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WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:03 pm You play whoever is next on your schedule and do your best, improving each week.

44WeWantMore wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:19 pm Biggest plus for me: The team did not roll over and give up in Q3.
Wondering: One of the announcers said DeSimone had been 'nicked up' the last couple of years. But happy he has found a niche.
Worrying: Is Epstein not really 100%

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:26 pm Proud of this thread for not panicking or freaking out. Obviously not great, but for a team that has barely practiced together, that wasn't exactly unexpected.

Good:
-Deso looks great on attack. He's been playing the wrong position for three years
-Kirson made some good saves and kept it closer than it could have been
-Narewski

Bad:
-Basically everything else

We move on.

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:27 pm Another positive:

Didn’t have to listen to QK.

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:47 pm DD043E51-CCCD-495E-B0C9-173562E4BDAE.jpeg

nyjay wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:07 pm - DeSimone looked like an entirely different player. Quicker and more assertive. I think the roster dropped his weight from 195 to 190. Perhaps related? He seemed to ride well too.
- Definitely looked like the first game of the season, couldn't throw and catch, tons of turnovers, maybe not understanding the O and D schemes well enough to execute. That said, there was some real improvement in the second half. And these issues will get cleaned up.
- Kirson was very good.
- Narewski was very good too. I think he (and Prouty) might be the right prototype for the new rules. On the new rules, am I the only one who can't understand what a violation/hold/push/withholding is? I have no idea which way the ref is going to point after the call. Makes no sense to me.
- The long sticks seemed generally fine. I only saw 28 really get abused once. Didn't notice 44 much at all, which I guess is good. Seemed like they played a lot of them 28, 87, 31, 44 as well as 55, 46 and 77 (a little) at LSM.
- The short sticks weren't very good at all. Particularly 16 and I know it's his first game ever at the position and yes, he got no help from slides. I haven't gone back and counted be he got abused 1 vs. 1 on at least 4 goals in the first half. I don't know if it was him or the scheme, but it was better in the 2nd half. I've said it before, but he just doesn't look athletic enough to stay in front of guys. 34 (who would have predicted that?) actually seemed to be OK. 37 was passable as well. I really tend to think that by the end of the year, one of more of the freshman will be taking a lot of the runs.
- I think OSU's defense is actually quite good and their goalie played well too, but the offensive just didn't seem to have a plan. Other than DeSimone, no one really looked good. Grimes was anonymous (and probably needs to work on his handle if he's going to be on the crease a lot). Epstein didn't look like the 2018 version. Zinn didn't look much different. Angelus was anonymous too. Cole and Degnon were OK, I guess.
- Clearing game needs some work.
- The team will get better. They didn't quit. Didn't see a lot of bad body language either. FWIW, OSU was really quite good in the first half and I think that was the story of the game. The next game with OSU will be more competitive.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:17 pm

nyjay wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:07 pm - DeSimone looked like an entirely different player. Quicker and more assertive. I think the roster dropped his weight from 195 to 190. Perhaps related? He seemed to ride well too.
- Definitely looked like the first game of the season, couldn't throw and catch, tons of turnovers, maybe not understanding the O and D schemes well enough to execute. That said, there was some real improvement in the second half. And these issues will get cleaned up.
- Kirson was very good.
- Narewski was very good too. I think he (and Prouty) might be the right prototype for the new rules. On the new rules, am I the only one who can't understand what a violation/hold/push/withholding is? I have no idea which way the ref is going to point after the call. Makes no sense to me.
- The long sticks seemed generally fine. I only saw 28 really get abused once. Didn't notice 44 much at all, which I guess is good. Seemed like they played a lot of them 28, 87, 31, 44 as well as 55, 46 and 77 (a little) at LSM.
- The short sticks weren't very good at all. Particularly 16 and I know it's his first game ever at the position and yes, he got no help from slides. I haven't gone back and counted be he got abused 1 vs. 1 on at least 4 goals in the first half. I don't know if it was him or the scheme, but it was better in the 2nd half. I've said it before, but he just doesn't look athletic enough to stay in front of guys. 34 (who would have predicted that?) actually seemed to be OK. 37 was passable as well. I really tend to think that by the end of the year, one of more of the freshman will be taking a lot of the runs.
- I think OSU's defense is actually quite good and their goalie played well too, but the offensive just didn't seem to have a plan. Other than DeSimone, no one really looked good. Grimes was anonymous (and probably needs to work on his handle if he's going to be on the crease a lot). Epstein didn't look like the 2018 version. Zinn didn't look much different. Angelus was anonymous too. Cole and Degnon were OK, I guess.
- Clearing game needs some work.
- The team will get better. They didn't quit. Didn't see a lot of bad body language either. FWIW, OSU was really quite good in the first half and I think that was the story of the game. The next game with OSU will be more competitive.

44 didn't play, at least that I noticed. The close D for pretty much the whole game was 28, 31, and 87. Agree that for the most part they did a decent job, minus a few late slides. I thought 87 was really good on ball. Like, really good. The others were okay. It was the shorties getting abused, per usual.

Grimes had a really nice face dodge to get free underneath for a goal. Couldn't finish it but it was a great move. He's going to get more comfortable.

SSDM play is going be a a huge ongoing concern. But besides that, I think the other issues are likely to improve over the course of the season.

Deans looks like he might have something at LSM.

Need to get Cole more involved on O.