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I worry if he plays attack we will have another year without a true crease attackman. I think it helps to have a guy get 50-10 the Keogh’s of the lacrosse world. Thomson is a guy to me that could score a lot of goals on and around the crease. I really hope they play him at Attack.

I have to give this young man all the credit in the world. He is truly elite. I wanted him to be good so bad but he has delivered and more this year. All the pressure he must have felt, all the expectations. He is so good. We haven't had an Attackman like him in a long long time.

This one feels like a must win for our NCAA tournament hopes.

Spallinas dream to play here, has been hyped up as the savior since he committed, all that pressure, gotta give the kid a few games, stop posting he's 0 for whatever. WE are winning. his shooting percentage his first college game, matters none. Okay my last post about the negativity this thread...

Can everyone chill now! The world was falling seconds ago on this thread. This team is soooooooo Young give them 4 games before we critique the offense so intensely.

Right move on his part. Hurts bad but it’s not fair to him that he should be stuck in another rebuilding year. Fantastic player I’m very glad to have had a chance to watch him all these years. I think next years team with Tucker is fighting for a tournament spot but not contending for a...

I may be wrong here but I think most players would prefer their name on the back of their jersey. I also think it will have a small recruiting benefit. In the NIL era it matters more.

I am not sure I know what life as a Syracuse Lacrosse fan is anymore. I think I might be optimistic. If Dom flips I may cry.

Is your source Chase Scanlan and are you or are you not his second cousin twice removed?

I think Trimboli would do well in a righty wing / pseudo crease attackman role. Most of his goals have come on crease C cuts and crease runs from up top. The other option would be to move Hiltz to an inside role, Rehfuss to Left Wing and put Seebold at X. I tend to think they want to keep that...

As if I needed more of a reason to not like Duke, UVA, and NC (for some reason i don’t harbor any dislike for Notre Dame). If someone leaves Cuse for one of those three and plays well.. I’ll never root for them against anyone. I used to love rooting for Maryland (against anyone but Cuse)...

Little self scout for faceoffs, I think we are going to see teams have their wings follow the Cuse wings and essentially lock off the wing players. Last game Phaup was just chucking balls in the general vicinity of his wings, but they were wide open and had time to track and scoop. Phaup scares...

Buttermore: Lock Quinn: Lock Seebold: It may just be my opinion but I do not think his game translates to the midfield(hope I am wrong). He has never looked like a player that will start at Syracuse. Magnan: really like what I have seen from him in minimal PT, but like Jeremy said, if we arent...

I was exaggerating when I said 90% but I guarantee you see that line 75% of the time if not more. I don’t have the stats but visually last year that line played close to 75% of the minutes at midfield. And correct me if I’m wrong but I remember times where one 1st liner got a break while the...

I’m less interested in whose on the 2nd line midfield as much as I am interested to see how much they play. I would prefer we trot out MD1 90% of the time. With D mids, and not many playing both ways now, the midfield really gets a better rest than the attack because they can get water. I love...

Anyone else think it’s a bit nonsensical to have Trimboli at 13 and neither of the other two first line middies even on the list ? They even say in their write up they are interchangeable! Trimbo was probably the best of the three last year but they all had moments where each one was playing the...

I have to imagine that Denver or Penn State make a lot of sense for him. Cuse being a long time rival of his dads alma mater/team, would seem to put us at a slight disadvantage. I also wonder if it is a draw to play with Spallina or if he would prefer to be the #1 somewhere else. Not to...

You make good points but do any of those 3 ( I personally haven’t seen any of their games ) make more sense than the players we have? My thoughts are this Desko is going to play the best midfield line in the country 75% of the time. Our second line has a really good player in Buttemore and after...

I have to imagine Duke has a chemistry issue on this team. Guys that started last year won’t this year. Their Coach is basically saying my team isn’t good enough I’m going to bring in a whole new one. I think there is something to be said for chemistry. I know we had to bring in some defense and...

The PT last year for the 2nd line was the worst I’ve seen it in awhile. It makes sense right, why not trot out that first line every chance you get. Still felt bad for that second line. Usually your second line is made up of young players or seniors getting their first PT. Lipka played more in...

How long before they announce he’s the token football player next summer for the under armour all American lacrosse game. Can’t wait to hear “hes commited to Clemson for football” every time he touches the ball. :vomit::vomit:

I’ve been a Griffin Cook detractor on this board after his freshman year, however he played a roll this year that I think was vital to the teams success and I wouldn’t write him off as being so easy to replace by Hiltz. The way he caused turnovers in the riding game was phenomenal. He was...

So here’s my thought, I don’t think they can give seniors another year. Here’s the problem are you going to give juniors, sophomores, and freshman another year? And how do you balance the number of players on your team? I feel as though they will have to just call it a lost year for everyone...

I am going to just put this out there, the game Saturday will not happen. The season will be cancelled and there will be no 2020 champ. This COVID-19 virus is Airborne meaning just an infected person breathing (not even coughing or sneezing) can transmit it to others. And from the little info we...

