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51percentcorn wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 6:19 am Hopkins is 1-5 against Loyola since 2013, In four of those losses Hopkins didn't get to 10 goals. In 2 of those losses Hopkins didn't get to 10 goals combined. The one win was in overtime and Loyola had plenty of chances to win - probably should have won IIRC. With Lindley and Olmstead they are returning just as many points as the Hopkins attack. They are adding a 30 goal scorer in Seay. While the ghost of Spencer may loom large - right now Loyola is the better program and I'll believe it when I see it.

DougELax wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:46 pm Happy Thanksgiving all Jays fans.

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:53 pm Well, it’s past Thanksgiving....

... which means it’s time for Festivus.

Break out the Festivus Pole, and let’s begin The Airing of Grievances.

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2019 9:00 am

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:53 pm Well, it’s past Thanksgiving....

... which means it’s time for Festivus.

Break out the Festivus Pole, and let’s begin The Airing of Grievances.

First we have to do the Feats of Strength.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:43 pm Official schedule is out, it's pretty much what 51 said it would be. The exact days of the two away B1G conference games (@ Rutgers and @ Ohio State) are still to be decided. I guess that's a Big Ten Network TV thing?

https://hopkinssports.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/schedule

2/8 vs. Towson
2/15 @ Loyola
2/22 vs. North Carolina
2/29 @ Princeton
3/7 vs. Syracuse
3/10 vs. Mount St. Mary's
3/14 @ Navy
3/17 @ Delaware
3/28 vs. Michigan
4/4-5 @ Rutgers
4/11 vs. Penn State
4/18-19 @ Ohio State
4/25 vs. Maryland (Homecoming)

A few things of note:

- alternates home/away except for the two home and two away in March
- four games in 10 days during that same stretch in March, followed by an 11-day break before conference play begins
- first time playing the Orange at Homewood in three years
- Navy is back, obviously. The Midshipmen have a new coach after going 6-7 last year
- Penn State and Ohio State have switched weekends from last year, no idea the reason for that
- the Jays really SHOULD be 6-2 headed into Big Ten play, will more likely be closer to 4-4

flalax22 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:15 pm

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:43 pm Official schedule is out, it's pretty much what 51 said it would be. The exact days of the two away B1G conference games (@ Rutgers and @ Ohio State) are still to be decided. I guess that's a Big Ten Network TV thing?

https://hopkinssports.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/schedule

2/8 vs. Towson
2/15 @ Loyola
2/22 vs. North Carolina
2/29 @ Princeton
3/7 vs. Syracuse
3/10 vs. Mount St. Mary's
3/14 @ Navy
3/17 @ Delaware
3/28 vs. Michigan
4/4-5 @ Rutgers
4/11 vs. Penn State
4/18-19 @ Ohio State
4/25 vs. Maryland (Homecoming)

A few things of note:

- alternates home/away except for the two home and two away in March
- four games in 10 days during that same stretch in March, followed by an 11-day break before conference play begins
- first time playing the Orange at Homewood in three years
- Navy is back, obviously. The Midshipmen have a new coach after going 6-7 last year
- Penn State and Ohio State have switched weekends from last year, no idea the reason for that
- the Jays really SHOULD be 6-2 headed into Big Ten play, will more likely be closer to 4-4

I’ve got a bad 3-5 feeling heading into conference play. I think they get Delaware Mount and Loyola. The rest I don’t see it.

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:46 pm

flalax22 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:15 pm

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:43 pm Official schedule is out, it's pretty much what 51 said it would be. The exact days of the two away B1G conference games (@ Rutgers and @ Ohio State) are still to be decided. I guess that's a Big Ten Network TV thing?

https://hopkinssports.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/schedule

2/8 vs. Towson
2/15 @ Loyola
2/22 vs. North Carolina
2/29 @ Princeton
3/7 vs. Syracuse
3/10 vs. Mount St. Mary's
3/14 @ Navy
3/17 @ Delaware
3/28 vs. Michigan
4/4-5 @ Rutgers
4/11 vs. Penn State
4/18-19 @ Ohio State
4/25 vs. Maryland (Homecoming)

A few things of note:

- alternates home/away except for the two home and two away in March
- four games in 10 days during that same stretch in March, followed by an 11-day break before conference play begins
- first time playing the Orange at Homewood in three years
- Navy is back, obviously. The Midshipmen have a new coach after going 6-7 last year
- Penn State and Ohio State have switched weekends from last year, no idea the reason for that
- the Jays really SHOULD be 6-2 headed into Big Ten play, will more likely be closer to 4-4

I’ve got a bad 3-5 feeling heading into conference play. I think they get Delaware Mount and Loyola. The rest I don’t see it.

