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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4625623, member: 4819"] A little surprised March is catching heat this season. The offense, despite having limited possessions due to the fogos, and starting three freshmen (with one more on the second line) is still putting up a lot of points. Dare I say, minus the Hopkins game (ironic), they probably would have won each game this season if they had won the faceoff battle. They put up 12 against a good Notre Dame defense early in the fourth quarter and then didn’t see the ball the rest of the game. Not sure how you can find much fault with what March has done this year. As for the portal and fogos as it relates to last year, I think Richusa was a Irelan guy. I have to imagine he sold the staff on him. They probably should have worked harder to get someone else but not sure who else was available besides Zusi last year. Neuman at Rutgers? The kid from UNC who went to Penn State (he’s below 50%). Cant create fogos out of thin air. It really stinks they couldn’t have landed Tommy Burke for next year. I’m really not sure about Gait or Petro. I’m not sure what Gait does. It feels like in this modern game you need someone that’s going to be much more involved in the pace of the game. Arguing with refs, taking over plays, talking to players. Just don’t see Gait doing a lot of those things. From an outsider he looks like a figurehead right now. We need more than his name brand. We need a guy to call timeouts. Draw up plays. Right now it seems all he does is delegate. Petro I feel more conflicted about. I don’t think he has a ton of talent on that side of the ball. Other ACC teams have four or five star players on their bench. Is there one Syracuse defenseman any other ACC team would take on their team right now? Outside of Mark and Olexo the answer would be no. What’s concerning is the same things that dogged him at Hopkins seems to have followed him here. Our shorties are too small and slow for this level of lacrosse. Do the coaches realize this? This might be the lowest performing group of ssdms I can remember playing for SU to be honest. And that’s saying something. It’s obvious he’s invested. It’s obvious he’s passionate. It seems like he and March do most of the recruiting. If Petro were to leave I feel like SU would be losing a piece of their head coach. I think it says a lot that I’d feel like SU would be on steadier ground if Gait left and Petro stayed as opposed to vice versa. He got gruff at Hopkins for being too loyal to veteran players. Is he doing the same at SU? It is concerning that Hopkins has been able to turn things around (and best SU twice) and SU is still spinning its wheels. In a way I’ve been pleasantly surprised in the way SU has played this year. I think that’s what made the results that much more frustrating. [/QUOTE]

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