jgalt
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Post by jgalt on Oct 16, 2008 22:01:20 GMT -5
Anyone else thinking that this thread was about Rick Pitino starting a blog that rivaled gilbert arenas or chris cooley?? i can just imagine post upon post about the appropriate time to wear a white suit, others about how to keep said suit from becoming soaked with sweat and revealing your pink thongs, and finally others about how to NOT run a basketball program that graduates its athletes (i smell a guest post by Bubble Boy).
I am thoroughly disappointed.
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lichoya68
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Post by lichoya68 on Oct 16, 2008 22:22:41 GMT -5
HEY NOT SURE ABOUT THIS BUT I AM SURE THE HOOP CLUB BLOG JUST UP IS a great look at pre midnite madness silence and a pix of all the nbas jerseys on the wall of mcdonough so go hoyas go hoop club bloggers yes
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Oct 17, 2008 0:01:31 GMT -5
Frankly, it's not a good idea. It's like hifi posting on Hoyatalk. Who cares what he, as a fan of another program, has to say about ours?
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IDenj
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Post by IDenj on Oct 17, 2008 7:39:52 GMT -5
if i coached a school in a certain conference, and my child wanted to go to another school i would make him pay for it. that ain t right. just joking btw...
but i give him credit for blazing his own path.
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hoyainspirit
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Post by hoyainspirit on Oct 17, 2008 7:43:48 GMT -5
Wonder for whom he roots when we play them. My dad coached a rival team when I was in high school. Hard to root against your dad. Loved my school, loved my dad. The way I looked at it, I was a winner either way.
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NCHoya
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Post by NCHoya on Oct 17, 2008 9:51:45 GMT -5
I don't want this kid's unique insight. The fact he will be cheering for UL (and rightfully so) when we play dad's team is simply unacceptable for a Hoya writer.
Maybe what bothers me more though is the fact he will not wear Hoya gear unless someone GIVES it to him.
You go to GEORGETOWN, you are not in KY anymore, buy a freakin' Hoya shirt.
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Post by sbgorms on Oct 17, 2008 10:05:57 GMT -5
Yeah, the only thing that bothers me is that he's so spoiled he expects someone to hand him free stuff. I feel like he needs to get over himself.
Also, unless I'm mistaken, he's not the first Pitino kid to go to Georgetown, as I think his older brother was an '03.
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rosslynhoya
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Post by rosslynhoya on Oct 17, 2008 15:06:29 GMT -5
1. I also wouldn't have thought of a Louisville-Georgetown rivalry. I mean, if a kid showed up to the cafeteria decked out in Providence gear, would anyone care? As it was, there were plenty of kids in the late Thompson era who openly lusted after UNC and Duke, et al., and only occasionally covered themselves with a "but of course I'd cheer for Georgetown if they ever met in the tourney." 2. "In response I told him that I will wear as much Georgetown gear as I am given … I still haven’t received anything." Tsk tsk, I'm surprised III hasn't had a couple enforcers step in and wear only the Georgetown gear he's been given: nothing. He could be the Hilltop's very own version of the Berkeley naked guy (who I believe is now dead, but that's not any kind of a physical threat even in jest). 2.a. I never bought much in the way of Georgetown gear when I was a student either, just my Jes-u-it dunkin' monk shirt and an SFS t-shirt from the bookstore at the beginning of my senior year. 3. The "toughest" places to play in the Big East, 2007-08 version: a. Pittsburgh. Lville overcomes the Big East's biggest home court advantage by a deuce. b. Lville. The home team beats Gtown, but suffers rather sad losses during the season to BYU, Dayton, and Cincy (they probably should have declared whiteouts for those games too!). c. Syracuse. Lville hasn't had to play at the Carrier Dome since 2005-06, so I think it's safe to say it's real scary. d. Notre Dame. Another place that opponents want to avoid, including Lville, who didn't play there last season either. e. The Phone Booth. Now we're talking! Lville clinched their first ever Big East conference title on the road in front of thousands of cheering Cards fans last March, snapping the Hoyas' 21-game home winning streak in the process.... Nah, my bad 4. I'd assume that most children of high-profile basketball/football coaches would want to attend college somewhere outside their father's shadow. I'd also assume that there's some kind of reciprocity amongst the children of the employees of Big East universities, hence one Pitino at South Bend and one on the Hilltop. We should expect that someday the Thompson kids will come of age and more likely than not, will eschew Georgetown and head to one of its academic peers in the Big East like, um, well, I'm sure they've got an in at Princeton in any event!
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joey0403p
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Post by joey0403p on Oct 17, 2008 15:34:10 GMT -5
Ladies and Gentlemen - give the kid a break. He has been on campus for what a month and a half. Allow him to mature into a crazed Hoya fan over the course of the season right? Many people might want to be a fan of their college sports teams when they show up on campus - but until you go to a tailgate (haha okay not at g town) or a big game, until you feel the mood swings a team can bring to campus - you probably aren't going to be a rabid fan.
At this point the kid is what 18, his dad (a very successful b ball coach) has coached at L'ville during his teenage years. He's gone to HS with a bunch of L'ville friends and they are all L'ville fans. We should all get that.
As for the comment about clothes? What he is supposed to NOT be clever? JT III probably knows who he is - and probably was at least half joking. Not to mention ANYONE on this board would take a free t shirt from JT III. (Just look at all the lunatics who are jumping up and down at games "hoping" the cheerleaders can throw past the first 7 rows)
Lastly - as for the clothes themselves. How often did we all see t shirts from UCLA, or Georgia, or "name the school" around campus? Everyone doesn't have to wear a g town shirt all the time. The fact is L'ville wasn't even in the big east until what 2 or 3 years ago? If they stunk who would care? It would be a conversation starter but not much more.
