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Post by seaweed on Apr 13, 2016 10:34:21 GMT -5
Freaking journalists, always stealing my ideas! Link to Rushthecourt.com story posted in BEast News thread, but here is the GU bit, practically quoting me, without attribution of course! At least I know Govan is no forward!
"Georgetown: Will the graduation of D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera prove to be addition by subtraction?
It isn’t a popular theory but it’s a question worth asking. The all-Big East guard dominated the ball during his four-year stint at Georgetown, leading the Hoyas in shot attempts for two seasons despite struggling with efficiency. That’s not to say he was selfish (he created countless scoring opportunities for teammates), but perhaps his presence last season eclipsed the development of some of his younger teammates. Rising junior Isaac Copeland and sophomore Jessie Govan are long, athletic forwards with range on their jump shots, something that John Thompson III has struggled to effectively integrate into his offense. Rising junior guard LJ Peak also came on strong at the tail end of the season, providing the Hoyas with a penetrating wing capable of scoring both in transition and the half-court. There are a lot of interesting pieces left on this roster, so perhaps things will finally begin to click for the Hoyas next season without Smith-Rivera in the lineup."
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Apr 13, 2016 14:16:13 GMT -5
Freaking journalists, always stealing my ideas! Link to Rushthecourt.com story posted in BEast News thread, but here is the GU bit, practically quoting me, without attribution of course! At least I know Govan is no forward! "Georgetown: Will the graduation of D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera prove to be addition by subtraction? It isn’t a popular theory but it’s a question worth asking. The all-Big East guard dominated the ball during his four-year stint at Georgetown, leading the Hoyas in shot attempts for two seasons despite struggling with efficiency. That’s not to say he was selfish (he created countless scoring opportunities for teammates), but perhaps his presence last season eclipsed the development of some of his younger teammates. Rising junior Isaac Copeland and sophomore Jessie Govan are long, athletic forwards with range on their jump shots, something that John Thompson III has struggled to effectively integrate into his offense. Rising junior guard LJ Peak also came on strong at the tail end of the season, providing the Hoyas with a penetrating wing capable of scoring both in transition and the half-court. There are a lot of interesting pieces left on this roster, so perhaps things will finally begin to click for the Hoyas next season without Smith-Rivera in the lineup." DSR was not a perfect player, but "struggling with efficiency"? DSR's offensive efficiency starting his freshman year through senior year were, 104.1, 120.6, 120.8, and 111.7. So yes, DSR "struggled" in the sense that his senior year was less efficient than previous seasons, but 111.7 is still pretty efficient, and his junior season he was the 78th most efficient player nationally. This season, he was the most efficient player on the team, following by Peak (109.9), Cameron (107.6), and Copeland (104.8). I also think his efficiency fell because he in a primary ball handling role, which does not play to his strengths from an efficiency perspective.
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Post by prhoya on Apr 13, 2016 19:58:23 GMT -5
Assuming nothing happens the remainder of this year, I actually think this is a great achievement by III and staff. When you think about the volume of transfers that occur and realize the Hoyas have not had one in a while, that is impressive. The kids feel committed to each other, school and head coach. That is an accomplishment in my mind that leads to future success. IMO, I don't see how it is a great achievement by JT3 and staff. If anything, due to losing recruitment battles for studs and lack of dominant 35 mpg players, the team finds itself with plenty of playing time available to be won and no rising sophomore or junior feeling the heat from an incoming freshman. Who is responsible for recruiting and player development? The coaching staff. Who would be a transfer candidate? Usually the GU transfer profile is a rising junior who sees his playing time dropping instead of increasing next season (a la Vee, Rivers and Benimon) or a player who clearly hasn't improved after two/three seasons and should take a transfer year to improve (Nikita, Domingo and Bolden) or a freshman who did not see the light of day from the end of the bench and didn't like it (Giubunda). Which current player(s) fit(s) those profiles? With only the JM bros coming in at guard (so far), the available DSR minutes, the lack of a consistent performance by all of the returning players (with maybe February LJ as the exception), our recent fouling history and defensive issues, and JT3 increasing the rotation, playing time is up for grabs big time. Why transfer? Work your butt off and maybe you can play 20 minutes plus. It's available. Maybe it's a coincidence but most of the transfers under JT3 happened when studs (Monroe and Porter; Smith to a degree) came in or there was a glut of great guards (why Sanford & Rivers left) who took the bulk of the playing time. It's a great problem for the staff to have that they will not have next year. The great achievement will be when they get the studs, yet keep everyone else. That is how you win championships.
