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relaxedfan wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 3:45 pm Coaches vote for the awards. Part of the reason COY goes to Mahoney over SDH could be that 1 guy is a good dude and well liked and the other guy is a d-bag. Maybe?

ah23 wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 4:20 pm Feel like no team in the country is as comfortable in these situations as RPI is, they're not out of it until the final whistle.

nelaxman wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 10:39 pm Congratulations on the win, SJF. Unfortunately, you'll be driving back to Rochester tomorrow night. Wesleyan dominated the first quarter and the second half, but a poor second quarter forced them to play catch-up. SJF Enjoy the short lived victory. Tough turnaround to get ready for outstanding St.Lawrence team. Not going to happen again tomorrow there isn’t left much left in SJF legs.

Prediction: St. Lawrence 14 - SJF 7

FosterLax3 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 12:02 pm Tough go for the LL this weekend. The Union loss was the most surprising to me of the three that lost.

Was able to make it over to Wesleyan on Sunday for the SLU/Fisher game expecting to see a strong Saints victory but Fisher punched them right in the mouth off the opening face-off and never looked back. I was very disappointed in the SLU offensive game plan if they even had one it was that bad. After Fisher went up 3-0 early in the first, SLU seemed to throw their gameplan out the window and started changing mid lines and attack every single possession. There was zero chance for their offense to get in a rhythm and played super frantically the rest of the game. If I were a Saints alum I would be on the horn with the AD about looking for a new OC as their offense yesterday was abismall. I don't want to downplay how well Fisher played but there will not be too many chances for SLU where Fisher will be standing in their way to making the quarterfinals rather than a NESCAC or other LL team. If you cannot get a solid gameplan ready vs Fisher and then completely abandon said gameplan so early on, you will not cut it vs the big boys and that weakness in SLU's coaching staff was exploited yesterday.

StevieUAlum wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 12:46 pm
Stick check changed the game, savvy moved by a veteran coach.

laxrat1982 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 1:09 pm

StevieUAlum wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 12:46 pm
Stick check changed the game, savvy moved by a veteran coach.

Curious how others feel about the stick check called by SU coach. Savvy or would you call it something else?
Don't all FO sticks become illegal to some degree throughout the game?

StevieUAlum wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 2:47 pm

laxrat1982 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 1:09 pm

StevieUAlum wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 12:46 pm
Stick check changed the game, savvy moved by a veteran coach.

Curious how others feel about the stick check called by SU coach. Savvy or would you call it something else?
Don't all FO sticks become illegal to some degree throughout the game?

Something else? Sounds like you're one of the many pundits who don't like Cantabene. In the end Stevenson didn't score on that man up and won the game regardless.

The goal taken off the board was the immediate impact. End of the day its a rule, if you don't want it called, don't break the rules.

ah23 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:32 pm Calling for a stick check on a FOGO is always polarizing no matter who does it. "Classless" if it's called for by a team (or coach) you're rooting against, "totally fair, don't break the rules" if your team calls for it. I have a hard time getting too mad about it either way - it is the rule. The penalty might be too harsh, but that's a separate conversation.

FosterLax3 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 12:02 pm Tough go for the LL this weekend. The Union loss was the most surprising to me of the three that lost.

Was able to make it over to Wesleyan on Sunday for the SLU/Fisher game expecting to see a strong Saints victory but Fisher punched them right in the mouth off the opening face-off and never looked back. I was very disappointed in the SLU offensive game plan if they even had one it was that bad. After Fisher went up 3-0 early in the first, SLU seemed to throw their gameplan out the window and started changing mid lines and attack every single possession. There was zero chance for their offense to get in a rhythm and played super frantically the rest of the game. If I were a Saints alum I would be on the horn with the AD about looking for a new OC as their offense yesterday was abismall. I don't want to downplay how well Fisher played but there will not be too many chances for SLU where Fisher will be standing in their way to making the quarterfinals rather than a NESCAC or other LL team. If you cannot get a solid gameplan ready vs Fisher and then completely abandon said gameplan so early on, you will not cut it vs the big boys and that weakness in SLU's coaching staff was exploited yesterday.

choochooCharlie wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:41 pm

ah23 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:32 pm Calling for a stick check on a FOGO is always polarizing no matter who does it. "Classless" if it's called for by a team (or coach) you're rooting against, "totally fair, don't break the rules" if your team calls for it. I have a hard time getting too mad about it either way - it is the rule. The penalty might be too harsh, but that's a separate conversation.

It should automatically make both FOGO’s sticks get checked on the call. That would cut it back quite a bit.

FosterLax3 wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 1:04 pm Are there any penalties for calling for a stick check and that stick ends up being legal kind of like how you get a penalty in the NHL for a failed coach's challenge? If not, then why after Stevenson called for a stick check did Union not call a stick check on every faceoff? Calling a stick check on a FOGO to me is an unwritten rule that if you do break then you should be ready to have the favor returned.