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Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 12:12 pm

OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:59 am

Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:37 am

OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:14 am

Essexfenwick wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:57 am JMU beat a worn down UMD team that played Penn in the most miserable cold and rainy weather I’ve ever seen a game played in
2 1/2 days earlier. The Terps got out to an early lead on Penn but the game got bogged down by torrential rain and miserable cold. No way they completely recovered in 2.5 days to play a good team.

It was good for the team to lose though and in my opinion makes them even more dangerous.

I’ll buy that—on both.

Respectfully, I'll buy the "good loss." I think Maryland likely got a real lesson from the JMU game, and elevated its overall game on the field since that loss. JMU brought a very good zone defense (Maryland scored two goals in the second half), and a few really good goal scorers to College Park, and won.

But not because Penn gave the Terps a game and it was cold out. I rarely buy the notion that these highly conditioned, elite athletes in their late teens and early twenties cannot recover in 2.5 days. In late May, there is a game on Friday, followed by one on Sunday. Everyone who survives the Friday game usually seems OK Sunday around 1:00 PM.

Good points. Do you agree that Maryland would beat JMU fairly comfortably if they played this week— regardless of the venue?

No.

hmmm wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 12:24 pm

Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:37 am

OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:14 am

Essexfenwick wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:57 am JMU beat a worn down UMD team that played Penn in the most miserable cold and rainy weather I’ve ever seen a game played in
2 1/2 days earlier. The Terps got out to an early lead on Penn but the game got bogged down by torrential rain and miserable cold. No way they completely recovered in 2.5 days to play a good team.

It was good for the team to lose though and in my opinion makes them even more dangerous.

I’ll buy that—on both.

Respectfully, I'll buy the "good loss." I think Maryland likely got a real lesson from the JMU game, and elevated its overall game on the field since that loss. JMU brought a very good zone defense (Maryland scored two goals in the second half), and a few really good goal scorers to College Park, and won.

But not because Penn gave the Terps a game and it was cold out. I rarely buy the notion that these highly conditioned, elite athletes in their late teens and early twenties cannot recover in 2.5 days. In late May, there is a game on Friday, followed by one on Sunday. Everyone who survives the Friday game usually seems OK Sunday around 1:00 PM.

Yeah these kids grow up playing club ball in summer heat playing up to 4 or 5 games in a day. Usually on a Sunday after having played 2 games in the same heat the day before. To think that their bodies can't recover in 2.5 days, especially with all the athletic training resources that are available to them, is laughable.

watcherinthewoods wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 12:33 pm

hmmm wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 12:24 pm

Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:37 am

OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:14 am

Essexfenwick wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:57 am JMU beat a worn down UMD team that played Penn in the most miserable cold and rainy weather I’ve ever seen a game played in
2 1/2 days earlier. The Terps got out to an early lead on Penn but the game got bogged down by torrential rain and miserable cold. No way they completely recovered in 2.5 days to play a good team.

It was good for the team to lose though and in my opinion makes them even more dangerous.

I’ll buy that—on both.

Respectfully, I'll buy the "good loss." I think Maryland likely got a real lesson from the JMU game, and elevated its overall game on the field since that loss. JMU brought a very good zone defense (Maryland scored two goals in the second half), and a few really good goal scorers to College Park, and won.

But not because Penn gave the Terps a game and it was cold out. I rarely buy the notion that these highly conditioned, elite athletes in their late teens and early twenties cannot recover in 2.5 days. In late May, there is a game on Friday, followed by one on Sunday. Everyone who survives the Friday game usually seems OK Sunday around 1:00 PM.

Yeah these kids grow up playing club ball in summer heat playing up to 4 or 5 games in a day. Usually on a Sunday after having played 2 games in the same heat the day before. To think that their bodies can't recover in 2.5 days, especially with all the athletic training resources that are available to them, is laughable.

Respectfully disagree ... especially for the juniors, seniors, and grad students. These kids take a beating, even if they are in tip-top shape, which many (not all) are.

Essexfenwick wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 2:21 pm

watcherinthewoods wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 12:33 pm

hmmm wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 12:24 pm

Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:37 am

OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:14 am

Essexfenwick wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:57 am JMU beat a worn down UMD team that played Penn in the most miserable cold and rainy weather I’ve ever seen a game played in
2 1/2 days earlier. The Terps got out to an early lead on Penn but the game got bogged down by torrential rain and miserable cold. No way they completely recovered in 2.5 days to play a good team.

It was good for the team to lose though and in my opinion makes them even more dangerous.

I’ll buy that—on both.

Respectfully, I'll buy the "good loss." I think Maryland likely got a real lesson from the JMU game, and elevated its overall game on the field since that loss. JMU brought a very good zone defense (Maryland scored two goals in the second half), and a few really good goal scorers to College Park, and won.

But not because Penn gave the Terps a game and it was cold out. I rarely buy the notion that these highly conditioned, elite athletes in their late teens and early twenties cannot recover in 2.5 days. In late May, there is a game on Friday, followed by one on Sunday. Everyone who survives the Friday game usually seems OK Sunday around 1:00 PM.

Yeah these kids grow up playing club ball in summer heat playing up to 4 or 5 games in a day. Usually on a Sunday after having played 2 games in the same heat the day before. To think that their bodies can't recover in 2.5 days, especially with all the athletic training resources that are available to them, is laughable.

Respectfully disagree ... especially for the juniors, seniors, and grad students. These kids take a beating, even if they are in tip-top shape, which many (not all) are.

Of course!! It’s absurd to say it’s not an advantage to have a fresh team. Any coach would pick having the week off before to prepare and force the other team to play a tough game in freezing rain 2.5 days before. Any coach who didn’t take that option “ because it doesn’t make any difference” would be fired for stupidity.

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:32 am FanLax Forum Polls due on Monday at noon EST. Enjoy the games this weekend.