jhu06 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:09 am
A few of you at the beginning of the offseason argued against PM adding a lot of transfers and at least compared to md/rutgers he's gone that way, so far.
2 points - First - this is not a linear issue - the following does not happen: Kid enters portal - Milliman looks at portal - Milliman decides who he wants - kid ends up at Hopkins
Second - If you are a transfer - especially an upperclass more high profile transfer - i.e. you want or expect to start or play significant minutes this next year - where on the field are you thinking Hopkins is the place for me?
- Close Defense - I guess loses Lyne? - but there are alot of 4* and 5* waiting for their turn
- Attack - 2 positions are set - A Top 10 recruit that came on late in the year appears poised to be a very good option for the third
- Mid-field - 5 of the 6 players on the first 2 lines appear to be returning - 1 likely goes to attack - but the hope is Angelus/Keogh/Degnon/Peshko/McDermott are all healthy and back
- Defensive midfield - Here's probably the biggest hole right now - at LSM you lose your #1 option and biggest surprise of the season assuming he plays basketball - as '16 detailed virtually impossible for Delaney to join lax almost in mid season - Fernandez is returning from his 2nd significant knee injury and the rest last season was a mish mash - lots of bodies saw time at SSDM - so even with the apparent loss of Zinn's services and assuming Shure is not back - there's some optimism that increased size and athleticism will help with folks like Martin etc.
- Goalie - Already 1 transfer but with an incumbent of 4.5 games of experience and varied results - a DIII transfer and an incoming freshman a goalie could see a path here
Finally - again - I'll beat my favorite dead horse and do the math
55 players with eligibiity remaning - 14 of them were seniors - Current thought is that Fernandez, DeSimone, Reinson and Keogh could be back - so let's say the other 10 take the next step in their lives lacrosse with another team or otherwise - so that's 45
Zinn/Cohen are underclassmen that appear to not be returning - so that's 43
Gibber - comes on - back to 44
-12 incoming freshmen - back to 56
Bottom line - unless somebody ridiculous comes along - like when it was published that Cormier was in the portal for a while - I doubt the transfer market is a huge priority for PM and the staff. Can always use a decent middie - but probably not a one year rental at this stage - but LSM would be maybe be the hole you would look at