Notre Dame Lacrosse Open thread

[laughingirish92]

10-7 now Maryland in 4th, the terps are going to be really hard for anybody to beat with this defense that they have this season

 

[NDVirginia19]

Absolutely insane save with the goalie's foot by Maryland to stop the Irish Comeback with 20 seconds left. Irish 10, Maryland 11.

 

[IrishLax]

10-9 about to even it up and then Busenkell force feeds the crease for no reason man up and Maryland scores man down. The story of this game and the last three quarters of the Georgetown game are bad shooting and unforced turnovers. Need to find a way to get production from the third attack because that’s what’s killing them right now and McLane was 100x more productive as a midfielder.

The offense lacks identity but the important thing is to be playing best lacrosse at the end of the season. They are a work in progress.

 

[NDVirginia19]

10-9 about to even it up and then Busenkell force feeds the crease for no reason man up and Maryland scores man down. The story of this game and the last three quarters of the Georgetown game are bad shooting and unforced turnovers. Need to find a way to get production from the third attack because that’s what’s killing them right now and McLane was 100x more productive as a midfielder.

The offense lacks identity but the important thing is to be playing best lacrosse at the end of the season. They are a work in progress.

Agreed. The raw material is definitely there to be great but probably not as great as last year. Could still be enough for the three peat

 

[stpeteirish]

Hard to understand how we lost looking at the box score. FO ND 18 of 24. GB ND 37-18 Shots ND 43 UM 29. ND won all 13 faceoffs in the first and 4th periods but only outscored them 7-5.

 

[Steds83]

Turnovers, substitution issues, breakdowns in transition defense…all killer.

If you want to argue for silver linings, we played that poorly in so many facets and lost by 1 to the number 2 team who had an *insanely* hot goalie today.

Gotta figure out what to do with that third attack spot (wouldn’t hate giving Mclane another game or two to see if it clicks). Came away pretty intrigued by Matt Jeffrey- none of his shots fell but he can zip it as well as anybody out there. Hopefully the issues we saw today can get worked on and cleaned up against a worse slate of opponents.

 

[stpeteirish]

Turnovers, substitution issues, breakdowns in transition defense…all killer.

If you want to argue for silver linings, we played that poorly in so many facets and lost by 1 to the number 2 team who had an *insanely* hot goalie today.

Gotta figure out what to do with that third attack spot (wouldn’t hate giving Mclane another game or two to see if it clicks). Came away pretty intrigued by Matt Jeffrey- none of his shots fell but he can zip it as well as anybody out there. Hopefully the issues we saw today can get worked on and cleaned up against a worse slate of opponents.

If the ratings are correct Maryland is the best team we'll face this year. But I'm not ready to discount Syracuse, Virginia and Duke yet, they are talented and just as likely to improve as the season goes on as we are. Not any easy games left, so we can't afford to lose too many (remember what happened three years ago).
Broadcasters sung praises of our midfield depth but second midfield did nothing. Faison didn't start but he appeared to be playing with the first midfield group. Did the bench Pokorny? Seemed like McLane, Busenkell, Angrick and Faison all were out their together

 

[T-Boone]

Can we get the WRs more involved?

 

[irishandy]

I didn't see the first half, but I thought Maryland owned the 2nd half. Maryland's defense seemed to frustrate our offense especially close by their goalie. Kavanagh had a nice game and I'd like to see Faison on the field more.

 

[IrishLax]

I would go Faison/McLane/Jeffrey for 1st line and rotate various guys at the third attack spot to see what clicks. Thats probably how you get to your best 6 by the end of the year.

 

[irishrb]

I would go Faison/McLane/Jeffrey for 1st line and rotate various guys at the third attack spot to see what clicks. Thats probably how you get to your best 6 by the end of the year.

100% agree. Utilize the athleticism/dodging ability of Faison/Jeffrey and get McLane back to the level he ended at last year. I was almost hoping they would give Ricciardelli some time back there today to see how he might mesh with their regular unit. Hopefully Pork or Behrman step up!

 

[NDMJ1984]

I didn't see the first half, but I thought Maryland owned the 2nd half. Maryland's defense seemed to frustrate our offense especially close by their goalie. Kavanagh had a nice game and I'd like to see Faison on the field more.

This is what I saw as well. The offense seems to really miss Dobson/an outside hammer who forces the defense to stretch and creates room around the crease and GLE. Not sure they have that on the roster right now and I think teams (particularly ones with good goalies) are starting to see this in-game and condense the defense around the crease, hence the offense slowing down in the second half the last two weeks.

