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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 27, 2022 8:38:20 GMT -5
The scenario you are describing is basically 2018-2019 - 19 wins, 9-9 in conference, beat Villanova, beat Marquette, beat Illinois, still nowhere near the bubble. Need 22 wins and 11-12 BE wins with this schedule. Scheduling matters, and you need a competitive schedule to get yourself into the tournament. Let's all be honest - making the tournament isn't the goal for this year. The goal is to be mediocre enough to not get Patrick Ewing fired. Has a 20 win BE team ever not made the tournament? I couldn't think of any especially in the new BE. Looks like one - Marquette in 2016. They went 20-13, 8-10 in conf, won one BET game, but had a horrendous OOC schedule (#342 - played four teams >300 but also played four high major teams including two ranked in the top 40).
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 26, 2022 11:44:38 GMT -5
Any idea how those teams shape up for THIS year? According to the Bart Torvik projections: Coppin St - 283 Green Bay - 345 Northwestern - 95 American - 301 UMBC - 300 Texas Tech - 27 SC - 136 Siena - 328 Syracuse - 84
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 18, 2022 18:55:19 GMT -5
Real question for the Trump "Republicans:" outside of Roe (which, BTW, most people want to keep), what did he actually accomplish that you wanted him to accomplish? Normalized white supremacy
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 16, 2022 17:24:09 GMT -5
Can't have nice things. Would be good if we could get a waiver for Akok's scholarship if he can't go. Ewing will force him out and replace him with someone who can play. That’s how it’s done around here now.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 14, 2022 17:44:17 GMT -5
He’s been coaching for 20 years. You are among those most critical of the hire of someone with no head coaching experience and no college level coaching experience. It should be a goal to avoid such hypocrisy and inconsistency I’m critical of the continued employment of a failure. It’s true that I didn’t think this would work but the only thing that gave me some hope was that he had coached for a long time in the NBA. I figured that surely he learned something during that time. I was very wrong. He’s not an inexperienced coach, just a very bad one who has somehow hung on to coaching jobs despite no aptitude for the job. It is true that next time (hopefully very soon), I hope GU learns from this debacle and hires someone with more relevant college coaching experience.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 14, 2022 17:07:55 GMT -5
When you say Pops had more to work with, to me you’re making it about wins and losses instead of his ability to get kids to buy into his system or way of coaching.. PE has to figure out a way to start building a foundation in his own identity whatever that is otherwise I’ll have a hard time seeing sustained success… I agree with you 100% - IF Ewing wants to run the program the way Pops did, he simply must become a better motivator and mentor. Obviously he is not there yet and I am willing to cut him some slack for three reasons - he's still relatively new to coaching, his tenure has been affected by the pandemic and kids just ain't what they used to be. No is an excuse and there can really be no excuses for how the team performed last year, but, like in Dumb and Dumber, I am saying he's got a chance. I am not suggesting it's the only path to follow or even the right path to follow and I am not confident any more that Pat can get it done and you are correct, he would be wiser to build a program on his own principles. But it looks from a far like he is going for Pops 2.0 and we'll just have to see how it turns out. He’s been coaching for 20 years.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 11, 2022 12:15:13 GMT -5
Perhaps I should get paid because I’ve been absolutely correct about this Ewing debacle since the very beginning. My services could have saved GU a lot of money and humiliation. So your zero experience is your main qualification. Good on ya Instead of Korn Ferry, they should hire me to consult on a coach search. At the very least, I’ve demonstrated that I can quickly identify an incompetent coach who is guaranteed to fail and steer the search away from that guy. It seemed quite obvious to me that Ewing was going to be a disaster but I guess it wasn’t as clear to many others (still isn’t to some). If GU is going to spend many millions on a coach, may as well get a guy who knows how to do the job and won’t ruin the reputation of the team and the school.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 11, 2022 11:30:53 GMT -5
It keeps the urgent need to replace this historic failure of a coach top of mind. It’s a disgrace what this guy has done to GU basketball on and off the court (the APR story should be a non-stop topic of outrage) and I find it unbelievable that anything other than firing Ewing is talked about. As long as people pretend like Ewing has a clue, I’ll keep pointing out the reality of the situation. Just curious - we all know Ewing's basketball resume. What's yours? Has your vast knowledge and passion for the game ever been worth a dime to anyone? Perhaps I should get paid because I’ve been absolutely correct about this Ewing debacle since the very beginning. My services could have saved GU a lot of money and humiliation.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 11, 2022 10:04:24 GMT -5
