Yeah I think Callahan was called for withholding for not getting it out of his clamp quick enough — but of course he was prevented from doing so by the Cuse FOGO keeping his stick down. They need to change that rule.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:18 am I think we all need to calm down - there are at least 7 more games in the season - They lost the possession battle - by alot - and still mounted a nice comeback. You are not going to win many games if you only have the ball about 1/3rd of the time. Lets' give credit to the opponents - Syracuse has about 9-10 guys who are legit threats to light the lamp - the impact of the Princeton transfers are starting to be pretty evident. In terms of seeking improvement the following thoughts do occur:
- Echo the sentiments of possibly sitting Melendez - though maybe it's a situation where the lower leg injuries need alot of time to heal but 2/3rds of your attack with 1 shot each is not optimal - and this is not a shot at Navy - that game is not already in the W column- but we kind of need him in April and May
- The vaunted offensive mid-field depth has left the building - now down to 6 players (obviously English gone hurts here)
- I didn't like the last 16 seconds or whatever - that should be a well worn practice moment - down a goal - short time - ball in different places on the field - the goalie can't cradle for a couple seconds - throw a short pass to a short stick and we la de dah down the field and can't even get past the mid stripe. There needs to be a play - where the ball is zipped to the mid-field - OK if it's dropped or knocked down - fine - create a scramble but you can't run the ball up the field like a normal clear
- With 14 shots - Degnon took 39% of the team's total
I do have a question if somebody could enlighten me - and I am not saying it was a reason we lost or anything - but I clearly don't understand the rules. What did Callahan do on the face-off that led to Steven's man-up goal??? - there was a close-up of the face-off on replay and if anything I thought the Syracuse player had his stick on top of Callahan's - was he judged for withholding the ball? I just didn't see what you call in that situation. Pete obviously didn't like the call.
I wonder if the all blacks will make it up to New Jersey
There is so much sh*t that goes on during the faceoffs that don't get called. They adjudicate really poorly and it seems to be getting worse. I am all for the proposal to get rid of clamping — force both guys to swipe at it — and create a GB battle. That's more exciting anyway and seems to take some of the refereeing out of the equation. We need more of that kind of thing.
Agree on the impact of the transfers — this game is very different if Stevens is not on Syracuse. He's a player that any team in the country would be thrilled to have. Though I think we did a good job on English's bro.