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Posted: **Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:36 pm**

Renewed my season tickets in Section 7 for $90 (25% discount).

Saturday, Feb. 11— Georgetown, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14—North Carolina, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25—Utah, noon
Saturday, March 4—Saint Joseph's, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7—Virginia, 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 19—Delaware, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 1—Rutgers, 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 15—Ohio State, 2 p.m.

Like the five Saturday afternoon games and the early start times for the two weekday contests.

“From now until January 9th, you will have early access to renew the same seats you had last season, prior to us releasing this information to the general public.”

Posted: **Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:20 pm**

Hoponboard wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:36 pm Renewed my season tickets in Section 7 for $90 (25% discount).

Saturday, Feb. 11— Georgetown, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14—North Carolina, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25—Utah, noon
Saturday, March 4—Saint Joseph's, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7—Virginia, 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 19—Delaware, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 1—Rutgers, 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 15—Ohio State, 2 p.m.

Like the five Saturday afternoon games and the early start times for the two weekday contests.

“From now until January 9th, you will have early access to renew the same seats you had last season, prior to us releasing this information to the general public.”

no greater value in all of sports.

Posted: **Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:17 am**

jhu06 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:29 pm -all the events they do at homewood, seats probably pay for themselves. Add them as a benefit to the pll/under armour game/whatever else they do there. If they still did graduation at homewood that would've helped too.

They do still have graduation at Homewood. Have you been to campus since 2006? Genuine question.

Very jealous of you HOB. That’s quite a home slate. B1G tournament is at Homewood this year so that’s at least one more though I guess that’s not included in the package.

Posted: **Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:48 am**

Hoponboard wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:36 pm Renewed my season tickets in Section 7 for $90 (25% discount).

Saturday, Feb. 11— Georgetown, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14—North Carolina, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25—Utah, noon
Saturday, March 4—Saint Joseph's, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7—Virginia, 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 19—Delaware, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 1—Rutgers, 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 15—Ohio State, 2 p.m.

Like the five Saturday afternoon games and the early start times for the two weekday contests.

“From now until January 9th, you will have early access to renew the same seats you had last season, prior to us releasing this information to the general public.”

Tough schedule.
Actually, you can get portable cushioned seats to bring in that aren't too expensive. What would be nice would be to extend the overhang a bit over the press box to keep out the rain and give a little shade on a sunny day. Also, I would probably choose different pregame music than what they have now. Most people in Section 7 are old timers and the speakers really blare there. Peabody students in the band? I hope I live to see it.

Posted: **Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:48 pm**

My suggested pregame music.

1) Desire Rules - Deerhunter
2) Jump Jet - Ride
3) It’s a Fight - Three 6 Mafia
4) Aura - Bicep
5) Surprise - Filter
6) Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
7) Away from Here - Melosense
8) Get Low - Lil Jon
9) Star Roving - Slowdive

Posted: **Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:02 pm**

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:48 am What would be nice would be to extend the overhang a bit over the press box to keep out the rain and give a little shade on a sunny day.

While it'd be nice to have some cover there with rain 70% of these games are played in the heart of winter now so I'll take all the sun we can get to stay warm

Posted: **Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:13 am**

Ruffled_Feathers wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:02 pm
Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:48 am What would be nice would be to extend the overhang a bit over the press box to keep out the rain and give a little shade on a sunny day.
While it'd be nice to have some cover there with rain 70% of these games are played in the heart of winter now so I'll take all the sun we can get to stay warm

It's going to be 61 and sunny tomorrow.

Posted: **Mon Jan 02, 2023 1:43 pm**

Quint K calling the Cotton Bowl from the sidelines!

Big gig ….

DocBarrister

Posted: **Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:25 am**

https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/college/ ... sion-i-men

Ranking: T-25. JOHNS HOPKINS

"The Blue Jays changed offensive coordinators, bringing back alum John Crawley from Lehigh to take over for John Grant Jr. There’s still some talent in place, and the addition of Georgetown long pole Alex Mazzone as a grad transfer will help. Yet it’s hard to be overly bullish about this bunch’s ceiling. Of the 16 team statistics tracked by the NCAA, Hopkins didn’t finish in the top 30 (out of 72) in any of them (man-up offense led the way at No. 31). Until the Blue Jays find something to really hang their hats on, they’ll be hard pressed to make a serious postseason push."

Posted: **Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:23 pm**

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:25 am https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/college/ ... sion-i-men

Ranking: T-25. JOHNS HOPKINS

"The Blue Jays changed offensive coordinators, bringing back alum John Crawley from Lehigh to take over for John Grant Jr. There’s still some talent in place, and the addition of Georgetown long pole Alex Mazzone as a grad transfer will help. Yet it’s hard to be overly bullish about this bunch’s ceiling. Of the 16 team statistics tracked by the NCAA, Hopkins didn’t finish in the top 30 (out of 72) in any of them (man-up offense led the way at No. 31). Until the Blue Jays find something to really hang their hats on, they’ll be hard pressed to make a serious postseason push."

