d2 poll

[bigpezie]

wats ur opinion let me know.

[PutMeInCoach2]

Vandebuilt almost has to be the favorite

[someWHEREinBR]

how can you not include dutchtown in that poll... they are ranked ahead of most of those teams...? but my choice would be Vandy regaurdless...

[GrobbenK]

i have to pick us (ASH) but it's not looking too good. There's potential to go far from what I have heard and seen about some other teams, but who knows. Probably Vandy though,

[Ghandi]

After having played STM and Vandy, I really do think that STM is the better team.

[racinbudds]

STM has had a rough road of late, but I think it will pay dividends later this year. First they had three starters in football for a month. They have a new coach who is trying to fit the players into a new system. They outplayed Jesuit, altho the score this weekend didn't reflect it (2-3). When they start scoring I think it will get scary. Most of their loses have come from teams ranked in the top five of both div I and II. They also have a very strong freshman class this year and they are trying to see where these kids fit. By year end they should have it together.

G.L.

[flat3]

someWHEREinBR said:

how can you not include dutchtown in that poll... they are ranked ahead of most of those teams...? but my choice would be Vandy regaurdless...

I completely agree. While I don't care much about DII, I believe in the obligation of a new thread starter. Any biased list (which this is) shouldn't disguise an objective one. I urge bigpezie to edit the original list.

[utilityplayer05]

Vandy just plays at such a high speed and all of their players are very good on the ball. They are just too skilled for the rest of their division. I would even venture to say that they are 3rd or better in all of the divisions

[rocksccrstar]

My vote is for a team not listed how do I work that out? Can we have a vote for other?

[upper90]

who's your vote for?

[rocksccrstar]

I was just being facetious because I think that the poll was a little biased, Dutchtown should have been included, as well as Salmen, and Bishop Sullivan, and the others ranked, so I was just saying that you should have had a category labeled "other" , that's all!

[upper90]

yea dutchtown definately should have been included from what i have been hearing about them...hopefully they will live up to everyone's expectations this year by going far in state

[xpress23]

racinbudds,
i was at the stm jesuit game and i agree with you that the score didn't reflect how the game was played however i thought jesuit outplayed stm. stm played with a flatback four which i must say needs work i thought it had to many gaps in it, i think the flatback four system works if it is played right, i also think they have two forwards that work really hard #21 and #8, i think are the numbers. they have good speed and play with all they have. having said that i think jesuit played much better, there passes were crisp and they had many opportunities. i thought stm was having to play defense most of the game. i think stm is a good team and they deserve a number 2 ranking in d2. i just don't think they played as good as you think they did.

[racinbudds]

xpress23

I wasn' trying to say we were better than they. I was comparing that game with the one we played earlier with them at STM. They beat us 4-0. We didn't play well and it showed. Since Jesuit is number one in DI, I think comparing your play with them is Important. You hear about teams who beat so and so then lost to so and so. I like to compare our performances with the best. That's all. Good luck and thanks for the post.

[11Lafayette]

I'll agree with Ghandi on this. After seeing Lafayette play STM, then play Vandy I have to say I was much more impressed by STM's performance. It might be because they are in-town rivals, but STM seemed like a better team after watching these two perform against Lafayette.

[xpress23]

racinbudds
i didn't know about the ealier game, but going from 4-0 to 3-2 is a big improvement, good luck the rest of the year