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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 3242930, member: 4819"] Nothing wrong with this kind of insight, I think the team should heed IT's advice. For me, Syracuse has always been a team that rode emotions, for extremely high highs (the 2009 NCAA Championship Game, countless comebacks), to some shocking lows (they seem to have a surprising Colgate-like loss every other season or so). Desko's hands off approach means the team can be free wheeling, fun and thriling, but the downside means a lack of focus that leads to losses other "good" teams would have handled pretty easily. I think the trade-offs have been worth it over the seasons. The 2020 Orange team is going to be really good, and while they don't have holes at any particular position there are still question marks. Attack, you have a really exciting newcomer in Scanlan, but you have an unproven new starter in Cook (who is undersized) and a three year starter in Rhefuss who had a down-year last year, and who has been known to disappear in some games. Scanlan will help in a lot of areas but he's not a Powell/Ament/Sowers type of player. Lots of pressure for Rhefuss to step up this year. Midfield is stacked but it can be difficult to manage all that talent. Like LeBron-led Heat, who gets the ball in crunch time? Face-offs were really good last year but they had some bad performances, especially late in games (ACC and NCAA tourny comes to mind). Defense has to replace two starters, and relying on former short sticks might be a bad sign (Murphy/Helmer). Goalie was very dependable last year but still had some tough games, not sure the team can rely on him for 20+ save performance games. Plenty of reasons to be excited, but team still needs to come to every game focused and prepared. [/QUOTE]

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