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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 7, 2020 21:23:21 GMT -5
Always assumed Georgia would be more of a threat than Indiana. Crean is likely selling him on being the next Anthony Edwards....or the next Dwayne Wade.
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Post by professorhoya on Oct 8, 2020 7:44:00 GMT -5
Always assumed Georgia would be more of a threat than Indiana. Crean is likely selling him on being the next Anthony Edwards....or the next Dwayne Wade. Don’t forget Oladipo
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Post by gojeffgoroyunder7 on Oct 8, 2020 8:29:31 GMT -5
We really need one of these to go our way, and this seems like the best shot we've had because Aminu looks to have a great head on his shoulders and to be receiving sound advice from those around him. We can beat out Georgia and Indiana and put Georgetown basketball back on the map with an outstanding recruiting class. Believe it into existence.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2020 10:15:38 GMT -5
Aminu would be a great addition to the squad. I hope he joins.
Then - to get greedy - I hope he stays for at least a 2nd year, b/c that's the year ('22-'23) we'll really be ready to compete.
Beard(So)/Harris(Jr)/Riley(So)/Mohammed(So)/Clark(Jr)/Sibley(Jr)/Billingsley(So)/Wahab(Sr)/Mutombo(So)
When you start putting talent like that together -- and have them play together for a year or more -- you're going to be successful. Even if you have to plug in some holes at that point (Q or Aminu leaves early, xfers, a few guys don't pan out), then you can plug in w/ a talented FR or grad xfer.
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 8, 2020 11:52:40 GMT -5
Aminu would be a great addition to the squad. I hope he joins. Then - to get greedy - I hope he stays for at least a 2nd year, b/c that's the year ('22-'23) we'll really be ready to compete. Beard(So)/Harris(Jr)/Riley(So)/Mohammed(So)/Clark(Jr)/Sibley(Jr)/Billingsley(So)/Wahab(Sr)/Mutombo(So) When you start putting talent like that together -- and have them play together for a year or more -- you're going to be successful. Even if you have to plug in some holes at that point (Q or Aminu leaves early, xfers, a few guys don't pan out), then you can plug in w/ a talented FR or grad xfer. I'm sorry but if Wahab is still around next season and at least one of the frosh for this coming season is much better than his ranking, then the Hoyas should be ready to compete. If not Ewing doesn't deserve to be head coach and I really support Ewing. This isn't the 1980s anymore. You don't need a roster full of guys with experience to win, only a couple of good ones to be in place for talented newcomers to rely on.
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Post by hoyas89 on Oct 8, 2020 12:05:29 GMT -5
Well thankfully for us you don’t decide Ewing’s fate.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2020 13:01:17 GMT -5
Aminu would be a great addition to the squad. I hope he joins. Then - to get greedy - I hope he stays for at least a 2nd year, b/c that's the year ('22-'23) we'll really be ready to compete. Beard(So)/Harris(Jr)/Riley(So)/Mohammed(So)/Clark(Jr)/Sibley(Jr)/Billingsley(So)/Wahab(Sr)/Mutombo(So) When you start putting talent like that together -- and have them play together for a year or more -- you're going to be successful. Even if you have to plug in some holes at that point (Q or Aminu leaves early, xfers, a few guys don't pan out), then you can plug in w/ a talented FR or grad xfer. I'm sorry but if Wahab is still around next season and at least one of the frosh for this coming season is much better than his ranking, then the Hoyas should be ready to compete. If not Ewing doesn't deserve to be head coach and I really support Ewing. This isn't the 1980s anymore. You don't need a roster full of guys with experience to win, only a couple of good ones to be in place for talented newcomers to rely on. By "compete" here, I'm talking about being a team that's expected to be a tourney team and can be in the mix for Big East titles and a high tourney seed. I think the talent infusion will be great next year, but a good chunk of our rotation is still gonna be freshmen. Like last year's team ('18-'19), we'll be better overall but some nights we're gonna beat Nova and others we're gonna lose to Depaul by a couple dozen. Yes - if we have a surprise monster year from Sibley or Harris or another of the FR this season, maybe the trajectory changes. But Qudus, Carey, Soph rotation guys, and a couple of FR starters (incl Aminu) & depth isn't a lineup that's going to be projected pre-season any higher than a bubble tourney team. This is still the Big East.
