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Post by bicentennial on Sept 20, 2011 16:10:22 GMT -5
I agree that the conference change thing is scary but that the one place Georgetown without question has the ability to keep our program relevant is on the basketball court. While our team this year will be extremely young, I for one am extremely excited to see what a team with an average height of 6'7" can do on the court. There may be times this year when we have no one under 6'5" on the court and we could play a 6'5" and a 6'7" guard as well as 3 forward/centers above 6'9". Regardless of what is going on with football and the conference realignments, if Georgetown is winning basketball games in the next few years we will be in a better position. Recruiting wise, there are still many kids on the board and Georgetown has many of the top uncommited players listing us. I also would remind that even though Anderson has committed and did so to one of his two schools not in the Big East, he did so on a day when the Big East was imploding. If the Big East rises like a sphynx in some form, similar kids considering the Big East schools next year will likely end up at a Big East school. Finally, I think that for once we should get some decent calls from the refs this year when we play Pitt and Syracuse.
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Post by bicentennial on Sept 19, 2011 22:21:40 GMT -5
I'm just a law student and not particularly into corporate law but from all this a few things are clear. One the 5 million in the big east is too little, should increase it to 30 million like the ACC. Two should go after Nordenberg and Pitt under respondeat superior for the entire value of next years ESPN contract which was dropped under Nordenberg's direction. If he was a corporate officer his failure at his fiduciary duties should be easy to prove even with little paper trail outside of the negotiations and his statements to the other presidents. The ESPN contract alone not including future network contracts is a Billion dollars which would bankrupt Pitt and close their doors forever. Need to subpoena not only the ACC, PITT but also ESPN who with Dana O'Neill article seem to be encouraging this. If there is even a little evidence of impropriety should file in Federal court against Pitt and create as much of a financial threat as possible to ESPN and ACC as well. Syracuse seems like an also ran, while PITT and Nordenberg seem like very bad actors.
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Post by bicentennial on Sept 8, 2011 22:36:14 GMT -5
We are well over thirty posts/day past few days, well on target to pass latavious. Keep up the good work! Kyle Anderson fits best at Georgetown.
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Post by bicentennial on Sept 5, 2011 10:32:01 GMT -5
Anyone know if he took a visit either un- or official this weekend? Any chance he might be in town tuesday?
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Post by bicentennial on Sept 5, 2011 10:29:52 GMT -5
Agree Kyle Anderson Fits at Georgetown. Don't forget former NBA player Othella Harrington now on staff to help players like Kyle Anderson develop their game as well as 80's greats like David Wingate and Regie Williams. Need more than 20 posts per day to make sure we top Latavious!
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Post by bicentennial on Sept 2, 2011 21:07:52 GMT -5
Could we learn something from UConn and get this kid on financial aid for academics coming from Harvard and get a hardship waver since if he doesn't play this year he will be losing his academic eligibility after only playing 2 years of college ball. If UConn can get Drummond in right before school, even a month into the school year we should be able to get a Harvard kid into Georgetown without affecting our academic progress report!
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Post by bicentennial on Sept 2, 2011 21:03:27 GMT -5
I really dig some of the positive waves man but some of you are bringing me down. If you figure our starting height and average height, we are likely to be much taller than previous years. The last time we were this tall it included a 7'4" guy but still our average height will be on par with that. I also like the ability to press, the shot blocking potential and the running potential of this team compared to the last several years. I worry that SIMS may not be what we need him to be, but on the otherhand, I believe he will finally have a chance to play through mistakes instead of getting psyched out on the bench every time he does something dumb. Some players learn from sitting out the rest of a game, clearly Sims does not. 5 minutes to think followed by a return to the game may work better. I have always thought that the princeton offense with all players above 6'6" would be unstoppable and we could almost have that this year and if we get Anderson we could play that next year. Other teams should be scared.
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Post by bicentennial on Aug 26, 2011 23:57:55 GMT -5
If what has been posted in other threads is true, he cannot be a walkon. It is also unlikely that at this late juncture Calhoun would throw another player off the team. What is the deal where some teams place a player on a scholarship from another sport. Can they use baseball, soccer or another sports scholarship for Drummond? Does anyone know!
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Post by bicentennial on Aug 25, 2011 20:21:49 GMT -5
Kyle Anderson Fits Best at Georgetown Kyle Anderson Does Best at Georgetown Kyle Anderson Excels at Georgetown Future Draft Pick Kyle Anderson Excels at Georgetown Perfect Fit Kyle Anderson at Georgetown Diversity is Key!
