Inside Lacrosse's Lacrosse Film Room takes a closer look at Notre Dame’s Matt Landis vs. Albany’s Lyle Thompson in the NCAA Quarterfinals. More here: www.insidelacro...
Landis shut him down this game pretty good. I think Albany should have ran with their middle dodgers to kinda get a spark going and switch the defense eyes to the middies and then run it back with Thompson. Would have gave ND a hard time if they ran the plan like that.
Did you watch HOW Landis shut down Thompson? He held him the entire game without getting called. He always had several slashes not called. At one point the other ND d-pole (50?) slides to double team and clobbers Thompson on his upper back so hard Thompson does a faceplant. Give me a break. ND and Landis got away with murder this game.
Bob Pace thompson leans in to get the holding penalties on puropose. Landis isnt trying to hold, hes trying to annoy thompsons hands, but thompsons trying to get the flag eevry time
I don't care if Landis is 'trying to hold' or not. I care that he is holding on almost every play. And, what about the slashes that weren't called? I guess that is Thompson's fault, too. Funny how I have never seen any other defender be allowed by refs to do this. Yeah, keep drinking that kool aid. Domers, ugh.
@@bobpace9656 not sure you watched the same tape as everyone else bud, they gave thomspon two soft calls (the two holds they actually called were both soft, you can hear the announcers unable to even identify why they were called) and missed one that could potentially be a hold at the end of the third but honestly probably not thompson tried to jump and shoot or pass and got off balance. TBF they missed one in the middle of the fourth that was a definite hit to head but it was a lift check so they often let those fly. Seems pretty even, missed two calls gave two calls. Not to mention the fact that this is a championship game and they often allow teams to be more physical than regular season.
I don’t know how notre dame didn’t go undefeated with the team they had , arguably the greatest 3 person defense in lacrosse history Epple,Landis , and Glazner then you had Perkovic and Kavanaugh on the offense side , crazy
How much was Albany paying these officials? This was painful to watch. The calls were horrendous. Even on the first one the commentary said "Yeah, we're not sure why anything was called there..."
Landis dealt with him solo most of the time. He had help around, but he smothered "the goat". Pathetic. Lyle is the most overjoyed, most boring player I've ever seen. If he weren't res nobody would care about him and no ody would pretend he is good. The don't play d in pll or nll. So of course he gets goals. He hogs the ball. He is garbage.
There not slashes all are perfectly in control, none we malicious checks. All checks were in control, hitting the helmet on the lift check just naturally happens sometimes.
I respect Matt landis as an athlete but Jesus all the guy does is hold constantly. This game especially. Usually he gets away with it but it's harder with such a big name like Lyle Thompson.
Landis held him every chance he got .....ref only called it once or twice. The slide was what worked well for ND otherwise one on one Landis was shook every time.
Don't forget the slashes, too. What got me and my son (who was also watching) was Landis did this right in front of the ref who was looking right at them.
This is your fourth post on this same thing, so you clearly have a strong opinion. Don't know which game you were watching. Sure there was a few slaps here and there, and Landis got called for a hold at 2:53, but he was playing great position defense all game long against a nearly impossible assignment. When you are playing with your feet, officials allow you to play with your stick a little bit and I didn't see anything rough, cheap or game impacting at the level you describe. Sure, maybe they missed one or two slashes, and Landis was playing physical, but in my opinion he was playing hard and appropriate for a playoff game. Which minutes in this video do you think that Landis got away with "holding him the entire game, and ALWAYS had several slashes not called"? Frankly I thought that this was textbook defense against a strong offensive player, and have my defensemen watch this video. Perhaps if you indicate the minutes, then we can determine if you are just an Albany fan angry about the loss, or if there actually is some kind of pro-ND bias and referee conspiracy as you say.
+Mark Huber you can literally watch him hold virtually Almost every possession Thompson has. I like Matt landis! But at the same time I can't just sit here and pretend like he doesn't hold CONSTANTLY. It would be insulting my own lacrosse intelligence as someone who has played this game for 15+ years.
The way landis does the V hold (which is the way you should do it) he brings his stick across and pushes with his forearm, there was only 1 instance where he was using his stick to push away and it got called. When defenders do that it does look like they are pulling them with their sticks but in reality it’s the forearm
I guess you weren't watching Landis who had several slashes to the helmet and throat that weren't called. And then there was the constant holding that Landis did. The refs were the mos pro-ND than I have ever seen.
@@bobpace9656 It's not a hold if he's not preventing him from going somewhere. Lyle for the most part just sits still and lifting the stick on a guy not moving his feet is not a hold.
