Comments on: NY Titans Continue To Haunt Toronto Rock

By: m00nwater

m00nwater — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:14:35 +0000

Oh, and in the Whipper’s defense, I think that Ladouceur was really letting his man beat him quite a bit. I don’t know about anyone else, but IMHO he’s starting to look a bit old and tired. I think a defensive breakdown on more than one occasion was the deciding factor in more than one shot finding the mesh.

By: m00nwater

m00nwater — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:11:05 +0000

I agree that the officiating was questionable. When you leave a game remembering more of what the ref did and less of what both teams did, the official did not do his job.

Oh, and Marksy owes Grey Goose a beer for ditching us while we waited for him at Lord Stanley’s

By: Jeff Garlin

Jeff Garlin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:42:36 +0000

Another great job guys. I liked the Vinc interview. Keep up the good work.

By: marksy

marksy — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:34:39 +0000

Dave,

While I agree that sometimes difficult choices have to be made by a Coach, I think I disagree with you here. I am most respectful of all goalies as in my opinion, if all the players were doing their jobs, we wouldn’t need a goalie at either end….:)

In my opinion, Bob Watson has been the MVP of the Rock this season. Unfortunately, he did not have a great game Friday night, where he pretty much has all season. I would suggest that if he were not in goal this season Toronto “might” be out of contention now.

A change might have made a difference but I’m not sure. I think sticking with him was a positive signal to the team that it was not his fault (and I do not think it was). It may have also been a shot in the arm he needs to keep playing the way he has this season.

The problem is that a goalie is the last line of defence so his mistakes have the most noticeable effect on the team. But looking at a number of the goals New York scored, I would say more were wide open in front of the net opportunities, than were the long shots you refer to.

I agree a “weak” goal must deflate a team, but how deflated must a goalie feel when a player loses his check and that offensive player is now bearing in on the goalie uncontested?

Glad I wasn’t the only one that thought the officials looked a little lost…..

By: Dave Edgar

Dave Edgar — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:53:32 +0000

The comment on Matt Vinc being the difference was bang on. It is difficult to be criticial of a goaltender who has bailed out his team so often and is recognized as one of the top tenders ever in the NLL but something needs to be said. Bob Watson is one of the all time best goaltenders in tight. However he has always been suspect on the outside shots. Surely there has been some testing done with his vision.
When a goaltender lets in a goal for long range it deflats a teams momentum and there is a history here. I can’t understand why when its obvious that he isn’t near the top of his game why the coach doesn’t recognize what everyone else has and make the replacement. I understand that you give a veteran his due and some slack to pick up and make a recovery. But when an obvious need for a change isn’t done it sends a message to all the team that the rules are different for different players. That can’t happen. coach Clarke played with passion and he obviously coaches with passion.
But passion needs to be coupled with hard choices for the team as a whole and the choice should have been made to change goaltenders and show the whole team that its all about tonight’s results.

I do also agree about the officiating. #45 looked as if this was the first lacrosse game he was seeing and he saw it different than anyone else.