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Message: [QUOTE="SUlax88-09, post: 5436754, member: 9879"] Our attack could not dodge… that was the difference. I’ve been saying it for 3 years, ever since Gait handed over the keys to the offense to Spallina, and I’ll have to say it until Spallina graduates or until Gait leaves. Goldstein and Kirst could dodge and win their 1v1 matchups, and that’s what beat Maryland today. The missed clears didn’t lose the game for Maryland, their inability to win the 1v1 matchups on defense was the difference. Congrats to Cornell. Lacrosse isn’t that complicated… if you can win your 1v1 matchups, then you win, and if you can’t, then you lose. You can pass the ball all you want in a 6v6 set, but ultimately someone needs to win a 1v1 match-up (unless you’re in man-up, and then, and only then, does the box-style offense of ball movement work against great teams) Gait is one of the greatest 1v1 players of all time, so why can’t he see that? Spallina was great against Princeton, but other than that game and certainly against Maryland, he cannot dodge! He can score all the points he wants to against lesser teams, but we will never win a championship if our attack cannot dodge and win 1v1 matchups-ups. Laugh all you want at me, but at least let me be wrong before you laugh. I would have played Anderson on attack and let him dodge and draw the slide and pass to Thomson or Hiltz to finish the goals (or just score the goal himself if a team like Maryland doesn’t slide). If a player cannot dodge, then you cannot ride him to a championship. Spallina will be a great professional box lacrosse player, but not a great PLL player because of that. He should work on his speed this summer, but I can’t blame him for playing more box lacrosse because he really is special as a box player [/QUOTE]

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