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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Jun 9, 2020 12:52:21 GMT -5
If we were vying for a top 3 spot in the league this would interest me. As it is now, I think we've got to focus on what we are doing and that is all. Nova has more highly ranked recruits redshirting then we have on our team. JFC. I don't really give a silver Edited what interests you. - The best team in our conference just lost their best player. - We have a '20-'21 BE Conference discussion thread on this board. - Only the dimmest of half-wits would compare Nova's current recruiting or '20-'21 outlook to ours in any favorable light. I'd ask what purpose your post serves, but honestly I don't want you to respond again. I am glad we note who is or isn't coming back on other teams. My point is this is not going to factor into our successes or failures next year. That is all. As far as the rest of it, relax Francis!
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Jun 9, 2020 8:19:36 GMT -5
They've got a lot of talent left, but nobody who's already proven to be that good every night. If we were vying for a top 3 spot in the league this would interest me. As it is now, I think we've got to focus on what we are doing and that is all. Nova has more highly ranked recruits redshirting then we have on our team.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Jun 8, 2020 8:42:51 GMT -5
Okay, now I get your point. And yes, the admin and the program absolutely need to do a better job by about 1000% of valuing the fans of all levels. I'm 100% in agreement here. I've posted about this previously, but I think it's the kind of thing that this program needs to open up to: My father is a Villanova alum. Every year when Nova plays the Hoyas in DC, he comes to the game with me. He gets invited to the Villanova alumni club pre-game event. He doesn't always go, but you know who's always there? Jay Wright. He pops in for 5 minutes an hour before the game, says a few words, thanks everyone for their support, and scurries back to the locker room. He's done it when his team was good, and he's done it when his team was bad. These things matter to fans. I hope that Patrick understands that. Butler does this too. They have a hospitality suite below Hinkle with drinks/snacks and either the head coach or assistant comes in, gives a quick run down, thanks everyone and is out. Very easy to do.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Jun 2, 2020 12:21:43 GMT -5
It would only make sense to move to a young coach. Right now I wonder if Patrick is struggling with the modern AAU athlete who needs to be coddled, re-recruited every off season, and seemingly can't take criticism or they will bounce. I'm guessing that had a lot to do with the most recent departures. Hopefully this new batch of kids are all head strong, open for coaching, and willing to get better. I don't see Pat as a subtle players coach. Nor was JT Jr. I guy like Will Wade on the other hand seems like he is willing to play the game with the current AAU mentality. When building a program, that is probably what we need and hopefully Pat is learning when to ride the players and when to encourage them.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Jun 2, 2020 10:03:18 GMT -5
This would be a disaster for us as we don't seem to have an in-house candidate (which we should cultivate soon BTW).
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 29, 2020 13:24:30 GMT -5
Damn I wanted UVA. Kansas is long and a great defensive team. Only plus for us, like WVU, is that they aren't great shooters. If we could ever learn to defend next year, then we'd have a shot against some of these teams because we'll be able to put up points. Who is putting up points for us? We are losing 6 of our top 9 scorers and all of our top 3. Unless Bile or Harris are go to scorers or someone in this freshman crew breaks out, we are likely looking at a whole roster of guys putting up 6 to 8 points a game. It could work since you won't really be able to key in on anyone and we can rotate in & out like JT Jr. but I don't know man.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 29, 2020 13:20:44 GMT -5
It might be because we have a tough early schedule and we aren't really going to be good and Pat needs to show improvement but likely doesn't think he has a tourney team on his hands. That is all I can think of. If we have any sort of significant transfers with this current group, the writing on the current era will be complete. I hope this group gels with coach and vice versa.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 28, 2020 12:15:09 GMT -5
I wonder how a four star recruit like Darius Days feels about a signing like this (if the kid goes to LSU)? They got Watford last year and if they get this kid this year the kid is looking at year 3 in baton rouge before seeing starters minutes. That also assumes they don't bring in the next kid like him the following year. I really hate what is happening in the college landscape with kids not even sticking with a program for a couple years. I really hope Malcolm Wilson carves out a role and can thrive by his junior year as it is the old school development plan.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 28, 2020 12:12:00 GMT -5
One thing will certainly be answered with Mac playing under Beard. Whether Mac is the reason that he was an inefficient bad defender here or if it was the coaching. This is right on point. We will also see if James can blend with talent or not. Coach 2 in each of these might have a better shot since this really is the last chance for each kid. My guess is they go the way of Kyle Wiltjer and aren't really heard from again and have no shot at an NBA career. Not sorry apples I just think these kids don't realize how limited the chances are in the league and how good & lucky you have to be to make it & STICK!!!
