Men’s Lacrosse Heads to No. 12 Army Saturday

[nyclax21]

So says the retard. What happened to that high flying offense? Don't answer, there wasn't any.

i'm not a cuse fan you psycho. you dont have to be a fan to post on their forum. even if i was they are a hell of a lot better than rutgers

grown man using the r-word over and over again like a child. that's not going to help your sorry team score more goals

 

[Caliknight]

Hahaha, no one goes to a board of a school that isn't fan. Just like you are fan of Rutgers, Retard.

The "r-word" lol. Shoe fits eh, Retard?

 

[nyclax21]

very sorry you other rutgers fans, who seem like nice people, have to deal with this guy. i sincerely believe he needs to see a professional. i feel badly for his children if he has any, they probably have to deal with all sorts of stuff at home if this is how he behaves when a team he likes loses. very disturbing

 

[mdk01]

Didn’t do it last week either?

Stony Brook has a hot goalie that held UNC to 9 Friday night.

 

[zappaa]

Stony Brook has a hot goalie that held UNC to 9 Friday night.

The Army goalie held us to 3.

 

[mdk01]

very sorry you other rutgers fans, who seem like nice people, have to deal with this guy. i sincerely believe he needs to see a professional. i feel badly for his children if he has any, they probably have to deal with all sorts of stuff at home if this is how he behaves when a team he likes loses. very disturbing

I feel sorry for you who had nothing better to do than than trolling the Rutgers game who you profess sympathy for

 

[Caliknight]

very sorry you other rutgers fans, who seem like nice people, have to deal with this guy. i sincerely believe he needs to see a professional. i feel badly for his children if he has any, they probably have to deal with all sorts of stuff at home if this is how he behaves when a team he likes loses. very disturbing

Says the retard whose entire existence here has been to troll from day 1. Now the Retard is big mad lol. Talk about easy. Go fvck yourself Retard.

 

[Caliknight]

I feel sorry for you who had nothing better to do than than trolling the Rutgers game who you profess sympathy for

Guy is a massive loser. We are so in his head he goes to other school’s boards to talk shit. Honestly one of the losers on the entire network. Think about how big of loser you have to be to troll on multiple boards of school you never even went to. And he does it because I’m so in his head he can’t help himself. Total loser.

Notice how he’s such a pussy he will never post after we win. Like I said. Total loser. This is his life.

 

[loyalson66]

Today RU's offense put up the worst number of goals in the Brecht era. You have to go back to the Stagnitta era to find a worse performance. My view about Seremet questions whether he is capable of handling a young team. Much of his success has come with coaching talented veterans. The offense has not established any kind of flow. The LIU score was produced by talent and athleticism. The Stony Brook game was a warning. Today was a red flag.

The veterans are not doing it. We can't afford to have this continue. Sit the veterans and play the youngsters. If you are going to lose, then at least do it with guys who have more eligibility. I can live with that. At the end of the season, make the OC change.

What a shame. The defense is not the problem.

On a brighter note, Maryland handled the highly touted Orange. More fun playing in the Dome against cupcakes.

 

[nyclax21]

Hahaha, no one goes to a board of a school that isn't fan. Just like you are fan of Rutgers, Retard.

The "r-word" lol. Shoe fits eh, Retard?

Guy is a massive loser. We are so in his head he goes to other school’s boards to talk shit. Honestly one of the losers on the entire network. Think about how big of loser you have to be to troll on multiple boards of school you never even went to. And he does it because I’m so in his head he can’t help himself. Total loser.

Notice how he’s such a pussy he will never post after we win. Like I said. Total loser. This is his life.

u guys don't win how am i supposed to post here after a win

dont be so upset it's just a game. you're a grown man who sounds like he's 12

 

[mdk01]

On a brighter note, Maryland handled the highly touted Orange. More fun playing in the Dome against cupcakes.

Another bright note was Dartmouth (the line was +3) opening their season with a 13-11 win over 2-0 Bucknell.

 

[Caliknight]

u guys don't win how am i supposed to post here after a win

dont be so upset it's just a game. you're a grown man who sounds like he's 12

The Retroll loser just can’t leave us alone boys. He’s a huge beta too. I can tell. $100 says he uses pronouns!

