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Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 4:52 pm

reLAX wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:56 pm

wahoomurf wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:20 pm I am pretty close with some of the players and their parents.

I have yet to hear either whine about Tiffany.

Bottom line is this. Regardless of the relationship w the coaching staff, the issue of playing time, whatever the reason, no one is questioning His reason for leaving. The issue is one of questionable judgment in this instance. All I’m saying if he waited till the end of the season to enter the transfer portal, he’s a great prospect. To do this now, COULD Be perceived as a great transfer prospect.. with some baggage. What does the new coach take on if he becomes “not happy” at the new school.

I am not sure why he would not just wait until the season is over and then enter the transfer portal other than to re-open his recruitment. I believe once a player enters his name in the portal, the coach can withdraw scholarship support for the next year even if the player decides to stay. Maybe, the player wants to make sure that scholarship money (if it is a factor) is not promised away by coaches that have an interest.

DALaxDad wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:34 pm wahoomurf, you having fun with that quote function?

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:25 pm If 3 teams 2-2 in acc, what's the tie breaker? Goals against?

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 10:36 am Boy, this is an exciting team to watch play.

LordRaider wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 1:50 am Quiet on the board- big game coming! The last quarter of UNC vs Orange is worth a watch. UNC is building something, they are just a step behind..

Casual UVA fan here, enjoying the trajectory of the team. I always watch the games and keep a eye out for Dziama and Herring, good Mass boys. I’m impressed with walk-one Kology and Peel, and having Conrad, Aiken, Moore, and Krause at the same time is amazing. Make a run now!

Peter Brown wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 1:24 pm

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 10:36 am Boy, this is an exciting team to watch play.

Might be exciting but they shouldn’t have come close to winning yesterday. Plus, Tiffany made the ultimate head scratcher move by inserting Burkinshaw at the half, only to see him let in every shot he faced in Q3. I don’t follow the Hoos, but you have to wonder what that change will do to this team going forward. I think it’s fair to say that Rode can have a bad game occasionally but he more often has great games. I didn’t think he was awful in the first half. Then Burkinshaw comes in and everything gets through. You have to think Tiffany starts Burkinshaw next weekend, which is a bad aura move for his squad, but what can he do now? He’s boxed himself in.

What saved UVA was a combination of FO wins, incredibly bad wing play from UNC, atrocious Q4 UNC offense (no dodging til 5 ticks left on the shot clock!), and some lucky bounces. I’m not sure the Heels had one legitimate shot in the Q4?

wahoomurf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:58 pm Spent the weekend at the GEICO H.S. Lacrosse Showcase.Watched 12 guys who are committed to or hope to play for Lars in one or two years.Two superb sophomores a goalie from Darien and a super-fast middie from St.Anthony's are,according to the rumor mill,interested in UVA as well.

wahoomurf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:58 pm Spent the weekend at the GEICO H.S. Lacrosse Showcase.Watched 12 guys who are committed to or hope to play for Lars in one or two years.Two superb sophomores a goalie from Darien and a super-fast middie from St.Anthony's are,according to the rumor mill,interested in UVA as well.

blue angels wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:01 am

wahoomurf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:58 pm Spent the weekend at the GEICO H.S. Lacrosse Showcase.Watched 12 guys who are committed to or hope to play for Lars in one or two years.Two superb sophomores a goalie from Darien and a super-fast middie from St.Anthony's are,according to the rumor mill,interested in UVA as well.

Heard our committed middies from Haverford and from Seton Hall Prep stood out. Any of our other commitments also get your attention?

Cooter wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:50 am

blue angels wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:01 am

wahoomurf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:58 pm Spent the weekend at the GEICO H.S. Lacrosse Showcase.Watched 12 guys who are committed to or hope to play for Lars in one or two years.Two superb sophomores a goalie from Darien and a super-fast middie from St.Anthony's are,according to the rumor mill,interested in UVA as well.

Heard our committed middies from Haverford and from Seton Hall Prep stood out. Any of our other commitments also get your attention?

