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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2020 12:22:06 GMT -5
To be fair though you were wrong on Mutombo not coming here. So it would make sense that you are reacting negatively to his announcement and him. I would probably do the same in a similar circumstance. I was mistaken. And so were Chris Wright and Austin Freeman. I wish him great success as a Hoya. I was on Mutombo coming here all the way up until he started talking to Tennessee. Before that, I was rah rah Ryan coming to Georgetown. When he started talking to Tennessee, I lost all hope and damn near started crying. Right then, I was convinced that he just didn't want to come to Georgetown. At that moment, I wrote on the boards about how, on an old TMZ video interview that I saw back a year ago, he seemed adamant that he didn't want to follow in his father's footsteps. I still had a small hope that he would come to Georgetown but I wasn't no longer speaking about it anymore or writing anything on the boards about Ryan. On top of all that he kept getting Tennessee predictions and I was just done! So I just kept my mouth shut until all that Tennessee talk ceased and then I got on the boards and started kissing Ryan's ring again begging him to come to Georgetown. |
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Post by EtomicB on Oct 10, 2020 13:42:00 GMT -5
To be fair though you were wrong on Mutombo not coming here. So it would make sense that you are reacting negatively to his announcement and him. I would probably do the same in a similar circumstance. Wow, you pulled out the receipts! Lot of people (myself included) said some things we probably regret now that Ryan is a Hoya. Very glad he is with us and I hope we don't feel the need to nitpick every single word the kid says and try to draw conclusions based on it. Very strange to me when people really pay THAT much attention to the stuff high schoolers say. This logic is used by many on the board for basically anything Gtown related, it runs neck & neck with the "unless you're a part of the program you really shouldn't comment" reasoning... Both really hamper any decent discussion or debate on the board in my view... |
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Post by trillesthoya on Oct 10, 2020 14:40:46 GMT -5
Wow, you pulled out the receipts! Lot of people (myself included) said some things we probably regret now that Ryan is a Hoya. Very glad he is with us and I hope we don't feel the need to nitpick every single word the kid says and try to draw conclusions based on it. Very strange to me when people really pay THAT much attention to the stuff high schoolers say. This logic is used by many on the board for basically anything Gtown related, it runs neck & neck with the "unless you're a part of the program you really shouldn't comment" reasoning... Both really hamper any decent discussion or debate on the board in my view... Haha I don’t think I need to explain the fairly obvious distinction between commenting on the state of a program vs trying to dissect the word choice of a high school senior in an Instagram live interview and using that to determine whether said high schooler has leadership chops. Come on man even you know that’s a bad argument. |
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Post by swhoya on Oct 10, 2020 16:41:50 GMT -5
Wow, you pulled out the receipts! Lot of people (myself included) said some things we probably regret now that Ryan is a Hoya. Very glad he is with us and I hope we don't feel the need to nitpick every single word the kid says and try to draw conclusions based on it. Very strange to me when people really pay THAT much attention to the stuff high schoolers say. This logic is used by many on the board for basically anything Gtown related, it runs neck & neck with the "unless you're a part of the program you really shouldn't comment" reasoning... Both really hamper any decent discussion or debate on the board in my view... I think the issue is that it's one of those if-you-squint-really-hard, then maybe what he said was a problem. Perhaps it wasn't the best things for him to say. But he's coming here now. There will be lots of opportunities to judge what kind of person and teammate he is (and all things I've read by PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM seem to indicate he's a good kid), rather than an interview where he's probably still pumped up on committing and may have gone a tad too far. The assertions or conclusions people are coming to from a couple of post-commitment quotes is not fair. God know what quotes you could have gotten from me back then. |
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Post by blueandgray on Oct 10, 2020 17:11:47 GMT -5
Still amazes me that adults are being critical of Ryan’s interview. I believe 99% of parents would be proud to have an incoming student deliver that kind of interview. I know I would. For anyone still nitpicking ...I honestly feel badly them.
Ryan...if you are reading this, I am sure you will have to get used to the increased scrutiny that comes with being both a high level division 1 athlete and one that happens to have a famous father. While I know you have to get used to this at some level, and may need to develop thick skin, I encourage you to just be you and not worry about what some of these people say. You are always going to have to deal with people who feel they have something to prove and do so by knocking down others. Just be you and do your thing!!
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Post by DanMcQ on Oct 10, 2020 17:29:35 GMT -5
I think young Mr Mutombo is perfectly capable of sorting through the internet. I’d predict the old man is proud of this, but that it is no surprise to him:
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Oct 10, 2020 19:30:50 GMT -5
Ryan, I love the way you present your case. You are absolutely right, that what matters more than anything else is performance and the program wanting you more for your skills than your pedigree. Just remember, on this board, people speculate a great deal. Can’t wait to see you assert yourself on the court.