The shutting out is because people don’t want to hear the message not that the message has been delivered too often. Of course that is not true. There are, of course, some who don't agree with the message and never did. But there are many more of us who agreed at the end of last season that the results last year justified and called for a change - but are tired of the same message being inserted into virtually every thread, even where irrelevant to the thread, and hundreds of times by a few members. It accomplishes nothing at this point. It keeps the urgent need to replace this historic failure of a coach top of mind. It’s a disgrace what this guy has done to GU basketball on and off the court (the APR story should be a non-stop topic of outrage) and I find it unbelievable that anything other than firing Ewing is talked about. As long as people pretend like Ewing has a clue, I’ll keep pointing out the reality of the situation.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 10, 2022 18:52:40 GMT -5
Imagine what it’s like being one of the few voices of reason. When those voices say the exact same thing, over and over and over, in every conversation and every context, most people just shut out the voices and therefore the message loses effectiveness. The shutting out is because people don’t want to hear the message not that the message has been delivered too often.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 10, 2022 13:50:20 GMT -5
It is such a chore to come on this board these days. Imagine what it’s like being one of the few voices of reason.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 9, 2022 9:41:09 GMT -5
when are we gonna find out about Q and Heath eligiblity Ewing is probably hoping one or both are ineligible so that he’s got a built in excuse for his inevitable failure and gets another rebuild cycle.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 8, 2022 7:30:54 GMT -5
I would leave the BE in a second for the ACC to be aligned with academic peers like Duke & BC and play Syracuse. The BE is an academic sh*t show. GU mens basketball would be last in the ACC as measured by APR by a very wide margin.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 7, 2022 7:31:57 GMT -5
We recruit kids that are looking at LSU, Kansas, Kansas State, Memphis, etc. These are basketball decisions, not academic ones. Apart from Villanova, our conference is littered with academically poor institutions. The 4-5 star kids are focused on getting paid to hoop. I wish the world were the way you perceive it, it would make more sense. Agreed Bigs. Not pointing out reality, just my wish list. Especially when it comes to the commitment to school. Harmon said the right things in the recruitment process about school mattering but that was garbage. You don't jump to the league as an undrafted freshman if school actually matters. It doesn’t appear that Ewing or GU think school matters for the basketball players so it seems like he picked the right place.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 5, 2022 20:50:51 GMT -5
Check out that score. I forgot how horrible the defense was last year. Look 97, we rely on you to remember how horrible things were. If you can't even do that, there just isn't much of a reason to keep you around. Remarkably, there were five games worse than that one.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 5, 2022 19:51:01 GMT -5
Nice dish from Colin. I wish he had stayed Check out that score. I forgot how horrible the defense was last year.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 2, 2022 9:41:19 GMT -5
Well, what the article suggests is that it is very difficult to predict what will happen with so many new pieces. Yeah, that’s probably the problem. Too many new pieces.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 2, 2022 9:28:28 GMT -5
At least they admit that our roster has some real talent. And, yet, 10th place. I wonder where the deficiency is?
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Post by hoya9797 on Jul 1, 2022 14:08:06 GMT -5
Soooo...playing in the NCAA would have made Aminu a better basketball player than playing against professionals? This does not compute. Why do you think a player who struggles in the Big East is ready to play on a higher level? You are letting the 5* stuff get to your head. This kid needs hard work on his skills, skills which he will then need to be able to incorporate into the team game. I am not saying it won't happen, he has a lot of intangibles such as intelligence and drive in his favor. His physical attributes are solid, but hardly stand out in pro ball. I do think he would absolutely have benefited by getting the chance to potentially dominate on the college level before going pro. What is the rush? He ain't KD, for goodness sakes. He needs real coaching somewhere. Leaving Georgetown was his only move.
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Post by hoya9797 on Jun 30, 2022 18:03:17 GMT -5
I disagree that Ronny has zero quaifications for an admin role in a college basketball program, as he had served in various coaching capacities before accepting the job. And what a coaching career it was! His tenure at Ball State definitely prepared him to lead another epic disaster.
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