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Post by hibernatinghoyafan on Mar 17, 2021 14:10:57 GMT -5
Peep #7
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2021 15:22:29 GMT -5
Wow, don't forget about our other guys "The Nigerian Nightmare", "The Swiss Army Knife", and "Mr. Microwave"! Those boys ain't no slouches either!
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Post by hoyazeke on Mar 17, 2021 19:39:10 GMT -5
Yeah don't know how I feel about Dante being on this list. Dante had a nice run but "Mr. Microwave", as someone labeled him, is the best player on our team. Now if the list was most important than Dante would get the nod.
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Post by blueandgray on Mar 17, 2021 20:02:39 GMT -5
Love Dante...but Katz is buying into the hype a bit. Either that...or there should be at least one other Hoya on this list.
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Post by jwp91 on Mar 17, 2021 20:55:52 GMT -5
Love Dante...but Katz is buying into the hype a bit. Either that...or there should be at least one other Hoya on this list. Agree. We are a 6 headed monster.
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Post by tashoya on Mar 17, 2021 21:05:26 GMT -5
We have a few guys that could be on that list. Dante is one of them. And, he's continuing to improve as the year progresses. No one outside of the Georgetown fanbase gave the Hoyas any shot at anything. These folks aren't, all of a sudden, going to watch all of the games. They're going to be lazy and piggyback off of what others have said.
At the beginning of the year, the "sports leader" had no reason to take interest in the Hoyas. I love that they have no choice but to cover us now. It makes me very happy when the ESPN talking heads are made to look like schmucks because they don't care about anyone in the BE other than UConn and Villanova and can't speak intelligently on any of the other teams. They just hope that things like Dick Vitale's "charisma" will cause people not to notice. Give me more of that, please.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 17, 2021 21:20:36 GMT -5
We have a few guys that could be on that list. Dante is one of them. And, he's continuing to improve as the year progresses. No one outside of the Georgetown fanbase gave the Hoyas any shot at anything. These folks aren't, all of a sudden, going to watch all of the games. They're going to be lazy and piggyback off of what others have said. At the beginning of the year, the "sports leader" had no reason to take interest in the Hoyas. I love that they have no choice but to cover us now. It makes me very happy when the ESPN talking heads are made to look like schmucks because they don't care about anyone in the BE other than UConn and Villanova and can't speak intelligently on any of the other teams. They just hope that things like Dick Vitale's "charisma" will cause people not to notice. Give me more of that, please. This is where Ewing helps alot with Georgetown and the Big East. There are so many Knicks fans in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, that even though it is ESPN/ACC/SEC, alot of them are secretly rooting for Ewing and can't help but talk about their hero if given the chance.
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Post by tashoya on Mar 17, 2021 21:29:48 GMT -5
We have a few guys that could be on that list. Dante is one of them. And, he's continuing to improve as the year progresses. No one outside of the Georgetown fanbase gave the Hoyas any shot at anything. These folks aren't, all of a sudden, going to watch all of the games. They're going to be lazy and piggyback off of what others have said. At the beginning of the year, the "sports leader" had no reason to take interest in the Hoyas. I love that they have no choice but to cover us now. It makes me very happy when the ESPN talking heads are made to look like schmucks because they don't care about anyone in the BE other than UConn and Villanova and can't speak intelligently on any of the other teams. They just hope that things like Dick Vitale's "charisma" will cause people not to notice. Give me more of that, please. This is where Ewing helps alot with Georgetown and the Big East. There are so many Knicks fans in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, that even though it is ESPN/ACC/SEC, alot of them are secretly rooting for Ewing and can't help but talk about their hero if given the chance. Agree. I don't even think it's all that secret. Patrick has always been kind and accommodating. Not just in his relationships with other peers but with the media when the Knicks didn't win anything of note year after year and the press crapped all over him. I can't ever remember anything remotely akin to, "If my knees didn't give out, I'd torch these fools." Which, of course, everyone knew. He never made any excuses. And, yet, he's still one of the top 50 all-time players. Imagine where he'd rank if his body had taken more time to break down. But, sadly, especially in his playing days, big men usually lost a lot of their athleticism to the grind of the schedule fairly early in their careers.
