Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Honest question for those who watch SB religiously, what percent of Murphy's record breaking goal tally were a result of stat padding in games that were easily decided and what percent were clutch must have goals? And I don't fault the kid I fault the coach who loves this type of stuff


In my opinion, their three most challenging games so far this season were USC, Northwestern, and Towson.

USC - She scored the first two goals, and then scored to make is 5-2 and 6-4. All in the 1st half.
Northwestern - She scored to make it 2-0, 3-1, and 6-2. All in the first half.
Towson - She scored to make it 2-0 and 7-4.

This season, they haven't had a real nail biter game that came down to the last 5 minutes. Is it because they are so good? Is it because they have a weak schedule? Time will tell. I can't speak to her other seasons - I'm sure they were a combination of some key goals and a lot of stat padding. Not her fault. She can flat out finish. You can't deny that.
In your post you single out 6 goals, that does not break a scoring record. the question was , I think/ surmise, how many were "cheap" ( 2nd half game in hand) goals so lets count

vs Stanford (won 15-9) goal at 15:53 in the 2nd (13-5 ) +1
vs Denver (won 16-3) goals at 25:11 (9-2) 19:00 (12-2) 5:17 (14-3) +3
vs Michigan (won 16-3) goal at 21:14 (13-2) +1
vs Delaware (won 20-8) goals at 23:37 (12-6) 10:44 (16-8) 9:53 (17-8) +3
vs. Lowell (all in 1st half) goals at 15:33,14:37, 14:18, 12:38, 11:14 (8,9,10,11,12-3, all in a row) +5 (even JS didn't let her score in the 2nd of this one)
vs Vermont (won20-2) (again in 1st none in 2nd) 17:20 (8-1) 13:35 (10-2) 3:13(14-2) +3
vs Cornell (won 19-4) 6:12 1st (11-3) 00:58 1st (14-3, really a garbage goal no class)12:32 2nd (19-3, why is she even on the field?) +3
vs Hartford (won 21-3 really? couldn't JS play the 3rd string and win this one? did she even have to play?) all in 1st 22:21 (6-0) 21:50 (7-1)19:52 (9-0) 18:34 (10-0) + 5 (all her goals were garbage goals that day)
vs Binghamton (won 18-5) 11:00 (15-4) +1

Thats 25 of her 50 goals this year. Is it her fault the schedule is easy? NO, is it her fault JS keeps her in in blowouts? NO, Do I blame her for getting hers? NO, Do I think that is player of the year heck NO!!!!!!