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Post by iowa80 on Feb 21, 2024 16:40:12 GMT -5
Hoyas 83 Red whatever 79
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 6, 2024 11:04:50 GMT -5
If you would like to increase home attendance by two against Villanova in some excellent seats in renowned Section 101, PM me. I'm going to be away. Note that this is NOT a scalp, but a friendly offer if you promise to attend yourself (with another) and make some noise.
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 5, 2024 17:54:21 GMT -5
This whole concept appears dead, but I will try anyway. I’ll be out of town for Villanova and have two excellent seats This is NOT a scalp. I would prefer to put Hoya Fannie’s in those seats.
PM me. Or Mr Mod, I would appreciate any suggestions as to how to get this across. I was thinking of trying the Villanova discussion but am unsure if that is appropriate. I can’t start a thread here apparently.
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 4, 2024 20:33:42 GMT -5
He’s open about many things. Why not? I haven’t read or heard it in one of his many interviews. It may be true or not, but it strikes me as something you keep close to the vest.
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 4, 2024 19:56:41 GMT -5
The most updated and preferred narrative is that Cooley had enough NIL money to spend for guys like Dickinson and Cam Spencer, but they didn’t see Georgetown as an appealing destination because of the way Ewing left the program. So Cooley ended up banking last year’s allotted NIL cash and can use it this coming offseason. The first sentence is what Cooley said. Regarding banking it to use it this season, has Cooley ever said that? Would you expect him to?
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 4, 2024 18:57:06 GMT -5
Nah, "Excellent call, KUDOS!" UConn should be similar, unfortunately more UConn fans likely! Was at the game. I'd agree with the numbers but at least 50% Marquette fans. My nephew, a Marquette grad was with me. He made some interesting observations. One was that a lot of the Marquette bench players who came in once the game got out of hand will be starting next year and all of them handled our starting 5-7 with ease. In short, expect Marquette to be good for a number of years and unless we really find some good transfers/recruits we won't be beating Marquette for a long time. Second, was that although our program stinks and has stunk for the last 10 years, he and a lot of his Marquette buddies really think the GU basketball tradition is real and they expect Cooley to have us competitive in 2-3 years. In short, at least among some of our BE foes there is still some residual respect for GU basketball. Of course my nephew also said Marquette is the premier Jesuit college so take that into account... We all have our perspective, but my take is that the arena was no where near 50% Marquette. As many successful teams, they have a following here, but I would be surprised if the crowd was 25%, if even that. There was a healthy number behind the Marquette bench, but the remainder of the arena was mostly G'town. When walking to and from the game and circling Gallery Place, and around the perimeter of inside, it was pretty clear that Georgetown people were in the considerable majority. As an aside, the Marquette people were pretty much model fans.
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 3, 2024 21:00:54 GMT -5
Do think that there's any chance Cooley wishes he'd stayed at PC? Any? Would Pastner be on TV if someone would hire him?\ to coach? I’m not on ESPN with an audience of millions of people. Does Cooley strike you as happy to be at Georgetown right now? He’s calling out specific players for not paying attention during televised timeout huddles - that is, when Cooley is actually in the huddles and not sitting by himself on the bench. Forgive me if I don't see being on ESPN spouting minimal hot takes (a job requirement) as the height of knowledge. I don't doubt that Cooley is very unhappy with the abysmal performance of this crew today--likely as he was pleased with the way they stood up in the PC atmosphere. They guy is simply too smart to not know what he getting into to (including, BTW, the salary).
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 3, 2024 20:53:49 GMT -5
Who doesn't like hot takes from the jobless Josh Pastner? Is it really that hot of a take? Pastner is doing TV, like many former coaches do. It’s what Cooley told Fanta he’d like to be doing in 4-5 years. Do think that there's any chance Cooley wishes he'd stayed at PC? Any? Would Pastner be on TV if someone would hire him? to coach?
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 3, 2024 20:47:57 GMT -5
Who doesn't like hot takes from the jobless Josh Pastner?
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 3, 2024 20:32:37 GMT -5
“In casual conversations with alumni and donors off-stage and at other JCW events, Ed Cooley is continuing to express a lot of confidence about the roster the team will have next season. He doesn’t seem worried about what awaits if Hunter Dickinson passes on Georgetown. We’ll see what happens.” Where is that saying "we'll be good THIS year"? No coach is going to say their team is going to stink, even in a rebuilding year. Not even Patrick Ewing. But this is Cooley. He's not supposed to "sell" the program. He's supposed to say "We're starting from the depths of college basketball, many won't come here as a result, but I'll do the best I can with some flotsam and jetsam."
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 3, 2024 19:33:18 GMT -5
Today was completely embarrassing. It was even more embarrassing than the short fuse some of our resident experts are showing with Cooley. He inherited an absolute train wreck that is pretty much incomparable to any other job in the country.
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 3, 2024 17:33:49 GMT -5
The frisbee-catching dogs at halftime were the highlights of the day, Fewer turnovers.
