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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 3519190, member: 4819"]
I am not good at noticing lefties vs righties, so this is really helpful. I think one of the big questions for this upcoming season is where does Owen Hiltz play? I have to imagine that he was expecting to come in and take the lefty attack spot his freshmen year. Obviously a lot has changed since he committed, but I wonder how the coaching staff plans on using him, seeing how Rhefuss has decided to return.

There isn't a ton of tape of him out there, but from what I have seen he looks like a different kind of attackman than Rhefuss.  Hiltz looks like he does most of his work from the wing, and would even be comfortable from the midfield.  Rhefuss is more of a traditional behind the goal x attackman, though he does most of his work from the left side of the field. As Ohiomilax points out above, despite both being lefties, since they operate in different areas of the field, they could play on the same attack line, I think.

Of course you still have Cook and Scanlan returning, so would the staff bench Cook? They could split time a la Dylan Donahue and Billy Ward 2013. Hiltz also could play on the second midfield, but might his talents be lost there?  Not sure how he'd take to being redshirted since he missed his entire senior year, but again, these are strange times and its going to be hard for the staff to evaluate any of the new players.

The coaching staff must have some plan in place, but wondering if anyone has any insight? I know we've been talking about this basically since the season ended, but I don't think there are many other position battles to discuss (where Brett Kennedy plays is the only other big one I can think of - Beardsley seems to think he'll move back to LSM).
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