Not an unfair summary or ranking - maybe even a little high. Start winning some games and the respect will come. I hope they do. I figure the ceiling is something like 12-16 in the polls, which probably isn't good enough for a NCAA bid.

Posted: **Tue Jan 03, 2023 4:14 pm**

It will be interesting to see how much of an impact the change in OC will affect this team made up of pretty similar personnel to last year.

Posted: **Tue Jan 03, 2023 5:46 pm**

Assuming things go well enough I think it will be hard to determine tbh. While many of the names on the roster are the same; health and time (age) can certainly play a big factor that could be hard to measure. Additionally it only takes one guy actually being "elite" out there on offense to lift everyone else against all but the toughest opponents. In the fall Melendez sure looked to be the straw stirring the drink. If he is actually out there in the spring quarterbacking, generating results and staying healthy it may be hard to tell how much of it is fresh offensive looks and how much it is actually having a "big time player making big time plays". I'm not penciling the guy in as a 1st Team AA just yet but he looks to be pretty competent and has the dodging ability this team has been missing. For all his up and downs not having the dodging threat of Cole Williams anymore was very much felt on the offensive end of the field last year.

Posted: **Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:23 pm**

Yeah, all it really takes is one guy to change the complexion of the offense.

I wouldn't call it a personnel overhaul but there will be some new faces in and old faces out — more so than a lot of teams. 50% of the top 6 will be different from last year, probably about the same for the top 9. EMO will be different. Guys who were not healthy last year (Grimes) will have bigger and more permanent roles in the offense in 2023, health permitting. We got a big fat zero from freshmen on offense last year and with Collison/English/Marquis in the fold now you'd hope and assume that won't be the case again this season. It's a bigger personnel change from 2022 to 2023 than it was going from 2021 to 2022.

If you take him at his word, in PM's interview with Quint he said he likes what he's seen from Crawley and that he's been pretty hands off in terms of Xs and Os with the offense. That in and of itself is likely to mean a not-insignificant difference from last year even with some key personnel remaining. We know Crawley is inspired by basketball and from his time playing in Benson's offense. Some of these players were recruited to play specifically in Benson's offense. It's not a stretch to think the offense in 2022 will look a bit like, well, the one we used to have. With more of a box influence.

At the very least it has the potential to be one of the better shooting teams in a few years. The top 4 guys in terms of shooting % from last year return, while we said farewell to guys with 25%, 20%, and 17% clips, respectively. Grimes was 26% but missed a chunk of time and then played the rest of the year after breaking his wrist — one can probably expect that to improve with, hopefully, two fully healthy and functional hands which last I checked are important for shooting. Then you add in three Canadians with high level box experience who are used to shooting on a goal half the size — you might have something resembling a group that can cash in on their opportunities.

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:26 am**

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:23 pm Yeah, all it really takes is one guy to change the complexion of the offense.

I wouldn't call it a personnel overhaul but there will be some new faces in and old faces out — more so than a lot of teams. 50% of the top 6 will be different from last year, probably about the same for the top 9. EMO will be different. Guys who were not healthy last year (Grimes) will have bigger and more permanent roles in the offense in 2023, health permitting. We got a big fat zero from freshmen on offense last year and with Collison/English/Marquis in the fold now you'd hope and assume that won't be the case again this season. It's a bigger personnel change from 2022 to 2023 than it was going from 2021 to 2022.

If you take him at his word, in PM's interview with Quint he said he likes what he's seen from Crawley and that he's been pretty hands off in terms of Xs and Os with the offense. That in and of itself is likely to mean a not-insignificant difference from last year even with some key personnel remaining. We know Crawley is inspired by basketball and from his time playing in Benson's offense. Some of these players were recruited to play specifically in Benson's offense. It's not a stretch to think the offense in 2022 will look a bit like, well, the one we used to have. With more of a box influence.

At the very least it has the potential to be one of the better shooting teams in a few years. The top 4 guys in terms of shooting % from last year return, while we said farewell to guys with 25%, 20%, and 17% clips, respectively. Grimes was 26% but missed a chunk of time and then played the rest of the year after breaking his wrist — one can probably expect that to improve with, hopefully, two fully healthy and functional hands which last I checked are important for shooting. Then you add in three Canadians with high level box experience who are used to shooting on a goal half the size — you might have something resembling a group that can cash in on their opportunities.

-Quint not asking about Grant jr was one of the big mistakes of the interview. Lacrosse media spends a lot of time thinking of ways to protect the players and their connections in the game. For a program not used to change that was an earthquake and while I have every hope and belief in Crawley, he's still getting the office of 2 men in benson and grant jr that had a lot more experience than he does and still came up short.
-the junior midfielders/attackmen-Grimes, Peshko, McDermott, and since 51 has been a been a big Bauer guy and PM mentioned him we'll throw him in there as well as Evans who saw the field a lot last year are in the defining weeks of their careers. They've seen a lot of game action and haven't been consistent week to week/month to month difference makers that's expected at any program and in particular Hopkins. We've seen for years what Angelus and Degnon can do and the rest of the offensive players are either newish or haven't played. It's put up or shut up time.