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Post by BeantownHoya on Apr 13, 2016 20:24:46 GMT -5
Assuming nothing happens the remainder of this year, I actually think this is a great achievement by III and staff. When you think about the volume of transfers that occur and realize the Hoyas have not had one in a while, that is impressive. The kids feel committed to each other, school and head coach. That is an accomplishment in my mind that leads to future success. IMO, I don't see how it is a great achievement by JT3 and staff. If anything, due to losing recruitment battles for studs and lack of dominant 35 mpg players, the team finds itself with plenty of playing time available to be won and no rising sophomore or junior feeling the heat from an incoming freshman. Who is responsible for recruiting and player development? The coaching staff. Who would be a transfer candidate? Usually the GU transfer profile is a rising junior who sees his playing time dropping instead of increasing next season (a la Vee, Rivers and Benimon) or a player who clearly hasn't improved after two/three seasons and should take a transfer year to improve (Nikita, Domingo and Bolden) or a freshman who did not see the light of day from the end of the bench and didn't like it (Giubunda). Which current player(s) fit(s) those profiles? With only the JM bros coming in at guard (so far), the available DSR minutes, the lack of a consistent performance by all of the returning players (with maybe February LJ as the exception), our recent fouling history and defensive issues, and JT3 increasing the rotation, playing time is up for grabs big time. Why transfer? Work your butt off and maybe you can play 20 minutes plus. It's available. Maybe it's a coincidence but most of the transfers under JT3 happened when studs (Monroe and Porter; Smith to a degree) came in or there was a glut of great guards (why Sanford & Rivers left) who took the bulk of the playing time. It's a great problem for the staff to have that they will not have next year. The great achievement will be when they get the studs, yet keep everyone else. That is how you win championships. Wouldn't Trey Campbell fit the profile? To be clear Mods im not starting a rumor by any means or calling for a transfer. However if you want to use that as the supposed profile of a possible transfer Trey fits a lot of those traits. Junior that has shown little improvement and minutes will probably be limited instead of expanding. We bring in Mulmore and Mosely so there goes minutes right there and if we somehow pull off Pryor you have to wonder who Trey will deserve more minutes then. I personally think Mosely will be ready to play from day 1 and Mulmore wasn't brought here to play 10 minutes a game.
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Post by tashoya on Apr 13, 2016 22:20:57 GMT -5
IMO, I don't see how it is a great achievement by JT3 and staff. If anything, due to losing recruitment battles for studs and lack of dominant 35 mpg players, the team finds itself with plenty of playing time available to be won and no rising sophomore or junior feeling the heat from an incoming freshman. Who is responsible for recruiting and player development? The coaching staff. Who would be a transfer candidate? Usually the GU transfer profile is a rising junior who sees his playing time dropping instead of increasing next season (a la Vee, Rivers and Benimon) or a player who clearly hasn't improved after two/three seasons and should take a transfer year to improve (Nikita, Domingo and Bolden) or a freshman who did not see the light of day from the end of the bench and didn't like it (Giubunda). Which current player(s) fit(s) those profiles? With only the JM bros coming in at guard (so far), the available DSR minutes, the lack of a consistent performance by all of the returning players (with maybe February LJ as the exception), our recent fouling history and defensive issues, and JT3 increasing the rotation, playing time is up for grabs big time. Why transfer? Work your butt off and maybe you can play 20 minutes plus. It's available. Maybe it's a coincidence but most of the transfers under JT3 happened when studs (Monroe and Porter; Smith to a degree) came in or there was a glut of great guards (why Sanford & Rivers left) who took the bulk of the playing time. It's a great problem for the staff to have that they will not have next year. The great achievement will be when they get the studs, yet keep everyone else. That is how you win championships. Wouldn't Trey Campbell fit the profile? To be clear Mods im not starting a rumor by any means or calling for a transfer. However if you want to use that as the supposed profile of a possible transfer Trey fits a lot of those traits. Junior that has shown little improvement and minutes will probably be limited instead of expanding. We bring in Mulmore and Mosely so there goes minutes right there and if we somehow pull off Pryor you have to wonder who Trey will deserve more minutes then. I personally think Mosely will be ready to play from day 1 and Mulmore wasn't brought here to play 10 minutes a game. Logic isn't always popular here. Add Isaac to that list if Paul and Akoy come back completely healthy.