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 8, 2020 13:29:05 GMT -5
Well thankfully for us you don’t decide Ewing’s fate. Even more thankfully, from my point of view, I don't feel Ewing is so limited as a coach that he would have to have so much stacked in his favor to have his team able to compete. Maybe you fellas do.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2020 13:42:53 GMT -5
Well thankfully for us you don’t decide Ewing’s fate. Even more thankfully, from my point of view, I don't feel Ewing is so limited as a coach that he would have to have so much stacked in his favor to have his team able to compete. Maybe you fellas do. Hopefully you're not lumping me in there. I didn't say coach's name once. It's a talent & experience thing. Hopefully we'll have some of the former next year, but we almost certainly won't have a ton of the latter -- whether it's Pat or anybody else sitting in that seat. Will he have his guys playing hard? Sure - there's no reason to think otherwise. That's not what I meant by "compete" (see prior response). Will we be a shoo-in for the top third or top half of the conference? Probably not.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2020 13:44:36 GMT -5
Well thankfully for us you don’t decide Ewing’s fate. Even more thankfully, from my point of view, I don't feel Ewing is so limited as a coach that he would have to have so much stacked in his favor to have his team able to compete. Maybe you fellas do. MCI don't start this crap again.
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 8, 2020 13:51:55 GMT -5
By "compete" here, I'm talking about being a team that's expected to be a tourney team and can be in the mix for Big East titles and a high tourney seed. I think the talent infusion will be great next year, but a good chunk of our rotation is still gonna be freshmen. Like last year's team ('18-'19), we'll be better overall but some nights we're gonna beat Nova and others we're gonna lose to Depaul by a couple dozen. Yes - if we have a surprise monster year from Sibley or Harris or another of the FR this season, maybe the trajectory changes. But Qudus, Carey, Soph rotation guys, and a couple of FR starters (incl Aminu) & depth isn't a lineup that's going to be projected pre-season any higher than a bubble tourney team. This is still the Big East. Think you for the clarification of compete. That clears things up a bit and suggests we see more eye-to-eye. That said I still think you are still underselling the team if this nucleus, including a possible Aminu, holds. -I feel if Qudus is around he will be one of the faves for BE Player of the year. -I think at the very least Ighoefe as a junior will be a definite defensive and rebounding terror off the bench, a perfect backup. At the very least. If his offense is as good as I feel it can become then you could be looking at a guy who could start at the five for almost any other BE team. -(Btw I’m not even considering Carey. As far as I’m concerned he may open up schollie space for Aminu. Regardless I don’t want him getting in the way. That would mean three straight years of relying on an undergrad to run the offense for the Hoyas. No thanks. By that season it would be time to finally hand the controls over to an underclassmen point guard, something that half the teams do anyhow. Someone from the 20 or 21 class. Someone more dynamic even if inexperienced. ) -If Sibley lives up to his rankings than he will be a major contributor. The key will be one member of his incoming class to exceed expectations. Maybe Harris or Clark. That right there is a pretty solid base to work with, no worse than the returning players for Ewing’s second season, including senior Govan. If Ewing brings in Aminu with the other four guys of the 21 class, then that on paper would be a better recruiting group than the guys he recruited for the 2019 class. If Aminu keeps his status as a top 15 recruit, a five star, it may mean he could be a more impact player than any freshman Ewing has brought in previously, including all of the five frosh he has so far had on the All Big East Freshmen Team. And perhaps one of the other freshmen outside of Aminu wouldn’t be that far behind and worthy of a BE Freshmen Team spot too. Its not totally out of the question. And the good news is that as good as those frosh could be they won’t have to worry about being The Man, because that would be Q’s role by that time. In that scenario there should be more than enough to make it to the Big Dance. And that's just six players I'm looking at as the main key components. Surely as the season goes on the team could be getting slid contributions from any of the remaining players on the team.
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 8, 2020 13:53:36 GMT -5
Even more thankfully, from my point of view, I don't feel Ewing is so limited as a coach that he would have to have so much stacked in his favor to have his team able to compete. Maybe you fellas do. Hopefully you're not lumping me in there. I didn't say coach's name once. No, dude. I'm not lumping you in. I just had a few distractions keeping me to responding to your followup fast enough. I hope my post above explains my stance on things.
