Johns Hopkins 2022

[flalax22]

Love having Krampf taking shots from the right wing in transition rather than Epstein. Definitely what you want

Yep. Why leave the shot to a guy with 19 goals when you can have it taken by a player with 1 goal?

If it’s a disciplinary thing … fine.

If it’s an attempt to “shake things up”, it’s pure idiocy. Practically begging Epstein to transfer.

DocBarrister

Where would he be accepted as a transfer? Where could he start?

A decent coach could get the best out of him and work him into their team. I hate to say it but a change of scenery might be in his best interest at this point.

I'd 100% graduate and then go get a grad degree somewhere else if I were him. He's the leading scorer and isn't sniffing the field while the rest of these dudes score 2 goals in a half. #Culture!

I’m happy to be patient with this coaching staff. As said often by you and others, they haven’t even brought in their first recruiting class. We are in agreement there.

But if Coach Milliman and his staff cause a three-time captain to transfer?

That’s a firing offense in my book.

DocBarrister

Doc,
You were going to name those "at least a dozen" teams that would accept him. Crickets!

Only teams that had a VERY strong chance for a national championship, would disrupt their programs by bringing in a 1 and done, 5'10", 180 lb, transfer. What about loyalty to guys already in your program waiting for a shot?

Are you not embarrassed to make bold statements but the hide and refuse to even attempt to justify them?

Your post is ridiculously naive and ignores the transfer wave of the past two years.

I’m sure Rutgers would accept his transfer. Ditto for Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan. Denver? Duke? North Carolina? Syracuse? Notre Dame? Maryland (with Benson)? Jacksonville? Loyola?

There’s a dozen for you, and I don’t think we would be close to finished.

And loyalty to current players on the roster?!? Are you kidding me???

Winning is all about preserving a six-figure salary these days.

DocBarrister

Anyone who disagrees with your silliness is ridiculously naive.
Epstein was good at one time but poles feast on him now. He is a turnover machine.
Duke? UNC? Syracuse? Maryland? No way!!!! I fully expected you to claim that he would not transfer because he was certain to be drafted #1 in the upcoming PLL draft.
As to your claim that my statement "ignores the transfer wave of the past two years," Did that wave include anyone who was riding pine on his previous team?

Don’t discount the damage done to the psyche by Milliman. A fresh start with a supportive coach, and you might very well see the old Joey or better.

Except he was struggling under the last days of Petro too. Everyone here wanted to blame the knee. I’m not so sure that was the problem

He is still a pretty good player with all of his “problems”.

Last game as a starter against Delaware, he only put 3 shots out of 10 on goal. Still, he assisted on 3 goals with 3 different players and scored a goal unassisted.

If that’s horrible, I will take horrible compared to what we have seen today.

And any coach who plays mind games with a three-time captain should state clearly why he’s doing that. We haven’t heard any clear explanation yet.

DocBarrister

Doc you are obsessed with the 3x captain argument. What’s his W/L record as a 3x captain? He’s been the captain of a team and program that is a hot mess.

[Hoponboard]

That was hard to watch. Only one assisted goal. So much for the motion offense. O was more cohesive in Fall Ball. Regression.

[HopFan16]

Defense played really well in the second half. Scott Smith owned his matchup, who was apparently a 3rd team midseason AA according to IL. Held to 1 assist.

Offense was awful with the leading point scorer standing on the bench. Someone make it make sense.

[Big Dog]

credit to the rutgers community. they've built a very strong program despite some big offseason losses.

narewski was good, the defense was better in the second half.

the offense was lost and you have to think the major changes that began w/last weeks lineup are only the beginning.

yeah, the D had much better stats in teh 2nd half, but I'm not convinced that Nascar was still running full bore. They looked like they took the foot off of the gas to play catch and milk clock.

[DocBarrister]

The nonsense spewed by the uniformed is stunning. I have not heard anyone with any real information regarding Joey Epstein, but one character has him under a psychological microscope. "Don't dominate the rap, Jack, unless you got something new to say."

That’s not our fault.

