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Hey Dcuse, Whose the moron now?! How’s our team doing this year? My concerns/thoughts/observations after only 1 game again look pretty solid. We may potentially go the entire season without winning 1 ‘real’ lacrosse game! Sad. Cupcake wins don’t count to me. This may be rock bottom for our SU...

Evans and Spallina are the only #1 recruits in the nation that I can remember SU getting in a long time, so how can a comparison of those two not be done. It’s now hard to believe that Jordan Evans was the #1 high school recruit in the country, but he was. There’s a Lot of hype and pressure that...

”Moronic” is a little rough. I call it how I see it. I’m a die hard SU lax fan, but sometimes the truth hurts. Nobody’s perfect, but, hey, at least let me be wrong before you call me a moron. I told you Jordan Evans was a bust early on, I told you early on that Griffin Cook could not shoot, I...

Great post. I like your positivity, and I guess we should celebrate the victory. To be honest though, I’m gutted. I had higher hopes for Spallina and our highly touted new middies. From what I saw today, we can’t compete with the big boys of college lacrosse. Our D is better (but we can’t...

Thank you, I think, to the Newhouse school. We’re SO lucky to be able to watch every lax game, but what we’re watching is pretty bad. I’m sorry to be the one again harping on Cook, but it’s just so frustrating. Put him in a summer box lax league. He literally cannot shoot (18% shooting...

Hey, maybe wait on making fun of someone until they're actually proven wrong?! You still want those lottery numbers? I told you that we'd get blown out because our D was horrible, I told you that Desko was going to be fired (I actually feel bad for a HOF coach to go out like this, because his...

What... A...Mess. Geez! How far can SU lax fall in just a few months?! From a preseason #2 ranking and getting the #1 recruit in ‘22 to now this. This cannot help our recruiting problems, and it could do damage to our reputation for years to come (although the stance that our players took is...

Good call. Ya, you’re right, and it looks like they already promised it to Spallina. He’s a big Casey Powell fan. Keep the legacy of that #22 jersey alive (and stop diluting it!). It’ll help us in recruiting!

The allegations that I’m reading about on Twitter are bad, and, IF true, then he shouldn’t be allowed back this year. IF true, then good for the players for taking a stand, but why should they have to? And I thought Jordan Evans tarnished the #22 legacy... that incredible legacy may now be...

Thank you so much for letting everyone know! Great interview: https://www.espn.com/radio/play/_/id/31338364 Interview starts at 22:10

Good call. I was just not a fan of Evans (again, first time ever for an SU lax player), so I’m too biased. Ya, Maltz was an off ball player, but he did score 6 goals in the Final Four weekend in ‘17, and helped Maryland win a national championship though! I hope I’m wrong about Cook, and I...

Hey guys, I just wanted to take a moment and recognize one of the single greatest performances I have ever seen in SU lax history. What Jakob Phaup did yesterday by dominating face-offs against Virginia was truly amazing! He’s had a rough year, he’s been the easy scapegoat for this team...

Good point. Ya, I’m probably wrong, and I’m probably also too focused on the great talent that we miss out on (either local talent that we miss in recruiting or great players that we get but can’t keep, like Maltz, Wisnauski, and now Donnelly). Evans is the only SU lax player that I have ever...

Great point. I actually meant Dylan Maltz! Sorry about that. His parents must like the first names of their kids to start with D (Derek, Dylan, and Daniel). Staats is an all-time SU great, and it's TOO bad that his younger brother Austin never came here, too. What a baller! I do wonder if Dylan...

Ouch. Too bad for him. It seemed like he was recently finally finding his role as a finisher and opportunistic dodger within our offense. He is certainly a talented player (although not as good as he thinks he is; especially when he had Pat Spencer making him look really good). I wish him all...

Desko has to be gone, right? Sorry to pile on him after a loss, because I usually wait for a win before I offer any criticism, but there probably won’t be another win this season. What an embarrassing season, other than that really good win against Virginia (who is a great example for SU to look...

Great stuff. I agree with your insights, although I don’t know about Cook (Buttermore should be playing; he’ll be yet another disgruntled player that will transfer and excel somewhere else). It was a great comeback, and we showed a lot of heart! We’ll see Duke again. Damn phantom whistle in the...