And then maybe 2-3 in conference, followed by 0-1 B1G tourney, then no games in May.

Bon voyage.

xxxxxxx wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:06 am

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:46 pm

flalax22 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:15 pm

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:43 pm Official schedule is out, it's pretty much what 51 said it would be. The exact days of the two away B1G conference games (@ Rutgers and @ Ohio State) are still to be decided. I guess that's a Big Ten Network TV thing?

https://hopkinssports.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/schedule

2/8 vs. Towson
2/15 @ Loyola
2/22 vs. North Carolina
2/29 @ Princeton
3/7 vs. Syracuse
3/10 vs. Mount St. Mary's
3/14 @ Navy
3/17 @ Delaware
3/28 vs. Michigan
4/4-5 @ Rutgers
4/11 vs. Penn State
4/18-19 @ Ohio State
4/25 vs. Maryland (Homecoming)

A few things of note:

- alternates home/away except for the two home and two away in March
- four games in 10 days during that same stretch in March, followed by an 11-day break before conference play begins
- first time playing the Orange at Homewood in three years
- Navy is back, obviously. The Midshipmen have a new coach after going 6-7 last year
- Penn State and Ohio State have switched weekends from last year, no idea the reason for that
- the Jays really SHOULD be 6-2 headed into Big Ten play, will more likely be closer to 4-4

I’ve got a bad 3-5 feeling heading into conference play. I think they get Delaware Mount and Loyola. The rest I don’t see it.

And then maybe 2-3 in conference, followed by 0-1 B1G tourney, then no games in May.

Bon voyage.

No way they are 3-5 heading into conference play, more like 5-3. Towson lost a ton, as did Loyola, both winnable games, say 1 - 1 here. Not real scared of UNC or Princeton, call it a split there, probably a loss to Cuse and lets say 2 - 1 in Navy Mount and Delaware stretch. In conference they should get wins vs Rutgers and Michigan and who knows with the final three big boys, they played them all tough last year, so even if they go 1 - 2 here, they are 8 - 5. I get the doubt, but they are still loaded with talent, and contrary to many on this board I think the staff is still very solid.

51percentcorn wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:10 am Wow - look I am not going to blow sunshine or smoke and say this team is going to the Final Four - I think a very successful season would be a competitive first round or quarterfinal game. But I don't see any reason to abandon the program 13 weeks or so before the season starts. A reasonable facsimile of this team beat UNC and Princeton away, beat Rutgers and Beat Maryland twice and had competitive games for 3 quarters against Syracuse and UVA. Don't tell me Foley is the only reason any of that happened. Alot of programs have this particular saying - let's go 1-0 against Towson and worry about Loyola after. They clearly have several important issues that will probably prevent them from being an elite team - but the cupboard is hardly devoid of any talent. No question, however, with those first 4 games - you will know what direction you are heading.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:21 am Last year's horrid result notwithstanding, this team absolutely should beat Towson this year at home, where they've been much better against the Tigers. Alex Woodall has graduated, so faceoffs should not be nearly as lopsided. Their top scorer Brendan Sunday, who had 6 goals against us last year, has also graduated. As has Zach Goodrich, their All-American SSDM. Those were arguably Towson's three best players, and the three who were most responsible for that beatdown last year, IMO. You would think given how last year went, the Jays will be extra motivated to return the favor, as they did in 2018 following the loss in 2017.

Loyola is another story entirely—there appears to be a school of thought that the Jays will be favored in that game given that the law firm of Spencer, Stover, and Scanlan is no more, but the Greyhounds have deeper reserves of talent than do the Tigers, I'd say. And we all know what happened the last time we went to Ridley—stinker of the century.

