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By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

BERLIN, Germany. Bringing a young, inexperienced team to a tournament configured to test a variety of new rules for future application turned out to not be ideal for the U.S. Senior Men\u2019s National team. Registering two wins in six days of action at the FINA Men\u2019s Water Polo World Cup 2018<\/a>, Team USA finished sixth out of eight teams but, more significantly, did not qualify for the 2019 FINA World Water Championships which, besides the Olympics, is the sport\u2019s most prestigious competition.<\/p>\n

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Immediately following a telling 14-8 loss to Serbia<\/a>\u00a0in Day Two, where the current Olympic champions blitzed goalie McQuin Baron<\/a> from the outside in running up a 6-3 first quarter lead, U.S. Head Coach Dejan Udovicic<\/strong> spoke with Swimming World<\/em> on pool deck of the Europasportpark. Addressing concerns about his team\u2019s current fitness midway through quadrennial preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo\u2014which the U.S. will hope to qualify for at the Pan American Games, July 28 \u2013 August 10 in Lima, Peru\u2014Udovicic spoke frankly about the challenges his team faces.<\/p>\n

Comments in <brackets><\/em> provide additional insights into the American coach\u2019s answers.<\/p>\n

– What\u2019s the other option for the U.S. if you don\u2019t qualify for 2019 Worlds here in Berlin?<\/strong><\/p>\n

UANA Cup qualification [Tentatively scheduled for January 2019. Location TBD]. We would like to qualify from here but we will see. Right now, it\u2019s not look like that.<\/p>\n

<This is a challenging situation for the U.S. Fielding a young team\u2014if Jesse Smith<\/strong> doesn’t play, Udovicic\u2019s qualification roster will be very light on Olympic experience\u2014means that any international competition is essential. The FINA World Championships are second only to the Olympic Games in international competition, and therefore it\u2019s vital that Team USA participate.><\/em><\/p>\n

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Ben Hallock. Photo Courtesy: Bryan Williams<\/p><\/div>\n

– To focus on the positives, you\u2019ve got four college kids here; this is something that has not typically happened during the NCAA men\u2019s varsity season. For them, this is the thrill of a lifetime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, I need to thank John Vargas<\/strong>\u00a0[Stanford men’s coach] for letting them play. [Ben Hallock<\/strong> and Dylan Woodhead<\/strong>] came one day after the team. It\u2019s huge [for them]. Dylan was [training] with us for the last two and a half years, so I thought this was a good location to test him if we were going to seriously consider him as an option for 2020. If you\u2019re looking at the quads calendar it seems that we\u2019ve got time, but we\u2019ve got plenty to do.<\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re looking seriously, we don\u2019t have time. We don\u2019t have so many quality international tournaments where you can test some of them. This is one of the occasions.<\/p>\n

I believe in Dylan, he is a talented guy, he needs to work for sure, but his approach, work ethic, right now is showing us that we need to invest in him.<\/p>\n

<This is the most interesting side issue for the U.S. Four college players took time out of their current seasons to fly to Europe and represent their country, which is highly unusual. BTW, notice that Udovicic says: “We don’t have time.”><\/em><\/p>\n

– You\u2019ve got to like what Ben Stevenson, a hard worker, is doing to make this team.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What I said for Dylan it\u2019s the same thing for Ben Stevenson<\/strong>. He\u2019s a little bit older but he\u2019s also unexperienced and also hasn\u2019t played on this level. he\u2019s tried to be with us as much as he could in the last year. He went to university games two years ago. We\u2019re trying to keep the players in the water as much as we can, even in those circumstances.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s good for us is this is the last stage that we can have [younger players] more with us, while others will finish what they\u2019re doing in school, at least it will be in December.<\/p>\n

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Olympic coaches: Terry Schroeder, Alex Rodriguez, Dejan Udovicic. Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n

Right now, it\u2019s where we are. But I\u2019m sure\u2014as we discussed at the Cutino Awards<\/a>\u2014we have so much talent, we need to work together. And now this phase is coming for us. And I have no doubt that we\u2019re going to reach a level that is important to face every team in the world.<\/p>\n

Are we going to win or not? It depends upon the situation in every game. But we\u2019re capable to play with them and we are well prepared, so I don\u2019t have doubts whatsoever.<\/p>\n

<Stevenson had a good tournament; he\u2019s likely a marginal Olympic prospect but he and Nik Carniglia<\/strong> have been in the national team mix for some time and\u2014now that both have graduated and are available to practice\u2014may see a lot of practice \/ playing time with Team USA over the next nine months.><\/em><\/p>\n

– What is the situation with McQuin Baron?<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s not done with school; he\u2019s done with playing at USC. He\u2019s staying in school until May. Luca Cupido<\/strong> will finish in December; Alex Roelse<\/strong> probably in March.<\/p>\n

[Baron] took time off before the Rio Olympics. And he didn\u2019t take so many classes because at SC they are pushing him to play more.<\/p>\n

