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Post by HometownHoya on Feb 26, 2008 23:14:02 GMT -5
Wow, so much has been said that I feel I need to add my two cents. Let me just say that I have nothing to say about this topic. Good contribution...wish everyone was at that point now...lets focus on the 2007-2008 Hoyas not the 1999-2005 Hoyas
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VelvetElvis
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Post by VelvetElvis on Feb 26, 2008 23:16:11 GMT -5
where is my beacon, my light of knowledge? Where is that endless bounty of insight?
55 would have gotten 10 times the number of touches under Mr. Mustache!
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royski
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Post by royski on Feb 26, 2008 23:31:40 GMT -5
I just want JTIII to raise up the double fist at a critical point in the NCAA tournament, then crack a smile and say "just kidding".
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Post by HometownHoya on Feb 26, 2008 23:35:52 GMT -5
What is the record for the most pages in 1 24 hour period btw?
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royski
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Post by royski on Feb 26, 2008 23:40:25 GMT -5
What is the record for the most pages in 1 24 hour period btw? I nominate the following 24 hour periods for examination. 1) The 24 hour period immediately following the UNC game. 2) The 24 hour period immediately following the Duke game. 3) The 24 hour period immediately following Roy and Jeff's decisions regarding the NBA Draft.
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KHoyaNYC
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Post by KHoyaNYC on Feb 26, 2008 23:41:02 GMT -5
What is the record for the most pages in 1 24 hour period btw? It was something close to 20 but I cant remember the topic.
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SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 26, 2008 23:49:57 GMT -5
What is the record for the most pages in 1 24 hour period btw? It was something close to 20 but I cant remember the topic. Something to do with Ball Room Dancing I believe..
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TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Feb 27, 2008 0:02:23 GMT -5
Anyone considered the fact that Nixon is a poor man's version of Buffalohoya? And by that, I mean, that he had a bet with his friends that he could get a hoyatalk thread started that lasted past a certain number of pages with one of his columns? Of course, he wasn't as crafty as Buffalo (curse you trickster!), but he's still having a lot of success. Wonder how many pages he thought he could get?
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FLHoya
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Post by FLHoya on Feb 27, 2008 0:04:28 GMT -5
Anyone considered the fact that Nixon is a poor man's version of Buffalohoya? About halfway through the column.
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 27, 2008 0:10:45 GMT -5
Anyone considered the fact that Nixon is a poor man's version of Buffalohoya? And by that, I mean, that he had a bet with his friends that he could get a hoyatalk thread started that lasted past a certain number of pages with one of his columns? Of course, he wasn't as crafty as Buffalo (curse you trickster!), but he's still having a lot of success. Wonder how many pages he thought he could get? This was what I was trying to get at when I suggested it was "not that bad" of a column in my original post in this thread.
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Feb 27, 2008 1:19:17 GMT -5
Anyone considered the fact that Nixon is a poor man's version of Buffalohoya? And by that, I mean, that he had a bet with his friends that he could get a hoyatalk thread started that lasted past a certain number of pages with one of his columns? Of course, he wasn't as crafty as Buffalo (curse you trickster!), but he's still having a lot of success. Wonder how many pages he thought he could get? Heh. This just made my day.
