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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 5034060, member: 43"] Preview is another homerun, not sure how much more I can add, lol. A few general thoughts and concerns for tonight Today's forecast is again another reminder why SU tries to play so many home games. Upper 30's and a monsoon, great lax weather. SU has unfortunately hit some bad luck with local weather this year, the Bart game was bad and tonight looks god awful. To make matters worse they couldn't even move the game ot the Dome if they wanted to. Put me with the camp that has some concerns about the offense. I htink Lexus and other have made some excellent points but its hard to note feel like the attack is missing that secondary dodging threat and or an elite dodger that would help them against elite defenses ie the ND's Marylands Duke to extent and even Army. Offense has good enough players and talent that they can still put up points but the last month or so outside of the Delaware game has been uneven. The teams ball movement remains unreal but it also leads to them having more potential turnovers (as we saw Sat) as SU's O is more derived from excellent ball movement then one on one dodging. SU tried to feed the crease a bunch on Sat and it didn't end well for the most part. Thought we did a much better job in the 2nd half but when Spallina has an elite defender on him we really should be at least rotating in a Leo or a Birtwistle a few possessions a half to try and let them dodge and free him up. Speaking of Spallina we need to move him around more and let him play up top some and of the wings. To many times he's initiating or getting ball behind the cage or of the wings behind the cage. Let him move around, set some picks up top, let him draw a shortly or double to free up someone else etc. Regarding tonight SU should be able to put up points. Cornell is dealing with multiple injuries and still haven't really replaced losing Adler. Their starting a trie frosh in goal and their Short Sticks have been attacked relentlessly. The weather could be a major issue and could even the field for the Cornell defense. Thought Thomson looked great vs ND, he and Leo will need to play well as I assume Cornell will pole English and I doubt they will try and doube pole. SU has to avoid a turnover fest, yes the weather will blow but another high teens amount of turnovers will lead to disaster.if SU loses tonight don't be surprised if they have 20+ turnovers. From a defensive standpoint this is another real tough assignment. Cornell can score with any team in the country. That starting attack line is nasty and can fill it up quick. SU has to avoid giving up easy goals and try limit runs. They got off to a red hot start vs Penn but then Penn switched some stuff and apparently began packign things in and stopped extending out. When that happened Cornell began to struggle. Seems like Penn was slow to slide and when they did their secondary slides were spot on. I am sure Cornell will try and attack our shorties same as us. Need that secondary shorty to team with Rice. Levine has the size but has struggled with foot speed. I agree with Powell regarding the matchups seem pretty clear. Dwan on Kirst, Fig on Long and then Kol/Caccamo on the frosh Goldstein. Kol has done a real nice job on crease guys the last few week but this to me feels like a Caccamo matchup, as I suspect they will try and initiate with Goldstein. SU needs to win that matchup, Goldstein has a frosh build as Powell noted, SU needs to bully him. Cornell has a solid 1st mid line with guys who can invert and I believe Firth is running on the 1st mid line as well who can cause problems. Again the key here is limiting runs and making Cornell earn their goals. Clearly they are gonna score, that offense is being limited to 7 goals, but you can't let them rip off 5 in 10 minutes. The Cuse defense has been pretty good this year for the most part but this is a tough matchup, they will be tested. SU's back end of the schedule is a cluster , Quint was right on Saturday when it called it weird. I know there's issues with the Dome and apparently Duke caused major issues resulting in the need to play midweek but it's absurd these guys only play 2 games after tonight, burl scheduling job. I know Cornell has conf issues to work out to but these guys should be playing on a Sat or SU should be playing someone this Sat or the 27th. Scheduling has to be better. SU has played well enough this year that I think you can say this is a game they "should" win. A loss here isn't devastating as Cornell is no slouch clearly but with only 2 games left your playing with fire a bit and making that UNC game absolutely enormous. SU should have a big edge at the X and after the last few games we really need Kohn to come out and have a monster performance. First world problems but against the 4 elite fogos SU has seen this year, SU is under 50% in all 4. With Cascadden out for the year SU needs to be 55% at least tonight. Overall it's hard to get a great feel on this game. This feels like a game where one team will get up 3-4 and the other is chasing a lot of the game but maybe that's way off. SU really needs to find away to get the W, a loss here puts a lot of pressure on that UNC game. [/QUOTE]

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