In any event, we must emerge from these first two games no worse than 1-1. Do that, beat Princeton as we have done of late, and split the two ACC games, you're looking at 3-2 headed into the three "easiest" games of the season, though with all due respect to MSM, I'd argue only one of those is truly "easy." As I said before, that Delaware game is already making me nervous. Navy should be a W but on the road in a renewed rivalry against a team with a new coach, all bets are off. I think 5-3 is a reasonable projection for the first 8.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:21 am Last year's horrid result notwithstanding, this team absolutely should beat Towson this year at home, where they've been much better against the Tigers. Alex Woodall has graduated, so faceoffs should not be nearly as lopsided. Their top scorer Brendan Sunday, who had 6 goals against us last year, has also graduated. As has Zach Goodrich, their All-American SSDM. Those were arguably Towson's three best players, and the three who were most responsible for that beatdown last year, IMO. You would think given how last year went, the Jays will be extra motivated to return the favor, as they did in 2018 following the loss in 2017.

Loyola is another story entirely—there appears to be a school of thought that the Jays will be favored in that game given that the law firm of Spencer, Stover, and Scanlan is no more, but the Greyhounds have deeper reserves of talent than do the Tigers, I'd say. And we all know what happened the last time we went to Ridley—stinker of the century.

In any event, we must emerge from these first two games no worse than 1-1. Do that, beat Princeton as we have done of late, and split the two ACC games, you're looking at 3-2 headed into the three "easiest" games of the season, though with all due respect to MSM, I'd argue only one of those is truly "easy." As I said before, that Delaware game is already making me nervous. Navy should be a W but on the road in a renewed rivalry against a team with a new coach, all bets are off. I think 5-3 is a reasonable projection for the first 8.

Xanders wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:13 pm Apologies for the delay (and I'll get to the other questions in the coming days), but I was asked to answer some Q's about Hopkins recruiting, so here ya go:

1. Any idea what happened to Quinn Chambers? Not on the roster

Out of my respect for the staff and the way they operate, I’d rather not get into it yet, but 1) it’s a personal matter and nothing behavioral or academic and 2) the hope/expectation is that Chambers will return.

2. Some guy came on here saying Scott Smith didn't sign his NLI and might not even be playing lacrosse anymore? Know what's going on there? That would suuuuuck, kid is a beast.

Scott Smith signed on the first morning that he was able to do so. I’d heard rumors of some schools trying to get him on board for football, but I’m unaware as to who that was or what level that was at. Barring some crazy situation.... he’s coming to Hopkins.

3. Has Petro's uncertain contract situation impacted recruiting? Seems like he's brought in a pretty solid 2021 class, especially on the defensive end. (Makes sense that offense might be a little light given what they're getting in the 2020 class.) The consensus around here is that this is a "make or break" year for him but that's mostly just empty speculation. Do the recruits and their families know more than the general public?

The talk on here about Petro’s “uncertain contract situation” — or at least in relation to how much it’s discussed in other lacrosse circles — is a bit over the top (as is much of the speculation, slander, etc). I say that because I don’t feel that it’s impacted recruiting at all and I would be beyond shocked if it comes up in conversations between Hopkins and recruits/coaches/families. Just don't see that happening.

4. Is Dom and/or Nick Petro really not even considering playing at Hopkins? Or does it depend on the status of dad's job next year? Please tell me we're at least going to be in the running for Sunderland. The Calvert Hall pipeline looks to be rejuvenated.

I must admit that it was troubling to read the number of posts with unsubstantiated claims about the Pietramala twins’ recruiting situations, though I did get a good laugh at the fact that the “secret source” and “my one credible source” tidbits were even shared on here. This may sound somewhat harsh, but to me, the fake news post about Dom committing to UVA spoke volumes about the lack of knowledge that some folks here have about the recruiting world, given that 2022’s can’t be contacted for another 10 months. Of course, I never want to speak for the Pietramala or Sunderland families because I love those guys (and I don’t feel guilty saying the following given the connections), but it’s a very safe assumption to say that Hopkins will be in the running for all three of those players. Suggesting otherwise is silly, quite frankly, as is talking ad nauseam about their recruitment. Bigger picture, I think that Petro will crush the Class of 2022 recruiting when the time comes, and that's after doing a tremendous job with the 2020 and 2021 classes. Not sure if this has been mentioned, but in this day and age, it's really impressive that JHU kept its entire 2020 class together and away from poachers and other factors.