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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Apr 10, 2023 21:24:26 GMT -5
Looking forward to seeing our new guards join Jay. Welcome aboard Jayden!!!
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Apr 9, 2023 17:50:37 GMT -5
Not surprised but sad about this one..
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Apr 1, 2023 20:15:14 GMT -5
I wish him nothing but the best. Probably my favorite of all in the portal. Class.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 30, 2023 18:02:41 GMT -5
Man I hate seeing these VCU kids in the portal. For my HH sanity only one leaves and Hoyas get him. Ace, DeLoach and Nunn are legit and I think Watkins will get there.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 29, 2023 23:01:57 GMT -5
Highly doubt we would have hired him but IMO Odom > English.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 29, 2023 17:32:54 GMT -5
VCU gig always turns into a Power Conference gig and $$$$.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 29, 2023 15:28:07 GMT -5
Followed VCU closely this year as my daughter is a freshman. As long as Odom comes my primary concern is MR taking a few current players, not MR's coaching. Rams have a few guys who are starting to blossom.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 29, 2023 12:06:43 GMT -5
Even though we did a short time ago.... ; ) And how did that work out I'm agreeing with you.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 29, 2023 11:36:02 GMT -5
Do the Hoyas have a big to bang with UConn? Wahab held his own in the first UConn game .. Lambkin Kentucky transfer center Mutombo You can’t keep 4 centers Even though we did a short time ago.... ; )
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 28, 2023 20:58:27 GMT -5
How is it risky for Georgetown or Cooley? Worst case scenario Wahab sits and doesn’t play that much. Either way he’s done after this year. I really think some don’t appreciate that even in a horrible situation, with a terrible coach and no structure, Wahab was still very efficient. He isn’t a perfect player but he has some skill. I think much of the disappointment is his failure to improve, but and some of that falls on Wahab surely, but it also falls on Ewing and the staff. For me, the bigger question I cannot answer is does the skill Wahab does have in any way fit with how Cooley wants to play? That I don’t know. Obviously I also have no idea about the “fit” when it comes to other factors like personality. Wahab flaked out when he left right after the BET championship. Really hurt Ewings momentum which eventually led to being fired. Was really disruptive to the program and team. When he came back he was a shell of his former self. Could no longer automatically score down low suddenly couldn’t block shots/rim project or rebound like he did before Maryland. Then didn’t seem to take being benched for Ezeweiro well. I just think the risk of disruption/distraction/negativity is too great compared to the reward for Cooley. He’s a poor fit for Cooley because Cooley likes space eaters at center who are tough, strong and physical. This is one of the easiest ones for me. Left the program. Black hole. Can't stretch.
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Transfers
Mar 28, 2023 12:48:29 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 28, 2023 12:48:29 GMT -5
Ok so for you recruiting gurus, what do you think our ceiling (reach), mid-level (reasonable), and floor (safety) looks like as far as our Top 3-4 HS/Transfer targets?
