You seem to be misrepresenting my posts. I said that recruiting has been an issue and the people in charge of recruiting are the coaches. Is it someone else I’m not aware of?a fan wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:46 amRogers D was just fine in the full season of 2019. 10 gaa is solid Division I D in the shot clock era, assuming a tough schedule.jrn19 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:01 amYou’d be correct but you’re talking to the equivalent of a brick wallPowellfan22 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:13 pmI guess I was trying to say, we’ve seen multiple lineups play these last few seasons and the same problems seem to rear their head. When you’ve cycled through multiple players, and problems persist, I tend to think it’s more than a personnel issue.a fan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:36 pmYou don't really believe that, do you? Drop UMd's D/Goalie from 2021 into Syracuse's D...and you think they're going to have the same season?Powellfan22 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 1:36 pm Syracuse fans have been complaining about the same defensive issues for years now. You can swap out the personnel and the past few seasons have seen the same poor slides, the same bad ssdm play, the same sloppy penalties, the same poor communication.
They haven't had the players, my man. And yup, that's on the recruiting. I agree with you there.
If Gait and Petro can recruit better? They'll win. If they can't? they won't. Simple.
When Desko had elite players? He won Championships, made Final Fours, and had nice seasons.
Those players started going to other schools. It's as simple as that.
And 2020....SU was undefeated, and the defense was just fine when looking at the limited data we have.
But you two think that the ONLY possible reason that SU's D wasn't good in 2021.....was coaching.
It can't possibly be that their leader on D went down for the year in game one, and they had some other key injuries? The players you throw out there in D1 ball don't matter.....that's what you two are telling me?
Okay.
Injuries were an issue last year but in games they were fully healthy they gave up oodles of goals. How many goals is a ssdm worth? Would having a healthy Avilles have kept five goals off the board? Would giving up 15 instead of 20 in some of these games have been more acceptable? Who is the defensive leader they lost in the first game? Clary? Was he the defensive leader? A first time starter and redshirt freshman? Really?
You seem set on being a contrarian, but please don’t tell me I’m saying things that I’m clearly not.
Okay?