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[QUOTE="nyclax, post: 4035356, member: 8261"]
Calling UNC's attack "elite" is a bit of a stretch in my opinion. UVA's is elite with two, possibly three All-Americans. Maryland's was elite last year with Bernhardt and Wisnauskas and might be again this year with Wisnauskas, Khan, and the rest. Duke's was close with Sowers, Robertson, and O'Neill even if they didn't totally live up to the billing. But UNC has one very elite guy and then two...pretty good ones. Kelly and Solomon are solid players but I see them both as "just another guy," especially in a conference as talented as the ACC. Maybe I'm underrating them. In that offense, playing with Gray, I feel like a lot of kids would be able to put up the same point totals that those two do. I'm not sure that Gray's presence alone is enough for the entire unit to rise to the level of "elite" but then again Inside Lacrosse just [I]loves[/I] to dole out superlatives.

Very interesting team, though. Talented but lose so much from the midfield. Basically the Rutgers problem except instead of the entire attack it's the entire first midfield. Middies may be a bit easier to replace, especially with the talent UNC has waiting in the wings, but I wouldn't discount how important that unit was to the Heels last year especially in the playoffs. They have some big, athletic freshmen but no one who shoots it from range like Perry could or who is as crafty and versatile as Cook was. And then you had the experience and leadership of an Anderson. They each brought a little something special individually and as a whole will be impossible to replicate.
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