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Message: [QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 4604456, member: 6798"] -In an effort to keep things positive, I don't think you can blame the scheme for the last two offensive possessions. Rolling with Kirst as initiator looked like the right move. 1st one he draws attention against the short stick and we send cutters through to take attention off Birtwistle up top. He gets a wide freaking open shot from 11 yards well inside the hash-marks with time to wind it up...what more can you ask for. Cant believe he didn't finish there. -Next possession we go with him again even though he has a long pole on him, after the first look with Leo went nowhere. He still draws a slide of the Spallina back pick and tries to pass it to a completely wide open Thomson on the doorstep. Pass gets through the defenders stick and it is an easy goal. Trying to pass it in there was the right move. Unlikely a higher percentage look was on its way. D guy batted it down and we don't get any sort of friendly bounce on the gb. Dont fault Kirst for trying to feed him but maybe he rushed the pass. -No problem with the game plan on either of those possessions. A scoring opportunity came from each of them. Maybe could have put more effort into creating space on the iso for Leo on the second one, but that's about it. The clearing and defense in crunch time were more suspect. Needed a big save from Mark on an open Degnon shot as well as a wide open pipe shot from Angelus to even have a chance to tie. Hard to get mad at a defense that held their own most of the game, but we got lucky there to even have a shot to tie. D was also tired after several long Hop possessions. Clearing issues and turnovers seem to only come up when we absolutely cannot afford it. We are solid overall in both categories statistically, especially turnovers, but would be curious what the 1st vs. 2nd half stats and 4th quarter stats are. [/QUOTE]

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