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Post by professorhoya on Dec 5, 2020 17:40:08 GMT -5
I honestly don't get what happened with McClung at all. The other guys were either disciplinary or clearly unhappy (Akinjo). Mac seemed to be primed to take the entire spotlight in his last season or two. Do people think he simply took a life boat away from what he thinks is a sinking ship? I'm not sure how much better we'd be with him on this season's roster anyway, so maybe he saw another season of team irrelevance and figured he needed more (positive) exposure? I admit to not following the program all that closely by the end of last season and into the early days of the pandemic, so I didn't read much when he left. In any case, I really don't understand how Ewing and the staff lost this kid, and seeing him hyped up by ESPN last night reminded me of how electric he could be at times. I think the pandemic gave him too much time to think and he saw guys like Maxisnice blowing up on Instagram and youtube and wanted to get back to his social media roots. For some reason he wasn't doing alot of podcasts or social media while at Georgetown (don't know if that was school policy) but now he's doing alot of social media. And I believe this year NCAA athletes can benefit off their social media. On top of that he left what was an ugly situation with Akinjo and the false accusation incidents that led to LeBlanc/Garner/Alexander and has a chance to start afresh with an upgraded team that can compete for the final four. Just from a brand and competitive standpoint it makes logical sense to leave.
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 5, 2020 17:42:58 GMT -5
Did Akinjo ever say anything about his departure? And no not quotes from his uncle, but Akinjo himself. On the other hand, McClung has clearly stated why he left. He had NBA aspirations. The league told him he needed to be a facilitator to have a shot, something he didn't do at G-town. The evaluators didn't care how fun it was to watch him play. Mac said he wanted to got to a place that felt more like a family. Mac was the 3rd best player in his recruiting class, at least for the 1st year. Akinjo was the Big East Rookie of the year and LeBlanc had the most potential of the 3 of with what he brought to the table. Watching the game last night I didn't see Mac working on his facilitator role. He's no Stockton or Kerr and I doubt he ever will be. But he is fun to watch and would have made this year much more bearable for us fans. I was very concerned about the not feeling like a family comment. That goes to the heart of what I've been saying about the upscale "elitist" GU campus environment. A kid, especially a white kid from a small town in SW Va had to have a hard time finding guys to hang with on campus or places to go off campus. Well he's a southern kid and DC/Georgetown isn't the "South". He basically was saying he's more used to the southern friendliness and yesserrrrrrr charm rather than eastern cosmopolitanism.
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 5, 2020 17:46:46 GMT -5
His comment to the media supposedly referenced a difference between the Hoyas and the Raiders as being that on his current team guys hang out together which was not the case at Georgetown. Considering that the rest of his recruiting class had gone by season’s end I assume that his reference was to the entire team and not just his fellow recruiting class. In any event good luck to him. He was an exciting player to watch and he brought attention to the program. Wish he had stayed but better to have the kids who want to be here. Will say that down the stretch he was the biggest cheerleader on the bench when out with his injury. Stark contrast to the pouting from others. Well that was pretty obvious because Akinjo hated him and got his group going with LeBlance/Myron/Galen. That basically left Mac as the loner with the people in his class. Really that part just boils down to the Akinjo feud with Mac. What was left was just Blair who was like 4th backup before all this transpired and Jamoroko.
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Post by the_way on Dec 5, 2020 17:50:53 GMT -5
Watching the game last night I didn't see Mac working on his facilitator role. He's no Stockton or Kerr and I doubt he ever will be. But he is fun to watch and would have made this year much more bearable for us fans. I was very concerned about the not feeling like a family comment. That goes to the heart of what I've been saying about the upscale "elitist" GU campus environment. A kid, especially a white kid from a small town in SW Va had to have a hard time finding guys to hang with on campus or places to go off campus. Well he's a southern kid and DC/Georgetown isn't the "South". He basically was saying he's more used to the southern friendliness and yesserrrrrrr charm rather than eastern cosmopolitanism. Mourning and Iverson didn't have a problem. Not to mention our Louisiana recruits over the years with JT2.