 

[jreinsdorf]

Looks like DOGE removed the goal line from your Syracuse team, eh retard?

Easiest money I made today. MD moneyline paid out nice cause some dummy had them as 3 goal dogs against a dome team in February

 

[Caliknight]

Easiest money I made today. MD moneyline paid out nice cause some dummy had them as 3 goal dogs against a dome team in February

Easy money is right. Get them out of the dome and they are completely different team. Maryland manhandled them. The Instagram offense doesn’t work when you can’t feel your hands.

 

[Caliknight]

I was about to ask about that – – is a statistic kept on how often a team earns a clock reset?

Not that I’m aware of but there should be. I’ve never seen a team have a strategy around it like Army. I’m really impressed by it.

 

[RUTrack94]

Given how football went, and don’t get me started on basketball, was really counting on lacrosse. Sigh.

Still have a ranked Women’s Crew

 

[Roy_Faulker]

You can’t make changes like that in season. Our future OC if a change is made is coaching in season too.

Agree - meant move on from BB after this season.

 

[dconifer]

Army is the best team I have ever seen at getting resets. They don't throw the ball in the corner when the shot clock is down. The bang it off the goal and and are really adept at it. It's an impressive strategy.

I need to see that. It sounds quite cool, but I may not be understanding the move exactly...

 

[Caliknight]

I need to see that. It sounds quite cool, but I may not be understanding the move exactly...

We got them several times to low single digits in the shot clock and they’d bang it off the no angle pipe or Stoller’s leg. At first I thought it was just lucky but they kept doing it.

I’m not sure we got one shot clock on them because of it.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

We not only didn’t take advantage of getting to the Final Four, 3 years ago, we’ve gone in reverse. Rough.

 

[Tango Two]

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[Local Shill]

We not only didn’t take advantage of getting to the Final Four, 3 years ago, we’ve gone in reverse. Rough.

The situations aren't exactly alike of course, but there are many similarities between Brecht and Pikiell's trajectory.

Both had really nice years in 21 and 22 and it's been pretty much all downhill since then.

Brian's job should be (but isn't, in jeopardy).

 

[AreYouNUTS]

The situations aren't exactly alike of course, but there are many similarities between Brecht and Pikiell's trajectory.

Both had really nice years in 21 and 22 and it's been pretty much all downhill since then.

Brian's job should be (but isn't, in jeopardy).

I'll keep my thoughts on this topic to myself until both seasons are over.

 

[Caliknight]

The situations aren't exactly alike of course, but there are many similarities between Brecht and Pikiell's trajectory.

Both had really nice years in 21 and 22 and it's been pretty much all downhill since then.

Brian's job should be (but isn't, in jeopardy).

Brian is 81-57 in the last 10 years. His last losing season was 2019 and in between he's gone to the Final Four for the only time in program history. He will get every chance to fix this.

 

[mdk01]

Brian is 81-57 in the last 10 years. His last losing season was 2019 and in between he's gone to the Final Four for the only time in program history. He will get every chance to fix this.

Did a little analysis of the team. Stoller has a year of experience and has improved. Close D is as good or better than last year. Rope unit is clearly better and Juengerkes provides the unit with more offense than it's seen in two years. Offensive middies are missing Knobloch but Kurdyla is improved and while not yet as talented has minimized the loss. Put last year's unit slightly ahead. Ross Scott had 25 assists last year. Nobody at attack has more than 2 after 4 games, and no successor like Kurdyla for Knobloch has shown up. Whether you change the offense or try to find a feeder that, more than anything else has to change.

 

[Caliknight]

I think we are playing the wrong attack. We start two guys who can't carry or dodge. That's a problem. You can get away with one if they are an inside guy but not two. We have no real X attack, not that we play anyway. That's a problem. Everything we do gets initiated from up top. It's very easy to defend. One of the best things in lacrosse is the fact that you can take the ball behind the goal. Doing so forces defenses to turn their heads and it becomes much more challenging to defend. Neither Kelly nor Kulas can do that. Aiello is a heavy lefty which is fine but you can't have two other guys that can't go one on one. As such, they did heavy inverts of our middies but they don't like to operate from there. I'd move Kulas to an inside finishing role only and sub in Kelly situationally. Or use him as an inside guy and sub in Kulas situationally. He and Kulas can shoot but their skillset is only taken advantage of when you can get their hands free. I'd move B. Kurdyla to X and I'd also take a long look at Sommer on that right side. I'd also like to see more of Vorgang as maybe an inside guy. If you are going to play Kulas and Kelly together than you have to just play helter skelter, give up shots to get fast breaks and throw caution completely to the wind.

