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Will Schaller was great! Offense was usual for 2023 but looked fairly sharp. I like the Terps next week.

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:43 pm Just saw Zappitello on the broadcast. Right arm in a sling.

Devil has come to collect hard for us this year. Had a pretty amazing run of injury luck all things considered through the last 10 years. Paying it all back.

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:14 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:43 pm Just saw Zappitello on the broadcast. Right arm in a sling.

Devil has come to collect hard for us this year. Had a pretty amazing run of injury luck all things considered through the last 10 years. Paying it all back.

Yeah been a tough year on that front with Malever, Coffman, McNaney out and now Zappitello. At least Murphy looked healthy tonight and adds another dimension to the offense. I doubt we get anything super official on Ajax unless it's 100 percent season ending. Tillman will try to keep teams guessing even though he probably won't play again. It'll be another MD lacrosse conspiracy.

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:14 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:43 pm Just saw Zappitello on the broadcast. Right arm in a sling.

Devil has come to collect hard for us this year. Had a pretty amazing run of injury luck all things considered through the last 10 years. Paying it all back.

He was injured mid-game vs Hopkins, they scored instantly against Schaller and then Ajax returned. So it can be 4 weeks from JHU1 game to possible NCAA quarterfinal game (yes, I know that may never happen in '23).

So, nobody except the staff and team knows if he'll be good after playing the whole 2nd half against JHU last week and then a month to recover for a (hopeful) quarterfinal game, but Schaller sure looked a sht-ton better in 60 minutes against Rutgers than he did in 30 seconds against JHU.

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:19 pm

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:14 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:43 pm Just saw Zappitello on the broadcast. Right arm in a sling.

Devil has come to collect hard for us this year. Had a pretty amazing run of injury luck all things considered through the last 10 years. Paying it all back.

Yeah been a tough year on that front with Malever, Coffman, McNaney out and now Zappitello. At least Murphy looked healthy tonight and adds another dimension to the offense. I doubt we get anything super official on Ajax unless it's 100 percent season ending. Tillman will try to keep teams guessing even though he probably won't play again. It'll be another MD lacrosse conspiracy.

Can you explain how you determine Ajax won't play again?

Obviously would love him back for a QF. And this win makes their first round game much more manageable than if they had lost. But even still...minimum of 15 man games lost from Malever, 13 from McNaney, probably 3 from Zapitello, functionally 3-4 from Murphy is an unbelievable amount of injuries to deal with in one season and already more significant injuries than the team had in the entirety of Tillman era before this year

I’ve slowly become a bigger MD lacrosse fan. Slowly, because I usually support the underdog. As I began to get frustrated a bit watching the game tonight, I actually thought about how much MD lost to “graduation” and how good they still are, and now some injury bugs on top of it (and McNaney early). Credit to both the players and Tillman. Wierman continues to impress, game changer tonight. Looking forward to the rest of the tournament. Good luck!

keno in reno wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:24 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:19 pm

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:14 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:43 pm Just saw Zappitello on the broadcast. Right arm in a sling.

Devil has come to collect hard for us this year. Had a pretty amazing run of injury luck all things considered through the last 10 years. Paying it all back.

Yeah been a tough year on that front with Malever, Coffman, McNaney out and now Zappitello. At least Murphy looked healthy tonight and adds another dimension to the offense. I doubt we get anything super official on Ajax unless it's 100 percent season ending. Tillman will try to keep teams guessing even though he probably won't play again. It'll be another MD lacrosse conspiracy.

Can you explain how you determine Ajax won't play again?

The injury didn't look minor when he showed up on the broadcast, but I'm not privy to any inside information. But given how college programs work, don't expect to hear anything official about his status unless it's a season-ending injury. Just the way those things tend to go. Then again athletes play through a lot of injuries that go unannounced, so maybe he comes back and toughs it out.

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:33 pm

keno in reno wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:24 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:19 pm

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:14 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:43 pm Just saw Zappitello on the broadcast. Right arm in a sling.

Devil has come to collect hard for us this year. Had a pretty amazing run of injury luck all things considered through the last 10 years. Paying it all back.

Yeah been a tough year on that front with Malever, Coffman, McNaney out and now Zappitello. At least Murphy looked healthy tonight and adds another dimension to the offense. I doubt we get anything super official on Ajax unless it's 100 percent season ending. Tillman will try to keep teams guessing even though he probably won't play again. It'll be another MD lacrosse conspiracy.

Can you explain how you determine Ajax won't play again?

The injury didn't look minor when he showed up on the broadcast, but I'm not privy to any inside information. But given how college programs work, don't expect to hear anything official about his status unless it's a season-ending injury. Just the way those things tend to go.

Then why speculate he’s out if you don’t know ?

