guru
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Post by guru on Dec 12, 2016 19:19:15 GMT -5
Ya know, just because I can, I thought I'd quote a few posts from earlier in the thread. I'll try not to be such a you know what going fwd. Maybe! Nice win. I know that everyone thinks so and we're all happy about it, especially the quoted posters! sadly, I'll be surprised if we beat LaSalle. Too many shooters, and BJ Johnson is probably as good as anyone on our team. I would like to think we can play 40 minutes of sound defense, limiting open looks - but that does not happen too often these days. Unless someone like Copeland/Derrickson wakes up and has a big game, I don't see us scoring enough points to keep up with LaSalle's shooting. In some ways, i actually like our chances vs. Syracuse better than vs. LaSalle. Syracuse is not playing well yet, they are not a great shooting team, their guards are not playing very consistently, and there is a much better chance we get an intense 40 minute effort out of our guys vs. Syracuse in a packed dome than vs. LaSalle in what might be a half empty miami arena. If we clean up the defensive rebounding and compete for 40 minutes, I think we have a chance against Syracuse. I am less confident that we'll bring our A game (which still is nothing all that special right now) against LaSalle, and we obviously struggle with scrappy mid major teams that have lots of good shooters. Also we are going to get killed by LaSalle Haha seriously. This could be a 20 pt defeat. Monmouthy type game where we go down and we never recover, and lose by 15. This little guard number 0 gonna kill us. Be afraid, be very afraid. LaSalle will put up 85+ on us, and I don't see how we score enough to keep up with that. I think the disconnect here is that I honestly don't believe we are much better than LaSalle, if at all. Im not sure why and how people can argue otherwise. What have we proven in the past year plus that suggests that we should even be favored in this game? That's not really a statement about how we have too many bad losses, it's simply a statement that we are closer to the UNC-Ashevilles, Elons and LaSalles than we are to the Butlers, Creightons and Xaviers. Sorry, but it seems pretty well borne out. Maybe they will prove me wrong, and we'll win 11-12 BE games this year, but that seems highly unlikely to me. Sadly, more JT3 time for the team doesn't sound like a good thing to me anymore. Beat SUcks!!!! Of course I am happy about the win. My opinion on our coach's ability remains unchanged. It will take more than one game...
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njhoya78
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Post by njhoya78 on Dec 12, 2016 19:27:30 GMT -5
Copeland is dressed and warmed up. About 1/3 of the way into the first half, I saw JTIII talk to him and he started shaking head back and forth as if to say he didn't or couldn't want in. Did Copeland refuse to enter this game, because of his impending transfer?
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eagle54
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Post by eagle54 on Dec 12, 2016 21:27:38 GMT -5
Our win is now why I'm back watching as I was ready to shut down for the season after being mistreated by those on this board for having an opinion. You've taken every opportunity you've had to shove your narrow opinion down the board's throat. Is it any wonder Hoya fans who come here to express support for the team have reacted to you negatively? Dial it back, be more objective, don't beat the JT3 hate drum every day, enjoy wins, recognize the fickle nature of athletic performance and the athlete's growth and improvement when it comes. Everyone will be happier. I appreciate that and will try to dial it back as I can't let this program's performance upset me as it does. However, I think I'm the most objective on this board, no?
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Hoyaholic
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Post by Hoyaholic on Dec 12, 2016 23:00:07 GMT -5
1. Your "truth" was off by 25+ points yesterday. I sincerely hope you put your money where your mouth was and took LaSalle and the points. 2. Did I read your second post correctly? You had decided to stop watching the Hoyas because you didn't like what was being said on the board?? Here's a better idea: watch the games, and stay off the board. Win-Win. I watched to entire game without posting and it was nice. I only posted later in the day long after the game was over. Also, you should be thanking me for that prediction as that's just what this team needed to reverse it's course. If you want, I can go on the Cuse board and predict more of the same. May just be what this team needs to find some momentum. Boy I wish I had seen this yesterday when you first posted it. So you kick the team when it plays poorly and take credit when they play well. You are priceless.
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eagle54
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Post by eagle54 on Dec 12, 2016 23:01:02 GMT -5
I watched to entire game without posting and it was nice. I only posted later in the day long after the game was over. Also, you should be thanking me for that prediction as that's just what this team needed to reverse it's course. If you want, I can go on the Cuse board and predict more of the same. May just be what this team needs to find some momentum. Boy I wish I had seen this yesterday when you first posted it. So you kick the team when it plays poorly and take credit when they play well. You are priceless. Just say thanks and leave it at that.
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Dec 13, 2016 11:27:34 GMT -5
However, I think I'm the most objective on this board, no?
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