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Post by hibernatinghoyafan on Jun 19, 2024 10:24:14 GMT -5
I cannot understand for the life of me how we cannot sign international guys like this. We should be a top 5 school in that regard given our location, reputation, etc. 100%. Confusing why we aren’t involved with some of these frontcourt guys that have signed over the last few weeks |
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Post by guru on Jun 19, 2024 12:10:01 GMT -5
I cannot understand for the life of me how we cannot sign international guys like this. We should be a top 5 school in that regard given our location, reputation, etc. 100%. Confusing why we aren’t involved with some of these frontcourt guys that have signed over the last few weeks Extremely so. |
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Post by reformation on Jun 19, 2024 15:09:04 GMT -5
Yes, a big miss by Cooley early on. It's insane to me that anyone interviewing for the Gtwn head coaching job would not have a plan "coming in" to get top Intl recruits as way to bring the program back--reflects poorly on both Cooley and the Gtwn admin.
On the flip side it's something that we should be able to address now.
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Post by hoyaboya on Jun 19, 2024 16:13:32 GMT -5
Yes, a big miss by Cooley early on. It's insane to me that anyone interviewing for the Gtwn head coaching job would not have a plan "coming in" to get top Intl recruits as way to bring the program back--reflects poorly on both Cooley and the Gtwn admin. On the flip side it's something that we should be able to address now. Cooley never had a big NIL budget at Providence. Cooley never recruited internationally at Providence. Cooley never won big at Providence. Why did people all of a sudden expect Cooley, at age 55, to come to Georgetown and do well at things he's never done well at before? He's giving us exactly what should be expected based on his track record. |
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Post by daveg023 on Jun 19, 2024 16:53:34 GMT -5
Yes, a big miss by Cooley early on. It's insane to me that anyone interviewing for the Gtwn head coaching job would not have a plan "coming in" to get top Intl recruits as way to bring the program back--reflects poorly on both Cooley and the Gtwn admin. On the flip side it's something that we should be able to address now. Cooley never had a big NIL budget at Providence. Cooley never recruited internationally at Providence. Cooley never won big at Providence. Why did people all of a sudden expect Cooley, at age 55, to come to Georgetown and do well at things he's never done well at before? He's giving us exactly what should be expected based on his track record. If we had the records Cooley had at PC, most would be ecstatic. |
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Post by madgesiq92 on Jun 19, 2024 18:03:04 GMT -5
We have definitely spoken with agents for several top international players over the few weeks—-None of whom decided to play college ball next year
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Post by conshyhoya on Jun 19, 2024 18:33:19 GMT -5
Yes, a big miss by Cooley early on. It's insane to me that anyone interviewing for the Gtwn head coaching job would not have a plan "coming in" to get top Intl recruits as way to bring the program back--reflects poorly on both Cooley and the Gtwn admin. On the flip side it's something that we should be able to address now. Cooley never had a big NIL budget at Providence. Cooley never recruited internationally at Providence. Cooley never won big at Providence. Why did people all of a sudden expect Cooley, at age 55, to come to Georgetown and do well at things he's never done well at before? He's giving us exactly what should be expected based on his track record. To be fair NIL wasn't a thing and he won at Provy but couldn't get over the hump in the tourney. I'm not sure how you come up with he is giving us exactly what should be expected with that disappointing first year. How many years in his career did he have a year like that? The only part you got right is his international recruiting which is such a small part of players in D1. How many players a year come from overseas? I don't know and don't care to figure it out so I can certainly be wrong and to be fair to you he should be turning over every rock he can. |
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Jun 19, 2024 19:38:40 GMT -5
Yes, a big miss by Cooley early on. It's insane to me that anyone interviewing for the Gtwn head coaching job would not have a plan "coming in" to get top Intl recruits as way to bring the program back--reflects poorly on both Cooley and the Gtwn admin. On the flip side it's something that we should be able to address now. Cooley never had a big NIL budget at Providence. Cooley never recruited internationally at Providence. Cooley never won big at Providence. Why did people all of a sudden expect Cooley, at age 55, to come to Georgetown and do well at things he's never done well at before? He's giving us exactly what should be expected based on his track record. Cooley's success at Providence was significantly greater than what he gave us last year. So, that's not right. For now, I think people would be thrilled if Cooley gave Georgetown 7-8 tournament bids in the next 10-12 years. |
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Post by EtomicB on Jun 20, 2024 6:26:55 GMT -5
Nice interview by Holloway
“This year I wanted to bring in guys that could f***ing compete,” he said. “My mindset was I’m bringing in a bunch of guys that could play and compete and I think that brings the best out of a team.”
Asked what he was looking for from the portal, Holloway said, “I wanted more guys that could play multiple spots. I wanted more size as far as at the guards’ spot. I wanted more guys that could get to the basket. I wanted some shooters. I just wanted a team where I could play 10-11 guys, where I don’t have to play one guy 30-35 minutes.”
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Post by EtomicB on Jun 20, 2024 7:37:19 GMT -5
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Post by reformation on Jun 21, 2024 9:32:30 GMT -5
One of the reasons for Cooley to come to a place like Gtwn is that he could do things here that he can't do at Providence like Intl recruiting. I get that he didn't do it before, but I'd expect him to be capable enough to expand his horizons here.
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Post by bluegray79 on Jun 21, 2024 10:27:37 GMT -5
I think he will be more able to do that better once new recruits get a better sense of what Georgetown offers them (since our brand and history is all but non-existent to anyone born from 2005 and after). He has the resources and facilities, etc., but he needs more to present to a 19-year old that will compete with the rest of the BE as well as Kentucky, et. al. A couple of winning seasons should do the trick.
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Post by EtomicB on Jun 21, 2024 13:34:57 GMT -5
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Post by BeantownHoya on Jun 21, 2024 14:19:35 GMT -5
I think he will be more able to do that better once new recruits get a better sense of what Georgetown offers them (since our brand and history is all but non-existent to anyone born from 2005 and after). He has the resources and facilities, etc., but he needs more to present to a 19-year old that will compete with the rest of the BE as well as Kentucky, et. al. A couple of winning seasons should do the trick. We haven't had back to back winning seasons in a decade and Cooley won 9 games last season... Let's crawl, then walk and then run...yes winning will cure a lot of things...but winning isn't that simple... |
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 26, 2024 22:21:49 GMT -5
Brad Stevens strikes gold again.
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