Maryland 2023

[Wheels]

Lots of freshman in that lineup getting experience and building depth...

Spanos (RsFr)
Whittier (RsFr)
Erksa (Fr)
Signorello (Fr)
Ruppel (Fr)
Kolar (Fr)

All played in the OTs. Against the mythical National Champions. It's a wonder the Terps were even in the game, huh?

But damn does this team miss Malever.

[wgdsr]

Apparently the lacrosse karma gods don’t like stick checks on FO guys. It clearly hurt the Terps today. Will it haunt them the whole season?

definitely a weird deal. tillman's an upstate guy, and that's a no go on fogo's up there. i doubt you can ever definitively call it karma?
the ball (and calls) bounces in weird ways in lax regardless.

[wgdsr]

Lots of freshman in that lineup getting experience and building depth...

Spanos (RsFr)
Whittier (RsFr)
Erksa (Fr)
Signorello (Fr)
Ruppel (Fr)
Kolar (Fr)

All played in the OTs. Against the mythical National Champions. It's a wonder the Terps were even in the game, huh?

But damn does this team miss Malever.

why are they the mythical national champions?

[keno in reno]

Whatever it is, it's the worst run of shooting they've had if not in the Tillman era - which I'm p certain it is - definitely in the Peak Tillman run (2016-now.)

23% shooting against Loyola-Cuse-Princeton-ND. 63% of the shots are going on cage which is a good percentage, so there's definitely a strong goalie element to it. The worst ACC/B1G/Ivy shooting team last year was UNC at somewhere between 26-28%. 23% is staggeringly low. A regressing to the mean is coming to some degree. They do lack outside shooters though. I think the question is whether we bounce back to somewhere around low 30 percent or so, or whether it's like high 20s percentage wise and if that's enough to be a contender with Wierman. We'll find out over the next month or so.

Need someone who can get to the net, or at least post up there. Every shot is from outside.

[Wheels]

Whatever it is, it's the worst run of shooting they've had if not in the Tillman era - which I'm p certain it is - definitely in the Peak Tillman run (2016-now.)

23% shooting against Loyola-Cuse-Princeton-ND. 63% of the shots are going on cage which is a good percentage, so there's definitely a strong goalie element to it. The worst ACC/B1G/Ivy shooting team last year was UNC at somewhere between 26-28%. 23% is staggeringly low. A regressing to the mean is coming to some degree. They do lack outside shooters though. I think the question is whether we bounce back to somewhere around low 30 percent or so, or whether it's like high 20s percentage wise and if that's enough to be a contender with Wierman. We'll find out over the next month or so.

Any team that relies heavily on its attack is going to have a tough go of it against the Terps. Corrigan after the game talked about this being one of Pat's worst games, and I think that had a lot to do with Makar. Chris's hands landed in the crease before the ball went in the goal on the game-tying goal. One face-off or one defensive stop in the last 3 minutes, and the Terps probably win that game.

The teams that concern me more are the midfield-heavy teams. Rutgers has some really good midfield pieces. Penn St looks like they have 15 clones of the same player running between midfield and attack, but I do think the Traynors are the keys to their offense. Makar and Zappitello will disrupt any attack heavy offense.

OSU relies so much on their attack. We've seen that Angelus and Melendez are keys to JHU's offense. The Terps will fare better against those teams.

As for the shooting, I don't think they're going to improve much. Maybe Spanos seeing the ball go in the net will open the gates for him. The Terps do have some really good outside shooters...Murphy and Kelly can sling it. Maltz can too. But Brennan is more of that intermediate shooter. Koras and Long aren't shooters, though.

[Wheels]

Lots of freshman in that lineup getting experience and building depth...

Spanos (RsFr)
Whittier (RsFr)
Erksa (Fr)
Signorello (Fr)
Ruppel (Fr)
Kolar (Fr)

All played in the OTs. Against the mythical National Champions. It's a wonder the Terps were even in the game, huh?

But damn does this team miss Malever.

why are they the mythical national champions?

Didn't you hear that they were the best team at the end of the regular season last year?

[keno in reno]

Apparently the lacrosse karma gods don’t like stick checks on FO guys. It clearly hurt the Terps today. Will it haunt them the whole season?

definitely a weird deal. tillman's an upstate guy, and that's a no go on fogo's up there. i doubt you can ever definitively call it karma?
the ball (and calls) bounces in weird ways in lax regardless.

I'd say Princeton is the team that got the karma

[wgdsr]

Lots of freshman in that lineup getting experience and building depth...

Spanos (RsFr)
Whittier (RsFr)
Erksa (Fr)
Signorello (Fr)
Ruppel (Fr)
Kolar (Fr)

All played in the OTs. Against the mythical National Champions. It's a wonder the Terps were even in the game, huh?

But damn does this team miss Malever.

why are they the mythical national champions?

Didn't you hear that they were the best team at the end of the regular season last year?

quotes on mythical national champions, por favor. nd has take unprecedented shi-ite, i'd love to see what they did to deserve it.

