Bando
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I've got some regrets!
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Post by Bando on Apr 12, 2007 14:09:37 GMT -5
You win, Buff.
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 12, 2007 14:09:57 GMT -5
I rue the demise of accurate and timely information on Hoya recruits.
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TBird41
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"Roy! I Love All 7'2" of you Roy!"
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 12, 2007 14:11:53 GMT -5
I rue the demise of accurate and timely information on Hoya recruits. You're right. The recruiting/scholarship tables are never up to date, are they?
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Oh My!
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Post by Oh My! on Apr 12, 2007 14:13:30 GMT -5
BTW, I don't think everything is all ok with the program now... about to lose our 2 best players, coach unsigned... Coach is not "unsigned". He signed a 5-year deal in '04. Is he underpaid? Obviously. Let's consider him more of a Restricted Free Agent than a Free Agent.
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voltahoya
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Post by voltahoya on Apr 12, 2007 14:13:48 GMT -5
My 2 cents on how to bring back the glory days of the board would be for more of the posters to discuss how they saw each other's relatives around town. That is some good stuff.
Forget about extending III's contract, and how we practice in a bomb shelter, and how we now, evidently, have no assistant coaches--tell me more about who saw who at the grocery store and at some intersection downtown--then maybe we can come close to reliving the good old days.
BTW, someone called me a new poster a few pages ago. I have been reading this board since I was an undergrad in the late 1990s--and I think it has only gotten better over the years. In fact , I think compalints like this are a disservice to the outstanding people that run this board. I love it here and us "so-called" newbies are not going anywhere. I only began to post more often in the face of what appears to be a bizarre apathy and ignorance to how tenuous our recent success is. I for one want to be sure we still have a team worth posting about in 5 or 10 years--or at least a place where we can all discuss what our wives are doing around town.
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VelvetElvis
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pka MrPathetic
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Post by VelvetElvis on Apr 12, 2007 14:14:07 GMT -5
YB = SchruteBag
(I stole this from other websites where I waste my time)
that is all.
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VelvetElvis
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Post by VelvetElvis on Apr 12, 2007 14:20:34 GMT -5
YB has found his first disciple in Voltahoya!
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Boz
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123 Fireballs!
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Post by Boz on Apr 12, 2007 14:26:18 GMT -5
Can we have some hazing at least?
Say, for example, every new member has to post a YouTube video of him or herself doing the Lindy Hop and singing Devil Went Down to Georgia while eating a banana?
Hmmm...on second thought, no one wants to see that.
And if you ever need a justification for wasting your entire day on Hoyatalk (as I have done today for the first time since the season ended), tell 'em this:
"We are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."
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Bahstin
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Post by Bahstin on Apr 12, 2007 14:35:07 GMT -5
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YB
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Post by YB on Apr 12, 2007 14:36:50 GMT -5
Please, PLEASE provide proof of this. Just once. Please. You have no idea. Quit saying it as if it's a fact, and as if you know. I find it funny you keep calling me out on this, since almost everyone on this board has been saying the same thing. Talk about taking yourself too seriously. I do have my own usually reliable sources, but let's review what we ther public know. 2 days before the FF, Barker reports no extension done. 1 day after, the Hoya and WaPo report it's on the offseason todo list. In between, DeGioia mentions it on TV. The last time a coach was extended, Esh to 2009, it was announced with period but no terms disclosed. The Admin may be slow, but they are not stupid. If they came to an agreement it is logical to say they would announce an extension to 20xx, terms not disclosed. Fair enough?
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Apr 12, 2007 14:39:40 GMT -5
Why does the lead ad on the top say "Are you gay?" ?
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FOTP
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Post by FOTP on Apr 12, 2007 14:47:01 GMT -5
YB - Just because an extension wasn't signed doesn't mean he doesn't have a contract. My god. He's signed for 5 years on the old deal from 2004. Not a big deal. Maybe he's actually the one delaying signing something in order to get more money for assistants and to get a damn bus that works Saying things like the coach is unsigned is completely false and inflammatory. Of couse we all want an extension done, but that doesn't mean he's some sort of free agent now. Hell, Billy Donovan went a whole year not signing an extension last year and he did just fine in the end (assuming he's making a fortune now)...
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YB
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Post by YB on Apr 12, 2007 14:47:36 GMT -5
BTW, I don't think everything is all ok with the program now... about to lose our 2 best players, coach unsigned... Coach is not "unsigned". He signed a 5-year deal in '04. Is he underpaid? Obviously. Let's consider him more of a Restricted Free Agent than a Free Agent. Oh, clearly- it's an extension we''re talking about. Tho if he wanted to go to an NBA team at any point, I doubt it would matter how long we extended if it was under less than favorable terms.
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FOTP
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Post by FOTP on Apr 12, 2007 14:57:54 GMT -5
If any NCAA coach wanted to go to the NBA he would and could. Every deal in the NBA is worth more than what they make in the NCAA and it's pretty much a decision to make a $ grab and set your family up for life.
That's not relevant to this discussion.
The reality is we have NO IDEA what is happening behind the scenes and it's not incumbent on anyone to keep the public up to date.
All good coaches have to deal with assistants leaving and players looking to go pro. My guess is he's focused on those two things before he's worried about his own situation.
