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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 3519452, member: 43"] Your question is a good one but unfortunately there is no universal or correct answer. As Ohmilax noted SU usually is fairly deep at midfield to begin with and finding a spot or two on the midfield can vary from year to year but usually it's a lot harder then it seems. The other main issue is that sometimes attackmen can't or struggle to play middie. Both Evans and Cook played middie early in their careers here and both struggled mightily, Cook who did play some middie in HS never appeared comfortable and Evans was a complete mess. For other players like Mariano, Galasso and others the transition is seamless, it really depends on the player. Sometimes the staff will look to fill a guy in at a position of need. Take the last game against Hop, Dordevic cramps up and instead of bumping a guy from the 2nd mid line SU runs Seebold with the 1's and he looked good out there. However, with SU's current midfield depth barring injury there really isn't a spot to play Seebold unless your goign to run him with the 3's which doesn't make much sense as they don't play every game and even when they do they get maybe 1 or 2 shifts at best. SU also has an elite first line so you want those guys playing together and getting a majority of the runs. You could do some subbing especially in blow outs or if there is a minor injury but you don't want to make wholesale changes and start messing up chemistry. For this season I do think here will be some movement. I expect Tenaglia to move to middie and see time on the 2nd line with Buttermore Quinn and a third person (whoever shows out the best). I suspect Hiltz will likely play a platoon with Rehfuss. As someone noted above and has been clear his career here, Rehfuss can have games where he struggles to make an impact, being able to sub him out with a guy like Hiltz is exactly what this team needs. Seebold I think maybe the odd man out unless he outplays Hiltz which is possible based on Hiltz missing last season and fall ball. [/QUOTE]

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