Jaronski made some nice individual plays as a freshman LSM in what was a catastrophic team defense. Full season pace was 20+ GBs as the #2 LSM—not a bad number for a freshman in, again, a terrible defense. That outpaced what Reinson put up in a similar role his freshman year. Curious to see where they deploy him in 2022—I'm with you, I'd prefer they pick one or the other but I guess it's good to know the versatility is there should it be needed.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:43 pmAgain - with now 60 names on the roster - if Fernandez is returning - bodies to throw at any particular problem is not the issue. Experience and performance is. Fernandez is coming off his second ACL if not mistaken and has never played for Hopkins. Todaro, Bowler and Kaufman are freshmen obviously. Szuluk to my observation is a better close defensemen. Deans mysteriously disappeared from playing time midway through last season - injured? Jaronski split time between LSM and SSDM - as did Shure - maybe the most confusing coaching decision - (aside from the Grimes Claude Rains impersonation in the second half of that one game) - so there is not alot of experience. One of the things you want to see from your LSM is ground balls - such as DeLaney's 39. Jaronski 12/Szuluk 7/Deans 6 - I know they didn't play as much at the position but there's a hole there that needs to be filled.
Kaufman is my dark horse - that is one long rangy young man - if they can teach him what to do and where to go - could be a contributor.
If I had to pick a dark horse there I'd go with Bowler—one of the new staff's first defensive recruits (flipped from Binghamton), one of the better defensemen this year in upstate/central NY and on film his aggressiveness jumps out.
Will be watching the UA game tomorrow night to see if Todaro plays wings on faceoffs. Can always use more help there especially with Delaney unlikely to return and Fernandez coming off injury.