Coach Milliman should have given a clear explanation of why he has benched his leading scorer and three-time captain.

That is a very basic communication fail on the part of Coach Milliman.

Absolutely bizarre … I have never seen anything like it. If it’s a disciplinary issue, just come out and say it. If not, explain it.

And what’s up with the supposed news media not even asking the question? Announcers, including Dixon, seem to have no idea why Epstein is not playing. How is that possible?

DocBarrister

[GSP]

Love having Krampf taking shots from the right wing in transition rather than Epstein. Definitely what you want

Yep. Why leave the shot to a guy with 19 goals when you can have it taken by a player with 1 goal?

If it’s a disciplinary thing … fine.

If it’s an attempt to “shake things up”, it’s pure idiocy. Practically begging Epstein to transfer.

DocBarrister

Where would he be accepted as a transfer? Where could he start?

A decent coach could get the best out of him and work him into their team. I hate to say it but a change of scenery might be in his best interest at this point.

I'd 100% graduate and then go get a grad degree somewhere else if I were him. He's the leading scorer and isn't sniffing the field while the rest of these dudes score 2 goals in a half. #Culture!

I’m happy to be patient with this coaching staff. As said often by you and others, they haven’t even brought in their first recruiting class. We are in agreement there.

But if Coach Milliman and his staff cause a three-time captain to transfer?

That’s a firing offense in my book.

DocBarrister

Doc,
You were going to name those "at least a dozen" teams that would accept him. Crickets!

Only teams that had a VERY strong chance for a national championship, would disrupt their programs by bringing in a 1 and done, 5'10", 180 lb, transfer. What about loyalty to guys already in your program waiting for a shot?

Are you not embarrassed to make bold statements but the hide and refuse to even attempt to justify them?

Your post is ridiculously naive and ignores the transfer wave of the past two years.

I’m sure Rutgers would accept his transfer. Ditto for Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan. Denver? Duke? North Carolina? Syracuse? Notre Dame? Maryland (with Benson)? Jacksonville? Loyola?

There’s a dozen for you, and I don’t think we would be close to finished.

And loyalty to current players on the roster?!? Are you kidding me???

Winning is all about preserving a six-figure salary these days.

DocBarrister

Anyone who disagrees with your silliness is ridiculously naive.
Epstein was good at one time but poles feast on him now. He is a turnover machine.
Duke? UNC? Syracuse? Maryland? No way!!!! I fully expected you to claim that he would not transfer because he was certain to be drafted #1 in the upcoming PLL draft.
As to your claim that my statement "ignores the transfer wave of the past two years," Did that wave include anyone who was riding pine on his previous team?

More nonsensical trolling.

Are you saying Danowski wouldn’t be interested in a three-time Hopkins captain. Petro and Gait wouldn’t be interested? Benson at Maryland wouldn’t be interested? North Carolina wouldn’t be interested in his leadership and points with their young team? And many coaches would indeed factor in the impact of a fresh start.

You are not even thinking before posting.

DocBarrister

You should change your name to Pollyanna! The game has passed Epstein by. With much bigger and faster poles, he is no longer able to even hold on to the ball let alone score. Great Kid. 2 years ago, he was fun to watch. Now it's like watching pitchers blow away Willie Mays with fastballs when he was relegated to the Mets. I do not want to see a great player and person further humiliated simply to justify your need for self esteem.

[youthathletics]

Don’t discount the damage done to the psyche by Milliman. A fresh start with a supportive coach, and you might very well see the old Joey or better.

No chance. Physically, he isn't the same

Could be the case. Connor Reed was never the same after his injury. Neither was Drew. Hopefully Joey gets it back.

Used to be able to stop on a dime and explode into a change of direction. He simply can't do that anymore. There may be other stuff going on but that's the root of the issue. Still, he need to be out there in some capacity, if only as an off-ball wing shooter

I agree completely with the cutting statement; hasn’t been the same since injury. But you need that type of movement in this style offense, with quickness and fast ball movement.

This was also not a style played at Landon, he’s in a tuff spot.