 

[Irishdawg]

Live on ACCNetwork-ESPN against the Buckeyes. Up 3-2 end of the 1st

 

[Steds83]

We’ll see if they clean it up but our SSDMs are letting everybody blow by them…not a great look.

 

[IrishLax]

Ohio State has 3x goals with 3 second or less on the shot clock. Continuously taking 80 second possessions and strangling ND like a boa constrictor.

 

[laughingirish92]

Ohio State has 3x goals with 3 second or less on the shot clock. Continuously taking 80 second possessions and strangling ND like a boa constrictor.

like the announcers have said it is looking like the Georgetown game from last season

 

[IrishGlory]

I’ve noticed the same thing. Letting them score with seconds left on shot clock is so frustrating.

 

[NDVirginia19]

What a string of possessions for the offense!

 

[IrishGlory]

That dude just walked by Porell and wound it up.

 

[IrishLax]

Not holding for the last shot was a truly insane decision… that decision to force feed to nowhere from Jeffrey was an even worse decision though legit crazy

 

[IrishTusker]

Still early, but a long way to go. Definitely not clicking yet

 

[IrishLax]

ND is playing games right now like they have a super efficient offense and massive talent edge and can just “yolo” to victory… ride sucks, attack makes no sense, middies make terrible decisions. They are ending up in “grinder” games and coming out on the wrong side of the ledger primarily because of mental mistakes.

 

[IrishTusker]

ND is playing games right now like they have a super efficient offense and massive talent edge and can just “yolo” to victory… ride sucks, attack makes no sense, middies make terrible decisions. They are ending up in “grinder” games and coming out on the wrong side of the ledger primarily because of mental mistakes.

I saw Nick Ossello give an interview where he said Corrigan basically freed up the players more on offense the past few years compared to the teams Ossello played on. Maybe the freer approach isn't working right now?

 

[stpeteirish]

I saw Nick Ossello give an interview where he said Corrigan basically freed up the players more on offense the past few years compared to the teams Ossello played on. Maybe the freer approach isn't working right now?

No we look like the teams from before the last two years

 

[IrishLax]

I saw Nick Ossello give an interview where he said Corrigan basically freed up the players more on offense the past few years compared to the teams Ossello played on. Maybe the freer approach isn't working right now?

I think the attack has one assist total in the past two games. The issue is that they have true offball guy in Taylor, a dodge-to-score player in Kav, and then they are plying McLane … who is a third righty and mostly an offball guy as well… as their last attack. The offense has no QB and no balance due to the lack of a “Dobson” style lefty.

They need to move McLane back to midfield with Faison and play a dodge-to-feed guy at attack. Start there then figure out the rest.

 

[stpeteirish]

Our highly touted freshmen who have cracked the lineup (Jeffrey and Pokorny) have been pretty bad so far. Maybe we go with guys who’ve been in the system longer it might cut down on the dumb mistakes.
There’s been a lot of dumb mistakes. Coaches need to address this

 

[irishrb]

Definitely a tough start to the year. I didn't think they would miss QB Pat as much as they do, but they definitely are. I also didn't notice Alacqua, or Buchner at SSDM today? They ran Angrick at times, which is just asking too much, and #44 and #72 just looked outmatched.
The ACC has already lost a handful of out of conference games. ND might not have a lot of room for error now.

 

[stpeteirish]

Definitely a tough start to the year. I didn't think they would miss QB Pat as much as they do, but they definitely are. I also didn't notice Alacqua, or Buchner at SSDM today? They ran Angrick at times, which is just asking too much, and #44 and #72 just looked outmatched.
The ACC has already lost a handful of out of conference games. ND might not have a lot of room for error now.

Good observation We had to use a makeshift rotation at SSDM and it really cost us. Seemed like almost all their goals were on matchups vs SSDM rather than the long poles. We’re not as deep as we thought.

 

[NDWarrior]

Damn! I thought this was the one sport where ND would own The Buck-NUTS

 

[Crazy Balki]

Man, this has been a ROUGH 2 weeks for ND athletics.

Lax has lost 2 in a row.

Women's hoops have really fallen off and lost in the 2nd round of the conference tournament, and have lost 3 of the last 5 games.

Men's hoops are...yeah.

Baseball got absolutely curbstomped this weekend by Wake Forest and Stiffler is likely a dead man walking if they continue to be this abysmal in conference play.

Just nothing to be excited about.