[wgdsr]

Apparently the lacrosse karma gods don’t like stick checks on FO guys. It clearly hurt the Terps today. Will it haunt them the whole season?

definitely a weird deal. tillman's an upstate guy, and that's a no go on fogo's up there. i doubt you can ever definitively call it karma?
the ball (and calls) bounces in weird ways in lax regardless.

I'd say Princeton is the team that got the karma

still... how was the stick illegal, if you know?

[jrn19]

Because the referees checked it and deemed it to be illegal? Crazy right?

[wgdsr]

Because the referees checked it and deemed it to be illegal? Crazy right?

you obviously didn't understand the question. it's why i didn't ask you.

[jrn19]

Because the referees checked it and deemed it to be illegal? Crazy right?

you obviously didn't understand the question. it's why i didn't ask you.

Good one chief

[wgdsr]

Because the referees checked it and deemed it to be illegal? Crazy right?

you obviously didn't understand the question. it's why i didn't ask you.

Good one chief

it's not a good one. and i'm not a chief? seriously, your uninvited retort, which shows u didn't understand the question, is why you weren't asked to answer.

[jrn19]

Because the referees checked it and deemed it to be illegal? Crazy right?

you obviously didn't understand the question. it's why i didn't ask you.

Good one chief

it's not a good one. and i'm not a chief? seriously, your uninvited retort, which shows u didn't understand the question, is why you weren't asked to answer.

I was unaware I had to ask your invitation to post on the board. I'll do that next time, sorry.

[wgdsr]

Because the referees checked it and deemed it to be illegal? Crazy right?

you obviously didn't understand the question. it's why i didn't ask you.

Good one chief

it's not a good one. and i'm not a chief? seriously, your uninvited retort, which shows u didn't understand the question, is why you weren't asked to answer.

I was unaware I had to ask your invitation to post on the board. I'll do that next time, sorry.

nope. just don't say stupid stuff when not invited anyway. if you ever have anything cogent to add, fire away. but understand, i likely won't care about your opinion, anyway.

[jrn19]

Because the referees checked it and deemed it to be illegal? Crazy right?

you obviously didn't understand the question. it's why i didn't ask you.

Good one chief

it's not a good one. and i'm not a chief? seriously, your uninvited retort, which shows u didn't understand the question, is why you weren't asked to answer.

I was unaware I had to ask your invitation to post on the board. I'll do that next time, sorry.

nope. just don't say stupid stuff when not invited anyway. if you ever have anything cogent to add, fire away. but understand, i likely won't care about your opinion, anyway.

feeling is mutual. glad we reached an understanding.

[jrn19]

The stick check thing continuing is hilarious. As keno I believe mentioned last week, the guy ran through a million stick checks, Maryland called a stick check as is in the rules, the refs checked it, deemed it to be illegal, it was a penalty, Maryland was already winning the game by 4, they won the game by 6. If calling a stick check is the worst thing a coach can do, then the coaches should take it out of the rules.

[wgdsr]

Because the referees checked it and deemed it to be illegal? Crazy right?

you obviously didn't understand the question. it's why i didn't ask you.

Good one chief

it's not a good one. and i'm not a chief? seriously, your uninvited retort, which shows u didn't understand the question, is why you weren't asked to answer.

I was unaware I had to ask your invitation to post on the board. I'll do that next time, sorry.

nope. just don't say stupid stuff when not invited anyway. if you ever have anything cogent to add, fire away. but understand, i likely won't care about your opinion, anyway.

feeling is mutual. glad we reached an understanding.

sweet! have a nice life.

[stupefied]

The stick check thing continuing is hilarious. As keno I believe mentioned last week, the guy ran through a million stick checks, Maryland called a stick check as is in the rules, the refs checked it, deemed it to be illegal, it was a penalty, Maryland was already winning the game by 4, they won the game by 6. If calling a stick check is the worst thing a coach can do, then the coaches should take it out of the rules.

Coaches right to ask for inspection but 3 mins unreleasable is awfully stiff penalty. Maybe cut to two or make it releasable

until they do , someone should check sticks pre game

[wgdsr]

The stick check thing continuing is hilarious. As keno I believe mentioned last week, the guy ran through a million stick checks, Maryland called a stick check as is in the rules, the refs checked it, deemed it to be illegal, it was a penalty, Maryland was already winning the game by 4, they won the game by 6. If calling a stick check is the worst thing a coach can do, then the coaches should take it out of the rules.

Coaches right to ask for inspection but 3 mins unreleasable is awfully stiff penalty. Maybe cut to two or make it releasable

until they do , someone should check sticks pre game

the very well known scenario is that fogo's sticks get contorted by way of the very nature of how the faceoff is conducted. a pregame stick check wouldn't matter in their case.

ftr, 2 minutes is now the penalty at nfhs for every stick violation. maybe (for the 1st time?), the nc$$ will follow their lead eventually.