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 2:49 pm**

Hey '06 not sure why I have been identified as a big Bauer guy. Haven't been to Park City in many years unfortunately, he didn't play a single second in 2021 and he only played in 10 games in 2022 and he took 6 shots (made 4 of them so maybe he should have shot more). He's also probably an attackman that has been forced to play some middie. I'm sure I posted something complimentary but I don't think I qualify as a Bauer "guy". BTW Evans also did not play in 21 so probably like Bauer last season was their first competitive field action in 2 years. Then there's this little thing about Evans almost getting his leg chopped off. If folks are correct and Melendez joins Degnon and Angelus on attack - it likely means that Bauer and Evans will see time on the mid-field quite possibly the second mid-field so I might adjust your expectations - you'll be happier.

No Quint did not make a big mistake not asking about JGJR. There was no point - focus on the guy that is actually doing the job not satisfy your need for some salacious detail about why he was let go

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:23 pm**

jhu06 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:26 am
-the junior midfielders/attackmen-Grimes, Peshko, McDermott, and since 51 has been a been a big Bauer guy and PM mentioned him we'll throw him in there as well as Evans who saw the field a lot last year are in the defining weeks of their careers. They've seen a lot of game action and haven't been consistent week to week/month to month difference makers that's expected at any program and in particular Hopkins. We've seen for years what Angelus and Degnon can do and the rest of the offensive players are either newish or haven't played. It's put up or shut up time.

I think Grimes/Peshko/McDermott will determine how good this team is offensively. I think the attack will be OK, but if things start clicking for one or more of these guys, I think we have a really successful season offensively. Granted a lot of it was injury related, but last year was a disappointment for all of them. Peshko and Grimes in particular have AA level ceilings if they can stay healthy.

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:50 pm**

Bauer almost singlehandedly won the Michigan game. People (namely 06) forget that. It felt like he hardly touched the ball after that but whenever he did he scored. If you score on 4 of your 6 shots you should probably shoot more but for whatever reason he was never given extended run. I don't think he starts on attack this year but a more consistent role at "midfield" where he can invert and move around on the right side might be in order.

Just need Peshko to be 100% to fully unlock him but unfortunately he's already missed time in the fall recovering from a summer box injury. Think he's fine for the spring but that's valuable time he won't get back.

On the other hand — fingers crossed it stays this way — Grimes had a full fall and is healthy entering preseason. He had 14 pts in his 7 healthy games last season and the eye test suggested the kid was starting to really put it together.

There's talent to work with but for the offense to meaningfully improve it will require at least one or two of these junior class guys to pop (include Evans and McDermott in there — but not including Raposo because it sounds like he's going to be used as more of a two-way guy).

You know what you're getting in Degnon and Angelus. Melendez is a bit of a question mark but one that sounds reasonably promising if he can shake the injury bug that plagued him at Marquette. If you can get one of the Freshman Trio to emerge, one or two of the guys above to stay healthy, and maybe someone like "The Best Freshman Since Joel Tinney - flalax" aka Stu Phillips to contribute then you'll have enough on that end of the field to be competitive with this schedule.

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:21 pm**

Early Vegas line on draft kings

Hopkins +1.5

Jacksonville -1.5

O/U 23.5

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:34 pm**

Looks like some positions have been updated on the roster to better reflect reality.

Raposo, McDonald, Reen, Billings -- SSDM (previously midfield)
Collison -- Midfield (previously attack)
Mazzone, Kaufman, Brown -- D/LSM (previously just LSM)
Bauer, Chauvette, Charboneau - Attack/Midfield (previously just attack)
Angelus, Melendez, Degnon -- Attack (previously midfield)

There are now a whopping 10 players listed at SSDM. That has to be a record. Behind Martin and Jaronski it's anyone's guess what the depth chart looks like. If Raposo can be an impact transition/two-way guy like he was for the Toronto Beaches this summer then that'd go a long way.

PM called Collison an "offensive player" on the podcast with Quint but he is now clearly labeled as a midfielder as opposed to an A/M.

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:10 pm**

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:34 pm Looks like some positions have been updated on the roster to better reflect reality.

Raposo, McDonald, Reen, Billings -- SSDM (previously midfield)
Collison -- Midfield (previously attack)
Mazzone, Kaufman, Brown -- D/LSM (previously just LSM)
Bauer, Chauvette, Charboneau - Attack/Midfield (previously just attack)
Angelus, Melendez, Degnon -- Attack (previously midfield)

There are now a whopping 10 players listed at SSDM. That has to be a record. Behind Martin and Jaronski it's anyone's guess what the depth chart looks like. If Raposo can be an impact transition/two-way guy like he was for the Toronto Beaches this summer then that'd go a long way.

PM called Collison an "offensive player" on the podcast with Quint but he is now clearly labeled as a midfielder as opposed to an A/M.

Nick Lane 5'8..... 225! that is a load of a young man for that size.

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