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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 30, 2022 15:34:19 GMT -5
You misunderstood which part of the shop needs to be cleaned. I understand full well that many Hoyatalkers believe both the coaching staff and the playing staff to be sub-par. I stand by my point about the continually shifting targets of some. Whether we like it or not, Ewing is going to be the Hoyas' HC in 2022-23. Short of that, its clear that Ewing/Admin is making efforts to address the other failings. Its a fair to argue that none of it will be enough without a change of leadership at the top. But I really don't see the harm in recognizing some positive steps. It’s positive to force a student out of school because Patrick Ewing failed at his job?
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 30, 2022 15:33:24 GMT -5
This requires you to push out some others to open spots. Who knows if this is somewhat their choice, but it sure doesn’t seem like Tim would choose to leave. What do you suppose would happen if he wanted to finish at GU and refused to transfer?
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 30, 2022 15:12:39 GMT -5
I seem to recall many people saying that one of the measures of success for Ewing this year was to keep this promising freshman class together. So much for that. LOL at measures of success for an 0-20 program. We're by far the worst major conference program in the country. I wonder what new depths we can plumb. Tune in next season to find out! Hey, I wasn’t the one grasping at straws trying to justify Ewing’s continued employment. We gave this guy an impossibly low bar to clear and he failed. It’s unbelievable. And, now we are trying to become LSU East which is somehow even worse.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 30, 2022 15:09:44 GMT -5
You'd rather a kid have to sit if we run them out of the school? This program is not above that and it's not fair to the student athlete. Kids should be able to play right away. To be fair - no program is above that anymore including Ivys. Are the Ivy’s essentially kicking people out of school because they aren’t playing well or are Ivy guys transferring because they don’t allow a 5th year in the Ivy League?
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 30, 2022 15:08:31 GMT -5
I seem to recall many people saying that one of the measures of success for Ewing this year was to keep this promising freshman class together. So much for that.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 30, 2022 11:02:51 GMT -5
Really good article, I highly recommend that anybody interested in our recruiting read it. This quote is really is telling: Hopefully Nickelberry can help change this. I also thought the information in there about his being dropped from the abuse lawsuit quickly is also a positive sign on that front. I’d bet his resignation was very closely related to being dropped from the suit. I really, really doubt he had nothing to with the many allegations against him in the suit. Who knows, maybe he’s just really unlucky and these guys were full of BS and out to get him. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/10/03/ex-howard-university-basketball-players-file-lawsuit-alleging-gross-negligence-by-coach/
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 30, 2022 7:31:25 GMT -5
I'm surprised he's not bragging about it. What, Nixon had an 18 minute gap in his tapes? Nixon was a piker. Look what I pulled off. That will be, in all likelihood, the next step. They'll say he was streaming it and that it wasn't a marathon. And, they won't have any explanation for the fact that, since it was streaming, one could watch it anytime. For this particular president, being infantile is a plausible and defensible explanation for his behaviors and actions. Ironically, as stupid as he is, he, somehow, thinks he's smarter than most and, presumably, bright people like the "Republicans" on this board fall for the stupidity or, at a bare minimum, defend/support it in service of the larger agenda which is the further marginalization of Americans that look different than they do. It's unconscionable and exceedingly transparent. Which makes it all the more infuriating. There's a zero percent chance that Trump was watching anything for 6 hours on a singular topic. His complete lack of an attention span is well documented. Also, considering nothing related to sharks was airing on Discovery (which is easily proved) just reinforces his own personal stupidity for choosing that as an excuse (as if that would be a defensible one in the first place). Yet, his pathetic cult will continue rolling along in their alternate reality. Congrats to those dummies. You're outnumbered and you will lose. It may not be this election cycle (as that's not usually how it goes) but it isn't far off. The "shark week" defense is the beginning verse of your swan song. Thankfully, a significant percentage of his supporters don't have time on their side so, mercifully, they won't be around to see the complete implosion of what remains of their "party." And, they won't be around to vote to preserve its last remnants. They'll just quietly pass on as they've, largely, chosen to self-censor out of a complete inability and/or willingness to defend themselves. One of the only certainties in life is that change will always happen. More often than not, change is difficult. Those folks have sealed their own fate. And, the change, in this case, can't come quickly enough for the good of all of us. FYI - this article is satire www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-says-seven-hour-gap-in-january-6th-phone-calls-due-to-shark-marathon-on-discovery
