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Message: [QUOTE="bjred, post: 5035616, member: 6343"] North Carolina - Let me choke away two wins Syracuse - Hold my beer, I’ll show you how to properly implode and give up a win At this point going into the game against UNC, I’m not sure you want to be the team with the early lead. Thanks to Mule for transferring in and giving it a go but at this point the bad plays outweigh the good plays. Granted the season is almost over but plug someone else in. Move Birtwistle or Leo and use some of that bench to fill their spots like Tenaglia or Cordes who have shown some speed or Kempney to stretch a defense with his shot. If you don’t want to move them then plug in Deere or Elijah-Brown. I’m not as down on the junkyard dogs as others. Yeah there’s been some struggles but they’ve actually done a decent job at not giving up goals. But it is frustrating watching both them and the regular defense make poor decisions when it comes to clearing. Last night was probably the worst the defense has looked all season. It honestly looked more like last years defense than what we’ve seen this year. Ill timed or half hearted slides, shorties getting beat, and struggles with picks. Hottle has been great pretty much learning as he goes but last night he kept overplaying the Cornell player, allowing them to easily cut back for a hands free shot. It felt like the season started with guys not trusting each other so we got the early slides and help when it really wasn’t needed. Then as the season went on, they started to trust what each other was capable of and the slides/help weren’t as quick and better timed. Now it feels like they’ve regressed back to the start of the year. Hopefully this break till the UNC game allows them to recharge and refocus. Probably will need to win one of the final two to get into the ACC tournament, though taking both would be better. [/QUOTE]

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