Syracuse 2022

[lorin]

I don’t think so,

I thought this was a debate on whether anyone gets 22
this year.

Spallina is #22 this year - hopefully he has a great season!!
https://cuse.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/roster

Well deserved.

[wgdsr]

Maybe I'm late to knowing this or maybe I'm misinformed but... #22 is being retired?

syracuse retires a player's jersey but not the number. probably goes back to 44 in football and more. ggait had his jersey retired as well.

[HopFan16]

Maybe I'm late to knowing this or maybe I'm misinformed but... #22 is being retired?

syracuse retires a player's jersey but not the number. probably goes back to 44 in football and more. ggait had his jersey retired as well.

What exactly are they "retiring" then? His name? No more #22 Powells allowed in the Dome from here on out — fine by me.

[MDlaxfan76]

I don’t think so,

I thought this was a debate on whether anyone gets 22
this year.

Spallina is #22 this year - hopefully he has a great season!!
https://cuse.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/roster

Well deserved.

That choice makes a lot of sense.

[Matnum PI]

]syracuse retires a player's jersey but not the number. probably goes back to 44 in football and more. ggait had his jersey retired as well.

got it. so there could be multiple #22s hanging from the rafters.

[sholokov2]

Enjoyed watching Joel play as much as any player who has come through Cuse, an absolutely gorgeous lacrosse player.
So smooth, so good, so steady, one of the absolute best LSMs ever. Played a huge role in gaining possession of the ball (stripped the player in possession) in regulation giving Cuse a chance to tie the game and then go on to win it in OT in the '09 NC game.
"Junior Year (2010): Became the first defensive specialist to win the Lt. Donald C. MacLaughlin Jr. Award as the nation’s most outstanding midfielder… Tewaaraton Award finalist …"

I think he changed the ssdm position forever. He was dangerous all over the field. I agree with all your adjectives. Watched him play from frosh in hs through professional career. one of my all time favorites

[DMac]

Tough read, just sad.
https://usalaxmagazine.com/fuel/industr ... lOA9gAe4wE

[10stone5]

Sorry to hear this.
I can personally relate.

My wife took a terrible spill, fractured her C1-C2 vertebrae.
Just blind luck, not full fractures but rather stress fractures.
She was up and walking normal within a few months.

Hope for the best.

[stupefied]

Spallina will represent #22 well on and off field.

[lorin]

Spallina will represent #22 well on and off field.

IMO Maryland has the right approach earn it.

[DMac]

Forecast for the Cuse for 4 February,
high of 12 which hits right around gametime.
I love it when people b*itch about the Dome.

[Samlaxfan]

Does anyone know if people have/are getting a list to together of people that want to volunteer in anyway possible in getting Gaits facility up/running. Much appreciated if you good direct me that way if there is.

[Matnum PI]

https://www.nunesmagician.com/2023/1/25 ... z-spallina

[stupefied]

https://www.nunesmagician.com/2023/1/25 ... z-spallina

The addition of a very competent G in Marks and the return of superb Hiltz will make HUGE differences for Cuse.

[DMac]

Agree with that, certainly hopeful of it anyway. Thinking the ball will move more than we've seen with the way too much 1 v 1 my eyes are on the goal pretty much only type O we've seen from the Cuse for too long now. Looking forward to the 4th....revised forecast, might shoot way up to 21 at game time.

[stupefied]

Agree with that, certainly hopeful of it anyway. Thinking the ball will move more than we've seen with the way too much 1 v 1 my eyes are on the goal pretty much only type O we've seen from the Cuse for too long now. Looking forward to the 4th....revised forecast, might shoot way up to 21 at game time.

Ball should definitely move better with Hiltz and Spallina heading . Expect a bounce beyond .500 helped by a softer schedule. Play a weaker UNC and Duke twice instead of UVA and ND which can be a huge swing in record Face Bonnies instead of Army, playing Albany in dome instead of a rainstorm also helps. Downside is RPI won't help as much come selection time . Some impressive upsets by us would certainly be needed. Hope for fast start out of gate before Maryland and then continued growth .

[FMUBart]

Forecast for the Cuse for 4 February,
high of 12 which hits right around gametime.
I love it when people b*itch about the Dome.

The Dome is great--we loved playing in there. What isn't great? Scheduling lacrosse games in February...

[FMUBart]

Trivia question: what 2 teams played the first lacrosse game in the Carrier(now JMA) Dome?

[Farfromgeneva]

Trivia question: what 2 teams played the first lacrosse game in the Carrier(now JMA) Dome?

For some reason I thought I was Bart-Army but actually Bart-Brown.

https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-new ... -game/amp/

[Finster]

Spallina will represent #22 well on and off field.

IMO Maryland has the right approach earn it.

I think this was a HUGE mistake on Gait's and the University's part. It doesn't matter if Spallina proves to be the best player on 'Cuse this year and the next four years, it doesn't even matter if he works out at 5 am every day harder than any other player on the team, it doesn't even matter if the perception is he's the most mature kid as a freshman on a team with 40+ recruits...what matters is earning the jersey; you don't earn the jersey playing at Mt. Sinai High School, you earn it playing for Syracuse, and to my knowledge, Spallina hasn't actually played a minute of a regular season game yet for the Orange.

You can look at this only two ways: either Gait had so little regard for every upperclassman that he thought an unproven but heralded freshman should get #22 instead (that ought to do wonders to get the upperclassmen enthused... ), or Spallina's dad insisted that Joey get the # in order to follow through on his commitment. Other than that, nothing here makes sense.

I thought the Scanlan episode would have taught the school a thing or two, but I guess not. I am not a fan of this move at all. It has far more percentages of a downside choice than not. If for any reason Spallina fails to live up to hype, either with personal production or the team's W-L, this one move could set the university back a long while in lacrosse.

Earn the jersey, don't have it gift-wrapped for you just because you did well playing high school ball on Long Island. A total slap to every 'Cuse upperclassman who's ground it out the last many years in a tough environment.