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 27, 2020 11:49:15 GMT -5
I'll go back to my original premise, I am fine if he goes to LSU. One and done centers aren't a way to win big in the NCAA and that is what we care about. Keep developing the kids we have, bring in Mutombo hopefully and build out that '21 class.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 27, 2020 8:36:51 GMT -5
Am I insane to say I think this is the type of player we may not want at this point in our program's evolution? A one year kid who is extremely talented on D it sounds like but wouldn't be able to stretch the D on the other end and has some overlapping talent with our current bigs. Maybe just to win one of these yes, but possibly to the detriment of our team in 21/22.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 27, 2020 8:01:54 GMT -5
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 21, 2020 10:07:08 GMT -5
Did the coaching staff try? Two-player retreat sponsored by the GU Jesuits? Couples therapy? Relationship psychologist? Just kidding to a degree, but the two could’ve put their respective followers in their place by looking like bros. But, ever since that all-star high school camp, Akinjo looked like he wasn’t feeling it with Mac. Although we don’t have the day-to-day details, Mac never looked like a bad teammate during games, in interviews and was known to be a gym rat. My question is: how is Pat’s time distributed between recruiting, coaching, managing players, managing the program, interviews, family time, etc... He looks like he’s all over the place recruiting (reaching or not). Managing these two players’ egos, well... and Josh’s too, was just as important as recruiting top high schoolers. They were the start of the foundation. It collapsed. Just another lesson for our inexperienced head coach... hopefully he learns from it. LeBron and Kyrie couldn’t get Along either. Both ball dominant players. They had to trade one away though in the end they lost both too. Those two have passive aggressive personalities so it never blew up like it would with MJ type personalities but they couldn’t do exist Kyrie won't get along with anyone. Some of these personalities just need better evaluation on the front end. Unfortunately with Mac & Akinjo, Pat didn't have the luxury of evaluating as he had to build a class quickly. If we can just get ahead on a few of these classes with some early commits, that allows for deeper evaluation of work ethic, ego and coachability.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 19, 2020 13:13:50 GMT -5
What is our record in players that wipe their gram? Last two Coaches followed on twitter : Nate Oats and Tom Crean, 0 Georgetown follows on Twitter that I see. Looks like he followed Crouch a while back on IG. Or with Mac news maybe he sees a path to 9 zillion shots next year on our roster.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 18, 2020 14:29:48 GMT -5
Is he Jamaican? Does he wear 33? Does his Mom love us? I'll dial in when he is on the court at the beginning of the season in '21 and not in the G league.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 15, 2020 15:50:24 GMT -5
Valid points. His first year he reached for Dickerson. That didn't really hinder anyways PT though. The following year he had Malinowski who at least was around the program for two years. That probably cost Blair some minutes. This past year he had Omer who like Malinowski was around the program for two years. That definitely cost Qudus minutes and Timmy as well. He also brought in Allen who would have taken some minutes from Akinjo, Blair & Mac but ended up being a lifeline after the transfers and injuries. The one thing in common all three of these years have is no tourney and losing seasons (one 500 season in the BE). The last two teams all had more promise on paper then the current one. Where am I off? I assume you mean *grad transfers? I kind of mean all transfers at this point. It has gotten completely out of hand across the college landscape. As a fan, you want to cheer for a kid for four years or at least three. Now you look at rosters and don't even know who any of the kids are. We desperately need a baseball like rule on the one & done to make it a go immediately or go to college for three. Let's get back to putting competitive teams on the court and graduating kids.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 15, 2020 10:34:16 GMT -5
