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Anonymous
I am hoping the Indy fans are at home practicing grammar as those haters obviously have not. |
Anonymous
Will watch the reply today and get back to you. |
Anonymous
| Riverside is and has always been the favorite in 5A this year. Briar is #2 and Indy #3. Hasn't changed for the past 4 years. |
Anonymous
No one thought that except for the Indy parents. |
Anonymous
Will watch the replay and weigh in later. Indy was never the team to beat in 5a, they have not topped Riverside or ever come close until they do and Briar (consistently) they are 2nd/3rd excluding Richmond teams. I don't know where everyone got the idea that they are the top team beyond the hype machine there. While the 26 (and 27) class has a ton of good players at Indy the 25 class is better. Indy made the jump to respectable when the 25s came in. All the skill more discipline less ego and flash. I don't recall anyone ever saying the coach was awesome. The reviews before and after he was hired were exactly the opposite. |
Anonymous
I know every year people say Riverside is done and obviously this year it looks like they are most definitely not done. I do believe there will be a big drop-off next year though. Again, I know every year there are skeptics but I think Indy and Briar are one year away from competing/beating Riverside. I also think Indy is doing no favors not scheduling tougher opponents, these young players need to be tested before they play a veteran team like Riverside. The schedule does them no favors. |
Anonymous
Why do you say that? Do you realize that Riversides JV is undeafted? They also return their entire defense, every player. Also, I think, I might be wrong, but #2, #24, #19, #23 and others are all Sophomores.... Where does Indy and Briar make up 14 goals? |
Anonymous
| Looking like five straight for Riverside without much of a challenge. |
Anonymous
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I spend most of my time on the 6A thread but the Indy hype train made me watch last night. The recap is pretty straight forward. The sun was a factor for goalies in the first half with 1 for Indy scoring on a broken play and 7 and 88 scoring on shots the goalie couldn't see, Riverside answered after each goal and went a head by 1 after a man up goal for 25. Riverside returned the favor in the second quarter with what turned into a 16 or 17 to 1 run. Indy scored 2 garbage time goals while Riversides depth kept their foot on the gas.
A couple takeaways. Indy plays hard and has a few very good young players but at the end of the day they are just too young to compete with the big dogs. 88 is a very good player who would contribute on any team in the area. I was most impressed with 43 the LSM taking faceoffs for Indy (Freshman/Sophmore?). He dominated Riverside's D1 FOGO for most of the 1st half. This does seem to be a trend though anytime he plays against a non-fogo. 11 and 22 are both solid players that would likely find playing time on most top end teams. They rest of this team would be great JV players or average depth guys on top end teams. The result isn't a huge surprise. I watched this team scrimmage Langley at the beginning of the year and it was the same story, they played hard and were well coached but could not compete physically. I would imagine if they played any above average 6A offensive teams (Robo Madison Langley Yorktown) right now it would be the same story, 10+ goal spread. I think they would be competitive with the 6A defensive minded teams like McLean and Battlefield losing by 3-4. Indy seems like 5A's version of Woodson. Riverside on the other hand looks like a well oiled machine since the Freedom loss. 2 was very impressive last night, continuing the legacy of dominate attackmen there. 25 is a very dangerous secondary threat. 24 was impressive through the midfield doing a majority of the clearing and creating transition. The heart and soul of this team however is their defense and goalie. With their fogo struggling early it was clear to see that their defense unit is elite. |
Anonymous
Adding to my pp... Watching this game more closely, it looks like Riverside plays guys everywhere. They don't seem to have "attackmen" or "midfielders"... its strange. #2, #33, #1, #24, #19, #23 all play Midfield and Attack. |
Anonymous
Thats what teams with good coaches do interchanging mid at attack. They sub attack through the midline and draw favorable matchups with shortys. Getting those attackmen dodging downhill is a tough matchup for ssdm's |
Anonymous
Yeah, not really what they are doing though. Their attack is on the field 1/25/33 for the most part. They run an O that the parts are interchangeable. For lack of a better way to say it its two triangles that rotate based on where the dodge comes from. As opposed to a traditional triangle O where the attack and the mids form their own triangles these interchange mid/attack so on rotation a mid can be in a traditional attack role and attack to mid. They run the basic same philosophy out of a couple different sets. Looks like #2 had a huge game I counted 6+ for him. He does not seem to be their first option maybe its a pick your pain thing here. I would say that 1/24/25/33 are all options before 2, 19 and 23 seem to be spot players with 4 working into that too at times. |
Anonymous
That seems like a lot of numbers to deal with! |
Anonymous
On a watch of the 1st half (did I need to watch the 2nd?) I would agree with you on some points and think you are off on others. I was not there but on the stream the field was not that bright and the shadows were not that deep. I don't know how much of a factor the sun was for the goalies. I believe it was 4-3 Riverside at the end of 1st and fairly even you are right the 2nd was all Riverside. 88 was good and 11 as well. They seemed to be the go to players for Indy's O to create anything. 22 is an LSM. while he seems to have the skill you say it looks like he over commits and gets beat or slides too early. Ended up giving up goals because of it. Would be more of a force if he spent time in the film room. While I am surprised that 43 won any faceoffs and he did much better then I thought he would I would not say he dominated Riverside D1. If you are looking at the draw itself he would lose many or at best turn it into a GB. Rarely winning any to himself or directing to a wing. The Indy FO unit did put a ton of pressure on the GB and the FOGO to create turnovers after the draw itself. Why have a pole as your main FOGO though? One other that did stand out to me was #6 at Indy. Looks to me short stick D and clearing machine. Not much on stick skills but tough D and lots of speed. Overall into the 2nd Q Indy lost their heart and the game snowballed as a PP said. |
Anonymous
My opinion is that 1, 24,25 are the bulk of the O and the rest feed off of their work. |