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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4412372, member: 4819"]
Nice summary by IL, and the video highlights are great.  Always fools gold to try and draw big conclusions on highlights, but the comments regarding the ball movement are no joke. The ball is spinning in some of these clips. I also loved this quote,

[I]"Talking to (Finlay) Thomson about why the offense seemed to move the ball so well, he brought up assistant Pat March’s “one touch” system, which I inferred to mean both that every player gets a touch on every possession and that a player only has to have the ball in his stick for one beat to make an impactful play."[/I]

Foy brings up the fact that sometimes you still need a dodger to take things over when the ball movement isn't working - he brings up last years BU team.  I have to think/hope Cole Kirst will be an answer there, and hopefully Spallina can be an impact player in that part of the game.  Still, after last years offense, this talk of motion and passing is music to one's ears.

Last bit about the offense, but Thomson looks like such a special player. He just seems to have a cool way about him and the way he passes and shoots the ball. He just has a presence on the field I really dig.  Throws a nonchalant behind the back pass to Simmons that doesn't result in a goal, but the effortlessness in which he does it is really something. Lots of talk about Spallina but Thomson might be just as impactful.

Looks like Harrison Thompson made some nice early saves in the scrimmage. Also Landon Clary causing a turnover and then back-kicking the ball to Thompson in the crease was a great play.
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