OrangeXtreme
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Agreed. Several outstanding attackmen this season. Don't really see a Syracuse player getting it (surprised to see them listed), they are very good players but play in a system that shares the ball. Really love Epstein's game, happy to hear that he is healthy. If Hop gets better defensive and goalie play I think they surprise some people. They can score goals. Gray is the very early leader, he runs the offense in Chapel Hill and is very comfortable with his team mates. Sowers is outstanding, but doesn't look as settled in with Duke's offense. Against Denver, Duke was initiating a lot from the midfield and not with Sowers. Of course that can change, but it was a real headscratcher.With all of these elite attackmen out there, I can't possibly see them giving it to a middie barring a truly historic season. I'm just not sure middies do enough anymore to garner Tewaaraton love. I mean Zach Currier did absolutely everything and never even sniffed these lists. Not saying he wasn't deserving, but that just isn't how people view the Tewaaraton these days.
A lot of these guys haven't played yet but early on it certainly looks like it may end up being Gray vs. Sowers. I would have put Matt Moore in there but with Payton Cormier's continued emergence, he may steal a lot of the production away from Moore to the point where they are both very, very good, but neither quite Tewaaraton candidates.
Nichtern is a good player but Army just doesn't score enough. I'd love to see that kid in a better overall offense.
O'Keefe is the best shooter in the world but without Ament I'd be very surprised if he's able to put up Tewaaraton level numbers. Still an All-American, but not going to be in the Tewy mix this year if you ask me.
Epstein could be a dark horse if Hop is better than expected, because that kid is the real deal and is back healthy. But I doubt his team will be good enough by the end of the year for him to end up in serious contention. Maybe in 2022.
I was watching this preview on the Michigan site
and Coach Conry was saying he felt Zawada was in the top 3 attackmen in the Big Ten.Men's Lacrosse - University of Michigan Athletics
The official Men's Lacrosse page for the Michigan Wolverinesmgoblue.com
I don't know if that is really true this year, but it might well be true next year.
Also Tre LeClaire from OSU has made some All-American lists.Certainly a coaches job to hype their players, but there are a lot of good attackmen in the Big 10. Feels like O’Keefe, Bernhardt and Wisnaukus would be close to a consensus top 3, then you have if he’s healthy Joey Epstein, and Chamberlidis and Mullins from Rutgers. Maybe Holden or Brown from MD. He certainly looks to be the future but I think you’d take some of the names listed above him first.