Maryland 2020

[keno in reno]

I can see that a number of fans here must drink Tillman's kool-aid

Nah, after a decade of final fours with a national championship, we're pretty skeptical. That stuff is easy.

[Realguy]

I can see that a number of fans here must drink Tillman's kool-aid

I am very critical of Tills and his over recruiting but there is no question that he is the most prepared coach in D1 Lacrosse. There is no chance that he gets out coached by UPenn and his in game adjustments are second to none. The guy invests every second he's awake to the program and UPenn was just another day at the office for that guy. Kudos to Tills staying with Shockey the whole game and allowing him to figure it out probably helped that Trucksess was ill from what he said on an interview. Bernhardt might be the best player Tills has ever coached, kid is a stud.

[Peter Brown]

I can see that a number of fans here must drink Tillman's kool-aid

I am very critical of Tills and his over recruiting but there is no question that he is the most prepared coach in D1 Lacrosse. There is no chance that he gets out coached by UPenn and his in game adjustments are second to none. The guy invests every second he's awake to the program and UPenn was just another day at the office for that guy. Kudos to Tills staying with Shockey the whole game and allowing him to figure it out probably helped that Trucksess was ill from what he said on an interview. Bernhardt might be the best player Tills has ever coached, kid is a stud.

So true about John Tillman. Just a superb coach and recruiter. Kids want to play for the guy.

[WildPride]

On another board, I made a comment about Penn's depth heading into halftime. At that point, they had only played 3 additional players outside of their starting 10. Basically, they'd run their entire 1st line of midfield the entire first half. And let's just say: that first line of midfield is really, really good. It's hard to overstate just how big Handley is, as is Bartolo. They can move, too. Lulley bulldozed his way through Maryland's close defense.

But they ran out of gas. BJ Farrare had a leg cramp. Handley was MIA the entire 4th quarter. Gallagher was under 50% after the 1st quarter.

Guys like Quint love to talk about Maryland's lack of scoring depth, but it was Maryland's overall depth - scoring and otherwise - that just wore Penn down. Penn is going to get their legs under them, but they need something other than that starting 6 on offense, even as damn good as it is. I, mean, they just punished every single mistake that Maryland made.

I think Penn is going to win the Ivy again, but I think their lack of depth will hurt them come tournament time. Sam Handley...wow. What a player, though.

If you think Penn lacks depth wait until you see the number of players that see the field for Villanova.

[Wheels]

If you think Penn lacks depth wait until you see the number of players that see the field for Villanova.
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That doesn't bode well for them. This Maryland team likes to run.

[AreaLax]

Maryland men’s lacrosse’s young defense stepped up to ignite a comeback vs. Penn

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[Cooter]

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I am little surprised Maltz is starting, and he is doing a pretty good job. I tended to feel that coming out of a public school in NOVA, that he would probably take a year or two to get up to speed.

That being said, I had my doubts about Ty Xanders not having Maltz in his top 50 attackmen and demoting him to a 3 star recruit last fall. Maltz had too much potential for that.

Not as quite as bad, but I think Ty whiffed a little on Jack Brennan also. He had Brennan out at #76, which does not really denote starting as a freshman for the Terps. Watching Brennan's high school highlights, i thought he had a nice shot and nice offensive skills, but wondered if he had the speed for midfield - which apparently he does. Brennan has looked real smooth and poised out there for the Terps. 2 points each game (5g,1a) on the 1st midfield. I hope I don't jinx him, but the number that really sticks out on his stat-line is 0 turnovers so far.

[wgdsr]

maltz has 3 elite skills... stick, eyes and iq, with the latter probably the best of those. often you can get on the field with one of them.
he saw plenty of competition coming up between club and the better hs games. not to mention being around 2 older bros (who also surprised?), and playing with high level attackmen
@ school.

sounds like he was also the beneficiary of opportunity.

[Cooter]

sounds like he was also the beneficiary of opportunity.

Another plus for Maltz is that he is tall and rangy, listed at 6'2".

It is hard to know at this point, who was the beneficiary of Long being out, Brennan or Maltz. Long was back playing and had a goal and an assist. But in the end, Brennan and Maltz scored the last 2 goals in the game.
A nice problem for Tillman to deal with, working in Long, Brennan and Maltz. Each one brings different things to the offense. It should at least be a plus for the 2nd midfield.

[Pork42]

sounds like he was also the beneficiary of opportunity.

