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[QUOTE="JDOrange, post: 4581720, member: 1807"]
Tough going from watching the MD defense put on an absolute clinic today against Princeton to watching the SU defense. Granted they have 2 AA close defenders, an AA LSM and now a D1 starting safety playing SSDM for them. But schematically they’re fantastic too, and have been for at least a decade.

The bad chaos of last year’s D is back these last two games and I don’t think either opponent’s offense would be considered great this year. Biggest thing to me is the unit having a lot of trouble evaluating the on-ball defense and that results in unnecessary slides and conversely no slide when one is needed. I also thought the D struggled clearing against the UNC pressure ride and didn’t seem particularly prepared for it despite UNC being known for that. Often times didn’t seem like there was urgency in getting the ball out and up field after a save or turnover and allowed UNC to set up their ride.

You can see the offensive talent is there but needs to be more consistent 6v6. Both Cook and Kirst stood out as making great plays followed up by poor decisions At bad times.

Good to see Richiusa and wings improve in the second half but the first was rough. That group needs to improve and be more consistent.

I keep reminding myself that this was always going to be an up and down year with the youth movement, but this one felt like a winnable game that got out of control. Not scoring on the 2 min unreleasable was the back breaker. Talent needs to match up with execution and the D needs to figure things out in a hurry. We’ll see.
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