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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4959754, member: 4819"] Random thoughts … Offense looked fantastic, it didn’t really matter who had the ball, who was passing and who was shooting. They kept making the extra pass and it paid off. Vermont is definitely a work in progress, I think a freshman was guarding Spallina and a lot of players were new. Still it was great to see the offense execute its game plan. -Mule was as advertised. Seemed to fit in perfectly with what the offense wanted to do. He just kept popping up in the right place and the ball was never in his stick for more than a few seconds. -Thought Stevens was great too. SU relied on him a lot early with faceoff wings, defense and offense. Two ridiculous finishes was a good way to introduce yourself to the Dome. -I know he didn’t produce a ton but Michael Leo looks like a different player. Bigger faster stronger. He just seemed to have a little more umph. I think teaming him up with English will give defenses a real hard time. -only player that looked a bit out of sorts was Hiltz, he seemed to be rushing things and went early for some high light reel plays that didn’t work out. Still finished with three points so if that’s a bad game, I’ll take it. -thought Spallina played within himself, only one or two times where I thought he pressed things. Definitely looks stronger than last year. -was impressed with Kohn, perhaps most of all with his ability after he picked up the ball. Looked like a regular midfielder out there and was very comfortable when he was being crowded. Having that in a fogo is so important. -Also impressed with Mullen, who does not look like a freshman physically. Given that the benches were emptied and only those two played, I’m guessing it’s them two only from here on out. Will need to be strategic about how they are deployed. -defense looked good to me. I thought Dwan was a revelation, a threat in transition, a mauler, physical freak. I don’t think we’ve had a defenseman like that since Tyson Bomberry. -Figuerias wasn’t tested much today. Thought he got beat a few times from far out but it never led to anything. -Kol impressed me, but still a long way to go. -defense last few years looked good easy on then played a top 20 team and the wheels fall off. So take it one game at a time. They held the same team (better version of it) to five goals last year. -shorties still make me nervous, but seemed like Rice and Jake Spallina did a good job of matching feet. -clears and penalties need to be nipped in the bud. I know it’s early but those things need to be fixed. The clears shouldn’t be happening when you practice inside a month before the season starts. -defense definitely looked more aggressive with a lot more stick checking. Have to think that’s a big change from Petro. All in all a good win and pretty much what we expected I think. Vermont is in rebuilding mode, but they are still a well coached team. It’s good to see Syracuse take care of business. Colgate should offer a much stiffer test. [/QUOTE]

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