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Post by EtomicB on Oct 10, 2020 22:39:28 GMT -5
This logic is used by many on the board for basically anything Gtown related, it runs neck & neck with the "unless you're a part of the program you really shouldn't comment" reasoning... Both really hamper any decent discussion or debate on the board in my view... Haha I don’t think I need to explain the fairly obvious distinction between commenting on the state of a program vs trying to dissect the word choice of a high school senior in an Instagram live interview and using that to determine whether said high schooler has leadership chops. Come on man even you know that’s a bad argument. My post wasn't about either of those things. I have no issue at all with Ryan's interview, I also don't have any issues with Jwp's post either... I'm just not a fan of the reasoning you used in your post... |
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Post by trillesthoya on Oct 10, 2020 23:09:50 GMT -5
Haha I don’t think I need to explain the fairly obvious distinction between commenting on the state of a program vs trying to dissect the word choice of a high school senior in an Instagram live interview and using that to determine whether said high schooler has leadership chops. Come on man even you know that’s a bad argument. My post wasn't about either of those things. I have no issue at all with Ryan's interview, I also don't have any issues with Jwp's post either... I'm just not a fan of the reasoning you used in your post... Okay? I didn’t assert you believed either of those things, I made a note that your comparison of the two arguments is clearly erroneous based on how different the subjects are. Entirely unsure what the point of your post is outside of a pointless intellectual exercise. |
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Post by jwp91 on Oct 11, 2020 16:09:00 GMT -5
Still amazes me that adults are being critical of Ryan’s interview. I believe 99% of parents would be proud to have an incoming student deliver that kind of interview. I know I would. For anyone still nitpicking ...I honestly feel badly them. Ryan...if you are reading this, I am sure you will have to get used to the increased scrutiny that comes with being both a high level division 1 athlete and one that happens to have a famous father. While I know you have to get used to this at some level, and may need to develop thick skin, I encourage you to just be you and not worry about what some of these people say. You are always going to have to deal with people who feel they have something to prove and do so by knocking down others. Just be you and do your thing!! Blue &Gray, Two things can be true. Parents can be proud of the interview and 1/2 the team might have a message to deliver to him in the 1st scrimmage. |
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Oct 11, 2020 16:37:29 GMT -5
Are you really dissecting and criticizing the interview a high school senior just gave? Do you have kids of your own? You get that you’re the one that sounds utterly ridiculous.
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Post by blueandgray on Oct 11, 2020 18:12:41 GMT -5
Still amazes me that adults are being critical of Ryan’s interview. I believe 99% of parents would be proud to have an incoming student deliver that kind of interview. I know I would. For anyone still nitpicking ...I honestly feel badly them. Ryan...if you are reading this, I am sure you will have to get used to the increased scrutiny that comes with being both a high level division 1 athlete and one that happens to have a famous father. While I know you have to get used to this at some level, and may need to develop thick skin, I encourage you to just be you and not worry about what some of these people say. You are always going to have to deal with people who feel they have something to prove and do so by knocking down others. Just be you and do your thing!! Blue &Gray, Two things can be true. Parents can be proud of the interview and 1/2 the team might have a message to deliver to him in the 1st scrimmage. I am willing to bet that every single guy on the team will embrace him. He’s not a guy who is angry, has an attitude or isolated himself like some others before him may have been. That’s not to say that he won’t get an elbow or two in practice from the bigs ahead of him in the pecking order ....but that’s expected. |
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Post by HOYAPLAYA on Oct 11, 2020 18:12:56 GMT -5
Are you really dissecting and criticizing the interview a high school senior just gave? Do you have kids of your own? You get that you’re the one that sounds utterly ridiculous. Nope, he doesn't get it. Don't waste your time as I already wasted mine. |
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Post by jwp91 on Oct 11, 2020 19:44:06 GMT -5
Are you really dissecting and criticizing the interview a high school senior just gave? Do you have kids of your own? You get that you’re the one that sounds utterly ridiculous. Nope, he doesn't get it. Don't waste your time as I already wasted mine. Maybe it is me that doesn’t get it, but we also must consider the possibility that it is the many of you. I’ve studied about which I have posted for many years. I think we are all tired of this so let’s move on. |
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Post by hoyarooter on Oct 12, 2020 18:59:39 GMT -5
Still amazes me that adults are being critical of Ryan’s interview. I believe 99% of parents would be proud to have an incoming student deliver that kind of interview. I know I would. For anyone still nitpicking ...I honestly feel badly them. Ryan...if you are reading this, I am sure you will have to get used to the increased scrutiny that comes with being both a high level division 1 athlete and one that happens to have a famous father. While I know you have to get used to this at some level, and may need to develop thick skin, I encourage you to just be you and not worry about what some of these people say. You are always going to have to deal with people who feel they have something to prove and do so by knocking down others. Just be you and do your thing!! Blue &Gray, Two things can be true. Parents can be proud of the interview and 1/2 the team might have a message to deliver to him in the 1st scrimmage. I thought you said you were going to let this go. What are you, a dog with a bone? Enough, already. No, make that too much. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 0:16:27 GMT -5
Blue &Gray, Two things can be true. Parents can be proud of the interview and 1/2 the team might have a message to deliver to him in the 1st scrimmage. I thought you said you were going to let this go. What are you, a dog with a bone? Enough, already. No, make that too much. We have to keep our eyes open for this guy. I get the feeling he's gonna be trouble for the near future. |
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Post by professorhoya on Oct 13, 2020 13:50:09 GMT -5
Blue &Gray, Two things can be true. Parents can be proud of the interview and 1/2 the team might have a message to deliver to him in the 1st scrimmage. Enough, already. No, make that too much. Okay,that was really funny. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 17:32:16 GMT -5
Oh lord, you better not let that jwp guy see this video. He's gonna have a fit! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 18:34:21 GMT -5
Oh lord, you better not let that jwp guy see this video. He's gonna have a fit! It's from the same interview you guys have been discussing. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 18:42:25 GMT -5
Oh lord, you better not let that jwp guy see this video. He's gonna have a fit! It's from the same interview you guys have been discussing. I know it's the same video but someone posted it again and I am just afraid that jwp guy is going to go nuts if he sees it again! |
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