The 3 Saturday Geico games and 2 of the Sunday games are still up on watchESPN

Peter Brown wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 7:20 pm

wahoomurf wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:58 pm Spent the weekend at the GEICO H.S. Lacrosse Showcase.Watched 12 guys who are committed to or hope to play for Lars in one or two years.Two superb sophomores a goalie from Darien and a super-fast middie from St.Anthony's are,according to the rumor mill,interested in UVA as well.

Wahoomurf: I watched that St Anthony’s versus Darien game on ESPN with Bob Shriver on the call. It was so fun to see that! You’re lucky to live close enough to watch in person. The coach was interviewed afterward and seems like a class act. Both of them actually. I was particularly impressed by Bonomi from StA.

Peter Brown wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 4:44 pm I’m just going to (safely) assume you did not watch this game MDLax, and are idly speculating on some plucked and not meaningful stats. Not all goals or shots are equal. Your analysis is similar to an HR director awarding a bonus to the captain of the Titanic because the ship sank ‘fast’ because after all, ‘speed’ was part of his KPI grade.

If a UNC shot was halfway decent in the third quarter, it went in. Burkinshaw couldn’t get his stick on anything. End of half, 6-6. End of 3rd, 12-8 UNC. Meaning UNC put in the same number of goals in one quarter (v Burk) than the first two (v Rode).

Tiffany imo with this move just knocked down Rode’s confidence in a big way. He also elevated the guy who has indicated he’s blowing out after this year, which his teammates might have issues with. As the end of game whistle blew, UVA’s kids did not look ‘victorious’.

My sideline call: bad move. I said earlier this year Tiffany should have kept Burkinshaw as the starter after the Princeton game. He didn’t. He put Rode back in, leading Burkinshaw to put his name in the transfer portal. Like I said, Lars has boxed himself in here.

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:07 pm

Peter Brown wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 4:44 pm I’m just going to (safely) assume you did not watch this game MDLax, and are idly speculating on some plucked and not meaningful stats. Not all goals or shots are equal. Your analysis is similar to an HR director awarding a bonus to the captain of the Titanic because the ship sank ‘fast’ because after all, ‘speed’ was part of his KPI grade.

If a UNC shot was halfway decent in the third quarter, it went in. Burkinshaw couldn’t get his stick on anything. End of half, 6-6. End of 3rd, 12-8 UNC. Meaning UNC put in the same number of goals in one quarter (v Burk) than the first two (v Rode).

Tiffany imo with this move just knocked down Rode’s confidence in a big way. He also elevated the guy who has indicated he’s blowing out after this year, which his teammates might have issues with. As the end of game whistle blew, UVA’s kids did not look ‘victorious’.

My sideline call: bad move. I said earlier this year Tiffany should have kept Burkinshaw as the starter after the Princeton game. He didn’t. He put Rode back in, leading Burkinshaw to put his name in the transfer portal. Like I said, Lars has boxed himself in here.

Yes, I was at a HS game so missed it; anyone know where there's a replay?

But, I'm still not following your logic.

Are you saying that Rode was playing well???

Again, he was just 25% after the first couple of minutes.

I certainly didn't say Burkinshaw had a good game, but are you saying that his 4 saves in the 3rd Q versus 5 goals were all on bad shots?

On the argument that Burkinshaw gave up as many goals in the 3rd Q as Rode did in the first half, you do realize that he saw just one less shot in that Q than Rode did in his full half? UNC had the mo. They ran out of gas at the end and mo shifted, thank goodness.

I just don't see how you reach the conclusion that Tiffany's decision, likely with Kip Turner's input, was necessarily wrong. If Rode had been playing 50% ball, he continues. But he wasn't. And, on the other end, UNC's tender was hot. Tough call, sure, but one the coaches are paid to make.

Nor that it somehow dispirited the team, or even that it eroded Rode's "confidence".

That's highly speculative, and quite likely not correct on the team spirit.
For Alex, though, I have some empathy. However, this is the job for which tender's sign up. Buckle up and watch the ball in practice and be ready for the next game. Period.

I say that as a former D1 tender, son of a 3X AA goalie and dad of an all-Ivy goalie; It's rough, but that's the gig.
I'd be willing to bet that Alex will indeed 'buckle up' and be ready...to be the best he can.
And that Patrick will as well.

I'll be surprised if the Hoos go deep in the NCAA's this year, but, hey, who would have predicted this level of rebound in 2019?