Please start rooting for those other teams. I thought Syracuse had smart fans. You don't fit that mold.Finster wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:49 pmOldRedLax wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:13 am I think Spallina will improve. However, as someone who has followed his career since high school, he has always been the type to want his points, and it can be frustrating to watch. Even when he finally found the net against Vermont, he celebrated all by himself (It was a big goal and his first in college, so I get the excitement). Overall, he is definitely too talented for any of you to say he is a bust after one game lol, just a total overreaction. I do however think he will need to mature and change his game to find similar success from HS.
^^Good post...one of the few here so far.
A couple of bones to pick with the board:
1. Gait said in the press conference that he wants Spallina to be more of a standard X assist guy. Are we under the impression that in all of Fall ball and preseason, that Gait didn't stress to Spallina that that was his role, not to fire off 15 solo shots? Because if Gary did stress that, then Spallina went rogue in his very first game; if Gary didn't stress that, then I'm equally concerned because apparently we're running our offense on the fly now. So which is it, fellas?
2. Why didn't Gary at least pull the kid for a few minutes to tell him to dump the ball off once in a while? Let someone else go in for a few and see what they can do. The kids on Cuse's bench aren't exactly chump change. A humbling bench trip can do wonders for any player.
3. If you played college ball and a freshman came on the very first game and fired 15 shots and had one goal to show for it, most teammates would be supremely hacked off. Hero-ball might work in high school or if you play for Lars Tiffany; otherwise this is a team sport.
4. The solo celebration on the one goal says a lot. It should you, too. ayfkm...
I swear, sometimes I feel our fans are as delusional as the Hopkins fans. Why refrain from calling out bad play...the dad has been in an open arms race with Millon's dad in Baltimore to see who can hype their kid the most/worst. Do not under any circumstance excuse it. The solo celebration...jfc.
I'm gonna start pulling for Hobart, Army, Colgate, or St. Lawrence if this stuff continues.
1) If nobody slides to a standard X attackman, he should shoot. Then in future games he will draw more slides and be able to make passes to open guys. 1 for 15 shooting is bad, but Spallina did the right thing.
2) This is not how college lacrosse teams work. You don't throw someone in to see what they can do. There are plenty of time outs to discuss offensive strategy. No need to pull a freshman starting his first game.
3) Lars tiffany is a fantastic coach who has won multiple national championships. The Syracuse players likely understand what they're trying to accomplish on offense, and see why Spallina took so many shots.
4) I am definitely not going to criticize a freshman in their first game scoring a big goal after not scoring on so many shots. I'm sure he was going through a lot of emotions. He celebrated his teammates' goals with them and he celebrated his own goal with his teammates.
Seriously, bye.