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[QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5087985, member: 6798"]
Mentioned this a little while back, but I think a big part of the issue was that Stevens had serious issues with his outside shot. He was relatively reliable on the crease, but would often be way off on his outside shot, or not make the goalie work at all. Stevens played almost exclusively on the crease on Princeton's man up but we had him usually at the top of ours. There are usually rotations but that was overall where he spent the most time. Simmons played towards the top of ours and was waaay more reliable as an outside (and inside) shooter.

When we switched Stevens for Kellogg I thought it was fine that we were giving them some time to gel, but when things continued to look worse than last year, I wish we experimented with Kellogg or someone else again. Having a massive outside shot threat out there can control the movements of the defense. Even something like Deere on one of the left side spots with Hiltz up top could be worth trying so teams would have to respect his shot from outside. Stevens did a lot of great things for us so it feels weird calling him out, but his shot was a serious problem all year.
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