51percentcorn wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:47 am
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ ... down/61850
For all of you Hopkins content carnivores - the link above (the first game) incorporates a visit from Crawley to the press box and one of the better 20 minutes or so - nothing that will send the earth spinning off its axis but interesting - one thing I noted was how polished Crawley now sounds in just the space of a year - I remember the first steam interview with him and "ummm" was used ALOT - now his ability to encapsulate thoughts and communicate them was world's apart. His thoughts on using the basketball court to teach - decision making by recruits etc. all good stuff - he also specifically took the time to state that the quarterfinal appearance in '23 - while a step in the right direction - is NOT up to Hopkins lacrosse standards and the coaches are doing anything they can to compete for and win a championship.
Also some very high praise for Angelus. And a mention about them wanting him to be a little more selfish, which I agree with. Career 34% shooter but only took 53 shots in 17 games this season. There's probably room for him to bump that up to 65-70 without sacrificing his role as the primary distributor. His '23 season was rather Stanwickian in a good way, but that was another mild criticism of the brothers, that sometimes they deferred a little too often. It'd go along way in terms of taking pressure off Melendez, Collison, et al if Angelus is a little more aggressive as a dodger with the caveat being he's often covered by #1 poles (although I could see teams putting their best guy on Melendez next year more often than not). He's never going to be a 40-goal scorer but 25 is within the realm of possibilities.
A bit of talk about the Jays up in Canada this summer at the end. Marquis, Collison, English, McDonald, Rawson are all still in it while Sorichetti's team was eliminated last night. Phillips and Charboneau's team is still alive in the western league. Between all those guys it seems pretty likely we'll have somebody playing for the Minto in a few weeks.