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Post by dreamhoya on Apr 13, 2016 22:29:55 GMT -5
Stick with it Tre. GU needs your skills. Just work on shot control.
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 14, 2016 7:20:15 GMT -5
Wouldn't Trey Campbell fit the profile? To be clear Mods im not starting a rumor by any means or calling for a transfer. However if you want to use that as the supposed profile of a possible transfer Trey fits a lot of those traits. Junior that has shown little improvement and minutes will probably be limited instead of expanding. We bring in Mulmore and Mosely so there goes minutes right there and if we somehow pull off Pryor you have to wonder who Trey will deserve more minutes then. I personally think Mosely will be ready to play from day 1 and Mulmore wasn't brought here to play 10 minutes a game. Logic isn't always popular here. Add Isaac to that list if Paul and Akoy come back completely healthy. I don't see how you can put Ike on this list Tas, especially considering both PW & Akoy aren't newcomers like Mosely, Mulmore & possibly Pryor.. Until I see different I expect that Tre will be playing a decent amount of minutes next season due to his experience..
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Post by tashoya on Apr 14, 2016 7:33:13 GMT -5
Logic isn't always popular here. Add Isaac to that list if Paul and Akoy come back completely healthy. I don't see how you can put Ike on this list Tas, especially considering both PW & Akoy aren't newcomers like Mosely, Mulmore & possibly Pryor.. Until I see different I expect that Tre will be playing a decent amount of minutes next season due to his experience.. Etomic, I only mentioned Isaac in relation to prhoya's definition of "transfer candidate" not to intimate that Isaac should or would transfer or is even a candidate to do so. I think if Akoy and Paul were healthy this year, Isaac's minutes would have taken a solid hit in quite a few games this year (especially later on in the season). Pretty much every player has to bring it or he will lose minutes if there's depth at his position. We don't yet know what the depth will look like with so many question marks (new guy/returning guy's progress/return from injury). Here's to hoping that all of the guys get to work and it'll be more an issue of finding minutes for guys that are playing really well as opposed to sitting guys in favor of someone else because they're not.
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 14, 2016 8:07:35 GMT -5
I don't see how you can put Ike on this list Tas, especially considering both PW & Akoy aren't newcomers like Mosely, Mulmore & possibly Pryor.. Until I see different I expect that Tre will be playing a decent amount of minutes next season due to his experience.. Etomic, I only mentioned Isaac in relation to prhoya's definition of "transfer candidate" not to intimate that Isaac should or would transfer or is even a candidate to do so. I think if Akoy and Paul were healthy this year, Isaac's minutes would have taken a solid hit in quite a few games this year (especially later on in the season). Pretty much every player has to bring it or he will lose minutes if there's depth at his position. We don't yet know what the depth will look like with so many question marks (new guy/returning guy's progress/return from injury). Here's to hoping that all of the guys get to work and it'll be more an issue of finding minutes for guys that are playing really well as opposed to sitting guys in favor of someone else because they're not. My bad then.. When I read "if PW & Akoy come back completely healthy" I took that to mean Ike would look at his options if he lost time..
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Post by tashoya on Apr 14, 2016 8:19:39 GMT -5
Etomic, I only mentioned Isaac in relation to prhoya's definition of "transfer candidate" not to intimate that Isaac should or would transfer or is even a candidate to do so. I think if Akoy and Paul were healthy this year, Isaac's minutes would have taken a solid hit in quite a few games this year (especially later on in the season). Pretty much every player has to bring it or he will lose minutes if there's depth at his position. We don't yet know what the depth will look like with so many question marks (new guy/returning guy's progress/return from injury). Here's to hoping that all of the guys get to work and it'll be more an issue of finding minutes for guys that are playing really well as opposed to sitting guys in favor of someone else because they're not. My bad then.. When I read "if PW & Akoy come back completely healthy" I took that to mean Ike would look at his options if he lost time.. Isaac could lose a few minutes if those two are completely healthy but, overall, I don't think that's a bad thing. I think/hope PW can really help Isaac by getting him the ball in good position as opposed to Isaac having to try to create for himself. Isaac may play a little less but I'd bet his numbers will be better.
