Bryant post-mortem articles and vids

[OrangeXtreme]

Bryant Stuns Syracuse 10-9 to Advance to Quarterfinals (IL; Rahme)

 

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Syracuse men's lacrosse stunned 10-9 by Bryant in opening round of NCAA tournament (updated) (PS; Carlson)

Five reasons why the No. 2 seeded Syracuse men's lacrosse team was upset by Bryant (PS; Carlson)

 

[OrangeXtreme]

UNDERDOGS: Bryant upsets Syracuse 10-9 in NCAA tournament 1st round (DO; D'Abb)

Daddio improves in rematch with Massa, falls short in Bryant’s upset of Syracuse (DO; D'Abb)

Late defensive mistakes doom Syracuse despite otherwise strong back-line performance against Bryant (DO; Dougherty)

Bryant goalie Waldt turns in career performance, fuels 1st-round upset of Syracuse (DO: Dougherty)

Gallery: Bryant upsets Syracuse 10-9, ends careers of Orange seniors in NCAA tournament 1st round (DO)

 

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[JeremyCuse]

Hey Extreme have you come across any articles quoting Desko on the game? Only thing I have seen so far is him going into some BS about how the kids came out "to excited". Was hoping to at least hear him take some blame for that disaster.

 

[PhatOrange]

Hey Extreme have you come across any articles quoting Desko on the game? Only thing I have seen so far is him going into some BS about how the kids came out "to excited". Was hoping to at least hear him take some blame for that disaster.

too excited? who the bryant kids?, because they looked ready to play and our guys looked flat, asleep and played like they thought it would be a cakewake.

 

[JeremyCuse]

too excited? who the bryant kids?, because they looked ready to play and our guys looked flat, asleep and played like they thought it would be a cakewake.

LOL, no he said our guys came out to excited or some crap like that.

 

[cuseguy]

I read a quote where Desko said. "They had a good game plan. Hats off to them."

In other words, their game plan was better than our game plan.

 

[JeremyCuse]

I read a quote where Desko said. "They had a good game plan. Hats off to them."

In other words, their game plan was better than our game plan.

LOL typical Desko. How about showing some emotion? how about getting pissed off that only 3 #2 seeds have been upset in the first round and that Syracuse is responsible for two of them under his watch? Unreal

 

[Briancuse]

I read a quote where Desko said. "They had a good game plan. Hats off to them."

In other words, their game plan was better than our game plan.

Other than throwing in some zone, I don't really think it was game play, they out executed us. They won more faceoffs, their goalie and defense played much better than we did.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Other than throwing in some zone, I don't really think it was game play, they out executed us. They won more faceoffs, their goalie and defense played much better than we did.

They used a great defensive strategy that played to their strength (their goalie). They had 6 defenders packed within 12 yards of the crease the only outside shots making it through that would need a vapor trail. They used a short stick to shade toward Rice and hound him on the wing and kept a longstick on Staats when he had the ball at X.

They knew that if they stayed home and packed it in on D then SU's offense would have to either weave passes/shots through 3 defensive sticks or dodge into a waiting double team already in position due to the zone.

EDIT - anybody shooting from up top was looking into 3-4 black jerseys. The only shooting lanes with fewer than 3 defenders in a shooters face were on the wings. Bryant was happy to give Rice and Donahue those shots because they had 2 defenders and bad angles supporting their outstanding goalie. SU took the bait and couldn't finish because those shots have the slimmest margin for error.

They executed the strategy to perfection - many teams would've struggled as much as SU's offense did.

 

[Briancuse]

They used a great defensive strategy that played to their strength (their goalie). They had 6 defenders packed within 12 yards of the crease the only outside shots making it through that would need a vapor trail. They used a short stick to shade toward Rice and hound him on the wing and kept a longstick on Staats when he had the ball at X.

They knew that if they stayed home and packed it in on D then SU's offense would have to either weave passes/shots through 3 defensive sticks or dodge into a waiting double team already in position due to the zone.

They executed the strategy to perfection - many teams would've struggled as much as SU's offense did.

I haven't seen Bryant play at all this year, missed the first game we played them, have they been playing that defense often, or just against us?

 

[JeremyCuse]

They used a great defensive strategy that played to their strength (their goalie). They had 6 defenders packed within 12 yards of the crease the only outside shots making it through that would need a vapor trail. They used a short stick to shade toward Rice and hound him on the wing and kept a longstick on Staats when he had the ball at X.

They knew that if they stayed home and packed it in on D then SU's offense would have to either weave passes/shots through 3 defensive sticks or dodge into a waiting double team already in position due to the zone.

EDIT - anybody shooting from up top was looking into 3-4 black jerseys. The only shooting lanes with fewer than 3 defenders in a shooters face were on the wings. Bryant was happy to give Rice and Donahue those shots because they had 2 defenders and bad angles supporting their outstanding goalie. SU took the bait and couldn't finish because those shots have the slimmest margin for error.

They executed the strategy to perfection - many teams would've struggled as much as SU's offense did.

Agree with everything you said but this kind of D is taylor made for a kid like Walters. He should have played and played a lot.

 

[ForCuseSake]

I haven't seen Bryant play at all this year, missed the first game we played them, have they been playing that defense often, or just against us?

I haven't watched Bryant at all this year but I'd guess that they haven't used that defense exclusively throughout the year.

 

[JeremyCuse]

I haven't watched Bryant at all this year but I'd guess that they haven't used that defense exclusively throughout the year.

Bryant played zone last year against Syracuse for a decent portion of the game, this should have been no surprise at all to Desko and the staff.

 

[Orangello]

I haven't watched Bryant at all this year but I'd guess that they haven't used that defense exclusively throughout the year.

That is not their base D. They played man to man against Siena in the NEC final.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Agree with everything you said but this kind of D is taylor made for a kid like Walters. He should have played and played a lot.

I'm usually not a big fan of specialists on offense (they can make it very easy for a defense to scout and adjust to) but I agree that Walters should've at least been given the chance to make a few of those zone defenders pay for stepping in front of his shot.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Bryant played zone last year against Syracuse for a decent portion of the game, this should have been no surprise at all to Desko and the staff.

I agree but if the SU defense executed half as well as Bryan'ts D in the second half then SU would've had many more opportunities to crack the Bryant zone.

 

[ForCuseSake]

That is not their base D. They played man to man against Siena in the NEC final.

Thanks, I figured as much but wasn't sure.

 

[JeremyCuse]

I agree but if the SU defense executed half as well as Bryan'ts D in the second half then SU would've had many more opportunities to crack the Bryant zone.

The offense had plentyof opportunities to cash in when the D caused multiple turnovers in the firs quarter, instead Syracuse turned it over 7 times there most in on quarter in the entire year. After all the crap with Massa and that BS slow down offense we still only gave up 10 goals. This is Syracuse where the hell was the offense?