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. But the 19-year-old had to raise his game, just like so many other prospects who make the jump up.Anton has improved dramatically, and I think in particular against the ball. He’s such a special talent with the ball. He can do incredibly creative things with the ball, he’s got pace, he can drive forward. Those things we’ve always known are good about Anton.
Almost everyone we play against plays with wingers. Whether they’re wide leaders or these, like, half-channel wingers, which most teans like to do now. It’s put him in a situation where he’s got to defend either that guy or slide through and get to the fullback on the other team that’s pushed up really, really high. And so he’s gotten better at reading those cues and doing a good job in those one-v-one moments.
We know all the things he can do with the ball. He’s probably the best passing centerback that I’ve been around in 20-plus years of coaching. He can hit a ball 60 yards, or he can break lines and take eight people out of the play with one pass. Again, now it becomes the defending side against the ball for a young 18-year old center back, and that’s what we’re harping on right now with Brandan, forward defending.
He’s similar to Jack Eliott where he’s not going to be a blazing-fast centerback -- it’s just not going to be there. But reading the game, creating the angles, blocking passes, forward defending, that’s where Jack excels and never really gets exposed for pace. And that’s what we’re trying to teach Brandan now.”
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