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Post by aleutianhoya on Apr 14, 2016 8:36:59 GMT -5
IMO, I don't see how it is a great achievement by JT3 and staff. If anything, due to losing recruitment battles for studs and lack of dominant 35 mpg players, the team finds itself with plenty of playing time available to be won and no rising sophomore or junior feeling the heat from an incoming freshman. Who is responsible for recruiting and player development? The coaching staff. Who would be a transfer candidate? Usually the GU transfer profile is a rising junior who sees his playing time dropping instead of increasing next season (a la Vee, Rivers and Benimon) or a player who clearly hasn't improved after two/three seasons and should take a transfer year to improve (Nikita, Domingo and Bolden) or a freshman who did not see the light of day from the end of the bench and didn't like it (Giubunda). Which current player(s) fit(s) those profiles? With only the JM bros coming in at guard (so far), the available DSR minutes, the lack of a consistent performance by all of the returning players (with maybe February LJ as the exception), our recent fouling history and defensive issues, and JT3 increasing the rotation, playing time is up for grabs big time. Why transfer? Work your butt off and maybe you can play 20 minutes plus. It's available. Maybe it's a coincidence but most of the transfers under JT3 happened when studs (Monroe and Porter; Smith to a degree) came in or there was a glut of great guards (why Sanford & Rivers left) who took the bulk of the playing time. It's a great problem for the staff to have that they will not have next year. The great achievement will be when they get the studs, yet keep everyone else. That is how you win championships. Wouldn't Trey Campbell fit the profile? To be clear Mods im not starting a rumor by any means or calling for a transfer. However if you want to use that as the supposed profile of a possible transfer Trey fits a lot of those traits. Junior that has shown little improvement and minutes will probably be limited instead of expanding. We bring in Mulmore and Mosely so there goes minutes right there and if we somehow pull off Pryor you have to wonder who Trey will deserve more minutes then. I personally think Mosely will be ready to play from day 1 and Mulmore wasn't brought here to play 10 minutes a game. There will be plenty of minutes for Tre if he plays competently. That's a big "if"!!! He got 20 MPG last year -- a significant number of minutes for a sophomore. We are replacing 35 MPG at the guard position. Even if Mulmore and Mosely come in and are competent players, they could easily simply take those 35 MPG from DSR and Tre plays no less (or not much less). Sure, if we also got another guard to come in, or if Mulmore or Mosely are excellent players right away, Trey would see a significant dip. But I think it's far from a given. In general, I'm with PR, in that transfers aren't necessarily a bad thing if they mean that you've simply upgraded talent. It's why I've always argued that losing Jerelle and Vee weren't terrible developments -- that's just what inevitably happens if you have a player on the roster who is blocked and believes they can do better elsewhere. So, were Tre (or anyone else) to see incoming talent and believe that they aren't able to compete against that talent, you understand if they go elsewhere. Sure, you want quality depth, but it's understandable.
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Post by sleepy on Apr 14, 2016 10:11:02 GMT -5
Wouldn't Trey Campbell fit the profile? To be clear Mods im not starting a rumor by any means or calling for a transfer. However if you want to use that as the supposed profile of a possible transfer Trey fits a lot of those traits. Junior that has shown little improvement and minutes will probably be limited instead of expanding. We bring in Mulmore and Mosely so there goes minutes right there and if we somehow pull off Pryor you have to wonder who Trey will deserve more minutes then. I personally think Mosely will be ready to play from day 1 and Mulmore wasn't brought here to play 10 minutes a game. There will be plenty of minutes for Tre if he plays competently. That's a big "if"!!! He got 20 MPG last year -- a significant number of minutes for a sophomore. We are replacing 35 MPG at the guard position. Even if Mulmore and Mosely come in and are competent players, they could easily simply take those 35 MPG from DSR and Tre plays no less (or not much less). Sure, if we also got another guard to come in, or if Mulmore or Mosely are excellent players right away, Trey would see a significant dip. But I think it's far from a given. In general, I'm with PR, in that transfers aren't necessarily a bad thing if they mean that you've simply upgraded talent. It's why I've always argued that losing Jerelle and Vee weren't terrible developments -- that's just what inevitably happens if you have a player on the roster who is blocked and believes they can do better elsewhere. So, were Tre (or anyone else) to see incoming talent and believe that they aren't able to compete against that talent, you understand if they go elsewhere. Sure, you want quality depth, but it's understandable. So whose option is it regarding Tre. Is it really his or is it IIIs. a unique distinction.