[DocBarrister]

Love having Krampf taking shots from the right wing in transition rather than Epstein. Definitely what you want

Yep. Why leave the shot to a guy with 19 goals when you can have it taken by a player with 1 goal?

If it’s a disciplinary thing … fine.

If it’s an attempt to “shake things up”, it’s pure idiocy. Practically begging Epstein to transfer.

DocBarrister

Where would he be accepted as a transfer? Where could he start?

A decent coach could get the best out of him and work him into their team. I hate to say it but a change of scenery might be in his best interest at this point.

I'd 100% graduate and then go get a grad degree somewhere else if I were him. He's the leading scorer and isn't sniffing the field while the rest of these dudes score 2 goals in a half. #Culture!

I’m happy to be patient with this coaching staff. As said often by you and others, they haven’t even brought in their first recruiting class. We are in agreement there.

But if Coach Milliman and his staff cause a three-time captain to transfer?

That’s a firing offense in my book.

DocBarrister

Doc,
You were going to name those "at least a dozen" teams that would accept him. Crickets!

Only teams that had a VERY strong chance for a national championship, would disrupt their programs by bringing in a 1 and done, 5'10", 180 lb, transfer. What about loyalty to guys already in your program waiting for a shot?

Are you not embarrassed to make bold statements but the hide and refuse to even attempt to justify them?

Your post is ridiculously naive and ignores the transfer wave of the past two years.

I’m sure Rutgers would accept his transfer. Ditto for Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan. Denver? Duke? North Carolina? Syracuse? Notre Dame? Maryland (with Benson)? Jacksonville? Loyola?

There’s a dozen for you, and I don’t think we would be close to finished.

And loyalty to current players on the roster?!? Are you kidding me???

Winning is all about preserving a six-figure salary these days.

DocBarrister

Anyone who disagrees with your silliness is ridiculously naive.
Epstein was good at one time but poles feast on him now. He is a turnover machine.
Duke? UNC? Syracuse? Maryland? No way!!!! I fully expected you to claim that he would not transfer because he was certain to be drafted #1 in the upcoming PLL draft.
As to your claim that my statement "ignores the transfer wave of the past two years," Did that wave include anyone who was riding pine on his previous team?

Don’t discount the damage done to the psyche by Milliman. A fresh start with a supportive coach, and you might very well see the old Joey or better.

Except he was struggling under the last days of Petro too. Everyone here wanted to blame the knee. I’m not so sure that was the problem

He is still a pretty good player with all of his “problems”.

Last game as a starter against Delaware, he only put 3 shots out of 10 on goal. Still, he assisted on 3 goals with 3 different players and scored a goal unassisted.

If that’s horrible, I will take horrible compared to what we have seen today.

And any coach who plays mind games with a three-time captain should state clearly why he’s doing that. We haven’t heard any clear explanation yet.

DocBarrister

Doc you are obsessed with the 3x captain argument. What’s his W/L record as a 3x captain? He’s been the captain of a team and program that is a hot mess.

Hey, the Blue Jays players voted him a captain three times. Only the second time in Hopkins history that has happened. It matters to me because Joey Epstein apparently matters to the players.

Who am I (or you) to argue with the players on that point?

DocBarrister

[HappyHourLax]

Offense has no cohesion. There’a no leader out there and it seems like everyone is being put in positions that don’t play to their strengths. It’s simply not good enough.

[DocBarrister]

Love having Krampf taking shots from the right wing in transition rather than Epstein. Definitely what you want

Yep. Why leave the shot to a guy with 19 goals when you can have it taken by a player with 1 goal?

If it’s a disciplinary thing … fine.

If it’s an attempt to “shake things up”, it’s pure idiocy. Practically begging Epstein to transfer.

DocBarrister

Where would he be accepted as a transfer? Where could he start?

A decent coach could get the best out of him and work him into their team. I hate to say it but a change of scenery might be in his best interest at this point.

I'd 100% graduate and then go get a grad degree somewhere else if I were him. He's the leading scorer and isn't sniffing the field while the rest of these dudes score 2 goals in a half. #Culture!

