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HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:44 pm I can't believe it took two different coaches and like 16 games before they went "hm...maybe we should give Marcille a shot." Kid must be the worst practice player of all time. He has been LIGHTS OUT today.

Essexfenwick wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:12 am Terp fan here.

Hopkins isn’t too small. This is the best all around UMD team I’ve seen maybe ever. Not fair to compare Hopkins against them this year. Next year will be totally different.

WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:19 pm I don’t know, losing to Michigan wouldn’t be the end of the world.

If it happens, I would then root for going 0-10, winning the B1G AQ, and watching the rest of the lacrosse world scream.

3-10 tourney team. I like the sound of peaking in May and everyone having a whinge.

51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:54 am Very happy for the team - they taken some real gut punches late in games and to go up there and dominate the game had to feel good.

63% save percentage in a total win or go home scenario - I wonder when the last time that happened. The save he made on Kelly I think on the doorstep in the first quarter that kept the score at 3-1 was huge. Dixon is right - Marcille does not like to guess and he's very good down low.

Saves by Kirst against Hopkins in the 2 Rutgers games - 27 - Saves by the Hopkisn goalie - 17 - Hopefully Marcille and the defense can keep up their aggression and confidence - they will need it.

You really have to give some credit to the coaching staff - every game over the last 5 has been competitive and culminating in the Maryland game this team could have quit quit and quit. Obviously they did not. And even though they played a very good game - Milliman is telling them they aren't close to what they should do.

Can someone articulate the call against Epstein for warding? He clearly stuck his arm out away from his body but if you look at the replay the glove/arm never tocuhed anything - don't you actually have to engage the defender? If not - learn something new every day.

Great bounce pass by DeSimone

12 ground balls by the close D including Marcille and 2 more by Szuluk - that will do pig

Another key moment in the game - O'Keefe pipes it at 6-4 and Degnon scores on his low angle shot - that's when I sat up and said hmmm - maybe

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:27 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:44 pm I can't believe it took two different coaches and like 16 games before they went "hm...maybe we should give Marcille a shot." Kid must be the worst practice player of all time. He has been LIGHTS OUT today.

Some people thought Marcille was too short to play goalie.
He looked like he was standing pretty tall in there last night.
One player has changed the course of this season and given us hope for the future.

51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:54 am Very happy for the team - they taken some real gut punches late in games and to go up there and dominate the game had to feel good.

63% save percentage in a total win or go home scenario - I wonder when the last time that happened. The save he made on Kelly I think on the doorstep in the first quarter that kept the score at 3-1 was huge. Dixon is right - Marcille does not like to guess and he's very good down low.

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:27 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:44 pm I can't believe it took two different coaches and like 16 games before they went "hm...maybe we should give Marcille a shot." Kid must be the worst practice player of all time. He has been LIGHTS OUT today.

Some people thought Marcille was too short to play goalie.
He looked like he was standing pretty tall in there last night.
One player has changed the course of this season and given us hope for the future.

jhu06 wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 9:16 am

nyjay wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 8:57 am

Hoponboard wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 9:13 pm When was the last time Jays had 15 six-on-six goals? Add nine assists to that total.

Both Reindon and Lyne contributed 3GBs and 2CTs. On a day when Jays were only 9-26 (34.62%) at the dot, the 12 saves and 6GBs by Marcille changed the tide of the game.

I know it’s only been two games, but Marcille is an awful lot of fun to watch. Quick hands, active, good outlets, hustle and a ton of positive energy. Seems like an infectious personality. Have to imagine the d loves playing in front of him.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ ... tate/57808
Marcille came on in Hopkins’ loss to Rutgers and started vs. Maryland in the wake of an injury to Josh Kirson, and Milliman says the sophomore has benefited from a change in the staff’s approach to training goalies about three weeks ago.

“The mechanics we were working on,” he says. “I started making some phone calls, asking for ideas, we came up with things to try, and it’s really resonated with Timmy. … I thought we were a little slow, a little hesitant to start the game. … When we came together, I think at the end of the first quarter, we said ‘Keep asserting yourself, make mistakes, nobody cares. Just be you, be aggressive.’ I think that’s why he’s playing like he is. I don’t even know if it’s confidence, it’s just being assertive. He’s been battling all year. He was far and away our third goalie to start the year, we changed things up, he benefited from that. Now he’s yelling at guys on the clear, in the defense.”

Drcthru wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 11:13 am

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:27 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:44 pm I can't believe it took two different coaches and like 16 games before they went "hm...maybe we should give Marcille a shot." Kid must be the worst practice player of all time. He has been LIGHTS OUT today.

Some people thought Marcille was too short to play goalie.
He looked like he was standing pretty tall in there last night.
One player has changed the course of this season and given us hope for the future.

How big was/is QK?

Drcthru wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 11:13 am

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:27 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:44 pm I can't believe it took two different coaches and like 16 games before they went "hm...maybe we should give Marcille a shot." Kid must be the worst practice player of all time. He has been LIGHTS OUT today.

Some people thought Marcille was too short to play goalie.
He looked like he was standing pretty tall in there last night.
One player has changed the course of this season and given us hope for the future.

How big was/is QK?

51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:54 am Can someone articulate the call against Epstein for warding? He clearly stuck his arm out away from his body but if you look at the replay the glove/arm never tocuhed anything - don't you actually have to engage the defender? If not - learn something new every day.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 11:18 am

Drcthru wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 11:13 am

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:27 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:44 pm I can't believe it took two different coaches and like 16 games before they went "hm...maybe we should give Marcille a shot." Kid must be the worst practice player of all time. He has been LIGHTS OUT today.

Some people thought Marcille was too short to play goalie.
He looked like he was standing pretty tall in there last night.
One player has changed the course of this season and given us hope for the future.

How big was/is QK?

He’s a body double for Al Pacino

DocBarrister wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 11:23 am

Drcthru wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 11:13 am

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:27 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:44 pm I can't believe it took two different coaches and like 16 games before they went "hm...maybe we should give Marcille a shot." Kid must be the worst practice player of all time. He has been LIGHTS OUT today.

Some people thought Marcille was too short to play goalie.
He looked like he was standing pretty tall in there last night.
One player has changed the course of this season and given us hope for the future.

How big was/is QK?

Not very ... I met Quint briefly as a student advisor during orientation when I took him to an orientation event (he wasn’t my advisee, but was tagging along with one of my advisees). I recognized his name from the Hopkins News Letter, and remember thinking, “This guy’s pretty short.” And I’m no Paul Bunyan.

Quint is arguably the best Hopkins goalie since Larry Quinn, although he rarely gets the recognition he deserves. More than most goalies, he was pretty active around the net. Frankly, Quint should already be in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

So, size in a goalie is nice, but hardly a requirement for success.

DocBarrister

LaxPundit07 wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 9:29 am
Ultimately, I still feel like this team is too "small" in physical stature to compete nationally. This will need to be addressed by PM and staff in future classes. I remember watching them against Maryland earlier in the year and seeing some of their offensive players just getting thrown around by Maryland SSDMs. You don't see that happening in a Syracuse Notre Dame match up.