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Post by aleutianhoya on Apr 14, 2016 10:23:47 GMT -5
There will be plenty of minutes for Tre if he plays competently. That's a big "if"!!! He got 20 MPG last year -- a significant number of minutes for a sophomore. We are replacing 35 MPG at the guard position. Even if Mulmore and Mosely come in and are competent players, they could easily simply take those 35 MPG from DSR and Tre plays no less (or not much less). Sure, if we also got another guard to come in, or if Mulmore or Mosely are excellent players right away, Trey would see a significant dip. But I think it's far from a given. In general, I'm with PR, in that transfers aren't necessarily a bad thing if they mean that you've simply upgraded talent. It's why I've always argued that losing Jerelle and Vee weren't terrible developments -- that's just what inevitably happens if you have a player on the roster who is blocked and believes they can do better elsewhere. So, were Tre (or anyone else) to see incoming talent and believe that they aren't able to compete against that talent, you understand if they go elsewhere. Sure, you want quality depth, but it's understandable. So whose option is it regarding Tre. Is it really his or is it IIIs. a unique distinction. If a transfer decision is based on the fact that superior talent has been brought in, then it's always in some respects a "mutual decision." III makes the call that superior talent is needed (or advisable) and the transferring player would decide they aren't able to compete with that talent and aren't willing to take a reduced role. Both have to happen (unless a scholarship is pulled). Obviously, that's not the only context in which someone would transfer. You might come in thinking you're going to be the "younger superior talent" to a guy that's a year older than you. Then, for one reason or another, it turns out you're not. And you're not willing to wait until your senior year to get big minutes. In that situation, III wouldn't have recruited you thinking you weren't going to play; you would make the choice to leave. Finally, it's possible that a guy is brought in that's younger than you and that is not expected to be a superior talent, but he develops far greater than expected. We could dream that this is what happens with, say, Kaleb. Again, III wouldn't have purposefully been looking to necessarily upgrade.
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Post by prhoya on Apr 14, 2016 14:29:41 GMT -5
IMO, I don't see how it is a great achievement by JT3 and staff. If anything, due to losing recruitment battles for studs and lack of dominant 35 mpg players, the team finds itself with plenty of playing time available to be won and no rising sophomore or junior feeling the heat from an incoming freshman. Who is responsible for recruiting and player development? The coaching staff. Who would be a transfer candidate? Usually the GU transfer profile is a rising junior who sees his playing time dropping instead of increasing next season (a la Vee, Rivers and Benimon) or a player who clearly hasn't improved after two/three seasons and should take a transfer year to improve (Nikita, Domingo and Bolden) or a freshman who did not see the light of day from the end of the bench and didn't like it (Giubunda). Which current player(s) fit(s) those profiles? With only the JM bros coming in at guard (so far), the available DSR minutes, the lack of a consistent performance by all of the returning players (with maybe February LJ as the exception), our recent fouling history and defensive issues, and JT3 increasing the rotation, playing time is up for grabs big time. Why transfer? Work your butt off and maybe you can play 20 minutes plus. It's available. Maybe it's a coincidence but most of the transfers under JT3 happened when studs (Monroe and Porter; Smith to a degree) came in or there was a glut of great guards (why Sanford & Rivers left) who took the bulk of the playing time. It's a great problem for the staff to have that they will not have next year. The great achievement will be when they get the studs, yet keep everyone else. That is how you win championships. Wouldn't Trey Campbell fit the profile? To be clear Mods im not starting a rumor by any means or calling for a transfer. However if you want to use that as the supposed profile of a possible transfer Trey fits a lot of those traits. Junior that has shown little improvement and minutes will probably be limited instead of expanding. We bring in Mulmore and Mosely so there goes minutes right there and if we somehow pull off Pryor you have to wonder who Trey will deserve more minutes then. I personally think Mosely will be ready to play from day 1 and Mulmore wasn't brought here to play 10 minutes a game. No, IMO, Tre does not fit the profile. As a rising junior, he enters next season as the most experienced player bringing the ball up the court and starting the offense (i.e., JT3's definition when asked about PGs in his offense), a lot of "guard" minutes available and a lot of questions surrounding the rest of the guards. As a frosh, he averaged 14 mpg and, 21 mpg as a sophomore. I believe he'll pick up a few mpg from last year and that JT3 will pick him to be part of the first game's starting lineup next season. The guards will have to fight for playing time, but no one has it locked up (well maybe LJ if he plays constantly like February LJ).