Give the kid time - he'll come around. And if he doesn't Ricky will leave L'ville before he graduates and the kid will have no choice.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Oct 17, 2008 17:25:31 GMT -5
BLASPHEMY!! No other Big East clothes on campus unless they are to be used to enhance a bonfire. Additionally, no other Big East beer coozies, key chains, glassware, flatware, bottle openers, blankets, door mats, stickers, buttons, sex toys, garbage pails, folders, notebooks, pens, foam fingers, posters, dry erase boards, etc. None. Ever. Except for the bonfire thing.
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Post by Hoya TMF on Oct 17, 2008 17:26:13 GMT -5
I don't see why this kid should get some kind of special access. Actually, I'm not even sure what perspective he would be able to bring that's significantly different than any other freshman basketball nut or coach's kid except for his potential internal conflict. Its not like he's going to betray his Dad's trust and publish Rick Pitino's trade secrets. I'm sure he's not going to share post-game and pre-game insights from his Dad. Rick Pitino isn't going to divulge information through this blog that he wouldn't provide to any other sports writer. So why bestow this privilege on a freshman who is not necessarily loyal to Georgetown basketball? It seems like a gimmick to get people to read the Hoya. Except, fans are going to read everything the Hoya publishes about hoops anyway. Maybe this is one of those Howard Stern, Yankees things where they're expecting people to read because they want to disagree with the writer. Sounds pretty lame to me.
I'm not saying he can't be objective, but if he can be, then why not pick a Georgetown freshman with clear Hoya basketball loyaties? Plus, who really wants objectivity from the school newspaper? I'm not advocating over the top homerism, but we have enough people in the outside media that hate on our program to let one of them in our house. Those who are looking for a "unique perspective" should ask themselves if they'd feel the same if this were Calhoun or Boeheim or Gary Williams' kid. I wouldn't let them near the Hoya if they paid me, at least until I knew where they stood. I don't even really udnerstand the competing loyalty issue (assuming of course the kid is loyal to Lousiville). Pitino could leave Lousiville tomorrow, but once you're a Hoya, you're always a Hoya (assuming you graduate). You root for Louisville to win except when the play Georgetown. In an ideal world, they finish 1 and 2 in the standings every year.
Hopefully Pitino's kid will spend enough time on campus to catch Hoya paranoia. If not, then what business does he have writing for the newspaper about a team that he doesn't support?
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Oct 17, 2008 17:27:28 GMT -5
In fact, if you have a girlfriend or boyfriend that goes to another Big East school, have them visit, make them do the walk of shame then summarily dump them on principle.
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Post by HometownHoya on Oct 17, 2008 17:48:39 GMT -5
In fact, if you have a girlfriend or boyfriend that goes to another Big East school, have them visit, make them do the walk of shame then summarily dump them on principle. The nearest BE school is Cuse? That would be a LONG walk of shame.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Oct 17, 2008 18:27:06 GMT -5
I didn't say the nearest is cuse. In any case, I have no problem with a walk of shame that extends to there.
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Post by HometownHoya on Oct 17, 2008 22:30:41 GMT -5
I didn't say the nearest is cuse. In any case, I have no problem with a walk of shame that extends to there. I mean think of what the nearest would be, all the rest would be even a further walk of shame!
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BigMike
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Post by BigMike on Oct 17, 2008 22:59:44 GMT -5
"It may be misunderstood in my recent post, but I support and cheer for the Georgetown basketball team fully, except one game, which I think is pretty fair. Actually before I decided to attend Georgetown I never had anything against the basketball program, which for some reason people assumed. My brother is a 03 grad. and I have been a fan since.
-Ryan Pitino"
Hey Ryan - welcome aboard. I think it is very fair to root for your Dad and still be a great Georgetown fan.
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Oct 18, 2008 5:22:46 GMT -5
Just don't wear the Pimp suit...
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Oct 18, 2008 12:51:54 GMT -5
Frankly, I think running Ryan Pitino's blog is an excellent decision by The Hoya. Look at all the discussion and attention it has already generated.
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DudeSlade
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Post by DudeSlade on Oct 18, 2008 13:56:42 GMT -5
Why do we care?! We just had Midnight Madness last night! We may have a new recruit soon! Deke came back to campus and Roy's jersey got put on the wall! I couldn't care less what this kid has to say, because he's not a Hoya fan and he doesn't know jack about the Hoyas yet. Get somebody that's been on campus for at least a year and actually is involved with the team so they have more insight than I can find in the papers or this board and I might pay attention. Easy way to handle this is just not to read the blog. If the Hoya had given lic a blog, then I would definitely pay attention.
Actually that WOULD be awesome to give a blog to a GU prof who's been around for a long time and seen the changes in the school and the program and can give insightful and interesting commentary on the team. Now there's something I'd read, because that's a real perspective I don't have.
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CTHoya08
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Post by CTHoya08 on Oct 18, 2008 15:33:31 GMT -5
I don't understand why everyone is so angry about this. They gave the kid a blog. BFD. It's not like they gave him a column, which would theoretically take up space that another writer could use. They're letting him post things online, which we can choose to read or not. I'm kind of interested in what he has to say. Maybe it won't be that insightful; we can just stop reading it.
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