Game #28: 2/22/2020 @ 7PM vs New Hampshire

[UA1882]

9 hours ago, cwdickens said:

After a quick read of last few entries, I want to share my thoughts for the team's demise: lingering injuries, mental fatigue, youth and a lack of consistent starting five and supporting players during conference play.  Our recent loses are to teams with more experience and grit. I am concern a number of players no longer will see as an opportunity worth staying for and leave in search of better experience.

Outside of Healy (who already redshirted and would lose a year of eligibility) where are they going to go ? How many of these guys are going to find schools where they can play 20+ minutes a night. (And they need to sit out a year. ) 

Rizzuto- Nope , Desousa-Nope , Lulka-Nope, Hank-Nope, French-Nope, Anderson - already transferred and is a senior. Shafer -Nope. Hutchinson- getting 20+ minutes a game as a freshman and Brown likes him. Nope. 

They may leave but they are going D2. Our core will be jr's next year and the excuses go out the window. Big offseason. Recruiting this year will be huge. 

Edited February 24, 2020 by UA1882

[UA'08]

11 hours ago, cwdickens said:

After a quick read of last few entries, I want to share my thoughts for the team's demise: lingering injuries, mental fatigue, youth and a lack of consistent starting five and supporting players during conference play.  Our recent loses are to teams with more experience and grit. I am concern a number of players no longer will see as an opportunity worth staying for and leave in search of better experience.

Are we really going keep adding youth in there as an excuse? It’s basically 2 full seasons for that core,3 if you include the redshirts 

[dslyank]

The excuses are gone. This team has FAILED. Maybe they will grit it out and win a first round game, coming out of the 5 or 6 seed. But they have not shown me anything to really make me hopeful about doing that. I suppose you can make an excuse for injuries but this team is no longer young. Clack (god bless him) and others have pointed out the lack of player development. They are 100% correct. I do not have the expertise to say if this the fault of the coaches, bad recruiting or just players not developing mentally, physically, & athletically. But whatever the reason, something or someones (players & coaches) need to change next year. Keep doing the same things and you will keep getting the same things.

[cwdickens]

Everything is cynical.... The only thing we do not know is when we will be on the upside. 

[godanesgo99]

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[godanesgo99]

Right now, I am just happy that we played against Potsdam early in the season. We would lose to that team if the game was today.

Hopefully UML will snap the team out of the offensive funk.