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Feb 27, 2008 8:36:37 GMT -5
I glanced at this thread before leaving work, and, despite the bitterness and poor basketball that pervaded in the final years of Esherick's regime, a vision of the Brandon Bowman throw dribble came to mind. So, perhaps things have moved past the revisionist accounting that was printed today in our campus paper. This debate aside, can we not agree that we hope Bobo makes the NBA so some NBA video game artist somewhere can contemplate inserting a secret code in a video game so the Bobo throw dribble is a "special move?" So, some 10 year old kid somewhere presses the button and shouts "WTH is this move good for?" Anyway...This debate has just about run its course, and my position in it has been consistent and clear. In any event, the following came to mind in perusing Nixon's revisionism: 1) Why was this commentary needed now and what prompted it? It seems like Esherick only pops up at critical points of a season. Last year, it was the Final 4, and we had some press joker asking our players questions about him as if Esherick had anything to do with the event itself outside of recruiting these guys years ago. Frankly, I don't view these articles as good karma and wish they were released in preseason if a media person is so tempted so the players can focus, and the fans can just enjoy the season. Moreover, I think the board has been good this year in not engaging this now irrelevant debate. 2) If SID revokes press credentials of the Voice for printing a commentary about Esherick, can we get the same for the Hoya? Before the cries of "the Voice was worse" are sounded, this Hoya piece was arguably more vindictive in that it attacked a large group of alums and Hoop Club donors. I donated when we were up and when we were down and don't feel Mr. Nixon's moralism is well taken or well placed. 3) It will probably do the Eshericks no favors if we have a full examination of issues, motives, and the like. There likely were no "saints" in the March 2004 decision-making, but we are fortunate enough that the process produced a "saint" in JT3. ----------------------- In reading this thread, I don't see a point to the continued sniping. The positions on all sides are well-known and have been held to scrutiny several times. The truth has had its boots on for some time now and does not seem to be challenged fundamentally by Nixon. He seems more concerned with motives and how everyone feels about the situation, which have never been a focus in any successful team of which I was a part. Lastly, some on this board have contacted me privately to indicate their support of the March 2004 decision to end the Esherick regime. But, they are not able to voice that sentiment for a variety of reasons, including loyalty to a classmate. I think that position should be respected, as they seem diplomatically to be placing the University ahead of Craig Esherick and, ultimately, that was the lesson of March 2004. And, I am glad that the strength and health of the University carried the day. Baron Davis attempted a throw dribble in last night's warriors-sonics game. He was immediately whistled for a travel. True story.
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guru
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Post by guru on Feb 27, 2008 9:03:34 GMT -5
Anyone considered the fact that Nixon is a poor man's version of Buffalohoya? And by that, I mean, that he had a bet with his friends that he could get a hoyatalk thread started that lasted past a certain number of pages with one of his columns? Of course, he wasn't as crafty as Buffalo (curse you trickster!), but he's still having a lot of success. Wonder how many pages he thought he could get? This was what I was trying to get at when I suggested it was "not that bad" of a column in my original post in this thread. Wow, Dan, you sure took the long route to get there
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Feb 27, 2008 9:09:35 GMT -5
We all know that St. Pete is the real destroyer. Must Smash basketball and dreams!!!!!! Dream destroying is nice. I prefer soul crushing.
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DrumsGoBang
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Post by DrumsGoBang on Feb 27, 2008 9:17:26 GMT -5
Soul crushing is much harder to do, but when you do it, it feels great....for your soul...not the person whos soul you crushed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2008 9:31:45 GMT -5
Anyone considered the fact that Nixon is a poor man's version of Buffalohoya? And by that, I mean, that he had a bet with his friends that he could get a hoyatalk thread started that lasted past a certain number of pages with one of his columns? Of course, he wasn't as crafty as Buffalo (curse you trickster!), but he's still having a lot of success. Wonder how many pages he thought he could get? D. Pierce ain't got on me.
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Post by joey0403p on Feb 27, 2008 9:36:03 GMT -5
Sorry to add to this, which has to be the most depressing thread I've read in a while. I was at g town during the Esh years, though I'm class of 04 so I did see one tourney run.
People always talk about that year because it was Esh that "got us there". In fact we were a 7 or a 10 seed (only because we racked up 10 or so non conference wins against less than stellar opponents). And the 2 seed lost to the 15 seed. So we got an easier road.
My point was going to be - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE RANT? I DON'T KNOW HOW I DIDN'T SEE THIS / HEAR THIS OR READ ABOUT IT? Maybe because I was so depressed by the time I left school - that I never thought we'd replace him.
Lastly - Esh was a nice guy. I happened to meet him once or twice and he was a nice person. The personnal attacks are a little much now that he is gone. (I know I had some while at school)
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TC
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Post by TC on Feb 27, 2008 9:59:24 GMT -5
There's no way this is a Buffalo Hoya-esque troll/parody. Here's the rest of this guy's columns : www.thehoya.com/taxonomy/term/1493If anything, it's a misplaced sense of propriety and the idea that D. Pierce Nixon knows better than everyone else - and has the power to tell us all about it.
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Post by jerseyshorehoya on Feb 27, 2008 10:07:58 GMT -5
Hey, if it didn't accomplish anything else, at least Donald Nixon's column brought TC back to the board.
How about some Esherick Haiku for old times sake?
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guru
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Post by guru on Feb 27, 2008 10:08:02 GMT -5
The Donald knows all
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