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Message: [QUOTE="sholokov2, post: 4185824, member: 6629"] There were times in the last two games where Curry seemed useless while he was on the field. Good d's defended him very well. He reacted to tight coverage by reverting to his usual speed rush and forced shots time after time. Still, coaches left him on the field. He exhausted himself in futile efforts. I think he spoke for many of his teammates with his reactions to pressure. Coaches loaded him with responsibility. Quickly, he demonstrated he did not react well to the idea. His movements seemed stereotypical. Here's the coaches' problem. Curry is a very athletic, very fine player who is flailing on the field. Can they find a method to better use these talents. Like designing stuff to get him the ball when he doesn't carry it. I single him out only because he exemplifies something I see in the whole team. A staleness in patterns on the field, reverted to when the other team punches them in the teeth, which by the way Army will do. SU has gone several years now with generally poor wing play. Everybody sees it. Like ground hog's day, winter comes for each game. Fast crisp passing in the Holy Cross game turned into congealed individual play in the last two games. Kennedy is out of place at close d. He is magnificent at lsm. I know he is probably our best close, but I suggest that aiming to take away the best attack on the other team ignores the problem. SU is not going to win many games playing with a years old playbook. They play this year like they played last year and the year before. The coaches seem ready to play a lot of young guys this year, damn the mistakes. I like that about them. Kennedy can do more damage to the opposition at lsm, than the team will suffer from his close replacement whoever that is. Play him on the wing with some big dude on the other side who can muck up the FO. Experiment without devastating the team. Tell Curry he's a sniper. Make him pass or shoot every time he get's the ball. No charging. Let him run off a couple picks without the ball for a change. Berkman can pass fairly well. Let's make player development priority number one and a half or associate number one. Make the vets uncomfortable with new demands, positions etc. I know all this should have been part of fall and spring prep. [/QUOTE]

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