:40 amYou've said this exact line like 10 times and it just isn't true. He was a finalist for the UMBC job in 2016. Does that not count as "sniffing"? Maryland, our biggest rival who could have hired one of dozens of coordinators including several of its own alums, just hired Benson as OC. Is right now really the time to be making the argument that Benson isn't valued? You're free to criticize him all you want—I've done the same on occasion over the years—but if you're trying to say his reputation isn't good, then you'd be dead wrong.
As far as DeSimone goes it's clear he is more comfortable operating around the cage than he is dodging downhill from up top. You didn't have to make him a permanent attackman or bench Kyle Marr in order to capitalize on that. It was less that he was playing the wrong "position" and more that his skill set just wasn't being optimized. Him gaining weight sophomore year as 51 mentioned was a really strange decision—assuming it was a deliberate decision and not the result of injury or something.
gotta love GRIMES, too bad Hopkins defense has zero idea what this word means.
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