Frankly, I think the difference in the game was maturity and experience and that favored Vanderbilt. We played a lot of freshman and hopefully they will learn from this loss. In addition, not having Dudley for most of the overtime periods and the PK’s was critical.
Keeping was the difference, and the contrast was glaringly stark. Vandy's coach was a former pro keeper and recruits/develops elite keepers. Don't care how good FSU's offense can be, as you're not going to win natty's without eilte keeping. Roque was Mark's recruit. He got it. I'm not sure Brian does yet. Addy's just not a natty-level keeper. Vandy lost the next match, but it wasn't due to poor keeping. The Dors had zero offense and Penn St shot some crazy good goals. Bottom line is I don't think FSU will win another natty w/Brians kids exclusively until they address elite keeping.
The disparity of keeping in this match is deeply troubling for this program. Not to beat up on a kid, but Todd just isn't athletic enough to keep at FSU's level of program. Timid, often pensive are not the traits of elite keeping at this level. Sarah's keeping was where a program like FSU's shoul've been. They'd better look at better keepers next season.
Frankly, I think the difference in the game was maturity and experience and that favored Vanderbilt. We played a lot of freshman and hopefully they will learn from this loss. In addition, not having Dudley for most of the overtime periods and the PK’s was critical.
Keeping was the difference, and the contrast was glaringly stark. Vandy's coach was a former pro keeper and recruits/develops elite keepers. Don't care how good FSU's offense can be, as you're not going to win natty's without eilte keeping. Roque was Mark's recruit. He got it. I'm not sure Brian does yet. Addy's just not a natty-level keeper. Vandy lost the next match, but it wasn't due to poor keeping. The Dors had zero offense and Penn St shot some crazy good goals. Bottom line is I don't think FSU will win another natty w/Brians kids exclusively until they address elite keeping.
The disparity of keeping in this match is deeply troubling for this program. Not to beat up on a kid, but Todd just isn't athletic enough to keep at FSU's level of program. Timid, often pensive are not the traits of elite keeping at this level. Sarah's keeping was where a program like FSU's shoul've been. They'd better look at better keepers next season.