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OCanada wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:51 pm My reference was to a support system built
for Indian players.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 10:28 am

flalax22 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 9:52 am

OCanada wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:12 am Fall ball is in jeopardy. The officials do not yet have contracts and it is very late. There is also a shortage of refs generally. US Lacrosse has issues, the training program has issues,

Joe Psai is doing very well

Fall ball is a nice luxury and some fun for fans. I believe Danowski has shown all the hype around it is just hot air and contributes little to season success.

On the other hand, doesn't Tillman/Maryland have among the toughest fall regimens in the country? It's been called military-style by more than one person close to the program. I think it's a lot more important for conditioning, building culture and relationships, and setting the tone for the spring than it is for playing games or figuring out your lineups.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:54 am

OCanada wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:42 am Hopkins and Syracuse will both be young. Teams with older, larger more mature players will present challenges.

Kinda? The offense will be younger as Epstein, Keogh, and DeSimone are replaced with some combination of Marquis, Collison, English, Maher, Melendez, etc. But veterans Angelus and Degnon are back, in addition to guys like Grimes, Peshko, McDermott, and Evans, who all have experience.

Defense might be even more experienced. Smith and Szuluk return as starters — the third close D spot will probably be someone younger (Todaro? Maybe Rodgers, though he's not exactly young.) Martin and Jaronski return as SSDMs, need to find another few guys there (Glassmeyer, if healthy finally?). Mazzone and Caracciolo come in and are as experienced as they come.

There seems to be some confusion as to whether or not Narewski is back but if so that's a pretty capable three-headed monster at FOGO with him, Callahan, and Dunn.

The attack will look different and probably be a bit younger, and they need to identify another SSDM or two. But it doesn't strike me as a super young team unless many more freshmen/sophomores in addition to the ones listed above end up earning PT.

As for Cooke's injury — it's a fact that Native Americans face discrimination in the US healthcare system and often have worse outcomes than the general population but I have never heard of any perception that they "do not respond as well to the surgery." There is no biological basis for that whatsoever. That just sounds like racism. Without knowing the kid's situation it's impossible to know whether or not he's getting the PT/recovery/training that's required to get back on the field.

BlueJaySince1947 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:33 pm Who's Jimmy the Greek ?

JustPassingThrough wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 1:47 pm Speaking of fall ball...any word on date and teams for the HEADstrong scrimmage this fall?

wgdsr wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:00 pm here's some science?
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41994548
natives have looser knee joints, according to these cohorts. that could be an issue pre-injury and post-surgery?

obviously, it doesn't get into the rehab part.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:42 am Surprised no mention of this yet but the team posted on Instagram/Twitter that Hawley is coming back for a 5th year. He has dealt with a bunch of injuries in his career but when healthy has been a solid contributor as a shortie on the faceoff wings. Always good for a clutch GB or two. I don't think this will take away PT on offense from any of the younger midfielders.

HopFan16 wrote: Narewski also officially back

If he's back to full health that gives us really good FO depth. Not a lot of teams can say they have three different guys all with 50%+ seasons on their resumes