Jacksonville Gameday...

[OrangeXtreme]

Kyle’s POTG

Close D plus Leo

 

[Ozone!]

A great start to this season!​

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[OttosDad]

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Thought Mac looked good in net but this save by Ippoliti is noteworthy. Lightning quick top hand

 

[cuselaxss26]

I swore their first emo chance leo scored ? i thought they were least 2-3 on emo

 

[llandz]

Koby White and Jimmy McCool from my prep school, New Hampton, where I serve on the capital campaign board. The current Lacrosse coach at New Hampton connected me with Jimmy before he came to Syracuse. I'll be rooting hard for them.

 

[tech37]

24-4

O’Farrell.

6:20

This goal was sick. Hope he gets more PT.

 

[tech37]

Props to Mike Grace... improves the close D

 

[BillSU]

This is GREAT! 24 - 5 Whoa!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

First, Jacksonville head coach John Galloway talks to the media following his return to Syracuse.

"Staff will get back after it and we'll address it on the plane home."

"There are no moral victories and we have to be honest with the tape."

"You can't make a mistake. Teams like this [Syracuse] take advantage of it pretty quick... and they did."

"I think there's a clear expectation... they expect to play the way they did today."

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Gary Gait, Joey Spallina, Michael Leo, and Billy Dwan III now take the podium.

"I thought it was overall a great start and a great team effort." Coach Gait on his assessment of SU's play in the opener.

"We like to try cool things and coach emphasizes us to try those." Spallina on the Orange's creativity offensively.

"They're all leaders on this team and they can all change the flow of the game... very proud of what they did."Gait on the 'Cuse junior class and its step up.

"I think he does everything well, I don't see a weakness in his game."Dwan III on his first time playing with transfer Michael Grace.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I swore their first emo chance leo scored ? i thought they were least 2-3 on emo

2-4.

 

[HtownOrange]

First, Jacksonville head coach John Galloway talks to the media following his return to Syracuse.

"Staff will get back after it and we'll address it on the plane home."

"There are no moral victories and we have to be honest with the tape."

"You can't make a mistake. Teams like this [Syracuse] take advantage of it pretty quick... and they did."

"I think there's a clear expectation... they expect to play the way they did today."

____________________

Gary Gait, Joey Spallina, Michael Leo, and Billy Dwan III now take the podium.

"I thought it was overall a great start and a great team effort." Coach Gait on his assessment of SU's play in the opener.

"We like to try cool things and coach emphasizes us to try those." Spallina on the Orange's creativity offensively.

"They're all leaders on this team and they can all change the flow of the game... very proud of what they did."Gait on the 'Cuse junior class and its step up.

"I think he does everything well, I don't see a weakness in his game."Dwan III on his first time playing with transfer Michael Grace.

Thanks, OX. The quotes make it look like the old swagger of the lacrosse team is back!

 

[bjred]

Good game.

Starting defense didn't let up a goal in settled 6 on 6. Communication looked good, didn't feel like there was much, if any, ball watching going on. Granted it's not a higher caliber offense but the SSDMs held their own today. McCool looked good in net as did Ippoliti when he got his chance.

Clearing looked good after the reports that it wasn't so good in the scrimmage. Couple times they seemed to quickly recgonize that Jax was trying to set up a 10 man, and quickly moved the ball up the field. Maybe once they looked a little confused/deer in the headlights when attempting the clear.

Was a little surprised that Mullen struggled for a stretch in the first half but seemed to finally get into a groove. Didn't realize that Richiusa and Fine were still on the team, I honestly thought Richiusa had graduated.

The offense looked like what we thought. Team has a lot of weapons. Spallinas play at first reminded me of his freshman year, seemed to be forcing things before finally settling in. Hiltz not only looked slimmer but a step faster as well. Thomson two goals on two shots, hopefully a good sign. Deere with some great stick skills. Was surprised to see a third line used so early in the game. Does't seem like there's much of a drop switching between the first two lines, and maybe a little drop with the third probably only because the guys on the third line haven't seen the field much.

I know English has the motor but I'd probably dial back on where he's being used. Probably sub him off the man up unit, and maybe plug in McCarthy or Birtwistle. I don't mind him on the man down as it gives the "junkyard dogs" a guy who can clear which was something they seemed to struggle with last year.

Anderson is gonna be good once he gets adjusted to the D1 level. He made his goal look easy backing down the defender and casually shooting. Can see him swapping in at attack depending on how the opponent is defending.

Feels like the entire roster got to play today.

I don't see them struggling with Vermont this year so Towson might be the first real test, and on short rest as well.

 

[OrangeinBoston]

Great win to start the season. But, you have to wonder how much of an impact the Jacksonville goalie's injury had.

 

[cuselaxss26]

anyone know what happen to aiden kelly ? doesn’t seem be on roster anymore not sure if he decided to graduate or there were cuts or he just left .

 

[SUlax88-09]

Good game.

Starting defense didn't let up a goal in settled 6 on 6. Communication looked good, didn't feel like there was much, if any, ball watching going on. Granted it's not a higher caliber offense but the SSDMs held their own today. McCool looked good in net as did Ippoliti when he got his chance.

Great evaluation of the game. I agree with all of your points.

My first impressions of this year’s team:
Solid defense and solid goalie. Those are the two most important parts of any final four team. Unfortunately, we also had both of them last year, too, and then we still lost to Denver because our offense was inept and couldn’t dodge against a good defense. Unfortunately, this year’s offense looks similar to last year’s team, so we may have the same result (I understand we scored a bunch of goals today, but let’s see how many goals we can score against a good defense).

I still worry about our SSDMs besides Rice and that our attackmen cannot dodge (when going up against a good defense).

I would actually play Leo and Anderson on Attack because they will both be able to dodge and draw a slide (which triggers Gait’s passing attack) and I would put Hiltz on Attack as the finisher. Having all ‘finishers’ and no dodgers at Attack got exposed last year and it will again this year. Hiltz is just a better version of Spallina (both are good finishers that have good vision, but they cannot dodge), so having both of them out there will hurt us. There’s a reason why Spallina wasn’t even selected to the All ACC team last year, and that included 8 attackmen! He scores a lot of unassisted points against inferior opponents, but struggles against good defenders because of his lack of speed. I think our offense is best when we have 2 Attackmen that can dodge and draw a slide and then have 1 finisher (instead of again having 3 finishers).

I would put Finn back to Middie with Rhoa and Birtwistle. English will be too tired from face-offs and man-down to be relied upon to give us much on offense.

I would also stop the Junkyard Man-down team. Even if they prevent a man-down goal, then we’re at such a disadvantage when we’re at even strength because our best defenders aren’t on the field.

Hopefully the coaches get us ready and get our best players on the field because this is the year to try to grab a chip. Last year’s ND team was an all time great team and some other teams had a few all time great players, so we had no chance of winning it all last year. There will be more parity this year, so we could have a chance!