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Post by bostonfan on Apr 14, 2016 15:20:32 GMT -5
I am glad that they don't follow the pattern that some schools do now where a kid gets his scholarship pulled because he does not perform up to expectations. No matter how well he played last season, Tre made a commitment to Georgetown when he decided to play for the Hoyas and the school should show some loyalty and give him the chance to compete for minutes next year. That doesn't mean you have to give him minutes if he doesn't earn them but he should have that scholarship for as long as he wants to be a Hoya.
You can't kill Duke, and similar schools, for pulling scholarships from kids because they found a better option and then think it is Ok to do the same thing. If you make a mistake on a recruit, then you simply don't play him very much, but you need to show the same loyalty to those players you want the kids to show to the school.
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Post by hoyalove4ever on Apr 14, 2016 15:31:24 GMT -5
I am glad that they don't follow the pattern that some schools do now where a kid gets his scholarship pulled because he does not perform up to expectations. No matter how well he played last season, Tre made a commitment to Georgetown when he decided to play for the Hoyas and the school should show some loyalty and give him the chance to compete for minutes next year. That doesn't mean you have to give him minutes if he doesn't earn them but he should have that scholarship for as long as he wants to be a Hoya. You can't kill Duke, and similar schools, for pulling scholarships from kids because they found a better option and then think it is Ok to do the same thing. If you make a mistake on a recruit, then you simply don't play him very much, but you need to show the same loyalty to those players you want the kids to show to the school. Yes, yes, and yes.
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Apr 14, 2016 16:32:11 GMT -5
I really like Tre's motor. However, I do think that he needs to work on discipline, shot selection, and just putting in the time to improve in the area of shooting the outside shot. He seems to be a confident young man, so let's hope that he puts it all together.
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Post by eagle54 on Apr 14, 2016 23:16:36 GMT -5
I am glad that they don't follow the pattern that some schools do now where a kid gets his scholarship pulled because he does not perform up to expectations. No matter how well he played last season, Tre made a commitment to Georgetown when he decided to play for the Hoyas and the school should show some loyalty and give him the chance to compete for minutes next year. That doesn't mean you have to give him minutes if he doesn't earn them but he should have that scholarship for as long as he wants to be a Hoya. You can't kill Duke, and similar schools, for pulling scholarships from kids because they found a better option and then think it is Ok to do the same thing. If you make a mistake on a recruit, then you simply don't play him very much, but you need to show the same loyalty to those players you want the kids to show to the school. Yes, yes, and yes. I guess I need some clarification in reading this. You basically are saying we can kill Duke and other successful programs as long as we don't have this practice? I don't understand what that does for us and maybe that's why I don't understand this board and program? Let's just remember that we are trying to put this program out as our bellwether to compete nationally and we do that at great expense. But then (if reading correctly) we have no chance if we don't do it like others that are successful.
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Post by hoyalove4ever on Apr 15, 2016 5:39:33 GMT -5
What I am saying (I cannot speak for others) is that Georgetown should do things the right way. That means unless there is an academic or character issue with a recruit, that player has a scholarship for four years, even if he is much, much worse than anticipated from a basketball standpoint. If others are doing differently and that puts the Hoyas at a competitive disadvantage, so be it. Do things the right way.
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Post by bostonfan on Apr 15, 2016 7:22:34 GMT -5
What I am saying (I cannot speak for others) is that Georgetown should do things the right way. That means unless there is an academic or character issue with a recruit, that player has a scholarship for four years, even if he is much, much worse than anticipated from a basketball standpoint. If others are doing differently and that puts the Hoyas at a competitive disadvantage, so be it. Do things the right way. Exactly. Doing things the right way may not give us every competitive edge but it atleast shows the school and coaching staff has some integrity!! If some schools are Ok with coaches taking advantage of the system at the expense of the athletes then I guess that is their decision on how a program should be run, but I would like to think you can do things the right way and still win.
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