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Daddio getting killed again, Desko keeps him in.

Same old. Not gonna win with him at the X. Desko is in a serious state of denial.
 
Same old. Not gonna win with him at the X. Desko is in a serious state of denial.

It's over for Desko. I hope.

Wonderful that the game has grown, but he has fallen behind in the very basic of ways. Recruiting and face-off most bluntly.
 
I thought the wings hurt as much as anything daddio did or didn't do.

Why not put a player like Lecky on a wing?
 
Agree our wings constantly got beat to lose balls. Daddio was way better than Iacono or Maccartney. Can't believe we don't have some athletes to grab the ball.
 
jr4750 said:
Agree our wings constantly got beat to lose balls. Daddio was way better than Iacono or Maccartney. Can't believe we don't have some athletes to grab the ball.

Saying Daddio was better than others is like saying Christmas is a better 3 point shooter than Keita.
 
Saying Daddio was better than others is like saying Christmas is a better 3 point shooter than Keita.

That's true. But the other guys were worse, which is terrifying
 
I thought the wings hurt as much as anything daddio did or didn't do.

Why not put a player like Lecky on a wing?

We usually use two defensive players on the wings during a face off (an LSM, and a D-Middie).

You can always sub in your 1st mid line if you have the ball, but it's hard to sub in defensive players when the other team has posession. We seem to get burned too many times when the other team wins the draw and the FOGO goes right to the cage while we're running guys on and off.
 
Daddio 5-22. Of course that doesn't count his 2 unforced turnovers after winning a FO.

Iacono 1-2. Don't understand why he doesn't get more opportunities. Maybe he's still hurt? Maybe he's being Boeheimed?

Wentworth 0-1.

Macartney 1-6. He's the "abandon all hope and put a long pole on Parks to limit the damage" plan.

Paduda still hurt.

Demarco hasn't been an option. No point in keeping his redshirt now. I'm sure we can recruit another FOGO for 2018 if necessary.

Something has to change.
 
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No way of telling if Daddio is any good in practice because we have no one who is any good to face him.

Scary part is that the Virginia faceoff guy isn't even one of the elite players at his position. He was only wiining 46 percent through five games, and Virginia hadn't played a very demanding schedule.
 
Agree our wings constantly got beat to lose balls. Daddio was way better than Iacono or Maccartney. Can't believe we don't have some athletes to grab the ball.

Agreed Daddio did look much better than Iacono ( wasn't even close to winning one) and Maccartney. As scary as this may sound he maybe our best option. What's missing too is quality wing play. We don't have a player like a Joel White out there. We need someone who can get a takeaway off of a lost face-off or at least get to a groundball. We just don't have the speed on the wings like we use to.
 
Why concede and put a short stick DMid on the faceoff wing? I’m all for it if the kid is the best ground baller on the team but maybe it’s time to put the best short stick athlete out there.

Lecky to me seems like he should be on the wing and is there any reason this kid can’t play both ways? I can’t believe for a second he can’t play defense. He’s got the quickest feet I’ve seen in forever. His split dodge the other night was an Allen Iverson ankle breaker. This kid should be running both ways ala Abbott.

I CANT STAND how the game has become so specialized. CANT STAND IT, all the subbing just drives me crazy. Find kids that can play both ways. The game I grew up with in the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s was million times better than the game I watch today.

Some of Syracuse’s personnel moves seem to be just to get kids on the field seemingly even if they’re not suited for it. We’re running attackman on midfield, Galasso, Ward, Maltz why? Just to get them on the field? They’re not middies even if they only run out for half field offense. The team personnel wise seems to be a mess and the faceoff problem isn’t limited to just Daddio. There needs to be fixes on the wings.
 
Agreed Daddio did look much better than Iacono ( wasn't even close to winning one) and Maccartney. As scary as this may sound he maybe our best option. What's missing too is quality wing play. We don't have a player like a Joel White out there. We need someone who can get a takeaway off of a lost face-off or at least get to a groundball. We just don't have the speed on the wings like we use to.

I almost always agree with you wv but Iacono was 1 of 2, so I am not sure how he looked much worse then Daddio who was absolutely putrid again. I agree that Iacono has the agility and athleticisim of an 87 year old man but why not give him 5-6 draws and see what happens? The wing play is honestly the worst in the nation, the guys are SLOW and NEVER seem to get to a ground ball first. Lecky and Firman should be on the wings let those two run around for a while.
 
Why concede and put a short stick DMid on the faceoff wing? I’m all for it if the kid is the best ground baller on the team but maybe it’s time to put the best short stick athlete out there.

Lecky to me seems like he should be on the wing and is there any reason this kid can’t play both ways? I can’t believe for a second he can’t play defense. He’s got the quickest feet I’ve seen in forever. His split dodge the other night was an Allen Iverson ankle breaker. This kid should be running both ways ala Abbott.

I CANT STAND how the game has become so specialized. CANT STAND IT, all the subbing just drives me crazy. Find kids that can play both ways. The game I grew up with in the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s was million times better than the game I watch today.

Some of Syracuse’s personnel moves seem to be just to get kids on the field seemingly even if they’re not suited for it. We’re running attackman on midfield, Galasso, Ward, Maltz why? Just to get them on the field? They’re not middies even if they only run out for half field offense. The team personnel wise seems to be a mess and the faceoff problem isn’t limited to just Daddio. There needs to be fixes on the wings.

Your last paragraph is spot on. That second midfield line was a disaster, you cant ask Maltz to run midfield he looks absolutely lost out there, ditto for Galasso. Maltz should be the 4th attackmen with Galasso playing some middie but also giving Donahue a break on O as Dylan has been completely MIA the past two games and is really struggling.
 
Donohue had 2 assists against UVa (took 0 shots), and 2 assists and 1 goal (took 3 shots) against Maryland. Hard to score when the other team has posession.
 
Donohue had 2 assists against UVa (took 0 shots), and 2 assists and 1 goal (took 3 shots) against Maryland. Hard to score when the other team has posession.

Hmm I missed the assists on Saturday, good to see he is still invovled. Zero shots though, yikes.
 
I almost always agree with you wv but Iacono was 1 of 2, so I am not sure how he looked much worse then Daddio who was absolutely putrid again. I agree that Iacono has the agility and athleticisim of an 87 year old man but why not give him 5-6 draws and see what happens? The wing play is honestly the worst in the nation, the guys are SLOW and NEVER seem to get to a ground ball first. Lecky and Firman should be on the wings let those two run around for a while.

Jeremy, that 1-2 doesn't tell the story. He just seems far too slow out there and got burned down the field after he lost his draw.

I'm simply stunned we don't have any wings. I don't care what position they play, but if we have some junk yard dogs that can get a freaking ground ball, they need to be out there. I thought Messina was a fantastic athlete? Harris too? Our guys looked like they were standing still out there against UVA.

and Maltz as a middie! yikes! Lets stop that experiment right now!
 
The addition of Staats and Galasso has forced guys into positions they're not used to playing. It's too bad we can't make trades in college lacrosse.
 

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