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 8, 2020 13:58:28 GMT -5
Even more thankfully, from my point of view, I don't feel Ewing is so limited as a coach that he would have to have so much stacked in his favor to have his team able to compete. Maybe you fellas do. MCI don't start this crap again. First of all....who the heck are you again? Second, after you introduce yourself, please explain exactly what crap I'm starting. I want to get my crap straight before I defend it.
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Post by blueandgray on Oct 8, 2020 13:59:02 GMT -5
Obviously, Aminu could step in and have a very nice supporting cast around him. If not Aminu however....who on the current roster replaces the offensive output we would lose with the departures of Pickett and Blair? Are there one or two wing players on the roster now that we believe can fill that gap?
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Post by trillesthoya on Oct 8, 2020 14:05:57 GMT -5
Obviously, Aminu could step in and have a very nice supporting cast around him. If not Aminu however....who on the current roster replaces the offensive output we would lose with the departures of Pickett and Blair? Are there one or two wing players on the roster now that we believe can fill that gap? Riley will be one for sure, unless you would classify him as a guard. Otherwise it’s going to be up to one of Sibley, Holloway and Clark to figure it out scoring wise, and none of those three are known to be prolific scorers.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2020 14:29:18 GMT -5
MCI don't start this crap again. First of all....who the heck are you again? Second, after you introduce yourself, please explain exactly what crap I'm starting. I want to get my crap straight before I defend it. I thought we were done with this "fire Ewing" crap. Or, were you not around during the time when that conversation was going on these threads a few weeks back? We don't want to revisit that mess again.
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Post by bornhoya on Oct 8, 2020 14:29:41 GMT -5
Obviously, Aminu could step in and have a very nice supporting cast around him. If not Aminu however....who on the current roster replaces the offensive output we would lose with the departures of Pickett and Blair? Are there one or two wing players on the roster now that we believe can fill that gap? Carey
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 8, 2020 14:35:30 GMT -5
Obviously, Aminu could step in and have a very nice supporting cast around him. If not Aminu however....who on the current roster replaces the offensive output we would lose with the departures of Pickett and Blair? Are there one or two wing players on the roster now that we believe can fill that gap? Riley will be one for sure, unless you would classify him as a guard. Otherwise it’s going to be up to one of Sibley, Holloway and Clark to figure it out scoring wise, and none of those three are known to be prolific scorers. Thing is Pickett and Blair weren't prolific scorers coming into Georgetown and still aren't prolific scorers as of yet. Pickett is 80% unfulfilled potential at this point. I root for him madly and will always be thankful for him choosing the Hoyas but its not like replacing him and Blair is like replacing Austin Freeman and Chris Wright.
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 8, 2020 14:40:13 GMT -5
Obviously, Aminu could step in and have a very nice supporting cast around him. If not Aminu however....who on the current roster replaces the offensive output we would lose with the departures of Pickett and Blair? Are there one or two wing players on the roster now that we believe can fill that gap? No one talks about him much but I think Billingsly has more potential than Sibley because it appears he can do more things and has a more varied offensive attack. He could be at least as good as freshmen Pickett. And as mentioned by someone else Jordan has the looks of an immediate contributor. He looks to even have more explosion than Aminu. outside of that you have a chance Kobe Clark is ready to roll his second year and that Sibley attains enough skill to play the three.
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 8, 2020 14:47:27 GMT -5
First of all....who the heck are you again? Second, after you introduce yourself, please explain exactly what crap I'm starting. I want to get my crap straight before I defend it. I thought we were done with this "fire Ewing" crap. Or, were you not around during the time when that conversation was going on these threads a few weeks back? We don't want to revisit that mess again. I don't want Ewing fired. Unlike most folks here I am superficial enough to prefer offense over defense and I LOVE Ewing's offensive scheme. What has been hindering him if anything on offense has been a lack of size at the guard positions and continuity. The former seems to be taken care of, if the latter holds than the Hoyas should be putting on a show. So I don't want Ewing going anywhere. But my point was, and maybe it was a tad overboard, that if he needed two years of the services of a lone five star recruit for his team to be able to compete (my definition of compete) then he wasn't as good at this job that I think he is. And my positive view of him on that front may very be in the minority among Hoya fans
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