Petro was a good hire and is a good coach. Gait be lost without .Overly intense and demanding but he bleeds for his players and his instruction has helped individuals. Can deny but there were bouts on progress seen. He is going nowhere unless the right HC opportunity presents itself. Expect Gait after a year delegating to become more immersed with offense, how that impacts March unknown.
I agree with your comments about the "synergies" between defense and goalie. We haven't seen that spark of confidence and take charge authority in the goalies this year that we saw with Porter and Molloy. Unless you are a psychologist, I don't think you can describe Drake as depressed in tough games last year - less confident, head on swivel would be better IMO. I feel bad for the current goalies as they didn't get a solid season under their belts before dealing with the chaos of this season. How good they could be we just don't know as we aren't there at practices. They have had to deal with Gait's constant switching and obvious lack of confidence in them, something which Desko never did. After a season like this, both Gavin and Thompson may not be able to "recover" mentally and a new goalie (McCool or transfer) will be the only options.
Just my own opinion. It would be logical if Gait wasn't happy with coaches and wants to hit the ground running in the new Spallina era. Injuries have been brutal this year no question but the inconsistencies and sloppiness are on the coaches IMO.
I will never see how Petro was an upgrade when his own program he had built for 20 years was in worse shape then SU on all levels.He is a capable coach and he does care yet he will be gone at the first head coaching job that fits his criteria Leland Rogers turned the SU defense around in his first season in 2008 from a punch line in a joke in 2007 to winning the National Championship granted they had major attitude upgrades in goal with Galloway added Sid Smith and helped develop one of the greatest LSM’s in the history of the game in Joel White. Where is this years player development?
On top of that it looks like Olexo was literally an inch away from checking Grays stick during the follow through of the final jump shot. Never good to lose, but I’m glad these Cornell and UNC games haven’t been crucial for playoff contention because then we really would be pulling our hair out.
March maybe, but I can't see Petro going anywhere, especially since GG has been blaming the lack of talent all season.
My Desko argument is more with a team that makes this effort and keeps it close, I felt like his teams found a way to win these types of games. He seemed to call the right timeouts and set up the right plays on offense. I think about those cardiac Cuse teams. when it happens a ton of times it is not a fluke.
But to say the points are mute are unfair in my opinion. You raise some excellent points. Please don't misunderstand my comments, I was referencing last season's lackuster performance only. I have been a big Desko supporter and have worked closely with him getting his recruits into my academic programs. I respect all he has done for this program. I'm just disappointed he couldn't have gone out on top. I will miss him.My Desko argument is more with a team that makes this effort and keeps it close, I felt like his teams found a way to win these types of games. He seemed to call the right timeouts and set up the right plays on offense. I think about those cardiac Cuse teams. when it happens a ton of times it is not a fluke.
Sure there were blowouts and he likely needed to retire. his recruiting fell off and the staff lost whatever magic they had especially on defense. Last year was a train wreck off the field and it spilled onto it.
My Desko thoughts are reactionary during a game thread. As I tend to block out the bad memories in those moments
