Re: Johns Hopkins 2021
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:16 pm
I don't know, I'm ready for some Hopkins lacrosse! Anyone else?
I am, and I think OSU will be quite good this year, so tomorrow's game will be interesting!primitiveskills wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:16 pm I don't know, I'm ready for some Hopkins lacrosse! Anyone else?
my suspicion is the same, but i'm often wrong in predictions... gotta be right sometime? i'm due? it will be interesting, then we can overreact. look for wide open wings on the backside and blown slides!ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:19 pmI am, and I think OSU will be quite good this year, so tomorrow's game will be interesting!primitiveskills wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:16 pm I don't know, I'm ready for some Hopkins lacrosse! Anyone else?
One hope I have for the new regimen is to install a defense that is based more on footwork and fundamentals and less on complex slide packages that take players 4 years to figure out!wgdsr wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:27 pmmy suspicion is the same, but i'm often wrong in predictions... gotta be right sometime? i'm due? it will be interesting, then we can overreact. look for wide open wings on the backside and blown slides!ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:19 pmI am, and I think OSU will be quite good this year, so tomorrow's game will be interesting!primitiveskills wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:16 pm I don't know, I'm ready for some Hopkins lacrosse! Anyone else?
They are probably bitter because that was the cheapest place to park in the area.WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:10 pmThey announced right after they acquired the building that the facade would come off. That’s actually old news. The Newseum put it up there, and extravagances like that and the entire building are why the Newseum wound up financially in a huge hole and had to sell.jhu06 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:37 am51percentcorn wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:48 am "You will notice some differences when you see the team on television. All players will be wearing masks under their helmets."
This is the section of the e-mail - I guess most - including me - took "All Players" very literally
-a lot of bitterness from the media that our new dc building took down the façade of their old haunt. If you've never been there, it's going to be quite a statement for the school to own that.
And it’s not JHU’s motto.
OSU doesn't have a lot of dodgers, so they try to figure out a different way to breakdown a defense, often with picks. I wonder if JHU's defense will be aggressive on ball when picks are coming or the off-ball defender might jump the ball carrier to double team and cause turnovers. I think a couple of OSU's local offensive players are among their quicker dodgers, like Hughes and Wiseman, who can draw slides. I'm thinking they'll try to generate some fast breaks as well with Terefenko.primitiveskills wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:35 pmOne hope I have for the new regimen is to install a defense that is based more on footwork and fundamentals and less on complex slide packages that take players 4 years to figure out!wgdsr wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:27 pmmy suspicion is the same, but i'm often wrong in predictions... gotta be right sometime? i'm due? it will be interesting, then we can overreact. look for wide open wings on the backside and blown slides!ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:19 pmI am, and I think OSU will be quite good this year, so tomorrow's game will be interesting!primitiveskills wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:16 pm I don't know, I'm ready for some Hopkins lacrosse! Anyone else?
Koesterer's defenses at UMBC seemed to be based on fast and effective approaches to ball carriers, not so much to create turnovers but to limit the number of options. Expect we'll see the same here.ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:51 pmOSU doesn't have a lot of dodgers, so they try to figure out a different way to breakdown a defense, often with picks. I wonder if JHU's defense will be aggressive on ball when picks are coming or the off-ball defender might jump the ball carrier to double team and cause turnovers. I think a couple of OSU's local offensive players are among their quicker dodgers, like Hughes and Wiseman, who can draw slides. I'm thinking they'll try to generate some fast breaks as well with Terefenko.primitiveskills wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:35 pmOne hope I have for the new regimen is to install a defense that is based more on footwork and fundamentals and less on complex slide packages that take players 4 years to figure out!wgdsr wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:27 pmmy suspicion is the same, but i'm often wrong in predictions... gotta be right sometime? i'm due? it will be interesting, then we can overreact. look for wide open wings on the backside and blown slides!ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:19 pmI am, and I think OSU will be quite good this year, so tomorrow's game will be interesting!primitiveskills wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:16 pm I don't know, I'm ready for some Hopkins lacrosse! Anyone else?
Yep. Lots of pairs sets on the wings so their big kids can sweep to the middle. They don't have a lot of guys that can just run past defenders. Their X attackman is a big kid who uses his size not quickness to get to spots. A box offense applied to the field.ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:51 pm
OSU doesn't have a lot of dodgers, so they try to figure out a different way to breakdown a defense, often with picks. I wonder if JHU's defense will be aggressive on ball when picks are coming or the off-ball defender might jump the ball carrier to double team and cause turnovers. I think a couple of OSU's local offensive players are among their quicker dodgers, like Hughes and Wiseman, who can draw slides. I'm thinking they'll try to generate some fast breaks as well with Terefenko.
Nice to have Murphy back in the mix!RumorMill wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:41 pm Inside Lacrosse has Murphy potentially starting at attack... whoops!![]()
"They’ll travel to Homewood Field as the Peter Milliman era’s first opponent. Milliman’s first couple moves have been really interesting. Connor DeSimone will start at attack and Cole Williams will work out of the box to play more downhill, with either heralded freshman Brendan Grimes or Owen Murphy starting at that lefty spot on attack to round out a John Grant Jr.-run attack."
You’re pretty plugged in on this kind of thing, so I trust your opinion over mine.HopFan16 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:36 pm Alright well I guess it's time for final predictions. I'll go out on a limb with some of the positions that are still a bit unclear
A - Epstein
A - DeSimone
A - Grimes
M - Williams
M - Zinn
M - Angelus
D - Szuluk
D - Lyne
D - Reinson
LSM - Jaronski
LSM - Delaney
SSDM - DiPietro
SSDM - Mabbett
FO - Prouty
G - Kirson
Second midfield in this instance would be Degnon with some rotation of Baskin, Keogh, McDermott, and Chauvette.
If Reinson isn't at close D, then he'll take one of the two LSM spots—but I have a sneaking suspicion he's going to start on D. It'd be nice to have a lefty down there.
SSDM seems like anyone's guess based on the "pile" of guys there. That position sure is going to be an adventure all season but perhaps by April they'll have identified 2 or 3 guys who can play a little bit.
-10 years ago Inside Lacrosse was a publication on the ascent. Those stadium games were awesome, they had a ton of great- writers and were a part of the surge of the game. Xanders is a machine, their photography is awesome, but it like so many other publications are missed opportunities in journalism. So many great stories to tell in this sport and ways to tell it and like the rest of the sport I learn most of it here from you guys.RumorMill wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:41 pm Inside Lacrosse has Murphy potentially starting at attack... whoops!![]()
"They’ll travel to Homewood Field as the Peter Milliman era’s first opponent. Milliman’s first couple moves have been really interesting. Connor DeSimone will start at attack and Cole Williams will work out of the box to play more downhill, with either heralded freshman Brendan Grimes or Owen Murphy starting at that lefty spot on attack to round out a John Grant Jr.-run attack."
I really have no info about the LSM or SSDM positions so those are just guesses.
With the Ivies on sabbatical, you bet. Go Jays!primitiveskills wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:16 pm I don't know, I'm ready for some Hopkins lacrosse! Anyone else?
is there a vegas line on when the first #firedesko hashtag gets fired into the internetsphere sunday?WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:34 pm Well, it’s got to be better than last year’s Towson game.