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HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:23 pm Darby wound up having a decent game, but they still lost by 6. I just don't get how you don't at least see what Gainey or Marcille can do in a real game. Worst case, they stink, and you lose anyway and are free to go back to Darby or whoever you want in the next game. Best case, maybe you find a new goalie for the rest of the year (and for future years).

If they still did postgame press conferences, that'd be something I'd expect the reporters to ask Petro about.

i'd expect they were trying to win the game and going with the guy they thought gave them the best chance to do that.

Not a fan, not a hater. Just saw snippets of today's game: was Epstein in for the greater part of the game? If so, total respect for his stones, but if a program like Hop doesn't have a backup/prospect on the roster who can do a better job than a young man playing at 33 1/3 in a 45 (or even 78) rpm game (yep I'm 'mature') that is not good.

I'm sure the docs have said he can't do more damage, but geez...

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:37 pmI’d imagine he’d told whoever was starting that they’d be starting a few days ago. Announcing it publicly at gametime was likely just posturing.

Most coaches wouldn't lie though; they'd say "We've made a decision but won't announce it before the game" or at worst "no comment". IMO, it really was a game-time decision in this case.

CU77 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:33 pm

jrn19 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:37 pmI’d imagine he’d told whoever was starting that they’d be starting a few days ago. Announcing it publicly at gametime was likely just posturing.

Most coaches wouldn't lie though; they'd say "We've made a decision but won't announce it before the game" or at worst "no comment". IMO, it really was a game-time decision in this case.

Sure they would. Coaches “lie” all the time, I mean it’s not even really a lie, it’s just not showing your hand and being tight lipped on information, which tons of coaches do

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:05 pm

primitiveskills wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:02 pm

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:47 pm Attendance: 2178

Apathy

Is this supposed to mean something? Despite an awful start to the season, Hopkins is still third in the country in average home attendance. Turnout is down EVERYWHERE. Homewood is one of the only venues that still consistently draws a decent crowd. And, again, that's with the team sucking.

Struck a nerve. Sorry. Mitigating circumstances today; fine. Is it your contention that there is still a high level of excitement and interest in the program?

primitiveskills wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:24 pm

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:05 pm

primitiveskills wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:02 pm

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:47 pm Attendance: 2178

Apathy

Is this supposed to mean something? Despite an awful start to the season, Hopkins is still third in the country in average home attendance. Turnout is down EVERYWHERE. Homewood is one of the only venues that still consistently draws a decent crowd. And, again, that's with the team sucking.

Struck a nerve. Sorry. Mitigating circumstances today; fine. Is it your contention that there is still a high level of excitement and interest in the program?

Excitement? No, of course not.

Interest? Yes. We're on page 175 of the thread and it's not even mid-March. And yes, the attendance numbers suggest there is still plenty of interest. I was at the Princeton game last weekend—Hop's tailgate was probably three times as big as the home team's.

Just thought it was silly to say the crowd today had anything to do with "apathy" when, in fact, it wasn't a bad number for a 2020 D1 lacrosse game in March. I would encourage you to check out attendance averages for some other teams. Anything above 1,000 these days, when it's cold out, is a decent number. Duke is averaging 1,053. Loyola: 1,779. Penn State: 1,621. North Carolina: 691 (yikes!). Hopkins: 2,332, behind only Syracuse and their weather-proof dome and, surprisingly, Utah.

So yeah, it's not apathy.

flalax22 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:17 pm I wonder if Rapine and Foley would have helped today

+1

You think someone is thinking twice about showing them the door???

Further, signs near the ticket windows asked anyone with a cough or fever to stay home on consideration of others.

Press conference video is up 16.

BTW, I checked. The reason there wasn’t one two weeks ago was because the SID staff had many events that afternoon and only two covering MLAX. In that situation, they just do the interviews on the field. If the SID office have three people available, that’s when they can sit down inside and shoot video of it.

Has jacksheet to do with accountability.

viper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:45 pm

flalax22 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:17 pm I wonder if Rapine and Foley would have helped today

+1

You think someone is thinking twice about showing them the door???

Watch the press conference. “Self-inflicted wounds.”

I’d say that goes well beyond the field. You can back up to how the peer leadership did with the Foley situation. And then how the HC handled the Rapine situation.

Yeah, enough self-inflicted wounds for everyone to bleed out.

But hey! That’s Baltimore for you!

viper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:45 pm

flalax22 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:17 pm I wonder if Rapine and Foley would have helped today

+1

You think someone is thinking twice about showing them the door???

Did Foley graduate?

Aside from army, Hopkins held SU to their second lowest scoring game thus far. So I would say our defense didn’t do too bad today.
let’s look at offense....excluding Townsend, we are averaging 9 points a game. That’s not helping us win. Bobby needs to get his Sh$@ together and mix it up. Change it up. They have more Players than the ones he continues to hope will start performing.

12 hours and not a single post.

It’s like roadkill. Except it was at home.

Mightyjoe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:09 pm Aside from army, Hopkins held SU to their second lowest scoring game thus far. So I would say our defense didn’t do too bad today.
let’s look at offense....excluding Townsend, we are averaging 9 points a game. That’s not helping us win. Bobby needs to get his Sh$@ together and mix it up. Change it up. They have more Players than the ones he continues to hope will start performing.

'Cuse pretty much took their foot off the gas after it was 10-4 at the half (should have been 11-3). They stopped pushing transition and held the ball in the second half. How often do you see an SU team do that? Murphy did look good in garbage time though.
We're beating a dead horse in this forum.
A loss to either Navy or Delaware and we might as well open up the 2021 thread.

Fewer than 2,200 people at a Hop-Cuse game at Homewood.
How many of those fans were Cuse fans? Wow, how things have changed at Hopkins.

I’ve been trying to think of a positive spin on things and finally came up with one.

Hopkins is the best 1-4 team in the country!



(... because they are the only 1-4 team in the country.)


(D1. If I count D3... could be worse...)

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:28 am

Mightyjoe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:09 pm Aside from army, Hopkins held SU to their second lowest scoring game thus far. So I would say our defense didn’t do too bad today.
let’s look at offense....excluding Townsend, we are averaging 9 points a game. That’s not helping us win. Bobby needs to get his Sh$@ together and mix it up. Change it up. They have more Players than the ones he continues to hope will start performing.

'Cuse pretty much took their foot off the gas after it was 10-4 at the half (should have been 11-3). They stopped pushing transition and held the ball in the second half. How often do you see an SU team do that? Murphy did look good in garbage time though.
We're beating a dead horse in this forum.
A loss to either Navy or Delaware and we might as well open up the 2021 thread.

So our defense could have been worse and you are happy with our offense performance??

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:29 am I’ve been trying to think of a positive spin on things and finally came up with one.

Hopkins is the best 1-4 team in the country!

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(... because they are the only 1-4 team in the country.)

(D1. If I count D3... could be worse...)

congrats, fellas.
imagine being a townson fan right now.

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:29 am I’ve been trying to think of a positive spin on things and finally came up with one.

Hopkins is the best 1-4 team in the country!

E96BF54A-3224-4661-913A-2B6AFCE7A1F4.jpeg




(... because they are the only 1-4 team in the country.)


(D1. If I count D3... could be worse...)

Oh the humanity! There are currently nine D3 schools with 1-4 records.
And look at that. There’s another MSM, without the apostrophe s.

Maybe Hopkins can play that one on Tuesday.

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:24 am 12 hours and not a single post.

It’s like roadkill. Except it was at home.

What else is there to say? Perhaps the fanbase has simply stopped beating its head against the wall?