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Post by guru on May 13, 2024 19:16:56 GMT -5
Yes. I find it amusing that they make a big deal about how Georgetown is "4 points behind SJU, a significant gap, 17 spots in the national rankings." Meanwhile, Providence is ranked lower than us, so by definition, they are even more spots behind in the national rankings than we are. It's kind of a self-own without realizing it. I have never seen a fan base so obsessed with a former coach. What is really happening here with these trolls is that they are trying desperately to convince themselves that they're better off without the guy they really, really, really, wanted to be coaching their team. If he was so bad, then they should be happy he's gone and be more focused on their future. Pretty sure Franklin General is a fan of St. John's, not PC That’s correct. Also the PC folks should just be happy at this point - English has them cooking and is recruiting at a level equal to or better than Cooley did when he was there. Their continued obsession with Cooley at this point is really deranged.
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Post by guru on May 8, 2024 19:12:46 GMT -5
Comparing the Calipari and Ewing exits is disingenuous even for you. If you actually think you’ve made a cogent point/argument here, you’re wrong.
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Post by guru on May 8, 2024 11:46:59 GMT -5
Good pickup. Need a center. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Burks is ranked #504 in the current portal and was among only five three-star players to have ever signed in the Calipari era at Kentucky--in other words, everyone else was a four or five star. If all Georgetown was recruiting for was someone to fill Ryan Mutombo's seat on the bench, that's not progress. www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-basketball-men/article287852805.htmlWow. Thats an extremely negative take.
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Post by guru on May 8, 2024 11:12:45 GMT -5
It's a burner - but most people in Hoya twitter land know who it is. It's obviously not a set in stone journalistic source - but this one should know the deal. Same account last week said that Bryce Hopkins was going into the transfer portal...which never happened. If it's a burner account for somebody closely connected with the coaching staff, it does not reflect well on that individual/the coaching staff. Pretty big leap to blame the coaching staff for a burner account? Weird. Anyway, the guy nailed this one.
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Post by guru on May 8, 2024 11:09:01 GMT -5
Bizarre if accurate - how many 6'8"-6'9", 195 - 210 pound guys do we need? Still doesn't solve the massive hole we have at center. I guess the idea is to overwhelm the opposition with waves of tallish 3/4s? It's accurate. They are on Keba Keita of Utah for the 5. Burks seems like a good pickup, given the current state of our program and the transfer portal overall. We're not quite in scramble mode yet, but getting close. And this feels like a far wiser signing than, say, Massoud last year at about this exact same time. If we can still snag a halfway decent big, I think our offseason grades out at a B. Not the home run we were all hoping for, but Mack was a really good get and we upgraded in talent in just about every roster import/export. We look like a much more competitive Big East team now - likely not a bubble team, but a lot better than last season. And, really, this is what happens when your coach inexplicably punts on an entire season - we'd all be better off mentally if we just look at next season as Year One.
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Post by guru on Apr 30, 2024 16:32:18 GMT -5
Sean Stewart's brother is a sophomore at Howard: hubison.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/miles-stewart/7762This one's a done deal. Given the kid's background/family, Georgetown's a perfect fit for him. Hopefully we don't have to expend too much in NIL, his family is obviously well-to-do. It would be great if we can save on Stewart and still have enough to bring in Cliff O. If we do that, I'll get over the fact that we will have 3 guys that are all 6'9", 220-230 pounds, none of whom can guard a true high major 5 man. Excellent attempt at the reverse jinx - with a dollop of damning with faint praise - Trolly McTrolly.
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Post by guru on Apr 25, 2024 7:33:54 GMT -5
Ultimately, I don’t care about this debate, though. I’ve been disappointed by the three (so far) outgoing transfers among the five guys we had penciled in as returners. Not so much from a pure talent perspective, because (assuming we get a commitment from a big soon) we’ve upgraded at all of their positions. But I would have liked some retention/stability for stability’s sake. I know that guys who were starters aren’t going to be keen on moving to bench roles once recruited over, but it’s kind of annoying to think we might end up having to backfill the with new transfers to have enough players to field a whole team. I’m happy we’re upgrading talent too, and hopefully once the winning starts some continuity may follow. But it is funny to think back on the in-season debate about the supposed “core” that the staff was building in year one. Anyway, better to look forward.
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Post by guru on Apr 25, 2024 7:30:19 GMT -5
Agree wholeheartedly on the documents case. That said, griping about Judicial conduct strikes me funny here. In what way would that strike you as funny? These people have no sense of humor - which is one of their scariest characteristics, actually - so what they find “funny” doesn’t usually translate.
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Post by guru on Apr 22, 2024 8:51:27 GMT -5
I have a hunch this is a kid who is going to over-deliver for us. EC had a bunch of those type of transfers in his PC days. Curtis feels like one of those. Excited to see him play.
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Post by guru on Apr 19, 2024 13:18:35 GMT -5
If I recall from last year, Dickinson's decision went well into mid-late May. I feel that if he's visiting Georgetown this weekend and Alabama next weekend that we won't have to wait too long. In my mind, landing this commitment would be a big deal and greatly elevate our ceiling for next year. Alabama is always going to have splashier facilities, dorms, etc., so in that sense we likely cannot compete. But, we may be able to compete for NIL. I doubt it has much significance these days, but I would think playing in DC would be more appealing than Tuscaloosa. Of course, that location doesn't hurt their football team at all. So it's probably not very relevant. Tuscaloosa is a fun place to play right now. I live down in Alabama. The arena is sold out for pretty much all the SEC games right now. Coleman isn’t a great facility, but it’s rocking. I can never get cheap tickets anymore. As for the perception of where he’s going, I don’t think he’s viewed as an Alabama lock. I checked Roll Bama Roll for football news this morning, and they made mention of him. Noted that he would be a good get but that there will be plenty of competition. Yeah he’s definitely not a lock to Bama. Not impossible for him to wind up there yet, but recent tea leaves have him trending in a direction that would cause a massive freak out round these parts.
