We have two years of data on Holtby at 53% & 50% and we are now 6 game in at 44%. Plus the 27% he threw up last year in the Bryant game. Is it reasonable to require more to make a decision? If we’re giving up 43-45 shots a game and they’re putting 60% on cage, 6-9% delta on 25-26 SOG is 1.5-2.3 GPG delta. In a dynamic game situation those 2 goals in the context of momentum could be a 4-5 goal differential in outcomes. Especially when adding the incremental possessions you pick up from those extra saves.Bart wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 7:35 amI am sure Raymond just flipped a coin on January 1 and it came up Loukas and he said...."ok, I'm good". Nothing else could have been a deciding factor. Would it make a difference if there was a switch? IDK but I have to believe there was a difference in what happened in practice for the switch to occur.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 9:50 pmKeep in mind the staff decided to demote 2yr starter Holtby and elect to start someone who got bombed in the second half of a game against Bryant last year and blow a lead in that game. I keep wondering if is brother is such a great pole is some strategy to keep the family happy or something. We also have the NJ goalie of the year on the roster.BigHoss wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 5:51 pmRaymond is a good coach and has a lot of excellent qualities. His recruiting is fantastic. Recruiting in the modern day is way more difficult than in the past. More schools are involved and that’s why you’re not seeing teams like Syracuse and Hopkins (blue bloods of the past) dominate like they had. So I give him a lot of credit there.FL-GO wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 5:34 pm Raymond isn't the guy in my opinion. Probably a great dude and has brought a lot of good kids to campus, but no in-game adjustments and stubbornness when it comes to this GK situation cost them today.
Ted's "this is Hobart's 18th loss since 2019 season, and they had leads in 15 of those games" is damning. This progarm is just stagnant and maybe scholarships will help, but what's the point of staying in D1 if this is consistently what we get in "winnable" games?
Loukas cost us the game today, it’s that simple. Their goalie was no better, though. Everyone knows playing goalie in a dome is less than ideal. Still no excuse. He should’ve been pulled, and he wasn’t. I actually felt that Hobart played a great game. They battled and did some great things offensively and defensively. Give credit where it’s due, Dartmouth played really well. Their faceoff guy is excellent, and their wing play and just overall ground ball work is admirable. They embody a lot of the qualities typically seen in an Ivy League group.
Outside of Loukas, what adjustments needed to be made? Their defense played pretty well in a lot of spots I thought. Offensively, Hobart was excellent. I actually think there’s a lot of positives that came from a pretty heartbreaking loss.
You like empirical considerations I’ve observed otherwise. Doesn't this resonate?
We do know that it’s not always pure performance. Have 8yrs of information on that.