This is dizzying to read and reminds of the offensive changes week to week the last few years w/all the positional changes. The hope is that some forms of stability and consistency are coming so we can at least make it through part of the season w/momentum.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:15 pm Did I miss something the last 40-50 years? How many times has Hopkins needed a transfer at that position? That's like saying since you burnt the steak once - ribeyes suck. Look, you can pick at the goalie situation carcass and say PM should have done this or not done that but I am not sure what those things might be. He was clearly not dealing with a position of strength and a bunch of things happened which on the surface appear beyond his control - once again a tried and true retread topic but let's go back to 2019 and 20 and see if it sinks in this time:
In 2019 - Petro had 3 goalies on the roster - earlier i made an inaccurate statement that Marcille was on this team - apologies- Darby/Giacolone and freshman Alex Gainey. Darby played virtually every second - Giacolone got two minor mop-ups and Gainey did not play. Darby - someone who a certain poster "THANKED GOD" when he was no longer on the roster - posted a sub 45% save percentage
2020 - There were now 4 goalies on the roster with the addition of Marcille - In the abbreviated 6 games - Darby started 5 appeared in all 6 and raised his save percentage about 2 points to just under 47%. Giacalone appeared in 3 games but only played 32 minutes. Gainey and Marcille DNP.
Post April 2020 - Gainey transfers to BU and Demopolous decommits from the fall 21 class. The freshman goalie from Shadyside in PA has a complete non athletic issue and is dismissed from the school. Giacalone I think had another year of eligibility but after 4 years and only playing about an hour of game time he was not on the roster for 21. So the goalie room was down to 2 - a career 45% starter and a freshman eligible who had never played. Was a transfer desparately needed? Yes Yes it was. Did he get one of the better ones out there according to the pundits? Yes he did. Could he/should he have gotten someone else - well all I can say - again - is it takes two to tango - so did it begin and end with Kirson - who knows - but the player has to also want to come to Hopkins and there has to be an academic fit.
2021 - WIth the decommit of Demopolous PM had no goalie in the 21/22 class and of course most everyone had committed elsewhere - he secured a late commitment from Webb. Also the 22/23 class had a goalie commit - Lawson - who decommittd at a very late date putting that class with no goalie recruit. For that year - Kirson started 9 games - reportedly injured and Marcille finished the season - the goalie room was Kirson/Darby/Marcille
2022 - Darby was no longer on the roster - Webb arrived - and more nominal depth was added with a DIII transfer (who undoubtedly knew the volunteer assistat coach) Versfeld - Kirson played virtually the entire season - Versfeld and Marcille played to what amounted to a half each and Webb played a few minutes
Post 2022 season - Kirson exhausted his eligibility - there was no goalie from the 20/21 class because of the off-field incident - there was no incoming goalie for the 22/23 class because of the late Lawson decommit and (I assume) the inability to match up with any other recruit who had not committed elsewhere. So the goalie room was down to 3 again - incredibly void of DI experience. Was the consideration of a transfer warranted - yes it was. Are 1 year rentals optimal - no they are not but sometimes you do what you have to.
So again - the goalie situation has been a dumpster fire for many many years. Some might argue early recruiting is especially fraught with peril at that position. Why not be happy that your coach is trying things instead of this incessant whining?
I don't know what's new here but for the PLL folks who aren't part of the school another writeup on Rabil.
https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2022/winte ... -lacrosse/