LarryGamLax wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 11:15 amwlaxphan20 wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 10:57 amI genuinely think Charlotte saying “she has it” meant that the ball was sitting in the sticks in such a way that gave Ally a slight advantage at directing it. Whether it’s something like the bottom corner of Mastroianni’s head sitting just above Charlotte’s (giving Ally an bit of an advantage at directing the ball) or something similar I don’t know.LarryGamLax wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 10:48 amtotc wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 8:01 amDisagree! You get to hear the signals the centers yell out to their wing players.OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 3:16 pmI could do without the mic'd up refs in the draw circle. The ref mics are great when conversing with players or explaining fouls/yellows.OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 10:54 amI also enjoyed the modified birds eye view. Nice new wrinkle which added to the broadcast.Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 6:39 am I actually liked the occasional birds-eye view from the camera hovering over the field. It gave the viewer a terrific view of the spacing, the overloads, and other gimmicks an offense has to try and a defense has to contend with. You could see, for example, BC trying to stretch the length of the slides Maryland would need to make to help, and then how BC moved the ball off the slide/double. Just kind of fun to see. Great production, helped by the four very best teams in the land laying it alllll out.
I thought Maryland had this game won, and managed down the stretch.
Plus, did you notice the one umpire who seemed to interact the most was the former U.S. field hockey player, Judy Strong? I think she umpired the NCAA Division I field hockey tournament last fall (early rounds, not the Final Four).
totc....you think those were "signals" huh? Okay, tell me which Centers were yelling signals and what did they mean?
Okay...what other Center of the Final Four teams said anything? What did they say and what did it mean? I have been around long enough and I have seen some great DS, but I really can't remember hearing them shout out "signals". Maybe some of what Charlotte did was real, but I think she was doing most times to throw off whomever was Drawing against her.
Sure that might be true, we really don’t know, but she’s certainly not the only center I’ve seen give cues off the draw (not all cues have to be verbal). Whatever the reason behind her decision to use a verbal cue, if it was for distraction I’d think it would be done on every single draw. Who knows