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Post by sumlaxdad on Feb 21, 2011 9:46:12 GMT -5
Great start for ND and for O'Connor.
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Post by rit37fo on Feb 21, 2011 13:18:13 GMT -5
Did it look like guys were leaning over(I mean almost falling over) on the set call to anyone else? '
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Post by faceofflax15 on Feb 21, 2011 13:52:28 GMT -5
Yes they were.. and it appeared they were going early. Good job liam oconnor though
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Post by PinchnPop on Feb 21, 2011 21:26:45 GMT -5
It's only been one game and Duke is not known for it's faceoff guys. Anyways, credit to him for doing well at such an early stage of his career. If he's having this much success, this early, watch out for Drew Kennedy at Hopkins next year and Ian Gordon at Loyola next year. Kennedy went around 70% against Liam last spring and a couple summers ago Gordon went like 17/20 against O'connor in the Under Armour games.
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Post by sumlaxdad on Feb 21, 2011 23:04:27 GMT -5
Kennedy from Malvern Prep?
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Post by fogodad18 on Feb 23, 2011 13:02:16 GMT -5
Drew Kennedy is from Malvern Prep.
Also, Payton was 57% at Duke last year. Not bad.
pinch/pop-while I can't argue with what you saw when Liam went against Drew or Ian, I have seen personally the difference in college face off play vs summer or high school. The wings are much more important and involved in face off wins. Many lsm's and d mids on wings are the one of the fastest players on the team and great athletes.
That wing play makes it hard to say what you saw with be repeated at the college level. One example I have is Matt Dolente (also from Malvern Prep). In high school he killed and even dominated at the U19 World's. In college, he has around 50% for his career. I will argue Hopkins (I know this sounds crazy) has not had the wing play during his career to help him or anyone be dominate at the X.
4 years ago, many people would have said he was a no brainer for transitioning into a top college FOGO.
Hopefully, Drew is dominant and i too believe Ian will be also. I just think we need to give them time to adjust.
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Post by sumlaxdad on Feb 23, 2011 14:39:09 GMT -5
Do face-off guys make good wingmen if they are fast and great scrappers for loose balls? Certainly would help in coordination/communication.
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Post by runshoot on Mar 3, 2011 10:44:43 GMT -5
Alex Daly went about 80-85% against O'connor and about 70-80% against Kennedy. it will be good to if Daly can do well with Army Black Kights next year
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Post by No way on Mar 3, 2011 20:29:09 GMT -5
Sorry, without a link or some other proof, I'll respectfully throw the BS flag on those stats. Got the better of them? Maybe. Those gaudy percentages? Don't buy it.
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Post by clutchfoff21 on Mar 4, 2011 20:03:19 GMT -5
Yeah Daly was very good, but I want to see some proof of this
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Post by fplax27 on Jun 20, 2011 23:06:03 GMT -5
I think gordon will do good in college...or maybe its just me because he has the quickest hands ive ever seen.
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