Playing Kulas and Kelly together does nothing but help the defense and their job is easy enough. Having so few assists from the attack is crazy and gets back to the point that we are playing the wrong guys, which isn't to say the system we've been running is great either.

I like to think nothing is ever as good as or as bad as it seems. The D is more than just good. Goalie is more than just good. Our shortsticks are well above average. Our fogos are proving to be very good. Our attack needs to get fixed. If they can do that, the team still has a chance.

 

[Degaz-RU]

I think we are playing the wrong attack. We start two guys who can't carry or dodge. That's a problem. You can get away with one if they are an inside guy but not two. We have no real X attack, not that we play anyway. That's a problem. Everything we do gets initiated from up top. It's very easy to defend. One of the best things in lacrosse is the fact that you can take the ball behind the goal. Doing so forces defenses to turn their heads and it becomes much more challenging to defend. Neither Kelly nor Kulas can do that. Aiello is a heavy lefty which is fine but you can't have two other guys that can't go one on one. As such, they did heavy inverts of our middies but they don't like to operate from there. I'd move Kulas to an inside finishing role only and sub in Kelly situationally. Or use him as an inside guy and sub in Kulas situationally. He and Kulas can shoot but their skillset is only taken advantage of when you can get their hands free. I'd move B. Kurdyla to X and I'd also take a long look at Sommer on that right side. I'd also like to see more of Vorgang as maybe an inside guy. If you are going to play Kulas and Kelly together than you have to just play helter skelter, give up shots to get fast breaks and throw caution completely to the wind.

Playing Kulas and Kelly together does nothing but help the defense and their job is easy enough. Having so few assists from the attack is crazy and gets back to the point that we are playing the wrong guys, which isn't to say the system we've been running is great either.

I like to think nothing is ever as good as or as bad as it seems. The D is more than just good. Goalie is more than just good. Our shortsticks are well above average. Our fogos are proving to be very good. Our attack needs to get fixed. If they can do that, the team still has a chance.

We’re going to find out this week if BB realizes the things you’re saying here. I mean, we’re only 4 games in, but it might be time to “strip things down to the studs” like GS did with the defense two-thirds of the way through the football season.

 

[Caliknight]

We’re going to find out this week if BB realizes the things you’re saying here. I mean, we’re only 4 games in, but it might be time to “strip things down to the studs” like GS did with the defense two-thirds of the way through the football season.

Or just go back to what we were doing in the preseason. We were running a completely different offense from my understanding.

Scoring 3 goals is an eye opener. Something needs to change and their are only three choices. Personnel, strategy, or both.

 

[hinson32]

Brian is 81-57 in the last 10 years. His last losing season was 2019 and in between he's gone to the Final Four for the only time in program history. He will get every chance to fix this.

What is his BIG record?

 

[Wagram97]

What is his BIG record?

Thought I had the wrong stats before but was right. He's 24-26 in what is probably the toughest conference. Then he's also been B10 Coach of the year twice. He's not going anywhere and deserves the chance to turn this around.

 

[loyalson66]

I'm getting a bit tired of the crowd that wants to point the finger at Brian Brecht. He took over a program that nosedived after Tom Hayes. He had the program on the upswing and it was really cooking in 2022. So what happened? One word: NIL. He could no longer get quality people from the portal because of it. The bluebloods of lacrosse had the cash, but RU did not. Case in point: Notre Dame and the rest of the ACC, along with the huge coffers of the B1G. They fill their holes with the best that money can buy.

Not an excuse. It's a fact. Brian was a master at integrating people into his culture by developing youngsters and using the portal. He can't do that now. The top talent is now demanding $$$, both in the portal and recruiting. The Ivys offer prestige. The bluebloods have the money. Does anyone think that Rutgers is going to use revenue sharing to help lacrosse?

Until the NIL issue gets solved, it is going to hamper the non revenue sports. Good luck trying to make the NCAA tournament year in and year out. Our B1G rivals outspend us in both facilities and NIL. He's a good coach trying to succeed with one hand tied behind his back.

