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Message: [QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5369988, member: 6798"] Not sure it is so clear between Milliman and Gait. Hackler, Chauvette, Kilrain, English, Scott Smith, Collison, Staudt...the list of well regarded players at Hop, both currently and how they were rated as recruits, is not too different from the list at Cuse. I do not think it is so obvious that Milliman is doing more with less. Cuse has the 2022 recruiting class, but outside of that has felt the effects of minimal high end talent recruited in the 2020, 21, 23, and 24 classes. Aside from 2022, our recruiting ratings have been similar to Hop. Getting to the quarters last year felt like a missed opportunity for us with the transfers we brought in, but many Hop fans felt the same way falling short with all the senior talent they had. Not excusing Gait's in game coaching, as we have talked to death about his coaching shortcomings recently, but it is still not a bench filled to the brim with 5 star players. Replacing our losses from last season with our own depth, even though we had less losses than a lot of teams, has not looked successful to start the season. 2nd line mids, LSMs, 2nd fogo, new ssdms, 3rd close defender, and goalie have all looked shaky at times. It reflects our recruiting being a tier below the other ACC teams, same tier as a team like Hop. I think Cuse can win if we perform consistently in the area you could argue we have the superior talent on paper, which is offense. I worry that a defense that gave up 15 to Harvard on nearly 50% efficiency is going to give up a lot to Hop too. But Hop has some ssdm issues themselves and like to support those matchups with quick slides, if Cuse can victimize that consistently I think they win in a high scoring game. [/QUOTE]

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