Re: Johns Hopkins 2025
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 4:50 pm
Brodie goes to every home game he can as of a year or two ago. Brodie gave a talk in Beijing awhile ago and learned Mandarin to do it i have been told. Brilliant man.norcalhop wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 3:33 am Insightful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n79ZwO1HX9I
Brody will be higher than Daniels in my book - always. I've run into him at Stanford a few times. He remembers Hopkins fondly.
I remember in the old forums when everyone was questioning why Constantinides would give up a Hopkins education for Towson. His dad ended up coming on and saying they wanted to pursue a career in teaching and the expense of Hopkins therefore didn't make sense compared to teaching training at Towson. So another one that I'm not sure would have gone if Petro had stayed. His bio at Towson reads: majoring in physical education with the desire to be a teacher.
I wonder if he moved back from California.OCanada wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 5:28 pmBrodie goes to every home game he can as of a year or two ago. Brodie gave a talk in Beijing awhile ago and learned Mandarin to do it i have been told. Brilliant man.norcalhop wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 3:33 am Insightful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n79ZwO1HX9I
Brody will be higher than Daniels in my book - always. I've run into him at Stanford a few times. He remembers Hopkins fondly.
The Greek God of Goalies was stuck behind the People's Goalie (who's in the portal now; wonder where he ends up?), so not entirely sure you can blame him. I think the two PSU middies could have been useful pieces. If I recall, Todaro was one of the highest rated in that class, and while he stuck it out, he hasn't played much at all. Too many injuries I guess.HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 6:19 pm The class of 2021 Petro recruits that decommitted after the coaching change haven't made a whole lot of impact at their new schools. Largely role players and a bunch of them aren't seeing the field. nyjay's favorite goalie recruit can't get on the field at Brown. Some guys at Penn State and Yale are contributing but no All-Americans and certainly no superstars to be heartbroken over. Honestly, the Towson FOGO is probably the best of the bunch and Callahan got the better of him this year. It wasn't shaping up to be one of Petro's better classes. PM's first two classes, our rising sophs and juniors, look considerably better than Petro's last (not counting the '21 class PM had to scramble to put together late during the pandemic after the coaching change, of which Callahan is really the only contributor).
I still remember the consternation over Murphy leaving. He had a good season for that historically great Maryland offense in 2022 alongside an army of elite players but since then he's struggled and this year has been rough. 7 goals in 15 games shooting 17%. His numbers have declined every year. Don't think he would have cracked our top 8 this year. And that's saying something because we could have used the help especially late in the season.
He's still looking for his Hopkins version of Jeff Teat. I get the sense that PM has unique tastes in recruits - I don't think he loves all the same guys that everyone else does. But when he loves a recruit that everyone else likes too (a la Teat), he's usually pretty good. Maybe because he didn't maximize his eligibility like most others, we forget just how good Teat was in college - he's just a savant.
Milliman has certainly shown a lot of player development thus far. His recruiting trail in Canada from his Cornell days is also certainly helping - especially given familiarity with recruits and high school coaches I imagine.nyjay wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 10:53 pmHe's still looking for his Hopkins version of Jeff Teat. I get the sense that PM has unique tastes in recruits - I don't think he loves all the same guys that everyone else does. But when he loves a recruit that everyone else likes too (a la Teat), he's usually pretty good. Maybe because he didn't maximize his eligibility like most others, we forget just how good Teat was in college - he's just a savant.
Hackler is a really good O player as well. He's played mostly ssdm for Yale but I think that was a mistake. I wouldn't be shocked at all if he played extensive minutes at O mid this year for you guys. He's an excellent player.HopFan16 wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 4:52 pmBelieve he's more of an SSDM, but that he was needed to play a lot of offense this year due to Yale's injuries on that end. Seems to be one of an increasingly rare breed who can play both ends well. My guess is he's labeled a d-mid on the roster but given our graduations at the midfield, will be given every opportunity to chip in offensively.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 4:41 pm Is Hackler a SSDM or an offensive middie? 16 goals would seem to suggest the latter
No.
I'm a realist. At the same time, I think I have more faith in our coach longer term than you.DocBarrister wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 3:41 pmYou’re such a pessimist … a real Debbie Downer.
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I’m still rooting for him, as I have said before. Think he is a very good coach, as I have said before. He is a very good recruiter, as I have said before.norcalhop wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 3:42 pmI'm a realist. At the same time, I think I have more faith in our coach longer term than you.DocBarrister wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 3:41 pmYou’re such a pessimist … a real Debbie Downer.
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A Fan has been telling us that for years.DocBarrister wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 4:11 pmI’m still rooting for him, as I have said before. Think he is a very good coach, as I have said before. He is a very good recruiter, as I have said before.norcalhop wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 3:42 pmI'm a realist. At the same time, I think I have more faith in our coach longer term than you.DocBarrister wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 3:41 pmYou’re such a pessimist … a real Debbie Downer.
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I just don’t think he’s The Guy who leads Hopkins back to a national championship, as I have said before.
Very good just doesn't cut it when it comes to winning national championships.
PM won't have a team as talented as his 2024 squad for quite a while. He didn’t maximize the talent he had. I like the aggressive defense, the institution of a ride, his ability to recruit productive transfers. It's all very good.
It's just that very good is not enough. Now, that’s being real.
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