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 29, 2022 21:04:49 GMT -5
We need an overhaul. You don’t improve an 0-20 team by playing Kenner. Players don’t miraculously improve over the summer. Nickelberry needs to come up big or we’re looking at another bottom dwelling season. So Bigs how do you explain Otto’s team? 2012 GU finished the year #15 KenPom / #13 Bart Torvik while 2013 finished #16 KenPom / #12 Bart Torvik. They were the same team.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 28, 2022 19:14:47 GMT -5
PS. To be clear, based on everything I have seen, Nickelberry seems clean. What I said above notwithstanding, I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and Ewing has seemed to run a clean program, so let's see what happens. While Nickelberry spent a few years at a major program that had sleaze to its name (LSU), it's worth nothing that he was also at Howard for nearly a decade and nothing really noteworthy, except the abuse lawsuit. While that does concern me a bit, if Georgetown did its due diligence and was okay with it, I can trust them--they have more information than I have. Other than the abuse lawsuit. LOL. I guess I hope the person tasked with this due diligence job was not the same person who was supposed to keep an eye on the tennis program under Coach Ernst.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 28, 2022 12:27:03 GMT -5
As I understand it, Memphis' violations stem from Penny giving James Wiseman some money while Penny was coaching him in high school, and then Wiseman later committing to play for Penny when he was hired at Memphis. The other violations have to do with obstructing the NCAA's investigation of the matter. Feel fairly certain this scenario does not apply to Nickelberry. Relatedly, Will Wade's "strong-ass offer" was in 2017. Nickelberry was not hired by LSU until 2019. I’m sure the bidding war that LSU won for a recruit that our new guy was the lead on was just an escalating series of greeting cards and kind words. Lol they quite literally engaged in a bidding war for Reid. It’s not to say Georgetown is about to start dropping bags. Even if they want to, they wouldn’t be able to operate in that capacity. But we don’t have to put ourselves through the mental hurdles here. It’s a desperate program proceeding accordingly.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 27, 2022 14:51:41 GMT -5
Let's hope Ewing has the insight and humility to learn how he has to improve his leadership ....including developing relationships with his players, former Hoya players, alums, and students. There has been virtually no communication. Leadership is conversations, one-on-one conversations, helping coach players up, developing their confidence. If players stay and we get a key transfer, especially a power forward, there is hope. It’s very common for people to become completely different people as they get near 60.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 27, 2022 10:45:44 GMT -5
Ewing and staff should study video of this game to learn what good defenses look like. Nova and Houston gave a clinic on defense. We actually play good defense against Nova. It’s the other BE teams we have issues with defending. In 11 games against Villanova under Ewing, we have given up an average of 1.18 points per possession. This is horrible.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 26, 2022 13:51:09 GMT -5
If another team in the Big East were hiring the assistants we're hiring / talking about hiring, every poster on this board would be replacing the S's in the name of that school with dollar signs ($$$). The hypocrisy on display By the school and many of the fans is quite stunning.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 26, 2022 13:05:19 GMT -5
Can’t wait to never have to read another Shawn Harmon tweet on here Given the way we are about to start recruiting, there will be lots and lots of handlers to come. I’m sure they’ll all be very impressed by the coaching acumen of Mr. 0-20.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 26, 2022 12:52:32 GMT -5
Someone is going to have to convince me that everything associated with L$U isn't tainted. Have at it, I'm more than willing to listen. It's 2022. No one cares. Would you have been ok if GU hired Rick Pitino?
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 25, 2022 23:12:41 GMT -5
There is still time for GU to do the right thing. Time to move on 97. Maybe next year. It’s never too late to do the right thing. What is happening now is the wrong thing.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 25, 2022 22:09:42 GMT -5
Shocking that prioritizing defense works. Not looking forward to going to Prudential Center next year. There is still time for GU to do the right thing.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 25, 2022 21:22:57 GMT -5
Still time to fire Ewing and correct this wrong.
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 25, 2022 21:19:32 GMT -5
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Post by hoya9797 on Mar 24, 2022 16:26:30 GMT -5
Personally I am not ok with it. Knowing very little about Knickleberry and his history I would prefer we don't come within a 1000 miles with anything related to that LSU program. I imagine that the vast majority of people who care about Georgetown Universty and not just GU basketball who learn about this will agree. Looks like I was wrong about this.
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