I’m happy to be patient with this coaching staff. As said often by you and others, they haven’t even brought in their first recruiting class. We are in agreement there.

But if Coach Milliman and his staff cause a three-time captain to transfer?

That’s a firing offense in my book.

DocBarrister

Doc,
You were going to name those "at least a dozen" teams that would accept him. Crickets!

Only teams that had a VERY strong chance for a national championship, would disrupt their programs by bringing in a 1 and done, 5'10", 180 lb, transfer. What about loyalty to guys already in your program waiting for a shot?

Are you not embarrassed to make bold statements but the hide and refuse to even attempt to justify them?

Your post is ridiculously naive and ignores the transfer wave of the past two years.

I’m sure Rutgers would accept his transfer. Ditto for Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan. Denver? Duke? North Carolina? Syracuse? Notre Dame? Maryland (with Benson)? Jacksonville? Loyola?

There’s a dozen for you, and I don’t think we would be close to finished.

And loyalty to current players on the roster?!? Are you kidding me???

Winning is all about preserving a six-figure salary these days.

DocBarrister

Anyone who disagrees with your silliness is ridiculously naive.
Epstein was good at one time but poles feast on him now. He is a turnover machine.
Duke? UNC? Syracuse? Maryland? No way!!!! I fully expected you to claim that he would not transfer because he was certain to be drafted #1 in the upcoming PLL draft.
As to your claim that my statement "ignores the transfer wave of the past two years," Did that wave include anyone who was riding pine on his previous team?

More nonsensical trolling.

Are you saying Danowski wouldn’t be interested in a three-time Hopkins captain. Petro and Gait wouldn’t be interested? Benson at Maryland wouldn’t be interested? North Carolina wouldn’t be interested in his leadership and points with their young team? And many coaches would indeed factor in the impact of a fresh start.

You are not even thinking before posting.

DocBarrister

You should change your name to Pollyanna! The game has passed Epstein by. With much bigger and faster poles, he is no longer able to even hold on to the ball let alone score. Great Kid. 2 years ago, he was fun to watch. Now it's like watching pitchers blow away Willie Mays with fastballs when he was relegated to the Mets. I do not want to see a great player and person further humiliated simply to justify your need for self esteem.

And somehow this player whom the game has passed by scored 19 goals and 13 assists in the first 9 games.

I’ll take a few more of those players, thank you.

DocBarrister

[DMac]

If it's of any consolation, at least they didn't get beat 22-6.
Kirst very stingy in the cage, makes the GK play of the year too.

[Sagittarius A*]

And any coach who plays mind games with a three-time captain should state clearly why he’s doing that. We haven’t heard any clear explanation yet.

DocBarrister

Ah, Milliman is like the conductor in Whiplash.
Honestly, I think he's just sick of the turnovers.

[DocBarrister]

Don’t discount the damage done to the psyche by Milliman. A fresh start with a supportive coach, and you might very well see the old Joey or better.

No chance. Physically, he isn't the same

Could be the case. Connor Reed was never the same after his injury. Neither was Drew. Hopefully Joey gets it back.

Used to be able to stop on a dime and explode into a change of direction. He simply can't do that anymore. There may be other stuff going on but that's the root of the issue. Still, he need to be out there in some capacity, if only as an off-ball wing shooter

I agree completely with the cutting statement; hasn’t been the same since injury. But you need that type of movement in this style offense, with quickness and fast ball movement.

This was also not a style played at Landon, he’s in a tuff spot.

Don’t need the quickness, but you do need to have everyone playing on the same page and constantly moving off-ball.

Epstein is definitely a square peg in that kind of round system, but that’s true of many of his teammates.

His reduced speed isn’t the issue. After all, Benson installed a motion offense in 2014-2015 specifically because they didn’t have the athletes on offense.

Epstein played JGJr’s messed up version as well as any of his fellow square pegs. Does not at all explain his benching.