I had a thought last night (mainly due to the Eastern transfer from Purdue to Michigan a day after he announced he was transferring). I think we should stop recruiting transfers. I get the stop-gap argument but for 20/21, we are dead in the water. Why not give those minutes exclusively to Harris & Beard at the 1 and the 4 minutes to Sibley/Clark. Instead we are going to lean on the fifth year Harris & Biles. Yes, that may win us some games next year and do just enough to keep us out of the cellar but it isn't going to get us to the tourney. In 21/22, those kids will be gone and I would rather have the four freshman (now 5) getting minutes in a bust of a year. It is almost like the NFL GM/Coach who trades away the future for next years roster because he knows he is dead man walking. Now once we have built up a few classes like this and are at or near the top, sure, plug in a kid to get you over the hump but this offseason has felt like desperate hail mary's with every transfer & recruit. Disagree. Without the transfers, we would have TWO upperclassmen on the team. That is a recipe for a #11 BE finish disaster. At least you try to get experience to help the newbies be competitive. Valid points. His first year he reached for Dickerson. That didn't really hinder anyways PT though. The following year he had Malinowski who at least was around the program for two years. That probably cost Blair some minutes. This past year he had Omer who like Malinowski was around the program for two years. That definitely cost Qudus minutes and Timmy as well. He also brought in Allen who would have taken some minutes from Akinjo, Blair & Mac but ended up being a lifeline after the transfers and injuries. The one thing in common all three of these years have is no tourney and losing seasons (one 500 season in the BE). The last two teams all had more promise on paper then the current one. Where am I off?
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 15, 2020 10:34:06 GMT -5
I had a thought last night (mainly due to the Eastern transfer from Purdue to Michigan a day after he announced he was transferring). I think we should stop recruiting transfers. I get the stop-gap argument but for 20/21, we are dead in the water. Why not give those minutes exclusively to Harris & Beard at the 1 and the 4 minutes to Sibley/Clark. Instead we are going to lean on the fifth year Harris & Biles. Yes, that may win us some games next year and do just enough to keep us out of the cellar but it isn't going to get us to the tourney. In 21/22, those kids will be gone and I would rather have the four freshman (now 5) getting minutes in a bust of a year. It is almost like the NFL GM/Coach who trades away the future for next years roster because he knows he is dead man walking. Now once we have built up a few classes like this and are at or near the top, sure, plug in a kid to get you over the hump but this offseason has felt like desperate hail mary's with every transfer & recruit. Disagree. Without the transfers, we would have TWO upperclassmen on the team. That is a recipe for a #11 BE finish disaster. At least you try to get experience to help the newbies be competitive. Valid points. His first year he reached for Dickerson. That didn't really hinder anyways PT though. The following year he had Malinowski who at least was around the program for two years. That probably cost Blair some minutes. This past year he had Omer who like Malinowski was around the program for two years. That definitely cost Qudus minutes and Timmy as well. He also brought in Allen who would have taken some minutes from Akinjo, Blair & Mac but ended up being a lifeline after the transfers and injuries. The one thing in common all three of these years have is no tourney and losing seasons (one 500 season in the BE). The last two teams all had more promise on paper then the current one. Where am I off?
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 15, 2020 8:53:29 GMT -5
I had a thought last night (mainly due to the Eastern transfer from Purdue to Michigan a day after he announced he was transferring). I think we should stop recruiting transfers. I get the stop-gap argument but for 20/21, we are dead in the water. Why not give those minutes exclusively to Harris & Beard at the 1 and the 4 minutes to Sibley/Clark. Instead we are going to lean on the fifth year Harris & Biles. Yes, that may win us some games next year and do just enough to keep us out of the cellar but it isn't going to get us to the tourney. In 21/22, those kids will be gone and I would rather have the four freshman (now 5) getting minutes in a bust of a year. It is almost like the NFL GM/Coach who trades away the future for next years roster because he knows he is dead man walking.
Now once we have built up a few classes like this and are at or near the top, sure, plug in a kid to get you over the hump but this offseason has felt like desperate hail mary's with every transfer & recruit.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 14, 2020 12:55:05 GMT -5
Wow! That actually looks pretty good. IF they get rid of the visiting side and add the end zone area for students you may have something here.
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