MLAX Scrimmage Navy/Umass Saturday @ RU
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Inside Lacrosse had a good write up on the scrimmages which I'm sure many have seen. Their take was that Navy looked the sharpest and best out of the three.
I was speaking across the plane of athletics, as I have had several former students play D3 sports who would tell me that their sport was a little less involved
Man, it sure looks like we have a lot of players. Love what I am seeing.
Heard we picked up a couple of stud 2020's recently, with another likely forthcoming.
Heard we picked up a couple of stud 2020's recently, with another likely forthcoming.
I count 8 middies with goals, 2 d-mids with points and 7 attackman with goals. No points from AC or Peterson that would be 17 kids who could score with only two seniors in that group. ( Rose and Elietti)
I heard that he played but did not start and was lower in the rotation which is a change from practice where is was working with the one's. That is obviously just practice and Nordhausen was not practicing when I was there. I think that 3rd Defensive spot will be an issue until the season starts. I think they are set with Bullitt and Michaeli while the third guy will come from a rather large pool of players Juniors Thompson and Nordhausen, Sophomores Pakzad, Burke and Felix and freshman Taub and Stahanczyk. Rall has been running LSM and Russo is playing SSDM right now. Obviously, all of this can change but this was the way it shook out this weekend.
Yes, he did play and got a fair amount of run...he started the Umass game at close D if my memory is correct.
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Russo saw considerable action in both scrimmages at SSDM...FWIW
Navy looked very good, big and athletic...no doubt
As in most scrimmages, they reset the score board after every qtr...here is the qtr breakdown on the Navy game
Q1: RU 6-3
Q2: Navy 7-3
Q3: Tied 2-2
Q4: Tied 3-3
With that said, here is some context...again, I know every minute counts but I'll comment on the second session or Q2:
Navy came out very strong with in Q2, played what I'll call a really good first 4-5 minutes (15 min qtr)...we were sloppy in that time span...lost I think every face off, counting 2 FO violations resulting in EMO's for Navy in which they converted on both...hence I think we were down 4-0 within the first 3-4 minutes of that qtr before we settled the ship...not making excuses...but I point that out in that I think aside from that bad run in Q2, we looked good.
Now, I didn't watch the Navy v Umass game...I heard they handled Umass pretty good...as did Rutgers, so while I think the IL write up is accurate, I would point to that run in Q2 that would give the edge to Navy as the "overall team" that might have looked the sharpest...FWIW
Last point, as you know, they were scrimmages and RU played a lot of guys...I'm sure the other teams did as well, but I can only speak for RU...everyone played
Thanks for the assessment RU...I know your plugged in on this stuff.
Lots of time and practice now between last Saturday and the first game in Feb, so guys will get healthy, some have not been at full strength, and the young guys will continue to learn. As we've talked about, lots of depth now, so when guys get back from holiday break, there should be good healthy competition in all playing groups...preseason camp in January should be good...
I think I read in the IL article last week that the goal is to win in May...not in October, so getting guys healthy now and through the next couple months will be key
I think this team is going to be good and fun to watch
Not sure if you're referring to me as a "non educated people" but I'll respond. It's obvious the lax is a contact sport. All you need is 2 good eyes or 2 bad eyes and corrective lenses to see that. That being said, things have changed since the days I played. First and most obvious is the rules regarding contact with the head/neck area. Obviously done for safety reasons, but it did reduce the amount of contact in the game. And in the last 2-4 years the calls in that have tightened considerably. You now have penalties being called where the forearm and shoulder of the player doing the hitting are in contact with the target's chest but the top of his helmet comes in contact with the bottom of the target's facemask. Back in the day that was a righteous hit. If my understanding of the current face off rules is correct there is also a significant difference. Again back in the day if a FOGO raked the ball out he was fair game even before possession was established. A wing middie could plant you with impudence. In fact, if you didn't violate the rules about spearing or hitting below the waist you could hit FOGOs while they were tied up. I mentioned before I played a couple of years of club on a midfield line with former RU football/lax great Bruce Van Ness. It used to be fun to watch the reaction of my faceoff opponent to seeing a 6'3" 235 lb. former pro football player charging in from the wing if we were tied up.
BTW. Long term? Over the last 25 years I have become quite familiar with the terms L-2 and L-3, but I still wouldn't think of not playing this great game.
Fall ball is all about getting lots of guys action, seeing what you have in the new guys, implementing practice habits/expectations, getting fit and staying healthy while building chemistry. Especially with two new coaches.
My main interest is seeing how athletic and fast we are, especially the new class and young guys. That test was passed.