10stone5 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:34 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:33 pm

keno in reno wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:24 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:19 pm

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:14 pm

jff97 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:43 pm Just saw Zappitello on the broadcast. Right arm in a sling.

Devil has come to collect hard for us this year. Had a pretty amazing run of injury luck all things considered through the last 10 years. Paying it all back.

Yeah been a tough year on that front with Malever, Coffman, McNaney out and now Zappitello. At least Murphy looked healthy tonight and adds another dimension to the offense. I doubt we get anything super official on Ajax unless it's 100 percent season ending. Tillman will try to keep teams guessing even though he probably won't play again. It'll be another MD lacrosse conspiracy.

Can you explain how you determine Ajax won't play again?

The injury didn't look minor when he showed up on the broadcast, but I'm not privy to any inside information. But given how college programs work, don't expect to hear anything official about his status unless it's a season-ending injury. Just the way those things tend to go.

Then why speculate he’s out if you don’t know ?

It just didn't look great on the broadcast. I should've worded it better. My bad. Should've just said don't expect them to be super forthright about any injury timeline if they think he can come back later this season.

14-11 was misleading; Terps owned the game. Makar was the Tasmanian Devil and Erksa was the Maestro. Very impressive game plan and execution considering Zap was out and Rutgers has some top offensive talent, plus Brecht is a proven great coach.

As a forever Terps fan, it's just nice to watch a consistently well-coached team every week, every year. We were spoiled by 20+ years of Gary Williams, women's lacrosse and field hockey, and Sasho and Tillman. So hard to maintain that standard.

Terps,win to fight another day…just do not need a Thursday game! Have not seen a replay but no #36 during pregame or sideline as far as I could see.if in a sling, not helpful for Hopkins..as Schaller played well but….

Quote from post game press

John Tillman said that Zappitello's season "is not definitely over so there's a chance for him to be back."

Added that to their knowledge it's not season-ending.

Geppert sat out most of the 2nd half. They sent Redd in with a pole. Geppert spent the time riding the bike oh the sidelines. Seem to be walking fine.

Geppert was on the bike in the 4th. Redd had his Pole. #51 and #55 were limping during the game, not bad but I guess many are feeling it now. It’s been a tough year as mentioned.

Should’ve said Geppert out in 4th.

Short rest and banged up against Hop gonna be a really, really tough out. If the wings can play a much, much better game than they did Saturday and flip the possession edge that would be massive. Murphy running out of the 1st MF is a big boost. The 11th goal where they put a pole on him and he inverted and found Kelly wide open was something the 1st MF wasn't doing during B1G play. Hopkins shortied Kelly last week and poled Long and Brennan a lot. Brennan couldn't initiate anything nor draw a slide. Murphy will draw a pole as well and be more of a threat to draw attention and could open up the inside for Maltz/Kelly. Hopefully another game against them means better things for 2nd MF. But Hopkins is level of opponent where, esp with Zaps out, they'll need those things to go right and Luke to find the fixes on offense. Not going to be able to have both be at an OK level and win the way we have in some other games. It was a coin flip last time though, play that game again, no reason it can't go their way.

Zappitello has a hand injury, and there's hope he will return for the NCAA Tournament. Whether that's the first round or QF game will depend on how fast he heals. Geppert's battled a muscle injury all season. He sat the Albany game to give him a good chunk of rest. I would not be surprised at all if he sits until the NCAA Tournament. Murphy is back to 100%, and running him on the 1st MF gave them a boost. The issue with him isn't injury...it's whether or not he can play within their scheme. He did tonight, and that's a good sign.

A lot of Terps are really banged up. Not just typical end of the season wear and tear but really beat up. I wonder how many players will sit on Thursday so they can get healthy for the NCAA Tournament. At this point, they're probably locked into a 5 or 6 seed. Playing Thursday then Saturday would maybe bump them up for a 4 seed. But what's really the difference at that point, especially if your beat to hell.

BTW - Brecht really needs to rethink his transfer strategy. 21 seniors ended their careers today, and they haven't done a good job of building younger depth. If you have 2 good poles on your defense, you can stop RU's offense dead in its tracks. Asked around a little with some RU people about what's happened to Dante Kulas, and they said he's hit a wall. He only played in a handful of games last year, so this year was his first full season. He wore down. Teresky at one point last season looked like he'd take a step, but he's been buried on the bench.

Fortunately for the Terps, they don't have this problem. They'll be loaded for bear for the next two seasons.

Well,
Brecht’s strategy got the Knights to a Final Four, got Rutgers back to winning lacrosse - so there is that.
As far as recruits, it sure looks like Rutgers has solid recruits lined up including this past year’s incoming class - some solid schools Brecht is recruiting from - all this, despite the usual doom and gloom of recruiting to Rutgers.

But really, the immediate hope is that banged up Terps can recover enough for the B1G and the NCAAs.