Maryland Gameday...

[JeremyCuse]

Oh yeah, scrap the specialty man down unit, FFS.

Top teams are going to moderately probe on :30s and take their chances 6v6 with a group of mostly backups.

Ya that has to goz isn't working at all

 

[OttosDad]

Heartbroken. Sick of the rule changes. Sick of not knowing what’s going on. Sick of marylands stall ball. Sick of Gait not being in the refs ear.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Heartbroken. Sick of the rule changes. Sick of not knowing what’s going on. Sick of marylands stall ball. Sick of Gait not being in the refs ear.

I agree with your last sentence.

I’d like to see more piss & vinegar out of Gary once in awhile.

Seeing him yucking it up with one of the refs during that review didn’t sit well with me.

 

[ClvrUsrnm]

That was a tremendous college lacrosse game.

Certainly strengthens my feeling that we’re “back” and makes me more excited for the rest of the season.

Cuse would’ve won by 5 if it hadn’t repeatedly shot itself in the foot with penalties, turnovers and terrible shot placement in the first half. They clean that up and add more physical play from the SSDMs (besides Rice who has been fantastic) then your assessment will be correct.

 

[JeremyCuse]

A loss isn't the end of the world but now makes Army a must win. Can't afford to go 1-2 over this 3 game stretch

 

[bjred]

Can't blame the refs when you don't show up at the opening whistle ready to play. They play that first quarter like they did the rest of the game and it's a win.

The offense had 4 minutes of unreleasable penalty time to work with and only got a couple of shots and one goal. Thomson needs to be bumped, he has shown nothing to start this year. Would rather have Birtwistle take his spot and then put Kellogg or Hottle on the second. Would have liked Mule to assert himself a little more as a quarterback with Zap all over Spallina. Heck should have let Maryland shut off Spallina and played 5 on 5 like teams used to do to Teat. More space to dodge with for Rhoa and Leo.

And that was just bad defense at the end attempting a ride. Should have just backed in to prevent a transition goal. They had been doing well 6 on 6.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Why didn't Gait call timeout after the official review to set up the defense? Seems like the players were out there on their own. Tillman would have called one if he were on D.

 

[bjred]

Why didn't Gait call timeout after the official review to set up the defense? Seems like the players were out there on their own. Tillman would have called one if he were on D.

He didn't have any timeouts left, had already used his one OT timeout

 

[cuselaxss26]

i give credit to dc oderna for starting cacameo inside of kol that really helped. When cacameo went out for bit n kol came in even then dude still let his guy roman around freely playing way off him. kol should not touch field vs top teams.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Why didn't Gait call timeout after the official review to set up the defense? Seems like the players were out there on their own. Tillman would have called one if he were on D.

Good question.

I don’t think an official review is treated as a dead b-ball situation that allows the non-possessing team to take a TO.

I could be wrong…

ETA - bjred with the obvious correct answer to your question

 

[JeremyCuse]

Can't blame the refs when you don't show up at the opening whistle ready to play. They play that first quarter like they did the rest of the game and it's a win.

The offense had 4 minutes of unreleasable penalty time to work with and only got a couple of shots and one goal. Thomson needs to be bumped, he has shown nothing to start this year. Would rather have Birtwistle take his spot and then put Kellogg or Hottle on the second. Would have liked Mule to assert himself a little more as a quarterback with Zap all over Spallina. Heck should have let Maryland shut off Spallina and played 5 on 5 like teams used to do to Teat. More space to dodge with for Rhoa and Leo.

And that was just bad defense at the end attempting a ride. Should have just backed in to prevent a transition goal. They had been doing well 6 on 6.

You pretty much nailed it.

 

[N.Y. Orangeman]

That ride was an absolute mess.

 

[SULAXAHOLIC]

Thomson showed a lot actually you have to watch the pick game to see where he is shining(see Spallina’s goal)He is currently in the biggest shooting slump of his life but is far to talented for it to last forever. I will agree some of his shot selection was lacking a lot today but he was definitely not alone in that

 

[cuselaxss26]

as said think english had the chance to end it had great look close range n went low but wide right before timeout. He needs to bury that shot n it’s game over we win.

 

[cuselaxss26]

spallina goal off pick was birt not thompson

 

[OttosDad]

Thomson showed a lot actually you have to watch the pick game to see where he is shining(see Spallina’s goal)He is currently in the biggest shooting slump of his life but is far to talented for it to last forever. I will agree some of his shot selection was lacking a lot today but he was definitely not alone in that

He’s shooting sub 10%. Unfortunately that doesn’t cut it at a place like this. There is talent behind him. Can’t continue to run him if he isn’t producing

 

[MadNY3]

Why didn't Gait call timeout after the official review to set up the defense? Seems like the players were out there on their own. Tillman would have called one if he were on D.

The review should have served as the TO as they used their one OT TO to set up the Leo dive.

 

[cuselaxss26]

i also think could of use mullin little bit more as he was battling weirdman also few times he went in. Should use both yes kohn more but both tire weirdman out. Also kohn didn’t jump early faceoff to start overtime

 

[N.Y. Orangeman]

Why didn't Gait call timeout after the official review to set up the defense? Seems like the players were out there on their own. Tillman would have called one if he were on D.

The structure of that made no sense whatsoever

 

[Cuse All-In]

To sum it up, offense was sloppy, Mark was mediocre. If either had been sharper, we would have won.
Spallina can rack up points against the weaker teams but isn't dominant against the best teams, at least not yet.

 

[SkyTopBus44]

Gait will get there with the timeout and clock management. Desko was pretty good in close games but had more experience. I always thought he and Donahue had good set plays off timeouts and called them at the right moments.

 

[SkyTopBus44]

To sum it up, offense was sloppy, Mark was mediocre. If either had been sharper, we would have won.
Spallina can rack up points against the weaker teams but isn't dominant against the best teams, at least not yet.

Mark got better as game continued

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[RF2044]

Again bad call or not you can't just implode 10 seconds after the restart

Great. But the game should have been over. So..