Originally Posted by Anonymous
Attack is the most political position on the field. The gap between D1 and D3 attackman is a lot smaller than say a D1 mid and a D3 mid.

Never thought about this, but wholeheartedly agree. Most of the MIAA attackmen can see the field the same, find soft spots to get their hands free, have good lax IQs, and distribute well.

But D1 coaches are always gonna take the attackmen who has most of those things AND size because the defensemen at the D1 level are huge. You have to be a real special talent like Sowers, Mikey Powell or Thompson to be smaller and make an impact at the next level. Somewhat lesser skilled + larger size is usually gonna prevail.