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Post by the_way on Dec 5, 2020 17:51:37 GMT -5
His comment to the media supposedly referenced a difference between the Hoyas and the Raiders as being that on his current team guys hang out together which was not the case at Georgetown. Considering that the rest of his recruiting class had gone by season’s end I assume that his reference was to the entire team and not just his fellow recruiting class. In any event good luck to him. He was an exciting player to watch and he brought attention to the program. Wish he had stayed but better to have the kids who want to be here. Will say that down the stretch he was the biggest cheerleader on the bench when out with his injury. Stark contrast to the pouting from others. Well that was pretty obvious because Akinjo hated him and got his group going with LeBlance/Myron/Galen. That basically left Mac as the loner with the people in his class. Really that part just boils down to the Akinjo feud with Mac.What was left was just Blair who was like 4th backup before all this transpired and Jamoroko. Do you have sources for this or are you making it up?
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 5, 2020 19:02:44 GMT -5
Well that was pretty obvious because Akinjo hated him and got his group going with LeBlance/Myron/Galen. That basically left Mac as the loner with the people in his class. Really that part just boils down to the Akinjo feud with Mac.What was left was just Blair who was like 4th backup before all this transpired and Jamoroko. Do you have sources for this or are you making it up? The practice fight between Akinjo and Mac. And LeBlanc, Akinjo, Myron, Galen being documented as hanging out with each other. Add to that Mac’s own interview saying he didn’t hang out with his teammates. It’s all right there
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Dec 5, 2020 19:12:03 GMT -5
A lot of Texas Tech fans on this board lately. I am not a fan of Texas Tech, but I am a fan of Beard as a coach. What he does is great, and if we had a coach like that we'd easily be a perennial top 25 team. That's what I want.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 5, 2020 19:16:20 GMT -5
Mods I thought all of these discussions of non-Hoyas were supposed to be going to the Pro and College Sports Boards?
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Post by the_way on Dec 5, 2020 19:18:20 GMT -5
Do you have sources for this or are you making it up? The practice fight between Akinjo and Mac. And LeBlanc, Akinjo, Myron, Galen being documented as hanging out with each other. Add to that Mac’s own interview saying he didn’t hang out with his teammates. It’s all right there What fight? Source? And you make a lot of leaps. Leaps higher than Mac's vertical without any source. Whose to say they were all cool and he wanted to leave because the guys he came in with were all gone (Carter, LeBlanc, and Akinjo). You say Mac was a loner here, but there were more than the 4 players on the roster you mentioned. That isn't even half of the roster that could socialize with Mac and Mac with those teammates. Socializing is a two-way street. Maybe Mac just didn't fit in here, and that had nothing to do with G-town or the players on the roster. Because others guys stayed here without issues.
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 5, 2020 19:39:42 GMT -5
The practice fight between Akinjo and Mac. And LeBlanc, Akinjo, Myron, Galen being documented as hanging out with each other. Add to that Mac’s own interview saying he didn’t hang out with his teammates. It’s all right there What fight? Source? And you make a lot of leaps. Leaps higher than Mac's vertical without any source. Whose to say they were all cool and he wanted to leave because the guys he came in with were all gone (Carter, LeBlanc, and Akinjo). You say Mac was a loner here, but there were more than the 4 players on the roster you mentioned. That isn't even half of the roster that could socialize with Mac and Mac with those teammates. Socializing is a two-way street. Maybe Mac just didn't fit in here, and that had nothing to do with G-town or the players on the roster. Because others guys stayed here without issues. Use common sense, Way. Mac specifically said he didn't do things with guys on the team during his time at Georgetown and that now at Texas Tech the whole team does things together and he likes this change. Unless he is lying, which is possible that would mean he didn't hang out with them even before everyone left.
