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Post by deacon on Mar 4, 2013 13:41:54 GMT -5
I can't decide whether you're actually a fan of the Program or just a troll. It would be entirely pathetic if you posted hundreds of time solely for the purpose of trolling Georgetown so I'll assume you consider yourself a fan. The perplexing thing about that assumption is you've rarely, if ever, said anything positive about the team. You find fault in nearly every aspect of the Program and have done so in an overtly condescending and Editedy manner. As it seems you derive no pleasure from rooting for Georgetown, I advise that you find a different team to follow. Perhaps Duke. Yep. Never anything positive. Posts troll comments just to incite. Ignore. Y'all just figuring this out? I realized the ignore function on Tapatalk didn't work because his posts still showed up.
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Post by deacon on Mar 3, 2013 13:44:33 GMT -5
I hope we don't. I'm actually getting to the point where I'll be upset if he comes back next season. He'll be a Top-5 pick in the draft, and like Jeff, he can always come back to get his degree. There is more to life than making money. That money will be there. He could want to enjoy another year of college life. I'd bet everything I own he's going to the NBA after this season. It would make absolutely no sense whatsoever for him to come back next season. None. Zero.
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Post by deacon on Mar 3, 2013 13:12:53 GMT -5
I think we should withhold defining his place in our history until after we see what his teams accomplish before he leaves. By the way, one more year! I hope we hear it all game long on Saturday. I hope we don't. I'm actually getting to the point where I'll be upset if he comes back next season. He'll be a Top-5 pick in the draft, and like Jeff, he can always come back to get his degree.
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Post by deacon on Mar 3, 2013 3:55:35 GMT -5
That '87 had solid underclassmen, like this team, that understood their roles and played them well. But I can't say a team with Jaren Jackson, Charles Smith, Mark Tillmon, Dwayne Bryant, Perry McDonald, etc.. wasn't that talented. Young at the time? Sure. But it was a talented bunch.
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Post by deacon on Feb 27, 2013 17:42:23 GMT -5
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Post by deacon on Feb 27, 2013 11:39:28 GMT -5
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Post by deacon on Feb 26, 2013 21:55:31 GMT -5
Ah I dont get that. I just think Benimon was a product of being held back in our type of offense. Good for him though Benimon has always done well vs inferior competition. He had monster stats at Winchester high school. The CAA is an inferior league now, especially without VCU and Larranaga gone from George Masn. Benimon still averages 3.8 turnovers a game which is extremely high for a forward. So I'm not convinced that he can play well vs elite level competition. Good for him though. Sometimes you need playing time to increase your value to play professionally in Europe. Just look at Omar Wattad at Tennessee-Chatanooga and now playing pro in Europe. Nah, he's completely transformed his body and has elevated his game to another level. Wattad was essentially the same player after he left, Jerrelle isn't.
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Post by deacon on Feb 26, 2013 21:47:03 GMT -5
He would not have been held back on this team. Plus he didn't know everything yet. BTW - i LOVE nate lubick, however could you imagine Benimon in that role?? I don't agree with your take on Lubick v Benimon, but what Jerelle has done at Towson this season is pretty amazing. It's one if the best stories in college hoops, I think. That team has already won more games this season than in the past 3 combined. Benimon leads them in points, rebounds, assists and blocks. Good for him. Jerrelle finished with 31 points and 7 boards in Towson's 85-81 victory. Kid is a baller.
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Post by deacon on Feb 26, 2013 20:02:19 GMT -5
I'm watching it on The Comcast Network (TCN), channel 856 on Comcast cable.
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Post by deacon on Feb 26, 2013 19:57:55 GMT -5
If you can get it, please watch that Towson-George Mason game. Jerrelle looked like a man amongst boys in the first half. He's doing things offensively that are eye popping.
