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Message: [QUOTE="illestcuse, post: 4253523, member: 6621"] I thought that that Florida game was going to be the final nail in the coffin for me in regards to this program— but I think this game was just that. At least until further notice… when Kayla is able to get recruits in here that actually play to win/play to their potential. I feel bad for Kayla because I know (and can clearly see) how hard she is working to correct these girls/clean up their bad habits only for them to go out and play like that. A slap in the face IMO. The amount of anxiety and stress that I get from watching them play is just not worth it. I cannot and will not from here on out for my sanity. The rest of the season is what it is at this point. If they win a game or two in the tourney, great. But I have full faith that they are going to do a lot of what I have seen them do in these big games for the past 11 years I've been watching. Not show up/play to their potential/play to win/play a full 60 mins/endless fouls after fouls/yellow cards after yellow cards/no discipline/the list can go on and on. In regards to next year— I think it’s obvious that we need to bring in a reliable goalie, possibly even two. I don’t care if we have to poach another team’s starting goalie.. we need one and we need it here fast. Really wish we went after Kennedy Schottland in the ’22 class out of Victor. Right in our own backyard. That was a huge miss and mistake on Gary’s part. She’s already signed to Villanova, so Jill Batcheller has landed herself a pretty good goalie. Defensively this team is a mess, in complete shambles, the lot… especially when they are in that zone defense. It’s actually painful to watch. How #31 is still out there is beyond me at this point. Constantly getting beat 1v1, helping when she doesn’t need to help— leaving people wide open, or standing around in the 8— getting 3 seconds and causing FPS which leads to goals. We need to be bringing in some serious talent from the portal defensively. Bringing in defensive help needs to be the biggest priority when the season is over. Period. As for the offense, we’re poised to be pretty good again next year. Thats IF this team can stay healthy and not have important players get sidelined due to season-ending injuries for the third year in a row. This is still wild to me. I have never seen a team be plagued with this many injuries to star players/important pieces to the puzzle. I'm fully convinced that this team needs a curse lifted. With the amount of bad luck this team has had regarding injuries the past two years— it’s the only explanation that makes sense to me lol. So, I don’t think it would hurt to bring in a few offensive players from the portal here as well. I’m not trusting that we won’t be plagued with injuries again next year, so as much depth we can get, the better. Really like the ’22 recruit we have coming in Meghan Rode from Garden City. She was gearing up to have a monster season and probably would have went on to win states— but you’ll never guess what happened! Went down with some kind of weird injury in her first game against Ward Melville. I don’t know if it was a season ending injury, but it was an injury nonetheless thats prevented her from playing since. I think we should redshirt her next year and save her for when 1) she’s completely healed and 2) both Meg’s leave (assuming they come back for a fifth year, which I think they will). Random tidbit— I was watching the Yale vs Uconn game the other day and I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but I came away really impressed with Uconn. Where did they come from? #13 in the polls rn? I remember when they were one of the worst teams in the Big East and a team you threw on the schedule for an easy win. But boy do they play a fun brand of lacrosse now— and have some ballers on the offense that I think would crush it in the ACC, and Syracuse in particular. Lia Laprise being one. A senior, but (I think) has another year eligible due to the COVID shortened season. She is a Connecticut homer, so I don’t know if she would make the move, but wouldn’t hurt to pull out the stops to get her to transfer here. She is the complete package.. a wizard around the crease, can shoot, can dish, pick up ground balls, and all out hustler. There’s no limit to her game IMO— she can play both middie or attack. Also watching that UConn vs Yale game, I learned of a former Section 3 player who I had never heard of before and came away VERY impressed with her game. Grace Coon out of Marcellus. Ended the game with 7 goals against a solid Yale team. 7!! Also a senior, but I think has a year of eligibility due to the COVID season. Don’t have any inside info, but if the staff is interested and reached out, I think she would make the move and come back home. I WANT these two in Syracuse uniforms, I NEED these two in Syracuse uniforms. Kayla HAS to make this happen lol. Anyway, its been real y’all. Illest out. [ATTACH type="full" width="281px" alt="peace-out-disappear.gif"]216941[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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