<There\u2019s so much to this. Baron being unavailable to play professionally in Europe is a blow to his development; as the Serbian match\u2014among others\u2014showed, he needs to adjust to the speed of professional shooters. Same with Roelse, who also need the pro experience. Cupido\u2019s situation was a revelation<\/a>; his immediate availability to Pro Recco is limited due to school \/ national team commitments><\/em><\/p>\n

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McQuin Baron stands tall in U.S. cage; this week he switches back to student life at USC. Photo Courtesy: FINA<\/p><\/div>\n

– So he won\u2019t be able to play professionally before the Olympics? That would be unfortunate because playing in Europe would make a big difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a transition year\u2014let’s say like the year after 2011 or 2010. And those are all Group A players. We got pretty much all of those player play abroad. Either they\u2019re coming from our \u201cA\u201d Group or our \u201cB\u201d Group. But we would have 7, 8 or 9 players who are in these 18 \u2013 19 ages who played with us last year.<\/p>\n

Bowen is staying. Duncan Lynde<\/strong> is going, Ben Stevenson is going, Carniglia is going. Drew Holland<\/strong> is going also. It’s a start.<\/p>\n

You see right now this Serbian team for example. They\u2019re young, but they already played three \u2013 four years abroad. They\u2019re aware of those superstars but those kids can play. It\u2019s not [Filip]\u00a0Filipovic<\/strong> and [Dusan]\u00a0Mandic<\/strong>\u2014he was born in \u201994. Last five years he\u2019s playing for Recco. I put him in the team for the 2012 Olympics. He played already two Olympics.<\/p>\n

Our fortress looks not so nice, but we knew because of all these circumstances. We\u2019re trying to do our best to at least quality prepare for Friday [cross-over quarterfinals] that we can try to do as much as we can.<\/p>\n

We know that we don\u2019t have enough that can work well in all those games but at least we\u2019re going to do all we can on our side; it doesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s on the other side.<\/p>\n

<This gives an idea of who from the U.S. will get professional experience\u2014and get better. BTW, Max Irving<\/strong> will have a chance to up his game if he returns to Italy for Champions League play. And\u2014in case the U.S. is in the market for a lefty\u2014Nikola Vavic<\/strong> will play for \u00a0Sporting Club Quinto<\/a>\u00a0in Genoa><\/em><\/p>\n

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Max Irving playing for UCLA in 2017. Photo Courtesy: Catharine Hayne Photography<\/p><\/div>\n

– The rules and the changes; how is this process working?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you ask everyone from FINA officials, they will tell you everything\u2019s clear and written in the rule book. And I agree. But the catch is, how they see, how we see\u2014during our game today. Dejan Savic<\/strong>\u00a0[Serbia Head Coach] and me complain about the same situation; for them they call differently and we don\u2019t know why.<\/p>\n

Speaking generally, I think that cutting the two players from the roster and asking the rest of the players to do what they\u2019re trying to ask of them is not human. It was 19, 16 exclusions yesterday [Germany vs. Hungary] they already saved so much exclusions tomorrow it will be 25 against 23. They will finish the game with four [players].<\/p>\n

I like that they changed the speed and the pace is better. With 11 players, the influence of the coaches is very little. They give us one more timeout [because] they realize we need more. Right now if you don\u2019t put the second goalie in as a sub on the roster and the goalie is not good that day, we cannot sub him.<\/p>\n

What they\u2019re trying to do is generally good but I think it must be more precise, fairer\u2026 it\u2019s not proper to play with 11 players; okay, let\u2019s play 11 in 25 meters.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m not against this. This possession for 20 seconds is a good thing, they change all the path on the man-up position to speed up, it\u2019s giving the defense less time to organize if you tied the cage normally.<\/p>\n

I think nobody knows exactly what to do right now to make good steps in our favor. We\u2019re supposed to learn from each other right now, from each game, what we should do next.<\/p>\n

Honestly, this is the first one because the juniors youth competition you cannot compare with [senior men].<\/p>\n

I am in favor of this but I think if you\u2019re talking about us, putting the foul from five to six meters\u2014it hurts a lot. That line hurts us a lot as Americans because we\u2019ve got bad shots from five meters now, and nobody calling this, it\u2019s too much.<\/p>\n

Statistically we give up three \u2013 four goals from an [ordinary foul] shot each. Today we got two shots from five meters and yesterday we got one. Statistically when it was five meters, we take between eight and twelve shots.<\/p>\n

<There\u2019s SO MUCH more to this story; starting tomorrow Swimming World will present what Andrey Kryukov<\/strong>, Bureau Liaison for\u00a0FINA’s\u00a0Technical\u00a0Water Polo Committee has to say about the rationale behind and next steps for rule changes.><\/em><\/p>\n

– And the Serbians are more adept at this\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s one player; it\u2019s Mandic. And Mandic is Mandic. It would be a problem for Filipovic at this level. In trying to achieve this level, probably some of players will grow up and get more experience, a bigger body, get stronger. Right now, this is where we are.<\/p>\n

<The key take away is that professional shooters like Mandic are already up to speed with the new 6M line for shooting after an ordinary foul. And the Americans aren\u2019t.><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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