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Post by deacon on Feb 26, 2013 1:21:14 GMT -5
It would most likely be a good move for the team. Let Josh and Moses hold it down next year, with Hopkins working in a bit as needed. Same basic rotation the following year too. But it takes a certain type of person to see it that way. I think it takes a lot of maturity for a kid to accept a redshirt like that. Mike Brey uses redshirts with some regularity and it works nicely for him. But in most cases, the kid doesn't buy it. Usually these guys have been pumped up their entire life by AAU coaches, hangers on, and even college coaches trying to win them over in recruiting. If they're not seeing the floor after all that, most kids tend to blame the coach, assume that they're not being used right, and try to go somewhere else where they're being assured more PT. You really have to buy into the coach and his teaching methods in order to redshirt and devote another year of your life to the program. Basically, I think it'd be good for the team, but I'm skeptical that the player is on-board. In fact, the coaching staff even suggesting it is probably enough to turn the player away in many cases. I agree for the most part, but in this case, we're talking about a kid that only played one full season of high school basketball, was an unknown nationally until very late in the recruiting process and openly stated that one of the main reasons he chose Georgetown was due to the programs development of big men. You're 100% correct, it does take the right kid to understand that a redshirt would be in their best interest, but Hayes picked us for a reason and looking at a recent example such as Olynyk that used a redshirt year to the fullest, I don't think it should be a tough sell.
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Post by deacon on Feb 24, 2013 0:26:06 GMT -5
He has a younger brother, Jeffrey, and a younger cousin, Jaylen, who are playing at Scott County Central. Jaylen is a senior and I believe Jeffrey is a sophomore.
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Post by deacon on Feb 23, 2013 21:35:17 GMT -5
As good as Otto was today, Rakeem Christmas was equally just as bad.
There were a lot of angry people around here when he chose 'Cuse, but they can have him. He's real bad.
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Post by deacon on Feb 21, 2013 1:55:36 GMT -5
That being said he was still second in scoring by the time he got suspended (mere percentage points from Otto) . This stat is a bit deceptive though because Porter was knocked out of the Duquense game with a concussion playing only 6 minutes and scoring 0 points. That kind of goose egg due to injury destroys a per game scoring average and murdered his scoring average taking it from 14.1 ppg to 12.1 ppg (Otto's scoring average up through the Pitt game. Whit's last game). Greg's a decent player but he's not a guard on offense. His handles are not great for a guard and he's slow for a guard and offensively given the composition of the rest of the team it was slowing down the offense against better competition. With him out there we didn't have enough ball handlers. Most of Greg's supposed upside and potential is based on him being a 6-8 shooting guard but I'm not convinced that he can play guard on offense at this level or the next. If he plays small forward then he loses the defensive physical advantages and measurables that he has a defensive guard. I think he's a good player but he's not on Porter's level. Agreed.
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Post by deacon on Feb 18, 2013 16:26:28 GMT -5
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Post by deacon on Feb 18, 2013 12:26:53 GMT -5
Yaboynyp, check your PMs.
I was awfully impressed with the kid, even though he reclassified. If he stays in the '14 class, I find it hard to fathom he won't end up a five-star and Top 20 player in that class.
I like our chances right now, but things could change if Duke and/or UNC offer.
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Post by deacon on Feb 17, 2013 17:12:46 GMT -5
Video from yesterday's event
BTW, JTIII was also at his game today.
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Post by deacon on Feb 17, 2013 17:09:28 GMT -5
Saw him once and wasn't all that impressed to be honest. Asked a few people if I was missing something, and they said he's talented but the production hasn't caught up with the potential.
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Post by deacon on Feb 17, 2013 14:13:52 GMT -5
Playing Dwayne Morgan and St Francis today at 530Â… I predict some of the staff will be in the house but no confirmation, just an educated guess.. You got Miller School (Copeland) playing at Wilson at 3:20 and O'Connell playing Gonzaga at American at 5. I'd concentrate all efforts in upper Northwest today and at best, send Hunter or Brennan to the Mount St. Joe's-St. Francis game. Like I said, I might cry if we don't get Copeland.
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Post by deacon on Feb 17, 2013 14:08:39 GMT -5
That first play was a shot-sheet error. That was Shelvin Mack to Chris Wright, not DaJuan.
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