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[QUOTE="ColdAnger, post: 5657364, member: 9402"]
I’m going to offer a little different take. I think the clearing strategies were solid but the execution needs work.

Cuse started with a stretch and skip approach where McCool draws the first rider and then you attack the weak side with a long diagonal pass. They got the first part but the pass tended to be a lateral over pass without getting it upfield on the weak side. This is largely a spacing, “do your job” issue that can improve.

They modified into a “middle flash” concept with Joey and Leo. Here we struggled largely on timing of the flash which has to be right as McCool commits the first rider. The shorty needs to make an immediate decision to turn upfield if it’s open or touch pass it back to a defender who looks for a second cutting shorty as the ride repositions to the pole.

The long shots were last options after the earlier execution failed. Spacing and speed of decision making will make us better. Opening with BU and St.Joes should make us better.
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