DocBarrister

[HopFan16]

Coach Milliman should have given a clear explanation of why he has benched his leading scorer and three-time captain.

That is a very basic communication fail on the part of Coach Milliman.

Absolutely bizarre … I have never seen anything like it. If it’s a disciplinary issue, just come out and say it. If not, explain it.

And what’s up with the supposed news media not even asking the question? Announcers, including Dixon, seem to have no idea why Epstein is not playing. How is that possible?

DocBarrister

This is primarily a media issue. The coach is not going to volunteer that information unless someone asks on the record. So they need to ask. If someone in the media knows, they're not reporting it. When you have a virtually nonexistent lacrosse media and the only dedicated publication cares more about protecting its relationships with coaches than reporting on issues fans are interested in, this is the result.

Epstein's replacements combined for 1 pt and 4 turnovers on a night the offense as a whole had 7 goals. At least Epstein probably would have chipped in a couple more points with his 4 turnovers. This is why I said I wasn't all that impressed with the so-called improved ball movement against Michigan last week. Mich's defense stinks. You'd hope we'd be able to move the ball against them. But you could see this performance coming a mile away against a better defense.

I continue to be fairly impressed with what coach Koesterer is doing on his side of the ball with mostly Petro's recruits and a goalie that is a career sub. 500 goalie — and a liability in the clearing game. He has his moments but it is what it is at this point. But K has that unit playing tough, physical, and energetic against some good teams. They certainly looked a million times better against Rutgers than Ohio State's D did last week. Perhaps that bodes well for next weekend.

[DocBarrister]

And any coach who plays mind games with a three-time captain should state clearly why he’s doing that. We haven’t heard any clear explanation yet.

DocBarrister

Ah, Milliman is like the conductor in Whiplash.
Honestly, I think he's just sick of the turnovers.

I’m sure he must be happy with today’s 20 turnovers, none by Epstein.

DocBarrister

[wgdsr]

Don’t discount the damage done to the psyche by Milliman. A fresh start with a supportive coach, and you might very well see the old Joey or better.

No chance. Physically, he isn't the same

Could be the case. Connor Reed was never the same after his injury. Neither was Drew. Hopefully Joey gets it back.

Used to be able to stop on a dime and explode into a change of direction. He simply can't do that anymore. There may be other stuff going on but that's the root of the issue. Still, he need to be out there in some capacity, if only as an off-ball wing shooter

I agree completely with the cutting statement; hasn’t been the same since injury. But you need that type of movement in this style offense, with quickness and fast ball movement.

This was also not a style played at Landon, he’s in a tuff spot.

he's a 3 time captain.

[joewillie78]

It must be brutal on a 17/18 year old kid to be the #1 OVERALL recruit in lax, and be seen as the so called "savior" for a team or even a complete program.
We experienced it here at Cornell with Mr. Teat, and I've never seen a kid handle it with such grace and unselfishness as Jeff did.
However, they are all human, and must feel the pressure, and that is a tough weight to carry.
I can only wish Mr. Epstein all the best, no matter what course he chooses to explore.
GOBIGRED
Joewillie78

[Hoponboard]

After a slow start, Narewski won 59% of his draws for the game. Took every FO. Glad Coach stuck with him.

Offense needs a serious infusion of talent, but it’s a crime that Peshko only took one shot which he scored on. If there was a game plan, I didn’t see it. Substituting based on turnovers is not a game plan.

I’m sorry, but Rutgers didn’t try to score for most of the second half. I would cool the plaudits for the defense.

[HopFan16]

After a slow start, Narewski won 59% of his draws for the game. Took every FO. Glad Coach stuck with him.

Offense needs a serious infusion of talent, but it’s a crime that Peshko only took one shot which he scored on. If there was a game plan, I didn’t see it. Substituting based on turnovers is not a game plan.

I’m sorry, but Rutgers didn’t try to score for most of the second half. I would cool the plaudits for the defense,

Playing slower is not remotely the same thing as "not trying to score."

[Hoponboard]

Six shot clock violations is not the Rutgers offense. They stopped going inside.