That did feel a little salty to me, a bit of a dig at the current staff. Crawley is obviously a student of Benson and there are some similarities to the Hopkins offense circa 2014-2020 but he's added in several new wrinkles. Not to mention new personnel — namely Melendez and Collison — allow the offense to do things it hasn't been able to do for awhile. And it's even more positionless than it used to be, e.g. the Stanwicks never used to operate above the cage or on the wing as often as Angelus does. Melendez dodges from everywhere on the field. Both the big middies (Collison, Grimes) and the smaller ones (McDermott, English, Evans) have all initiated from up top and from behind the cage. Everybody can play anywhere.Chitown wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:39 pm Maybe I am the only one who noticed, BUT at Coach Tillman's post game interview, he noted that Hopkins ran Bobby Benson's offensive scheme AND that many of Hopkins best players are Pietramala's recruits, ???
I think that the motion offense is not Bobby Benson's offense , and that the recruits from years ago have been coached for years by the current staff. Is Coach "Tills" really that upset at losing to the Blue that he wants to start a personal vendetta with Hopkins? Don't we have enough reasons to hate each other??
On the goalie discussion, I do think Timmy is leaving some meat on the bone, so to speak. He's not letting in a ton of bad shots but he's also not stealing many like he was earlier in the season. I guess you could call that a bit of a "slump" and the numbers would support that. All of that being said, the defense plays tough and organized in front of him, and as mentioned, his outlet passes have been largely excellent. So while job #1 as 51 said has seen better days, the overall product is still pretty strong.