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Interview With Coach Jack Emmer — Page 5

just average — much of it based on the stick and not the good mechanics needed in actually shooting the ball.

We could learn a lot from the Canadians, along those lines. We could improve our shooting skills, and make it more of an offensive game.

Eliminating the faceoff: Along with that, I think we eventually need to eliminate the faceoff in the game of lacrosse. But, I think that I'm the Lone Ranger when it comes to that. I don't get much support, but I think it slows down the game. It's controversial, there's a lot of cheating that goes on, and it's hard to officiate. If, on the other hand, we simply scored a goal, picked the ball up and got it moving right away, similar to basketball (not allowing any substitutions at that time) it would really increase the flow of the game and make it better.

But the traditionalists are very caught up in the need to have the faceoff. It's been a part of the game for a long time. I understand that. But down the road, I hope we can get beyond that and change the game for the better.

More attack from Dodgers: Finally, I don't think we've developed the dodging attack man. In the last 20 years, we've moved away from that. Defense has gotten to dominate our game. You don't see guys that dodge from behind the goal anymore and attack men against long poles. We have to get back to doing that and work on the skills needed for those attack men, so we get more offense coming from behind the goal.