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Post by iowa80 on Feb 2, 2024 14:21:06 GMT -5
DC 86 Milwaukee 85
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Post by iowa80 on Jan 27, 2024 12:12:08 GMT -5
Hoyas 84 Friars 83
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Post by iowa80 on Jan 23, 2024 17:27:17 GMT -5
Jack 83 Whatever 77
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Post by iowa80 on Jan 16, 2024 22:43:21 GMT -5
My comment was too brief, so let me elaborate. We are not only in a deeper hole, we are in a much deeper hole. We are coming from the depths of college basketball. My educated guess is that this affects the availability of transfers, and greatly affects whether we should be better. St John’s chose to ditch a moderately successful coach in order to bring in someone who is a proven winner, although unpalatable to our Administration. I really don’t question whether St. John’s, well coached by Pitino and playing experienced guys, is a better team. I do question whether we should be in any sense comparable. Transfer rankings aren't the end all be all but they give us a guide of what players are more coveted than others. St John's had a much higher ranking but it was because they brought in more players. Butler on the other hand was lower than us with the same amount of transfers many of who very few teams wanted. This "hole" everyone is talking about is way overblown. Cooley just put together a bad undermanned roster which was in part because he didn't want to take many seniors. Not the strategy I would've gone with but it's what he did and now we are living with it. Has little to do with the "hole". The transfer portal is the great equalizer especially now that you can pay. You may have more insight into Cooley's intentions than I do. Is it safe to summarize by saying that you feel that the "condition" of a program has little to no effect on the willingness of transfers to come to a school?
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Post by iowa80 on Jan 13, 2024 15:22:01 GMT -5
I get that you are impatient about the state of the team currently, 16 games into the Cooley era, but the situation at St. John’s bears little to no comparison to our present situation. Well, we both have new coaches, so I suppose that’s one thing. I disagree with “little to no comparison.” We were certainly in a deeper hole, but turning a program around doesn’t have to be like turning a battleship anymore. Like i said, hope the SH game augurs better things for the rest of the season. My comment was too brief, so let me elaborate. We are not only in a deeper hole, we are in a much deeper hole. We are coming from the depths of college basketball. My educated guess is that this affects the availability of transfers, and greatly affects whether we should be better. St John’s chose to ditch a moderately successful coach in order to bring in someone who is a proven winner, although unpalatable to our Administration. I really don’t question whether St. John’s, well coached by Pitino and playing experienced guys, is a better team. I do question whether we should be in any sense comparable.
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Post by iowa80 on Jan 13, 2024 15:03:00 GMT -5
I get all the reasons why Pitino wasn’t a good fit for our job, and I’m not aligned with the casual Hoya faction that just won’t let it go - but it’s still so painful to see a game like the Johnnies vs Creighton that’s on right now and not feel just a little sick about the quality of team and play we’ve had shoveled on our plates this season. We really should not be as bad as we are right now. Let’s hope we make some sort of leap over the final 6 weeks here. EDIT: and I get that St. John’s probably won’t win, but it’s an entertaining game in which they’re down 1 on the road with 5 minutes left. When we played Creighton at home, we were down 22 at the same point. Competitive, entertaining basketball. Imagine! I get that you are impatient about the state of the team currently, 16 games into the Cooley era, but the situation at St. John’s bears little to no comparison to our present situation. Well, we both have new coaches, so I suppose that’s one thing.
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Post by iowa80 on Jan 10, 2024 23:13:14 GMT -5
The Casual Hoya team (especially Casual himself) are butt hurt that Georgetown didn't hire Pitino and cannot seem to get over it. Their coverage and quality has really been poor for a while (though individual posts written by others are sometimes good). 10 years ago they had game threads with 200+ comments. The Seton Hall game thread has 14 posts. Perhaps they could get better readership if they did a better job supporting our teams It's really weird. I can understand wanting Pitino, but the dude is in the second half of his forties and he's acting like a child. For accuracy, here's what Holloway says in that timeout: "Everybody relax. I don't understand how we not closing out with our hands down. They just gonna take crazy shots. They just gonna take 30 threes. We told you guys that! You can't close out with your hands down. What are we thinking about? (Name), you can't come back in, you can't turn over the ball. They playing a zone. There's no pressure. (Something) you gotta get in there. Just be solid. Just be solid." So no, this was not some "Cooley's been figured out." It was a coach yelling at his team for not executing pretty standard things. But of course, we must present it as some smoking gun. Nice work. The tip off was "paraphrase." Too bad it was code for "my interpretation." There's some irony in the fact that I initially liked Casual because he did not seem to take himself too seriously.
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Post by iowa80 on Jan 10, 2024 17:41:30 GMT -5
Lost opportunities indeed: this team is so close to taking a solid step forward. We beat TC ( we did, actually )and Seton Hall, we are 10-6 and 2-3 in the BE, feeling pretty good about the rebuild. Massoud seems like a good, honest guy, but when he has the ball in his hands ( no shot in site ), he looks like a deer caught in the headlights. That last TO was the most egregious of all the TOs down the stretch and I blame Cooley for that- and to his credit, he accepted that blame. Massoud should not be on the floor end game situations. I am not blaming Ish for all the teams woes- plenty to go around, but the only upperclass leadership we are getting on the floor is from Bristol and Supreme. Agree about Ish but I would go a step further. He shouldn't start ahead of Fielder. Ish's game is tailor made to provide a spark off the bench by hitting a couple of quick 3s. I would much rather live through Fielder's growing pains this year. I agree, but Coach seems to view Fielder as more of a backup/substitute at the 5 for Supreme. Let’s see if that changes.
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