ha! don't remember how much he faced off, maybe plenty? he didn't do it much when squared up against or with locally for a couple years. he was excellent.a fan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 12:40 pmNo mention of Kotz? Wasn't he (arguably) the best middle who faced off.... of all time?wgdsr wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:54 pmc'mon kram. wade took a few faceoffs and scored a couple points a game.kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:32 pmI'm a huge Jon Reese fan.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:50 amWas there honestly anyone better at that in the modern era than Jon Reese?PizzaSnake wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 1:19 pmThe really great middies face-off and play both ways. Rare, but dominating.Dip&Dunk wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:19 am At the end of the day, lacrosse is won on the field.
The great teams have great teams.
But if you have to break it down, great FO’s keep great middies off the field (and then the rules get changed), great goalies don’t care who is shooting, great attackers make middies jobs easier, great defenses slow down (don’t stop) great offenses.
Hate that slow-down, positional substitution. Anathema to the free-flowing game I played and loved.
Want that slow shite? Play fool(foot)ball and be done with it.
And there are a handful who were very good. Good enough to be a HM or second team AA.
But the only one I can think of that might have a claim is Ryan Wade:
reese had like a million and was better than peak gary one year, yale all-time points guy, starting middle linebacker, was all over 2 fields:
https://twitter.com/LaxFilmStudy/status ... 99hAg&s=19
and tough as nails:
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/03/ ... its-glory/
i'm biased and andy kraus was a reese wannabe, but as close as it comes. kyle harrison showed up as a throwback.
reese had the chance to play against once. the original caller mentioned all 3... faceoff, both ways, including d. that's what i remember from that day (and watching him play the following year). seeing him there in front of you constantly, and all over the place.