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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 2694598, member: 4819"]
That certainly makes me happy to hear. In an article, they mentioned Dieball being recruited to play defense, and it sounds like he is quite large as well (6'5 in the article). I feel many posters over the years (including me) have been saying the main weakness of the defense has been the shortsticks, and their main hindrance has been their slight frames. My main memory of most shorsticks since Ianzito has been them getting bowled over by bigger/stronger/faster players.

When I think of teams with good shortys I think of Notre Dame, who always seems to trot out players who are 6'3 and run like gazelles.  It's nice to see the coaching staff realize this has been a problem and change direction.  Of course just because you are big and strong does not equal that you will be a good defender. It's easy for us to say, "just get some great athletes and make them play D!", but that is what makes them unique, there aren't a lot out there. You have to be fast, you have to have good footwork, you need to be able to communicate, etc. Regardless, it sounds like they are on the right track - you cant teach size.
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