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Post by jwp91 on Mar 18, 2021 4:15:40 GMT -5
John Fanta who leads Big East coverage for the conference shared that the Ewing hire was his first story when he was hired. He shared that Ewing always asks how he can help him when they speak. During the coverage after the championship, he sounded like a Georgetown grad even though he went to Seton Hall. Ewing has clearly won him over.
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Post by sweetness on Mar 18, 2021 5:39:57 GMT -5
Fanta's passion is a real asset for the league. And I agree, he seems to have a particular fondness for Georgetown and an appreciation for the history.
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Post by bigelephant on Mar 18, 2021 9:22:04 GMT -5
I have always liked John Fanta especially since he did the BE interview with MAC and Akinjo 2 years ago.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 18, 2021 9:38:14 GMT -5
John Fanta who leads Big East coverage for the conference shared that the Ewing hire was his first story when he was hired. He shared that Ewing always asks how he can help him when they speak. During the coverage after the championship, he sounded like a Georgetown grad even though he went to Seton Hall. Ewing has clearly won him over. To be fair like I mentioned before I think he's a New Yorker so may have been a Knicks fan. The Ewing factor has established alot of good will for the Hoyas as alot of Seton Hall, UCONN, St. Johns fans/guys were Knicks/EWing's fans. So Ewing is a really unifying force within the conference except for Villanova (Philly) and the new Midwestern additions.
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Post by hoyacane11 on Mar 18, 2021 9:59:02 GMT -5
Love Harris!!! He was thrown into the fire and he responded and progressed quite impressively. He's a TRUE point who does everything you would ever want a point to do. Great thing for us is he's young and is only going to get bigger, better, smarter, stronger, and faster.
From point guard to point guard, I love what I'm seeing from him!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2021 11:59:23 GMT -5
I have always liked John Fanta especially since he did the BE interview with MAC and Akinjo 2 years ago. I remember that..that was a very cool interview. He gave them so much love.
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Post by tashoya on Mar 19, 2021 20:24:43 GMT -5
John Fanta who leads Big East coverage for the conference shared that the Ewing hire was his first story when he was hired. He shared that Ewing always asks how he can help him when they speak. During the coverage after the championship, he sounded like a Georgetown grad even though he went to Seton Hall. Ewing has clearly won him over. This is great. It's also always who Patrick has been. He's always been up front about acknowledging those who helped him in his life/career and he's, apparently, trying to pay it forward. He's always going to have his doubters and naysayers but, IMO, we couldn't have a better person leading the next generation of players. While I try to keep my expectations somewhat tethered to reality, I will never stop hoping that he gets Georgetown back on top almost as much for him as for GU itself. After watching his entire pro career as a Knicks fan and seeing his teams fall short, while it wouldn't fill the void of not ever having won an NBA ring, him getting another one for GU would be about as close to it as is possible. One thing we do know is that his effort and work ethic will never be lacking or in question. He doesn't have it in him to not work harder than everyone else.
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Post by tashoya on Mar 19, 2021 20:26:23 GMT -5
John Fanta who leads Big East coverage for the conference shared that the Ewing hire was his first story when he was hired. He shared that Ewing always asks how he can help him when they speak. During the coverage after the championship, he sounded like a Georgetown grad even though he went to Seton Hall. Ewing has clearly won him over. To be fair like I mentioned before I think he's a New Yorker so may have been a Knicks fan. The Ewing factor has established alot of good will for the Hoyas as alot of Seton Hall, UCONN, St. Johns fans/guys were Knicks/EWing's fans. So Ewing is a really unifying force within the conference except for Villanova (Philly) and the new Midwestern additions. Which, honestly, works out just fine. Wright has a bit of an "other" attitude to him anyway.
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 20, 2021 8:23:25 GMT -5
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 20, 2021 8:53:22 GMT -5
Not known for his basketball mind, but JohnnyJones was saying that in December.
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Post by swhoya on Mar 20, 2021 12:48:16 GMT -5
Someone commented in the game thread that he was doing social media posts before the game talking himself up and/or talking Walker IV down. Any truth to that?
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Post by hoyaatheart55 on Mar 20, 2021 13:02:54 GMT -5
Someone commented in the game thread that he was doing social media posts before the game talking himself up and/or talking Walker IV down. Any truth to that? I’ll repeat what I said in response. I watched it last night. He did not call anybody out by name or say anything about ripping up anybody in particular. He was just saying general things like “Kill or be killed tomorrow” and cliche things of that nature lol
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