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Post by the_way on Dec 5, 2020 20:06:07 GMT -5
What fight? Source? And you make a lot of leaps. Leaps higher than Mac's vertical without any source. Whose to say they were all cool and he wanted to leave because the guys he came in with were all gone (Carter, LeBlanc, and Akinjo). You say Mac was a loner here, but there were more than the 4 players on the roster you mentioned. That isn't even half of the roster that could socialize with Mac and Mac with those teammates. Socializing is a two-way street. Maybe Mac just didn't fit in here, and that had nothing to do with G-town or the players on the roster. Because others guys stayed here without issues. Use common sense, Way. Mac specifically said he didn't do things with guys on the team during his time at Georgetown and that now at Texas Tech the whole team does things together and he likes this change. Unless he is lying, which is possible that would mean he didn't hang out with them even before everyone left. I asked for a source for the things you said. You have yet to provide any links to what you mentioned. Just saying. All we have is what Mac said really. Mac gave his opinion on his own experience. His comfort level and experience with how G-town does things might be different from others. Good for him. He found a place where he feels more comfortable.
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 5, 2020 20:14:37 GMT -5
Use common sense, Way. Mac specifically said he didn't do things with guys on the team during his time at Georgetown and that now at Texas Tech the whole team does things together and he likes this change. Unless he is lying, which is possible that would mean he didn't hang out with them even before everyone left. I asked for a source for the things you said. You have yet to provide any links to what you mentioned. Just saying. All we have is what Mac said really. Mac gave his opinion on his own experience. His comfort level and experience with how G-town does things might be different from others. Good for him. He found a place where he feels more comfortable. Here's the interview:
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Dec 6, 2020 12:20:36 GMT -5
Last season’s departures were absolutely devastating to the program. We finally had the talent, just couldn’t make it gel.
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Post by rlo24 on Dec 6, 2020 21:54:31 GMT -5
What fight? Source? And you make a lot of leaps. Leaps higher than Mac's vertical without any source. Whose to say they were all cool and he wanted to leave because the guys he came in with were all gone (Carter, LeBlanc, and Akinjo). You say Mac was a loner here, but there were more than the 4 players on the roster you mentioned. That isn't even half of the roster that could socialize with Mac and Mac with those teammates. Socializing is a two-way street. Maybe Mac just didn't fit in here, and that had nothing to do with G-town or the players on the roster. Because others guys stayed here without issues. Use common sense, Way. Mac specifically said he didn't do things with guys on the team during his time at Georgetown and that now at Texas Tech the whole team does things together and he likes this change. Unless he is lying, which is possible that would mean he didn't hang out with them even before everyone left. They do things together, like a team retreat that was organized by the program so they force the team to get to know each other. If you watch other interviews, they say they had to spend something like 1 hour, 1:1 with each teammate on that retreat. Just to get to know each other. That's an approach better that hopefully having it happen with guys from from different cities and upbringings
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Post by TC on Dec 7, 2020 11:42:15 GMT -5
It's amazing to me watching this interview how careful Mac is not to say anything even remotely negative whatsoever about Georgetown and yet people on this board still want to trash him. There were like five questions in this basically asking him to say something about Georgetown and he took a pass on every one of them to focus on positives.
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Post by DanMcQ on Dec 10, 2020 7:39:57 GMT -5
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Jan 5, 2021 21:22:05 GMT -5
Can’t help but think that Mac made the right move for himself. He’s playing PG for a team ranked 18th in the country. He’s played in a dozen games. GU has played 9 games and is picked to finish last in conference. It is what it is.
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Post by HoyaRejuveNation85 on Jan 13, 2021 23:43:25 GMT -5
Can’t help but think that Mac made the right move for himself. He’s playing PG for a team ranked 18th in the country. He’s played in a dozen games. GU has played 9 games and is picked to finish last in conference. It is what it is. I’m not one to dwell on what might have been, but tonight was tough. Watched part of the impressive LSU win over Arkansas and then most of the TT comeback win at Texas. Mac was great. Showed that he still has some defensive limitations, but he’s a great college player. Hit the huge game winner on the road to cap off a game high 22. There’s no doubt we lost 3 strong players who would/could have made this year’s Hoyas’ team far more competitive if they only could have meshed. Some day soon, I hope we Hoya fans can have as exciting a team to cheer for as those on which these guys now play.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2021 21:34:21 GMT -5
Man I miss all them boys....Mac, Akinjo, Leblanc, Gardiner, Galen. I miss all of them!!! Mac you ain't no point guard though homey!
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Post by cgallstar02 on Jan 18, 2021 23:20:59 GMT -5
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