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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jul 12, 2007 13:08:37 GMT -5
So he's a robot with good footwork who can rebound but is not much of a rebounder considering his size?
Where can I sign up to pay for this kind of fascinating analysis courtesty of espn insider!!??
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jul 12, 2007 13:13:06 GMT -5
The Red Sox absolutely follow the moneyball/sabermetric approach. They just do it with a lot more money than anybody else. It just so happens that they have enough money to sign two players (at least) in Manny and Papi who are among the best at everything, the things that were undervalued ten years ago, are undervalued now, and will be undervalued in 10 years. It's like if a 5-5 person (A's) played basketball with a 6-5 person (Red Sox). They can both have the same strategy (moneyball) and even though the bigger person has more to work with, both people are using the same strategy. J.D. Drew |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jul 10, 2007 7:56:29 GMT -5
Hey, y'all can get drunk off the Kool Aid and pig pile all you want. They did have some pretty good kool aid down in Atlanta. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jul 9, 2007 13:42:10 GMT -5
I don't understand how sports writers can possibly take an angle like Parrish. Roy coming back is unquestionably great for the Hoyas and the college game as a whole. People who fanatically follow college basketball forget that it's virtually impossible for a very casual fan to follow a bevy of new players each and every year--with each year's hype seeming to exceed the last.
College basketball is successful in spite of this fact, and now that Roy (who is apparently is the only lotto-lock to have withdrawn his name from the draft) has returned, why would an objective source try to claim that he has made a bad decision? Your story was there for the taking, Parrish! You could have written scores of stories about the various reasons Roy came back, about Roy's dedication to himself/his team/the school/whatever. You could have written the story about how maybe this will mark the beginning of a positive trend of stars staying in school. Instead, you write that because some mock drafts had him going to a great Chicago team at 9 (omitting, of course, the mock drafts that had him at 15 or those that had him going higher than 9 to the storied Wolves/Bobcats of the world), he made a bad decision. Instead, he's got his one story about Roy and nothing left to fall back on (kinda like nba busts who fall victim to Parrish's short-sighted, narrow-minded thinking)
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 30, 2007 20:14:28 GMT -5
Look at all the threads about Jeff. Fellas (and gals), he's gone!! Let's move on and start talking about the future, not the past. The Kenner League is about to start and we get our first looks at the newcomers and how they may fit in. Still lot of recruiting activity and plenty of speculation on next year's schedule. So, bye Jeff but we still got a team here. Yeah, I can't believe we're still talking about him... it's been TWO DAYS already!!!! |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 29, 2007 11:35:32 GMT -5
Most importantly, the Jeff Green jersey that gets put up in McDonough will be Supersonics, right? Even though he was drafted as a Celt?
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 24, 2007 8:35:18 GMT -5
agreed. wallace, sapp, summers, ewing, hibbert is essentially a lock for our starting lineup in my opinion. i dont see macklin and roy being in the lineup at the same time very much next year. with roy in the lineup, teams are going to double the hell out of him so we need perimeter shooters in the game. the great thing about this team, even without jeff, is that everyone besides those two (hibbert and macklin) can knock down the 3. Macklin reportedly can hit at least a 15 footer now. If this is the case, having another 6'9" guy who will necessarily draw an opposing big away from Hibbert would be extremely valuable. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 22, 2007 1:32:19 GMT -5
it took us 2.5 months last year to integrate 1 new guy into our offense. without green the job will be even tougher. we got stuf freshmen coming in. we got a really tough schedule this year. i think we got 5-8 losses this year most coming in the beginning. next year will either be really great, or really bad. we will find out just how important green was. Pope, we lost three graduating seniors two years ago (all of whom had extensive experience), how does this equal "integrating 1 new guy into our offense"? Just because only Dajuan was seeing big minutes come tourney time does not mean he was the only change we made last year. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 22, 2007 1:35:32 GMT -5
You guys sure pay a lot of attention to post count. In my opinion, it's not how often you talk, but what you have to say. I always have something important to say; but sometimes it goes over your collective heads. Then please don't talk so much |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 20, 2007 14:53:21 GMT -5
Luke Winn, back on the Hoyas bandwagon!
