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[QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 4991560, member: 6798"]
-Just saw the highlights of their game against Rutgers, but outside of Plunkett they don't appear to have other serious party starters off the dodge. Morin feels similar to the Chauvette situation at Hopkins. Maybe only average when it comes to juking guys and getting separation but for the love of gosh don't leave his hands free even for a moment. I am curious to see if we go with the double longpole at midfield, but think it could honestly go either way. Would be more worried if specifically our more undersized ssdms (Spallina and Trujillo) were stuck in that matchup. I would trust Rice to hold his own.

-They do not appear to have anything close to an Erksa equivalent at attack. But maybe a quality dodger reveals themselves if you try double poling the midfield. It would appear that #28 Paul Johnson, an attack who was third on the team in points last season, is not playing for some reason. Still a small sample size but I am hoping we have enough 1v1 talent at all positions where we do not need to be overly aggressive with our slides. Army has gotten a lot better at exploiting poor rotations off a slide in recent years. Could be something to do with the new OC they got in 2021.

-Army is Army but I think there is a lot to like about the matchup. Their best offensive player is a middie, and arguably our best cover guy is an LSM in Olexo. They are getting a major boost at the x in their games this year. You have to imagine they lose that UMass game if it was 50-50 at the x vs the %72 they won. We have two very capable options to even things at the x.
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