His dad may be yelling from the mountaintop, but it doesn't mean his son is too.
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vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Apr 12, 2007 15:10:54 GMT -5
Why does the lead ad on the top say "Are you gay?" ? More important, what on the board causes this ad to filter in?
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doublehoya
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That's Right, I Said Minivan!
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Post by doublehoya on Apr 12, 2007 15:15:14 GMT -5
Why does the lead ad on the top say "Are you gay?" ? More important, what on the board causes this ad to filter in? My guess is the repeated mentions of YB's Motorola Q opened the "Are you gay" floodgates.
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YB
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Post by YB on Apr 12, 2007 15:16:56 GMT -5
Why does the lead ad on the top say "Are you gay?" ? More important, what on the board causes this ad to filter in? Look at the elevated number of posts by Brasky and VelvetElvis today.
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Apr 12, 2007 15:24:39 GMT -5
More important, what on the board causes this ad to filter in? Look at the elevated number of posts by Brasky and VelvetElvis today. Wow. (Second time in one thread that I have this reaction to a YB statement. But I know not to worry -- about 8 pages in he will apologize and then point out he is the only person that apologized. )
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Apr 12, 2007 15:27:46 GMT -5
And my post has served its baiting intent twice. I will now withdraw from the conversation.
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Apr 12, 2007 15:43:20 GMT -5
April 12th, 2007 Editorial from The Independent Daily HoyaTalk Monitor
YB Helps Old Lady Across Street, Cannonizes Himself
In a bizarre display of pent up inadequacy, YB made headlines yesterday for the surprise press conference he called in order to declare himself a saint. Undaunted by the Catholic Church's stance that it takes a lifetime of good deeds to qualify, YB proceeded with his self-cannoniziation, relaying a story about how he had just helped an old woman across a crowded intersection at rush hour.
"There was no way she was making it across without me. Not a chance in the whole widest world. 'You call those legs?' I asked her. 'Those are so much weaker than mine!' And then I showed her how Editeding tight and hairless my kickass legs were and carried her old ass across that street. 'Why'd you let yourself get so old? ' I asked her. 'That's so dumb of you. I'm never gonna be that stupid' I told her. She didn't even see me coming. I picked up her location on my Q and ran over right away. But there's no way she would have gotten across so fast on her own. I dare you to prove me wrong on that. I dare anyone of you appologists."
There was a stunned silence from the assembled media, who had gathered in response to giant billboards the megaposter had placed directly on the freeways of Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Washington D.C. and his home town of Spotslyvania. The billboards featured today's date, a picture of Georgetown coach JTIII and the phrase "9/11 wasn't Edited". Local authorities estimate the damage in the billions and have launched an international manhunt for YB in the hopes of asking him the question on most of the nation's mind: Why did he think so little a private matter deserved such public outcry and what the Edited he was thinking being such a loudmouth Cockleslueth?
YB ended the press conference after a prolonged and uncomfortable fives minutes of silence where he waited for questions while scrolling through emailed hoyatalk updates on his Motorola Q, and was heard to mutter phrases like "that's what I thought" and "exactly, Volta". He finally declared to a near empty room "I'm here today to proclaim that I am now a Saint. From now on, you should refer to me as Saint YB The Wise, or Diddy, or Saint Sex. You should bow down to me as the ominiscent voice of all things Hoya. I am your redphone to God. You know I am. Don't pretend you guys don't want to have mad saint-sex with me. You Guys wish! You Editeding Editedwhores wish!" At this point, most of the media had left, or were notifying TMZ.
When asked about the incident, the old woman in question, Mrs. BuffaloHoya, responded "It was odd. He never said a word standing on that sidewalk, and then all of a sudden he picked me up and started insulting my legs. But I just told him he needs more love in his life, and he should stop trying so hard. Then I let the weasely Edited mouth go on his way."
Mrs. BuffaloHoya went on to say that she has been walking the intersection for the last thirty-five years without problems and actually volunteers her time to a local retirement home, helping the resdients cross the street for groceries and gambling.
"I don't know why that young man had such a hard-on for me. I think he just needs a girlfriend." She added. "But I'll say it again, I have no hard feelings against that poor, misguided Cockle Face."
The bizarre spectale fizzled to a close a mere seven minutes after it had began. As the few remaining journalists walked out from under YB's makeshift "Holier Than Thou" catering tent where the event took place, YB was heard to say "Oh boo-hoo. You can't Editeding handle my sainthood. Why don't you all go home to your lay peoples' dwellings and cry about it! I'll give anyone ten chances to smite me and my proposals for oncampus practice facilities! Go ahead dude! Ten Editeding chances. That's right, cause I'm a Goddamned Saint now, MF-ers. I got Esh fired. I brought you JTIII. I am Saint John the freakin baptist. If you don't pay the man, the TEN freakin PLAGUES will return. Oh yeah who wants to get all jiggy in that!!! I'm a Lord, son! Ow!!!!! I'm pulling down mad bitches now, SON!!!! Yeah! YEAH! I'M WORTH IT! I"M REALLY WORTH IT!!! YOU HEAR THAT, PRESIDENT DEGIOIA !!! JOHN THOMPSONS!!!
President DeGoia, Coach John Thompson III and John Thompson Jr. were unavailable for comment.
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