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 18, 2007 14:02:18 GMT -5
Well, as versatile as Jeff is his one major weakness was that he was not a true threat to create off the dribble once the defense clamped down. He was reliant on getting his points in those scenarios through the offensive scheme. He did do most of those things on his "travel" against Vandy when the offensive scheme would have set up PEjr |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 19, 2007 7:43:20 GMT -5
Its weird, we have never seen the Princeton Offense work without Jeff. Actually, we never saw a JTIII era Gtown game without Jeff. Next year should be pretty interesting... We've also never seen one without Jon Wallace. All is not lost |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 15, 2007 8:11:57 GMT -5
Hmmm? 21000 students - 3000 degrees a year - doesn't sound too impressive You know, a lot of people go to college for seven years... |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 10, 2007 15:17:34 GMT -5
JTIII - 2nd Place, Head Coach, Like father, like son: The Hoyas are an elite program again. The positive comments are appreciated, but an objective view suggests Georgetown is not yet an elite program. Being in a recent Final Four is not enough, unless you want to include George Mason, Oklahoma State, Marquette, etc. Likewise, one NBA player drafted since 2001 or being 41st in the nation on attendance isn't enough, either. And what elite program is playing in a place like McD with no plans to change it?  This is not to say it isn't going in the right direction, but it's still early to claim that Georgetown is at the top of the college landscape. For discussion purposes, I'd place Georgetown in the third of four tiers of top programs right now, as follows: Tier I: UCLA, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, Duke Tier II: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Louisville, Syracuse Tier III: Georgetown, Maryland, Michigan State, NC State, Ohio State, Texas, Villanova Tier IV: Gonzaga, Illinois, LSU, Memphis, Pitt, UNLV, Wisconsin I agree that we may be jumping the gun on exactly how much we have actually accomplished in recent years (one sweet sixteen and one final four is a fantastic run, but prior to that our recent accomplishments certainly couldn't be considered "elite" by any definition). That said, how many of your tiers are "elite"? You are saying that because we are only in the top 18 so we aren't among the elite programs in the nation? Without arguing the merits of the rankings, isn't being in your 'excellent eighteen' enough? |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 14, 2007 8:40:31 GMT -5
Danny Ainge doesn't like 1-player workouts, huh? Bummer...it might sour his view of Jeff. So Ainge is essentially saying that all of the players he is interested in drafting should come work out together, play against each other, etc, and then he will draft the best one of the bunch? Isn't being able to differentiate the best from the very good a prerequisite for becoming an NBA front office exec? |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 12, 2007 13:32:06 GMT -5
You can claim that he's had all season to make up his mind, but the fact of the matter is he doesn't workout with the Celtics until Friday. Saying anything before then would be pointless. which is why the timing of that press conference with roy and jeff made zero sense... That press conference was scheduled because Roy had made up his mind. Jeff didn't really need to say anything, but opted to let us know where he stood at that time. I got the impression that Roy decided to come back even before working out with some teams because he wasn't necessarily looking for the specific 'guaranteed' selection that Jeff might be seeking. Rather, Roy wanted to get opinions on what he could improve and what he could expect if he made those improvements. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 12, 2007 13:18:01 GMT -5
if i remember correctly, lamar odom waffled on his decision up until the final few days of the draft deadline. Yes, but i think a Highschool senior being unsure is a little different than a kid who has already had three years of college. Lamar Odom went to Rhode Island sir... Delonte West waited until the last minute also...although he wasnt a lottery pick What's wrong with waiting until the last minute? He's working out with teams until Friday, it's not like he's sitting on the couch for the next week. Why would he say anything before he absolutely has to? By not saying anything this week, he will continue to get the only assessments that actually matter. You can claim that he's had all season to make up his mind, but the fact of the matter is he doesn't workout with the Celtics until Friday. Saying anything before then would be pointless. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 11, 2007 17:30:11 GMT -5
How many TOs did dajuan average? 3.18 TOs/40 minutes. Higher than all returning players except Macklin, Crawford, & Rivers... but not necessarily something that would cause Summers to lose his starting job to Ewing (who averaged 2.48 TOs/40 mins) |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 11, 2007 8:15:35 GMT -5
Look... I love PE2... i just think that you wren't really being realistic by saying that Ewing is going to the pros playing 15 - 20 minutes a game. It's not like he's not starting because he's not good enough to start. He's (potentially) not starting because he has two lottery picks in his class who are above him. Just because he's not better than Jeff and/or Roy does not necessarily mean that he is not good enough to play in the NBA. Throw in his last name and I think you have the makings of an exception to your theory. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 8, 2007 11:33:13 GMT -5
But he's also likely going to go in the same draft spots (5-12) next year too. Maybe its my Hoya colored glasses, but I can't imagine Jeff going 12 next year if he comes back. Are there really 11 players with better potential lurking in the shadows, waiting for next year's draft? |
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