Re: ODAC 2023
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:08 am
That Lynchburg d is not tough. Offense played great minus the missteps when going against a zone which has always been their downfall. Confident the offense will figure out how to score against a zone. Defensive wise they have a lot of work to do. Lack of slides was their biggest problem and something they need to figure out. Your offense put that game away going up 15-13 with a little over two minutes left. All you needed was one stop to seal the game and they couldn’t get it done. Hadley was great in net and face offs looked good.JustOneTime wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:42 am Predictions for this weekends games
Lynchburg 10 Salisbury 9 - The Lynchburg D is tough. If they can get more possessions by winning faceoffs and control the tempo they they can win this game. It helps that they are at home.
Hampden Sydney 18 Greensboro 5 - I'm not sure why they would schedule this game.
Roanoke 12 John Carroll 11 - JC is a tournament team from last year and is loaded with upperclassmen. Noke finally wins a close game against a quality opponent.
Denison 12 W&L 10 - Traveling to Ohio is not easy. W&L has been a bit inconsistent and that will hurt them in this game.
Bridgewater 10 Berry 9
St.Marys 18 Shenandoah 7
FerrumLaxDad wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:35 amThat Lynchburg d is not tough. Offense played great minus the missteps when going against a zone which has always been their downfall. Confident the offense will figure out how to score against a zone. Defensive wise they have a lot of work to do. Lack of slides was their biggest problem and something they need to figure out. Your offense put that game away going up 15-13 with a little over two minutes left. All you needed was one stop to seal the game and they couldn’t get it done. Hadley was great in net and face offs looked good.JustOneTime wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:42 am Predictions for this weekends games
Lynchburg 10 Salisbury 9 - The Lynchburg D is tough. If they can get more possessions by winning faceoffs and control the tempo they they can win this game. It helps that they are at home.
Hampden Sydney 18 Greensboro 5 - I'm not sure why they would schedule this game.
Roanoke 12 John Carroll 11 - JC is a tournament team from last year and is loaded with upperclassmen. Noke finally wins a close game against a quality opponent.
Denison 12 W&L 10 - Traveling to Ohio is not easy. W&L has been a bit inconsistent and that will hurt them in this game.
Bridgewater 10 Berry 9
St.Marys 18 Shenandoah 7
Has Ferrum played Lynchburg yet?
Let’s just say that Lynchburg has the potential to be damn good. Their first and second half stats describe a team that has an issue that needs to be fixed. The coach has noticed this I’m sure.Dehuntshigwa’es wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:32 pm I sure learned one thing this weekend, Lynchburg is dam good. I thought both teams played well this weekend. Lynchburg is better than I previously thought. That first mid line is outstanding. There’s a significant gap between Lynchburg and the rest of the ODAC, including W&L, HSC and Roanoke. Glad W&L came away with a W in Granville. Looks as if the lights have been too bright for the freshman goalie. Im sure he will be back but I don’t think it will be against Gettysburg. Despite being down 8-4 at half W&L kept their poise and brought it back. Like to see someone emerge as a go to guy on midfield. Gettysburg will be a great measuring stick
JustOneTime wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:24 am Lynchburg is the clear favorite to win the ODAC at this point.
One could argue that even with the positives from the Salisbury game, Lynchburg is the team that is inconsistent and that W&L (despite some flaws) is the team that gets stuff done, somehow, someway (and is still undefeated)JustOneTime wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:24 am The W&L defense can hang but overall team is too inconsistent.
You cannot give up 7 GOALS in the first quarter and not make a SAVE and expect to win in this league. That is piss poor, you make a great point in that having a goalie camp and having many goalies come you could get good goalies but it seems that isn’t the case for Roanoke.KnowingWizardofODAC wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:33 pm Anyone else thinking Roanoke is in major trouble at the goalie position. You’d think with Pilat hosting that money grabbing goalie camp every year that they’d have that position figured out. Gonna need to be better if they want to make it to the dance floor come May.
Agree on all your points. If the Gennies become more consistent, which I believe they will, look out. Having watched all 4 teams play this year, if all 4 are playing at their best, it will make for an outstanding end of the season, and ODAC tourney.JustOneTime wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:24 am Lynchburg is the clear favorite to win the ODAC at this point. The W&L defense can hang but overall team is too inconsistent. Roanoke has talent but can't seem to ever put it all together. HSC has too many holes in the lineup.
Honestly I thought after the freshman settled them down some the bigger issue was the offense, which I’m shocked to say. 0-5 man up, lots of 1on1, bad shots right into the goalies stick. It was an ugly day for them. Their man up is killing them. I heard a stat they have converted twice on man up all season. That’s embarrassing if true. The goalie play is concerning though, can’t have your team in that type of hole in the first. Sad to say that Noke while talented seems very discombobulated.JustOneTime wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:21 am That was a tough first quarter for sure. The sun on that end of the field was brutal which is of course an excuse. The Freshman who came in did pretty well so I don't think it's a panic situation at this point.
I could certainly see Lynchburg winning the league. But clear favorite? They seem as inconsistent as W&L and hold a worse record vs weaker albeit similar strength of schedule. Lynchburg has had 2 bad second half’s this year similar to W&Ls two bad halves. Only it’s cost them a game. We will learn more about W&L this weekend.valaxfan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 12:16 pmAgree on all your points. If the Gennies become more consistent, which I believe they will, look out. Having watched all 4 teams play this year, if all 4 are playing at their best, it will make for an outstanding end of the season, and ODAC tourney.JustOneTime wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:24 am Lynchburg is the clear favorite to win the ODAC at this point. The W&L defense can hang but overall team is too inconsistent. Roanoke has talent but can't seem to ever put it all together. HSC has too many holes in the lineup.
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Great point Lawdawg.KnowingWizardofODAC wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:33 pm Anyone else thinking Roanoke is in major trouble at the goalie position. You’d think with Pilat hosting that money grabbing goalie camp every year that they’d have that position figured out. Gonna need to be better if they want to make it to the dance floor come May.
Discombobulated is somewhat accurate. It's been a combination of many things that is not letting them beat good teams. The offense does settle for bad angle low % shots too often. Good defenses know to take away #9 in the center and let others try and dodge and score. Noke has trouble winning those matchups so it bogs down the offense. They have shown a couple brief flashes of good, strong outside shooting but really don't have that as a constant threat. So once again good defenses can really clog up the middle and take away #9. Face off play and wing play is decent, the win % could be higher but most of the time they mix it up enough to make it challenging for the opponent. I think the defense is ok in the 6 on 6 game but I think they should be a bit quicker to slide. Their SSDM's are strong kids but perhaps not as fast so they need help. I'm not sure if putting two poles up top on the D would help slow down dodgers and also disrupt outside shooters. They are more discombobulated when it comes to containing fast breaks. The goalie play is a question mark as mentioned. It will be interesting to see if Pilat starts the Freshman going forward.LaxDad45 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:32 pmHonestly I thought after the freshman settled them down some the bigger issue was the offense, which I’m shocked to say. 0-5 man up, lots of 1on1, bad shots right into the goalies stick. It was an ugly day for them. Their man up is killing them. I heard a stat they have converted twice on man up all season. That’s embarrassing if true. The goalie play is concerning though, can’t have your team in that type of hole in the first. Sad to say that Noke while talented seems very discombobulated.JustOneTime wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:21 am That was a tough first quarter for sure. The sun on that end of the field was brutal which is of course an excuse. The Freshman who came in did pretty well so I don't think it's a panic situation at this point.