Re: Johns Hopkins 2023
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:09 pm
I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth, and touched the face of God.
More than just his shooting and playmaking, he definitely brings a swagger that has been missing for a long time.LaxPundit07 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:12 pm Will the Milliman critics check in tonight? How much more do you need to see to know this guy can coach. Hop got a good one.
I said it last week and I will say it again, Melendez is the best player I have seen this season. Unreal talent. I only saw him play one time in high school and I remember saying… “this kid is going to Marquette?”
Probably Tambroni is the leader for coach of the year. We'll see. Arguably the biggest regular season win since they broke the klockner losing streak a decade ago.LaxPundit07 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:12 pm Will the Milliman critics check in tonight? How much more do you need to see to know this guy can coach. Hop got a good one.
I said it last week and I will say it again, Melendez is the best player I have seen this season. Unreal talent. I only saw him play one time in high school and I remember saying… “this kid is going to Marquette?”
Melendez can do everything … dodge, play off-ball, initiate, finish, play on the crease, shoot from long range … all with a bit of flash.primitiveskills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:18 pmMore than just his shooting and playmaking, he definitely brings a swagger that has been missing for a long time.LaxPundit07 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:12 pm Will the Milliman critics check in tonight? How much more do you need to see to know this guy can coach. Hop got a good one.
I said it last week and I will say it again, Melendez is the best player I have seen this season. Unreal talent. I only saw him play one time in high school and I remember saying… “this kid is going to Marquette?”
Maybe the best thing about this win is that it (at least temporarily) silences the "Owen Murphy should still be on Hop" narrative. (Nothing against Owen Murphy but good to live in the present with the team you have!)LaxPundit07 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:12 pm Will the Milliman critics check in tonight? How much more do you need to see to know this guy can coach. Hop got a good one.
I said it last week and I will say it again, Melendez is the best player I have seen this season. Unreal talent. I only saw him play one time in high school and I remember saying… “this kid is going to Marquette?”
I think the team had a lasting mental image of Murphy struting around Homewood last year with "The Crab". He was barely on the field tonight for them. What a difference a year makes.The Orfling wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:23 pmMaybe the best thing about this win is that it (at least temporarily) silences the "Owen Murphy should still be on Hop" narrative. (Nothing against Owen Murphy but good to live in the present with the team you have!)LaxPundit07 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:12 pm Will the Milliman critics check in tonight? How much more do you need to see to know this guy can coach. Hop got a good one.
I said it last week and I will say it again, Melendez is the best player I have seen this season. Unreal talent. I only saw him play one time in high school and I remember saying… “this kid is going to Marquette?”
Yep. Live by the taunt, die by the taunt. Really happy for the Hopkins lax family -- college lacrosse is so much better when Hop is relevant. Congrats.primitiveskills wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:27 pmI think the team had a lasting mental image of Murphy struting around Hoemwood last year with "The Crab". He was barely on the field tonight for them. What a difference a year makes.The Orfling wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:23 pmMaybe the best thing about this win is that it (at least temporarily) silences the "Owen Murphy should still be on Hop" narrative. (Nothing against Owen Murphy but good to live in the present with the team you have!)LaxPundit07 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:12 pm Will the Milliman critics check in tonight? How much more do you need to see to know this guy can coach. Hop got a good one.
I said it last week and I will say it again, Melendez is the best player I have seen this season. Unreal talent. I only saw him play one time in high school and I remember saying… “this kid is going to Marquette?”
So impressed with the Hop defenders. They were everywhere. Incredible confidence with the ball and in transition.HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:32 pm Mazzone had 8 GBs (and 2 CTs) and was money in transition. (He has 65 GBs this season??? What???) He has played himself into 1st team All-America consideration. He does absolutely everything and I'm not sure there's a defenseman who has had a bigger impact on his team this year than him.
Smith added 5 GBs/3 CTs, Brown with 3 and 2, Szuluk with 2 and 2. When your defensemen are that disruptive and good off the ground, you're probably going to win.
That being said, Tyler Dunn gets the game ball. We lose that game if Wierman is allowed to get in a rhythm. Dunn kept him in check all night.
I thought this was Szuluk's best game. Mazzone and Melendez might be the best portal pick-ups in D1. Brown is becoming as disruptive as any LSM out there. Agree Dunn was huge, and our wings badly outplayed theirs.HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:32 pm Mazzone had 8 GBs (and 2 CTs) and was money in transition. (He has 65 GBs this season??? What???) He has played himself into 1st team All-America consideration. He does absolutely everything and I'm not sure there's a defenseman who has had a bigger impact on his team this year than him.
Smith added 5 GBs/3 CTs, Brown with 3 and 2, Szuluk with 2 and 2. When your defensemen are that disruptive and good off the ground, you're probably going to win.
That being said, Tyler Dunn gets the game ball. We lose that game if Wierman is allowed to get in a rhythm. Dunn kept him in check all night.