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Post by bicentennial on Jul 8, 2011 23:43:23 GMT -5
In Reply to Hoya Jake and others, I believe Hoya Prospectus early last year actually did the break down in points scored in the first 7 seconds and throughout the remaining 35 seconds for several seasons. Our Hoyas over the last several years scored reasonably well in the first 7 seconds and also very well in the last 7 seconds of the shot clock. The first 7 seconds are fast break points almost exclusively, the last 7 second is a place where good half court offenses breakdown defenses. Perhaps someone can find the HoyaProspectus article from last year and post a link. Don't think our first 7 second shots are all that low compared to average team, but not sure this data can be calculated easily, believe it requires a review of the play by play, which is quite slow to do, requires a realy dedicated fan who loves stats.
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Post by bicentennial on Jun 14, 2011 12:24:19 GMT -5
I have no insider information or anything except a memory of the past 25 years of Georgetown head coaches and Georgetown basketball. JT Jr. was known long ago for his political stance of wanting to give kids a chance and felt what they did when given the opportunity at Georgetown was what mattered most not what had come before. He recruited Allen Iverson and part of the reason AI did not go to prison for the bar fight was the respect people had for JT Jr. AI may have had some problems in the NBA, but overall he made a name for himself on the basketball court that has not been sullied much by his refusal late in his career to be a bench player. A few years before the BU fiasco with coach Broadus, Ronny Thompson a former GU player and the son of JT Jr. and brother of JTIII accepted the head coaching job at Ball State University. After 1 year he was "let go" for recruiting violations as determined by the University. This is the same Ball State that a few years before had a major football recruiting scandall with a sizable portion of their football program making hundreds or thousands of dollars on various textbook reselling schemes. Despite that major infraction, their AD was the same during the Ronny Thompson year. Because of all the finger pointing a retired federal judge was appointed by the Indiana legislature to review the situation and make a finding. It was determined that their was no evidence that Ronny Thompson had done anything wrong and shortly after that finding the AD was let go. I believe RT received some sort of severance from that episode at Ball State. On the BU since I have previously mispelled it and am not sure I wont mispell it again. Mr. Broadus was hired by the president and AD at BU to bring back a perennial losing basketball team. It would appear from reports of his salary, that he was given a contract with all the wrong sorts of incentives for a brand new head coach. It was clear from his contract that his worth to the university was much greater if he won basketball games. He recruited and won basketball games. The players he recruited all had checkered pasts. He was recruiting to one of the bottom teams in one of the losest division one conferences. He won his conference that year, but the other coaches all knew his players were dirty. His leading scorer and the conferences leading scorer was passed over for conference player of the year because it was known how dirty he was and not a single team coach voted for him. Coach Broadus was put on administrative leave during that summer after he removed seven players from his team for infractions many of them involving drugs. Several of his players went to jail. The situation at BU was such a mess that the President of the entire New York University system stepped in and the President of BU as well as the AD of BU were let go. A significant number of statements were made by the President of the New York University system that implied Coach Broadus was in part responsible for the mess, but he was not fired. He filed suit in court, someone posted on the board that summer the filing which appeared to be pro se. He received the largest salary of any New York official last year. I believe our country has a real problem with improper incentive structures and scapegoats. Remember Martha Stewart went to jail for insider trading, but to date no head of any Wallstreet firm that fraudulently sold junk loans as good loans has gone to jail. The CountryWide CEO made 500 M from giving anyone who wanted a million dollar home a mortgage even if they made minimum wage. I have no doubt that Coach Broadus did what he was asked by the University President and AD at BU. He did it very well and was therefore entitled to a very large compensation package. Should he have taken a job with such poorly thought out incentives? Probably not. Does he now own with no mortgage a much nicer place to live than he ever could afford on a Georgetown University assistant coach salary? Absolutely! I believe very much in second chances. I believe coach Broadus should have another chance somewhere. If given incentives that reward him for keeping his nose very clean while recruiting his heart out for Georgetown, I believe he will do so. I am sure there is more than enough out there that recruits will get a spin that put the BU/Broadus affair in a light that is not very positive for BU and the New York University System and not very negative for Coach Broadus. It is too bad that New York did not appoint a retired federal judge to investigate and make conclusions, perhaps they knew better. Finally, the Egerson thing. I remember in the 80's allegations that Patrick Ewing couldn't read. Now he is a highly respected NBA assistant head coach who graduated from Georgetown. Bringing in a player who will have difficulty with the Georgetown course work is not doing anything wrong. A 17 yo with good work ethic and lots of appropriate academic help can succeed. Georgetown has been proving that for 4-5 decades. Some will not be willing to put in the book and writing time, that doesn't mean they should never get the chance.