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Post by guru on Apr 17, 2024 10:36:56 GMT -5
Beautiful to see the Mack commitment affirmed (seems like nothing is real in CBB until Tipton posts it). Obviously we are also in the hunt for a rim protector, with Cliff Omoruyi perhaps our top target. And we have a newfound alliance with Team Takeover, while hopefully achieving at least detente with Team Durant. Once we find a center, assuming nobody else breaks for the portal in the meantime—no guarantee of that, clearly—that would leave us with a roster of: Guards: Mack, Epps, Mulready, Guard TBD (Ben Hammond?) Wings: Peavy, McKenna, Fielder, Williams Bigs: Center TBD, [edit] Sorber, Cook, Mutombo?? Where are the remaining gaps? [deleted, transfer speculation] If Cliff O turns down our NIL bag, what other big men could we target/are we targeting? Is Hammond the right fit assuming he’d want to stick with Kenny J? It gets very, very tricky from here. You're now at a point where you of course want to upgrade, but you have at least one guy at each spot that you are either already happy with or think you can be very happy in a year or two if they stick around and develop. So signing virtually anyone may well lead an existing piece to leave. Will take this tricky over 2-18 tricky though. Keep cooking Ed!!!
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Post by guru on Apr 14, 2024 13:14:30 GMT -5
Took a year but Ed is finally cooking, and I gotta say it smells great!!!! Keep cooking, EC! HEARD!!!!!! If you, PR and Boya turn positive on us we might be out of balance! 😃 Brother, I go way back from before you, boya and the like even knew what a Hoya was. We’re coming out of dark times, but it’s definitely time to feel legit positive about this program again! Long time coming!!!!!
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Post by guru on Apr 14, 2024 11:04:03 GMT -5
Took a year but Ed is finally cooking, and I gotta say it smells great!!!!
Keep cooking, EC! HEARD!!!!!!
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Post by guru on Apr 12, 2024 15:18:20 GMT -5
This player may or not have been celebrating a fraudulent win at Cap One last season. This is like schoolgirl stuff - leave the discord information to the paying customers. I don't understand the urge to come over here and do this.
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Post by guru on Apr 10, 2024 21:59:38 GMT -5
Honestly, was this worth posting? This board is reaching the level of farce. Your schtick is old at this point. Basically everything you post criticizes other posters, be it me, your new target TC, or others. At least I post substantive things about basketball throughout the season, something you rarely do. If there is a farce on this Board, it's not me. And for what it's worth, there was a discussion over posting social media stuff here. I happen to agree with the Admin that it's gotten a bit much at times. That's why I commented on what I think makes sense, and what doesn't. If you don't like what I post, ignore it. Then you don't have to read my posts, and you won't have to waste time with your criticisms. Win, win for all involved. Noted. I usually skim over your frequent bloviations, but this one regrettably drew me in. Just not certain there was a need to pontificate on whether a tweet quote post is worthy of the board or not. Maybe just leave that between the poster and the mods? It’s not up to a vote or anything. But as the board’s resident Dell Griffith, you are compelled to weigh in. Hey, you do you.
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Post by guru on Apr 10, 2024 21:36:11 GMT -5
Even though I shouldn't, I will throw in my two cents: 1. I like to see news posted about the Hoyas. hoyaboya does this a lot with recruits, and it's interesting to see it. Basically, he is taking the effort to aggregate news about players who are interested in Georgetown, and does often comment on them. Even though we disagree a lot on things, I can appreciate that effort. 2. That said, I think there is a difference between that, and the Casual Hoya tweet, which is really just a flashy headline meant to get clicks, and perhaps serve as a stand in to a poster saying that point him or herself. If you actually look at the post, there's no bite to the title, and the post consists mostly of linking to other people's material. My own thought would be that newsy type posts (from at least semi-reputable people) from social media can be useful without commentary. But opinion posts from social media or that are just click bait headlines like Casual's really have limited value to all of the rest of us. Honestly, was this worth posting? This board is reaching the level of farce.
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Post by guru on Apr 10, 2024 11:52:20 GMT -5
GU, Texas, UVA in Mack's final 3 according to Trilly. Visits beginning this weekend.
Thinking that Cuse/Vandy no longer being listed is a good sign for our chances and gives a higher degree of probability that KJ is somewhat involved despite the program for whatever reason refusing to publicly acknowledge his or anyone else's hire. HoyaTalk Rule #1, posted by the same Admin who this morning says I'm not allowed to post Tweets without context (even though other posters do it all the time, including other board admins, and there is not a rule against it): "1. Avoid posting material from subscription sites or message boards." hoyatalk2.proboards.com/thread/13110/message-board-rules-updated-27can you limit your persecution complex posts to a single one?
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Post by guru on Apr 10, 2024 7:14:11 GMT -5
At the end of the day, I think Rowan and Cooley aren’t a good fit together. I think both will succeed moving forward and it’s best they figured that out now instead of during the season. Why?
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Post by guru on Apr 4, 2024 13:23:03 GMT -5
This can’t be a serious post right It's not...every post from that account is spam/fake I know. I meant posting it to this board lol
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Post by guru on Apr 4, 2024 13:20:07 GMT -5
This can’t be a serious post right
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