 

[DowntownT_Brown]

One word: NIL.

While NIL is a challenge this is somewhat of a red herring as we have offensive talent currently on the roster that is not being utilized to it's potential due to scheme.

 

[rbled]

While NIL is a challenge this is somewhat of a red herring as we have offensive talent currently on the roster that is not being utilized to it's potential due to scheme.

This is true. Also, Brian was way ahead of the curve in utilizing the portal to address immediate holes in the roster, which gave us a sizable advantage for a time. The rest D1 caught up and NIL has only accelerated that process.

I think the issue is 50/50 personnel and scheme. Some of the scheme issues are a direct result of not having the right mix of skill sets on attack. But that doesn’t explain everything. If your scheme relies on having a perfect blend of specific skills in order to function, it is a bad scheme.

This has been an issue since at least 2023, and I would argue longer but we had some pretty talented attackmen that masked the issue. If you look at how badly the offense went in the tank when Brian Cameron went down in ‘23 or last year not having a big right dodger / finisher when Kelly got hurt and this year not having a true X attackman — that really should never happen and definitely not 3 years in a row. There is something fundamentally wrong with the offensive system if one missing piece causes a complete collapse in productivity. It’s not like we do not have skilled offensive players but it seems we just don’t have players with the exact skill set for specific roles.

I really think it is because our offense simply relies on our guys beating their guys and either taking themselves or dumping to the open look. That works when you have superior talent at every position but it is way too easy for good defenses to defend against. We have to run an offense that schemes guys open and creates mismatches.

 

[DowntownT_Brown]

We have to run an offense that schemes guys open and creates mismatches.

100%, otherwise it is just lazy, low IQ lacrosse. When I say lazy I am not referring to the players, I am targeting our coach's analysis and use of the offensive portion of the roster.

 

[rudad02]

This is true. Also, Brian was way ahead of the curve in utilizing the portal to address immediate holes in the roster, which gave us a sizable advantage for a time. The rest D1 caught up and NIL has only accelerated that process.

I think the issue is 50/50 personnel and scheme. Some of the scheme issues are a direct result of not having the right mix of skill sets on attack. But that doesn’t explain everything. If your scheme relies on having a perfect blend of specific skills in order to function, it is a bad scheme.

This has been an issue since at least 2023, and I would argue longer but we had some pretty talented attackmen that masked the issue. If you look at how badly the offense went in the tank when Brian Cameron went down in ‘23 or last year not having a big right dodger / finisher when Kelly got hurt and this year not having a true X attackman — that really should never happen and definitely not 3 years in a row. There is something fundamentally wrong with the offensive system if one missing piece causes a complete collapse in productivity. It’s not like we do not have skilled offensive players but it seems we just don’t have players with the exact skill set for specific roles.

I really think it is because our offense simply relies on our guys beating their guys and either taking themselves or dumping to the open look. That works when you have superior talent at every position but it is way too easy for good defenses to defend against. We have to run an offense that schemes guys open and creates mismatches.

Certainly not a Lax expert, but have watched a good deal of it. Agree completely with the points in your last paragraph. We rely on guys taking it themselves but haven't had the speed or ability to beat defenders. And we don't have a scheme to break guys open or create mismatches.

 

[Caliknight]

We need to use the pick and two games more. We do very little of it, and when we do, we often don't use the picks right. I still believe there is a personnel issue. I don't care what scheme you are running when you have two guys at purely offensive positions (attack) that can't dodge at all it's going to be very hard. Defenses collapse off of them knowing if the ball gets swung around back to them they won't be able to go. It's really forced us to to do things like we saw last week where we inverted middies who aren't accustomed to being behind the cage and it still doesn't change the fact that the defense can play the same way because outside of shooting those guys aren't a threat.

You can have one pure shooter/finisher on attack and they need to play primarily an inside role. You can't play two with neither playing an inside role. We also don't use a true x attackman who is imperative from quarterbacking perspective. It's not a shock our entire attack has like 4 assists the entire year so far. We have them on the roster but we don't use them. Both B. Kurdyla and Sommer are X guys. Let them cook back there and live with the mistakes. Instead they are running out of the midfield.