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Message: [QUOTE="LaxAddict38, post: 4992035, member: 9891"] Couple thoughts: In top games, the opponent's top cover defenders will be elite, and none of our starting attack or top midfielders will be able to be the party starters on offense. That is common and normal. We need to be comfortable allowing our 5th or 6th guys to initiate the offense and then spin the ball around. That means move the ball and let the offense flow, not get the ball to Joey and let him big / little or isolate. We also cannot depend on the Big/Little behind... top cover defenders and defenses as a whole are improving at working through picks and covering this look as more and more offenses have grown dependent on it in the past few years. IMO, Will Mark will be fine, he is an elite goaltender with great instincts, has been for years. He's been above 50% in every game outside Army and MD, and above 40% in those matchups. While above 40% is not great, it is not like he's been shelled and outright losing us the game. Keep in mind, he made a phenomenal save to take us to OT, and if Mule buries the open net we would probably be remembering Mark as a hero for getting us there. As the defense has improved (it has improved, in my opinion) he is now seeing the lowest # of shots on per game he has probably ever seen in his entire career. He was at LIU seeing intense volume and then played behind the Petro meat grinder last year and continued to see similar volume. I am not ready to give up on him yet, McNaney has had weak games for Maryland and bounced back to look phenomenal in just a couple weeks. If I could, I would bet on Mark being able to adjust to the lower volume of shots over time and winning us some important games in the latter half of the year. Offensive depth of talent SHOULD be able to get us to 15 goals per game. Anything less is a failure, IMO. Need to let the depth initiate against the opponent's weakest SSDM then let the offense move from there, that's just how top offenses in top games against top defenses find success in today's game. [/QUOTE]

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