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Bryant game question

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I don't know much about lacrosse but enjoy watching it. Perhaps this is a dumb question, but I'm clueless, so I'll ask-

Why is Bryant so dominant in these face-offs?
 
1. Their faceoff guy just set the all time record for faceoff wins in a season,
2. Bryant is a great ground ball team. This has been a trademark of pressler teams over the years, the coach installs a junkyard dog attitude in his teams.
3. Syracuse's faceoff guys, especially 1, struggles to pick up ground balls. Has been an issue all year. Even when SU wins the draw the GB is normally a 50/50.
 
We haven't been a good faceoff team for a while right? I remember this being an issue for a while.
 
It's been several years since we've done we'll at the X. Staff needs to think differently when recruiting for that position.


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66% on the guy taking the draw and 33% on the wings. And yes, our faceoffs have been an issue for a while now. Every game we do well, we follow it up with two shitty games at the X.
 
Thanks for the replies. I never realized an individual could be so dominant in face offs.
 
I have not ever seen a guy pick up the ball consistently like the bryant guy with the backside of the stick.There was something about the way it was going that there might have been some type of alteration of the head itself...just speculation
 
I have not ever seen a guy pick up the ball consistently like the bryant guy with the backside of the stick.There was something about the way it was going that there might have been some type of alteration of the head itself...just speculation
I agree. Every ball near him got stuck in the back of his stick, bouncing, rolling, etc.
Having said that, he beat every faceoff guy he faced on the clamp. Was crazy. He was just that much quicker.
 
I don't know much about lacrosse but enjoy watching it. Perhaps this is a dumb question, but I'm clueless, so I'll ask-

Why is Bryant so dominant in these face-offs?
He was great. Had a weird habit where after winning the faceoff, he would flip the ball in the air and then catch it while running full speed. Maybe he was transferring it from the back of his stick to the pocket of his stick while do this? Anyway, it was the first time watching lacrosse where I thought "wow, what a hot dog".

He is the Willie Montanez of lacrosse. Or Tito Fuentes, if you prefer.
 
He was great. Had a weird habit where after winning the faceoff, he would flip the ball in the air and then catch it while running full speed. Maybe he was transferring it from the back of his stick to the pocket of his stick while do this? Anyway, it was the first time watching lacrosse where I thought "wow, what a hot dog".

He is the Willie Montanez of lacrosse. Or Tito Fuentes, if you prefer.
yes, he would clamp with the back of his stick, the ball would stick between the sidewalls then he would have to flip it out into the front of his pocket. There are rules about how narrow the sidewalls can be. I would guess they checked his stick at some point. Still a little strange the way it worked every single time.
 
I agree. Every ball near him got stuck in the back of his stick, bouncing, rolling, etc.
Having said that, he beat every faceoff guy he faced on the clamp. Was crazy. He was just that much quicker.

He's beaten every FO guy he's faced all year. NCAA record 315 FO wins and 231 GB's.
 
yes, he would clamp with the back of his stick, the ball would stick between the sidewalls then he would have to flip it out into the front of his pocket. There are rules about how narrow the sidewalls can be. I would guess they checked his stick at some point. Still a little strange the way it worked every single time.
We were wondering if there were any rules implications on that technique. Have never seen that done before - is it common?

Seems that the counter-strategy might be to concede the pickup and go after him when he tries to flip the ball into the proper pocket.
 
Not sure why Desko didnt go with Paduda, the only counter to this guy is to make it a scrum and force the wings to win the draw. I have to say as bad as we were at the X, the wing guys were just as bad, they were awful yesterday.
 
We were wondering if there were any rules implications on that technique. Have never seen that done before - is it common?

Seems that the counter-strategy might be to concede the pickup and go after him when he tries to flip the ball into the proper pocket.
The stick issue is very common. He's just quicker then everyone else.

They were doing the counter strategy with Harris on the draws. He would let him win and try to hack him but the guy was too fast and it didn't work to well.
 
I said this in the other thread - starting second quarter Desko had Harris just pull off after the whistle. He knew whoever he put up would be the underdog in the faceoff, so just back off and set defense. By third quarter it was obvious Harris wasn't going for the face-off win, rather just slow Bryant down and avoid a fastbreak opportunity.
 
The rule is something like you have one chance to flip the ball out of the backside of your stick. If it doesn't come out, you lose possession. Came out every time for the kid.

This type of face off technique didn't exist 10 years ago. It's changes in stuck design that led to the technique.


We were wondering if there were any rules implications on that technique. Have never seen that done before - is it common?

Seems that the counter-strategy might be to concede the pickup and go after him when he tries to flip the ball into the proper pocket.
 
I wouldn't be surprised to see a rule that eventually outlaws that type of face off technique, much like the Jim Brown rule. Different situation, but if others perfect it, I could see a change. Not what the face off was intended to be.


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i agree the wedge technique needs to be addressed. also keep in mind massa was a wrestler. leverage.
 
I wouldn't be surprised to see a rule that eventually outlaws that type of face off technique, much like the Jim Brown rule. Different situation, but if others perfect it, I could see a change. Not what the face off was intended to be.


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Poppleton, the Hopkins face-off guy (from -M) utilized the same technique often this past season.
 

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