I know it is not that simple, but for someone like me who does not follow that so closely having some sort of baseline from you guys would be awesome.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 24, 2023 21:20:14 GMT -5
Been a good game. Princeton 6 points off their final number in first round of 1989 at HT.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 24, 2023 20:57:36 GMT -5
San Diego St. Props to them. Their coach was a longtime assistant to Steve Fisher and he has done quite well since. They look pretty good. Miami looks good too. Larranaga can coach. Love Larranaga. NYC boy who played under Jack Curran at Molloy. Lets not forget his Mason team beat UConn in the Regional Final.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 24, 2023 18:38:36 GMT -5
I love the conference right now. Can't wait for November.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 22, 2023 13:40:15 GMT -5
I also saw Akok and Heath.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 22, 2023 12:19:59 GMT -5
Who were the past Hoyas that he called up to stand next to him? Jeff Green (in town with Denver to play the Wiz) and Robert Churchwell (Dean of Students at Gonzaga) were two. Jerome Williams as well.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 21, 2023 23:26:08 GMT -5
Haven't been reading all the posts here so please excuse any redundancies. Let's be honest: one month ago, if I told you that we were going to hire Ed Cooley to be our coach, most of you (even the Pitino hopefuls like me) would have been pretty darn satisfied with that. Not only that, but look how it happened: Fired Patrick Ewing. Immediately announced and "carried out" a search for a new coach. By March 20, they announce the hiring of a bonafide, proven, very good coach. We all worried that Jack and Co. would screw it up by waiting too long and generally fudging it all up by misreading the field of candidates and being left with a bunch of semi-proven mid-major candidates. You can argue that it didn't happen as professionally and efficiently as described above, but here we are in late March in really place to start the renaissance of our MBB program. There's things not to like, esp. for us Pitino hopefuls, and those things will figure themselves out and/or come back to bite us as the next couple of seasons unfold. I find myself ruminating a lot about how it all happened and about what "the Georgetown Way" really is. First, if I were a Friar fan, I would be Editeded and sad and betrayed right now, and those feelings would not be going away anytime soon. I find no joy in mocking their pain and outrage at this moment, and anyone who has understood what Cooley and PC had knows that Cooley coming here and the way it transpired is not the way these past 12 years should have ended. It should leave us wondering. The tweets and posts ridiculing Cooley's long-time devotees come off sounding smug, condescending, and cheap -- not our best look. Second, if Jack's reason for not even calling Pitino is (partly) due to adhering to doing things "the Georgetown Way", then are the events of this past week (actually months since Cooley and GU officials have been talking since January) "the Georgetown Way"? When I heard that we were in hot pursuit of Cooley, I had mixed feelings (intra-conference coach, big sums of money, lots of secretive maneuvering, etc.), but I figured this is the way it is now in college ball. It's a business & sometimes it gets rough. But what I really regretted is the air of big, rich Georgetown wanting this coach and coming up with whatever it took to get him. Was there actually a legit search? Hard to say, but doesn't seem so. The talks had been going on secretly for months. We seem to be o.k. with letting our prestige and good name carry us as we sometimes act in ways that belie the so-called "Georgetown Way". In the end, I'm happy for our players and overall for the school that our basketball team will get better, etc, but I can't condone the way it all came about. If it is as it seems, I don't think we lived up to the values extolled at the school, what I think of as "the Georgetown Way". In the movie "The Mission" (Deniro, Neeson, Irons - a bunch of others -- great film -- see it if you haven't), 2 Jesuit priests are taking stock of some tragic events for which they were culpable in big ways. In an effort to console and perhaps explain what has happened, one priest says, "Thus is the world." (i.e., "hey, that's how things are. What can you do?") The older Jesuit replies "Thus have we made the world." I want to be matter-of-fact and say that this is the way things are now and everyone does it and who cares as long as we win and get things going again and however else we might justify it all. But, despite the hiring of a coach that will likely turn around the MBB program and make Georgetown basketball fun -- and maybe even great -- again, I feel like maybe we've lost a little something of what we all left campus with after our time and education on the Hilltop, I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm not sure Jack & Co. didn't screw this thing up in some more important ways. Thank you for this post and being 1000X more articulate than I could be in summarizing the same feelings I have. You are right that this was an incredibly thoughtful post. But you didn't want Cooley because you think he is mediocre. To suggest anything other than that based upon what you have posted here for months is just silly.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 21, 2023 8:50:03 GMT -5
The market - given we ran back a 0-20 and went 2-19 and put ourselves into a giant hole of talent and a giant drop in engagement/ticket sales and APR. If you're in really bad shape as a program, you need to pay a premium to get a top coach. Sign me up! When do we get a “top coach”? Yawn
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 20, 2023 14:16:02 GMT -5
Congrats to Coach Cooley! Even I didn't know we were hiring someone with an 82% winning percentage....(still consistent in one respect)
And some welcome closure for [nearly all] of the fanbase.
Very curious to see how the next 4-6 weeks shake out.
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 20, 2023 11:39:56 GMT -5
ESPN
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