Did i miss the preview? Interested to hear Jer's take on this team, or others'. I didn't see Sienna, but I did watch Albany. Of note:
- Evans ran straight into the defense and got stripped a couple of times. He's a decent feeder, but he's no DD;
- Mellen looked ridiculous for a frosh. He missed a couple slides but that's to be expected. Not tall but solid, very good feet and a nice option to guard quicker attack players; good on the clear, ground balls, .. kid is impressive;
- bad news is offense has no "star"; good news is they have no "star" (goals from what, 9 players?). The balance is an advantage, although we were inefficient against Albany's zone;
- DeJoe's shot is a rocket and his placement is better;
- our EMO D looked good;
- Lane is going to be hard to stop once he gets more comfortable out there;
- Ben is a stud, and Paduda looked much improved. I'm not sure how good the Albany X kid was (he's big and strong). But if what Ben did against him is any indication, we're solid and deep at the X.