Another plus for Maltz is that he is tall and rangy, listed at 6'2".

It is hard to know at this point, who was the beneficiary of Long being out, Brennan or Maltz. Long was back playing and had a goal and an assist. But in the end, Brennan and Maltz scored the last 2 goals in the game.
A nice problem for Tillman to deal with, working in Long, Brennan and Maltz. Each one brings different things to the offense. It should at least be a plus for the 2nd midfield.

Maltz
Brennan
Duff
Wynne and McNaney
Played club ball together with Sweetlax earlier in their hs years. Tillman recognized their talent in 9th grade. It's nice seeing Maltz and Brennan contribute early and they played public vs private and were not household names. The others played for private nationally recognized programs so I guess they were in the spotlight a little bit more.

[keno in reno]

Regarding public school play, Sherrer's high school highlights looked like he was playing against a 6th grade gym class (ie very little competition). Pretty impressive that he has already become a major contributor at the top level.

Also, that seemed like Alex Smith's best game of his Terp career. The stats say he only had 1 gb but it seemed like he was pretty active in there and important at stopping them when it mattered. Thought he had an important clear as well.

[Cooter]

Guys pulled out.

Nice to see Long back in the lineup. Interesting they put him at attack replacing Maltz. But Maltz made the most on the man-up.

Quick turn around with a travel game to play Villanova. Looks like the game will be streamed.
https://villanova.com/watch/?Live=163&type=Live

Maryland traveling to Villanova tomorrow for a game at 4pm.

Maryland struggled with Richmond on the road a bit over a week ago.

[jrn19]

sounds like he was also the beneficiary of opportunity.

Another plus for Maltz is that he is tall and rangy, listed at 6'2".

It is hard to know at this point, who was the beneficiary of Long being out, Brennan or Maltz. Long was back playing and had a goal and an assist. But in the end, Brennan and Maltz scored the last 2 goals in the game.
A nice problem for Tillman to deal with, working in Long, Brennan and Maltz. Each one brings different things to the offense. It should at least be a plus for the 2nd midfield.

Brennan looked like he had more jump and burst than Maltz in the first two games, but if Maltz is able to carve out a niche and role as an inside finisher and great crease guy the way Dubick did a year ago, I think you put Long in at the midfield and move Brennan down. Long's so poised with the ball in his stick and can create more individually and pass better. But Brennan's shooting will help a lot on the 2nd line where you figure teams sag off and force the middies to beat them from the outside. Jake Smith's looked solid the last two weeks as well. Really starting to see some good depth develop.

[Seahawk]

Some good choices for 2nd midfield incl Maltz Masci Brennan Smith Cope Coffman. Hope Tillman gets confident enough to use them regularly as a unit and not just rotate them in the the first line.

[AreaLax]

Some good choices for 2nd midfield incl Maltz Masci Brennan Smith Cope Coffman. Hope Tillman gets confident enough to use them regularly as a unit and not just rotate them in the the first line.

Yes this is a good problem. Going into the Penn game 2nd midfield was Masci, Smith and Cope. Brennan and Maltz are benefiting from playing with Bernhardt, Wisnauskas, Bubba and DeMaio. Thought Tills handled it well when he moved Long back in to the game. First it was on 2nd midfield replacing Cope and his first play was scoring. Then he went in on attack and Maltz moved to man up plays and scored 3 of his 5 goals. Will be interesting to see what he does today.

Looks like Coffman is playing ssdm

[Seahawk]

You are correct. I probably should have said N. DeMaio instead of Coffman. “Local bias!”

[Wheels]

From Maryland Lacrosse:

Maryland swept the weekly conference awards for the first time since joining the Big Ten.

Maryland is the first team since Ohio State on March 21, 2017 to sweep all four weekly honors in the same week.

Jared Bernhardt - Offensive Player of the Week
Matt Rahill - Defensive Player of the Week
Chris Brandau - Specialist of the Week
Daniel Maltz - Freshman of the Week

[Cooter]

Argh! Terps get upended 13-12 by Villanova

[keno in reno]

Score looked better than it was. Same story, except this time the freshmen were not there to save the day. Not unexpected on a Tuesday road game, and Villanova can beat anybody, but the defensive players' ballhandling continues to be atrocious.

That said, Villanova is a very talented team and deserved the win.

[oldjayfan]

They've been playing with fire the last couple of games...need to save the late game heroics and get it done earlier!