I’m not sure there has been a more important recruit in the past 10 years! Previously mentioned he will be perfect to slip in Rehfusses vacated lefty spot. More importantly teams rarely if ever win the national championship without an elite attackman. I’m still all in on 2020 but I have a...

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To me the work you put together shows it’s very significant to have top 50 recruits. Now does having all Americans guarantee teams success, no. But I’d rather have AA’s than not have them.

I would strongly disagree that the rankings are in many ways meaningless. Go back and look and you’ll see Virginia dominating recruiting the past few years (look where it got them). Now you’ll also see Hopkins doing well (look where they are). Syracuse’s last two championships came on the backs...

Young with a proven track record can’t really beat that! I’m excited to see how this helps our team evolve. We stayed the same for too long, I think this is a spectacular higher.

I have been big on Rodgers being the one that needs to leave but I’m okay with this because we needed something to change in regards to recruiting offensive players. I think we could all agree that Desko can coach he just can’t ( or won’t) recruit. IMO If Desko surrounds himself with great...

Here’s what I think they will do: Attack: Scanlan, Rehfuss, Cook Midfield 1’s: Curry, Trimboli, Dordevic 2’s: Buttermore, Lipka, Magnan Defense: Mellen, Murphy, Staats D middies: Kennedy, Dearth, Oladunmoye Goalie: Porter Two spots I’m not sure about are 6th mid and...

I never believed he would play at Cuse ever since he committed. Easy to tell that he was more interested in football. I don’t really understand why he ever even committed to play lacrosse. Really wasted his time and ours. I don’t blame him for his decision but don’t commit early like he did. I...

This is how I feel about him playing for Syracuse :vomit:

I really wanna make this clear I’m rooting for Griffin Cook to Succeed. I want him to turn into a really good player. I loved his heart he showed on the field. I love that he’s one of those guys who bleeds Orange. What I didn’t love was his play last year. Two years ago I loved Tucker’s play. My...

You make a lot of good points about Tucker’s first year and some struggles he had down the stretch. I understand what you mean when you say Cook wasn’t afforded the opportunity to play Attack exclusively as Tucker was in the midfield. However my larger point is that Tucker is a better player...

I’m a little shocked at the Cook heavy responses. I think we could all agree that Dordo had a far superior freshman season. Physically he is superior. Based off of tape I wouldn’t even say Cook is faster than Tucker. I think we could all rationally say that if healthy Tucker will be the better...

Gotta be Dordevic to start. He’s a more talented player than Cook. He gets the first shot to see if he can play attack. If he can’t, move him back up. To me it’s simple Dordevic is a better player than Cook. Elite freshman don’t only score 5 points. I remember Desko yelling at him “you have to...

My preferred lineup now that chase is here Scanlan Dordevic Rehfuss Trimboli Buttermore Curry What will prolly happen Scanlan Rehfuss Cook Dordevic Curry Trimboli I think cook has great potential for 2021 and 2022 but he needs the weight room and more PT as the 4th attackman In 2020 IMO.

I think for the first time since 09 I’m feeling Bliss? :cool: Option options and options on attack. 2 guarantees Scanlan and Rehfuss I think one could still see Dordevic moving down. If Cook makes a jump maybe he’s the guy but I don’t think Cook will be a better offensive player than...

:confused: Hopefully this helps end the ridiculous trend of the token football commit.

I’ll absolutely give you props if he does end up at Cuse. I have just always believed he prefers football based off his social media and watching other recruits in his situation.

I agree I think we can safely say he isn’t going to be a part of next years class. Can’t blame him he can get a full ride playing football. He’ll prolly be in the UA game as the token football commit they so frequently like to include.

22 needs to be earned on the field in college for it to mean something. Nothing done in high school to me makes a kid deserving of that number. Plus what happens when you give it to your highest recruit and your second or third highest turn out to be better players. 22 needs to be earned by...

You can’t give it to someone who hasn’t played a single game in college if you want it to mean something. Jordan Evans is the reason it’s on the shelf now. He devalued the #. Giving it to any recruit regardless of ranking is a mistake

22 should never ever go to a player that hasn’t worn Orange. The greatest mistake was giving it to Jordan when it should have gone to Rice. Here’s what I believe you don’t give it to any player that hasn’t made an all American first or second team wearing orange. The only reason In my mind for a...

Does he come to a school he decommited from though ? I want him to come absolutely but it seems unlikely

it is extremely hard to win a national championship without an elite dodging attackman. It’s clear the Rehfuss is a very capable #2 attackman. Cook has a chance but he’s not as fast as a Joey Sankey or Jordan Wolf, his best case is Kevin Rice but his size is a huge issue due to him not having...

Hmmmm Curry a much better passer. Maybe they wanna play Tucker on the crease ?

JJ’s current game doesn’t translate to attack. He’s still a head down dodger. I still think one of the current first line middies has to move down. Curry makes the most sense as he has the best vision (14 assists to lead the middies ) the wild card for me is Lipka I think he could be an inside...

You can’t score when you don’t have the ball. Defense lost that game by letting 7 straight goals go in and they weren’t good at all in the first half, Cuse Dominated possession in the first half. Every time Loyola got the ball they scored they just didn’t have it as much as the second half...