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RE: OT: Nth annual Houston Lacrosse Party on Memorial Day for NCAA final
(05-27-2013 08:04 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  
(05-26-2013 09:28 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  Well, it's Syracuse v Duke tomorrow for all the marbles. Faceoff at 12:00 noon central on ESPn; the Greater Houston Lacrosse Party starts at 11:30 at Buffalo Wild Wings in Midtown.

Come join us tomorrow at BWW in Midtown!

The RSVP count is at an all-time high. Should be fun!

What a terrible game. Syracuse was embarrassed. I guess the rumblings from the beginning of the season will start again for Desko's job. 3 years no one at the X. Desko can't get anyone at the X and refuses to recruit west of West Genesse. Had the Thompson twins in his backyard and did not recruit them even though their brother played for Desko a few years ago. If you don't have the ball it is hard to score. Duke had a stretch of 5 goals where Syracuse did not touch the ball. pathetic! Get rid of Desko and move Gait over from the women.

They should not have beaten Bryant in the first round going 1 for 24 against Kevin Massa at the X

They really shouldn't have beaten Denver ....Were pretty much dominated by the Pioneers...but Denver turned the ball over 17 times.
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05-27-2013 04:32 PM
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RE: OT: Nth annual Houston Lacrosse Party on Memorial Day for NCAA final
(05-27-2013 04:32 PM)splinters Wrote:  3 years no one at the X.
Desko can't get anyone at the X ...
... going 1 for 24 against Kevin Massa at the X

What's "the X"?
05-27-2013 07:13 PM
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RE: OT: Nth annual Houston Lacrosse Party on Memorial Day for NCAA final
(05-27-2013 07:13 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  
(05-27-2013 04:32 PM)splinters Wrote:  3 years no one at the X.
Desko can't get anyone at the X ...
... going 1 for 24 against Kevin Massa at the X

What's "the X"?

The faceoff player
05-27-2013 07:49 PM
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RE: OT: Nth annual Houston Lacrosse Party on Memorial Day for NCAA final
(05-27-2013 07:49 PM)splinters Wrote:  
(05-27-2013 07:13 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  What's "the X"?

The faceoff player

The faceoff spot, in the center of the field, used to be marked with an "X". That rule changed at least 10 years ago, but old terms die hard, and in fact the X still appears in reference diagrams found in web sites, game programs, instruction books and so on.

To add to the confusion, many coaches and players also refer the point just behind the goal crease as "X" (see, e.g., second paragraph of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse_strategy ). Tactically, it's an important spot from which plays are often initiated. But why people started calling it X when there was already an actual X on the field in a completely different location never made sense. I mean, they could have called it "Z" (which has a good pedigree as a reference or initiation point -- it has been aviation shorthand for Greenwich Mean Time for half a century or more), or "alpha", or just about anything other than "X".

Lacrosse also overuses the word "box": it can refer to the attack area surrounding the goal; or the part of the sideline through which substitutes enter and leave the field; or a defensive formation (as in the "box-and-one" man-down defense). People could use distinct terms for each of these (e.g. the "attack box", the "gate" [which is what it's called in international lacrosse], and "square-and-one" or something like that), but they don't.

Lacrosse has many, many things about it which are appealing, but linguistic rigor is definitely not one of them.

Anyway, the point that Syracuse has not done well at face-offs is well-taken.
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RE: OT: Nth annual Houston Lacrosse Party on Memorial Day for NCAA final
Of course, Syracuse struggled in part due to loss of faceoff wins. Duke has one of the best faceoff players in the country in Brendan Fowler:

http://www.laxmagazine.com/college_men/D...um_swinger

In today's game against Syracuse, Fowler won 20 of 28 faceoffs (14 of 15 in the 2nd half)

I think he set an NCAA record this year with faceoff wins (?)
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RE: OT: Nth annual Houston Lacrosse Party on Memorial Day for NCAA final
I hope you don't mind a coog nudging in to a LAX convo. I've coached 5-6th grade LAX two years now in Friendswood and loved every minute.

Syracuse did not belong in the final and what you say about Desko is almost all correct, but he has opened up his recruiting target area. One example is he has commitments from two players from..GASP...Texas!.... including a sophomore from ESD that is the best HS Lax player I've seen.

The Houston area has a lot of catching up to do to reach Dallas, but the Woodlands does a great job.

I'm just happy to see LAX blowing up. I've really taken a liking to it.
05-28-2013 11:58 AM
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