SO glad to have SU lax back. We needed it. Plus a season where we have a real chance to make a Final Four! Exciting times again for SU lax... and it’s been a minute since we were real contenders (I kind of consider last year and this year as one season). Here are a few of my thoughts and...

Let’s see how far we can ride our 1st line middies! Welcome back Tucker! Cool how the vision from a few years ago of Curry’s speed, Trimboli’s alley dodge, and Tordevic’s feet is coming to fruition and were all on display in one game. I like the invert offense with the one 1st line middie not...

I agree with almost all of your points, except I’m not sure how good of a win that was. I hear you that a win is a win, and it’s reassuring to know that our 1st line middies are really good (although what is up with Tordevic’s shot?), Phaup can be dominant, our D is solid, and Porter is a stud...

Great insight in to our team’s strengths and weaknesses. Thanks! Maybe I’m wrong about needing the most amount of 1st or 2nd team All Americans to win a chip, but, if not, then hopefully Scanlan, Dearth, Kennedy, Curry, and Porter can have great seasons and carry our program back to the Final...

Who are our 1st and 2nd team All-Americans (besides Scanlan, and especially if Mellen stays injured)? There’s definitely more parity in college lacrosse nowadays, so we can’t expect to have multiple 1st and 2nd Team All Americans every year, and sorry to simplify the game way too much, but the...

Obviously very early, but would have liked to have seen Cook been able to beat his man 1v1, because we’ll also need an attackman that can beat his man to create offense when we play better competition. When has our 2nd line Middie group ever been more/as productive as our 1st line (proportionate...

Maybe I was just lucky, but here’s what I posted in May 2018 (and this is after Virginia had a 1st round playoff loss last year): “(I predict Virginia is going to be really good- Kraus, Aitken, and Moore is a stacked 1-2-3 punch).” Reminds me of good ‘ol SU teams. 1st team All Americans all over...

Well that 4th quarter sucked!! You work your ass off for an entire season, you play a solid 3 quarters in a playoff game, and then the entire team just lays an egg in the biggest quarter of the year? The exact opposite of clutch. Disappointing. And not just a few players, but literally the whole...

After watching the ups and downs of this year, here are a few thoughts about the Loyola game: Offense: -Solomon (and the whole team) can hopefully limit the turnovers -props to Desko this year (I thought he did a great coaching job this year), although he’s still not playing his best 6...

I completely agree with running Buttermore on the first line. He’s earned it, but Desko is notoriously stubborn with his favorites. I wondered last year who was on the bench that Desko wasn’t playing that he should have been. I now have my answer. Same question to you guys for this year. Any...

It's hard to predict, but does anyone think we have a Future Tewaaraton Award Finalist among these recruits? We have some nice talent on our team, but I'm not sure about a Tewaaraton Award Finalist. Remember that we missed out landing both Lyle Thompson (who really knows why, and this directly...

Thanks, guys. I agree. Dom was great all year, and he will be missed. His save percentage will not reflect the performance that he gave us. Our swiss cheese defense let him down. I don't remember a goalie of ours ever making as many point blank saves as he made this year. Too bad to have NC...

C'mon, Desko/Donahue, seriously!? This is not the '90's where lax middies routinely play both offense and defense. Giving our 2nd line Middies runs in the first half to give the 1's a breather and to see if any of them have anything going is a no brainer. However, with 8 minutes to go in the...

Does anyone think that Quint Kessenich actually reads these posts? For those of you that aren't local or just watched the game on tv, he literally said the title of my discussion during the broadcast against Notre Dame today. He also repeatedly pointed out the struggles that our SSDMs have had...

First time starting a thread on this forum, so please take it easy on me! I think the phrase 'You're only as strong as your weakest link' really applies to the SU lacrosse team currently. Although the Hopkins final score is shocking, it was interesting to watch the game over again. The...

I'm sure some will say that quote sounds dramatic, but I couldn't agree with you more (it made me want to sign up for this forum!). The end of the final four run (it was obviously going to happen), losing the top canadian recruit pipeline (it was going to happen, although not sure why it's...