AvantGuardHoya
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Post by AvantGuardHoya on Dec 17, 2007 5:47:42 GMT -5
How does Marshall fit in their rotation?
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jhoyafan
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Post by jhoyafan on Dec 17, 2007 7:43:25 GMT -5
Marshall is the PG for O'connell. I think Balla meant Marshall when he said Williams.
I have only seen Clark twice but have never seen him run the pt nor display pt guard skills. Thats not to say he could not be an effective 1 at the college level, but I haven't seen him used in that role yet.
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RDF
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Post by RDF on Dec 17, 2007 12:39:41 GMT -5
Marshall is the PG for O'connell. I think Balla meant Marshall when he said Williams. I have only seen Clark twice but have never seen him run the pt nor display pt guard skills. Thats not to say he could not be an effective 1 at the college level, but I haven't seen him used in that role yet. Jason Clark plays PG for his AAU team--and he gave Brandon Jennings fits when Triple Threat beat Jennings Belmont Shore team out in Vegas-Clark led Triple Threat to a few tournament wins as well--and he's like Jessie Sapp--in that most people list him as a 2G--but if you watch the games-he runs the point. Clark does whatever it takes to make the team better--and at GU he'll be very similar to Jessie Sapp--he can do it all--although Clark might be the best defensive guard to enter Georgetown in decades.
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Dec 17, 2007 12:53:21 GMT -5
What a statement! Great to hear and I'm looking forward.
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balla
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Post by balla on Dec 17, 2007 14:22:05 GMT -5
Marshall is the PG for O'connell. I think Balla meant Marshall when he said Williams. I have only seen Clark twice but have never seen him run the pt nor display pt guard skills. Thats not to say he could not be an effective 1 at the college level, but I haven't seen him used in that role yet. Yeah, sorry. Meant Marshal. Clark runs the point in AAU, and is excellent at it. He controls the game, and reminds me of a smaller Billups.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Dec 17, 2007 14:33:09 GMT -5
Marshall is the PG for O'connell. I think Balla meant Marshall when he said Williams. I have only seen Clark twice but have never seen him run the pt nor display pt guard skills. Thats not to say he could not be an effective 1 at the college level, but I haven't seen him used in that role yet. Jason Clark plays PG for his AAU team--and he gave Brandon Jennings fits when Triple Threat beat Jennings Belmont Shore team out in Vegas-Clark led Triple Threat to a few tournament wins as well--and he's like Jessie Sapp--in that most people list him as a 2G--but if you watch the games-he runs the point. Clark does whatever it takes to make the team better--and at GU he'll be very similar to Jessie Sapp--he can do it all--although Clark might be the best defensive guard to enter Georgetown in decades. Oooh, this gave me a Gene Smith flashback!
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balla
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Post by balla on Dec 18, 2007 12:16:01 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2007 12:25:59 GMT -5
Tuesday, Dec. 18 3:00 p.m. - Baltimore John Carroll vs. New Orleans Helen Cox So Monroe's going head-to-head with the great Jakub Kusmrguhreigvqprgeuk?
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RDF
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Post by RDF on Dec 18, 2007 13:02:57 GMT -5
Tuesday, Dec. 18 3:00 p.m. - Baltimore John Carroll vs. New Orleans Helen Cox So Monroe's going head-to-head with the great Jakub Kusmrguhreigvqprgeuk? Yep---the Richard Simmons All Star had his butt kicked by Henry Sims on Friday--and no press releases came out--but he's on his home turf of Florida--where he conducts the Ivan Drago workouts under the guidance of Richard Simmons and Gilad to unleash his cone weave drills upon Greg Monroe and Helen Cox Cougars.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2007 13:33:07 GMT -5
but ehs a 7 footer yes thats right you hered me a SEVEEN FOOTER!!!!! ;D ;D ;D woo ooo wooooooo gu go hoysa og jakob or jakub ow whatevre his name is ;D ;D ;D ;D
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balla
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Post by balla on Dec 18, 2007 14:14:11 GMT -5
LOL. That is toooo funny. Lets go easy on Jake, and just wish him the best.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Dec 18, 2007 17:07:11 GMT -5
but ehs a 7 footer yes thats right you hered me a SEVEEN FOOTER!!!!! ;D ;D ;D woo ooo wooooooo gu go hoysa og jakob or jakub ow whatevre his name is ;D ;D ;D ;D This kills.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Dec 18, 2007 19:10:19 GMT -5
Well, Helen Cox knocked off Carroll this afternoon despite what may have been Monroe's worst performance of the year. www.cityofpalmsclassic.com/tuesday.htmlMonroe had 7 points on 2-6 shooting from the field and 3-11 from the line, 4 boards, 1 assist and 2 blocks. Jakub had one board and four fouls in four minutes of play. Cox will play the winner of Columbus New Hope v. Plantation American Heritage (Kenny Boynton and Eloy Vargas).
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balla
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Post by balla on Dec 18, 2007 23:11:38 GMT -5
3-11
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Dec 18, 2007 23:36:00 GMT -5
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MCIGuy
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Post by MCIGuy on Dec 19, 2007 0:02:30 GMT -5
Good Lord that Philmore kid took a big time swipe at him, didn't he?
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Dec 19, 2007 0:06:29 GMT -5
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Post by chep3 on Dec 19, 2007 1:03:00 GMT -5
You have to love the ridiculous amount of scrutiny put on high school kids nowadays. With everyone watching everything they're doing, it's tough to have off days. But it just seems to me that people expect high school players to be finished products nowadays. I would like to think that getting an 18 yr old into a college program with a fantastic coach would be able to do something for him. I don't expect Greg to be the player right now that he will be a year from now.
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RDF
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Post by RDF on Dec 19, 2007 1:33:45 GMT -5
I don't think it's that big of deal what Philmore said--and he was just saying what he expected from Monroe. Actually think the talk of aggression, etc.... is worthy of discussion but the one thing that matters to me as a Hoya fan--unselfish play. When you have a guy who is extremely talented--and willing to be unselfish, it's only going to benefit him entering the next level and beyond and in HS--he's not used as he'll be at Georgetown--which Justin Young mentioned.
The shooting will improve--he'll be a better shooter once he gets to Georgetown--and guys-look at this way--another reason to not pay attention to the "one and done" talk you get--it's important to be PREPARED to play in the NBA and have a CAREER--not to enter to be selected. As I said 2 weeks ago--he needs to quit his tribute to the future teammates with his FT shooting. lol
He just came off a game where he had 27, 18 boards, 8 blocked shots, and 6 assists--so it's not as if he's incapable of playing in a dominant fashion. Consistency is something players need to learn--and it's why they go to college. He'll not find a better coach to develop his game at any level and not concerned at all. I prefer guys like Monroe over guys like Tyreke Evans who get up 35-40 FGA's and score 30 pts but look flashy doing so and bring little else to table. Just my preference as a fan--but each their own--and analysts/media tend to put everything on scoring in regards to player evaluation--instead of total game and that will never change. If Greg was one of those 20 year old HS seniors--I might be a bit more concerned.
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balla
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Post by balla on Dec 19, 2007 2:32:16 GMT -5
I don't have much of a problem with what the kid said. He was being honest in his assessment. Heck I probably would have said the same thing, unless I wanted GU to recruit me(LOL). No summer pick-up runs on the Hilltop for you young man. Just kidding.
Good points by Chep and RDF. Anyway, Monroe playing against Vargas' team will be a much better test. Vargas has better guards though, so the game will be interesting.
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