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Post by bicentennial on May 13, 2011 12:11:01 GMT -5
Not sure how this thread became a Broadus thread rather than an Othella thread. Othella joining the staff is definitedly a positive, can't help but wonder if having extra assistant coaches may not help players make bigger jumps both during the season and during off seasons. In terms of Broadus, while there is no question he recruited very troubled kids to the Binghampton program, and participated in one of the most messed up periods in that NY state institution, he was vindicated when the University settled his lawsuit. Ultimately, it appears that he was encouraged to win no matter what by his superiors in the Athletic Program of the institution. Clearly, Broadus if he came back would need to be on a short leash. Still remember it was while Broadus was on our staff that we made it to the final four, and in his 1 year at Binghampton he won more games than Binghampton basketball won any season before or after. Clearly, he not only has an eye for talent, he is good at teaching talent to play basketball. As long a Broadus has much oversight he should not create problems for Georgetown and may help the basketball program to get back to the level we all hope for.on more
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Post by bicentennial on May 6, 2011 18:15:28 GMT -5
2011-2012 is a year with infinite potential and no expectations, agree that Sims could be the man. Interesting too that we could play 3 players at a time 6'8"-6'10" which would certainly change the complexion of the princeton. I actually wonder if the princeton wouldn't work best with 1 PG and 4 wing/bigs with position by defensive assignment not by offensive location. Would have to have wing/bigs willing to run an awful lot.
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Post by bicentennial on May 6, 2011 18:00:37 GMT -5
I didn't see anything up above but only read last two pages, any chance Nick Faust's recruitment could reopen and with our guard shortage would that be worthwhile?
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Post by bicentennial on Apr 23, 2011 8:29:00 GMT -5
I don't claim to have any deep insight into whether hollis will be coming back but it seems to me his decision may have to do with changes being proposed by the NCAA president's that would shorten the withdrawal deadline another 2 weeks, essentially making the option of a review and meetings with NBA scouts and the like impossible starting next year. Even now the May 8th deadline is about half the time Jeff and Roy had. While I think Hollis is unlikely to be a draft candidate this year, it is a weak draft and there is the perception that staying to your senior year lowers your chances of getting into the NBA. In that context particularly if he can graduate in 3 years it would make perfect sense to test the waters this year.
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Post by bicentennial on Apr 14, 2011 20:50:51 GMT -5
Not to start a new form of speculation but many of the teams we compete with including Syracuse last year had way more than 13 scholarship players on their team. Is there any reason an alternate team scholarship couldn't be used say from swimming, baseball etc. to allow more than 13 players on our bball team. From a statistical point having 4 or 5 players each year maturing into upperclassment might significantly increase the odds of having 1 or 2 players each year have a signficant jump each summer.
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 10, 2011 17:29:23 GMT -5
Agree support and building up of team is the order of the week, not self recrimination. Thursday next week should be another chance for redemption.
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 10, 2011 17:26:51 GMT -5
Doyel Article at CBS sports quite disheartening. Feels like he is attacking the integrity of our program. Doyel claims we will not be able to play Wright for at least 3 more weeks and that therefore we shouldn't be in the NCAA field. I feel that while JTIII is not very open to the media, our program is very straight forward and honest when they do make press releases. If JTIII says CW is likely to play in NCAA, then a weazel like Doyel should be called to task for questioning it. In the old days writers were told to eat their words on paper when they were false, perhaps Doyel should be asked to eat his keyboard or monitor next week!
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 10, 2011 17:21:06 GMT -5
If Henry didn't want to play in the Garden then the 8-0 run is truly a paradise lost.
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 10, 2011 17:02:23 GMT -5
Bit worried by the tone that was set in the second half. While Sims play was clearly very bad, it seems as if JTIII has forgotten that players during games should be acting not thinking. Skills must be learned and refined in practice so they are second nature during games. Clearly by the expressions of Sims and Vaughn during the second half, they heard a fair amount during half time. We saw last year that when allowed to Sims will start over analyzing and become useless on the court. Not giving Sims an opportunity to learn from his first half error in the second half of the Big East Tournament game, may well make him useless to us in the NCAA tournament. While JTIII is a great coach and has brought our program back to life, I worry that he rebels against JTII's game of physical dominance and because he was a guard leans towards guards and short forwards. In the game against UCONN instead of getting Sims and Vaughn an opportunity to go back in to show they learned from their mistakes, he instead let them stew. Now perhaps I am overanalyzing and Sims still has an ankle that is sore or perhaps JTIII accepted that we could not come back from being down 15 and wanted to give Ayegba some minutes in the offense since we may need his fouls and minutes in the NCAA tournament, but I hope practices this week are more upbeat than what I saw on the bench in the game yesterday, since the mood on the bench looked like poison.
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