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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 3030841, member: 4819"] Reading through comments and having hard time disagreeing with anyone. I honestly don't know what the right or wrong answer is in regards to what to do with the attack next year. However, I'm in favor of moving Dordevic down to the attack for the following reasons - I don't necessarily trust the current reserve attackmen on roster (Cook, Berkman, Seebold), I think Dordevic's game translates pretty well to the attack position, and I don't think the offense can afford to have two of the top six players on the bench for extended periods of time. I totally understand the arguments against moving him, but I just feel like we need the best players on the field for the longest amounts of time. It is great to have a depth on the second midfield line, but in crunch time you can only play six guys. I'm also in favor of moving Buttermore to the first line, I think he is just too talented to play with the second unit. I like Lipka but can't help but feel he missed a lot of opportunities last year, especially since he was matched up with the teams' sixth best defender. One concern I have is that you are loading the attack with "play maker" types. The unit still lacks a true quarterback. However, you could argue a lot of very good offenses last year did not have a quarterback and still put up very good numbers last year - Virginia, Maryland and Yale come to mind first. Maybe the Orange don't have a player with 50+ assists, but between Curry and Rhefuss I think you can still have a team that has strong facilitators. Ultimately, I think it will come down to who has improved the most in the offeseason. If an attackman does indeed come back and blow the socks off the coaches, then Dordevic might be best served staying at midfield. But again, I have a hard time thinking two of the before mentioned group are going to come back and be ready to contribute starting-unit numbers. [/QUOTE]

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