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Post by Elvado on Mar 3, 2024 6:51:56 GMT -5
Cook plays his butt off. But you can't win at the big east level with players like him. Look at what Xavier did today - once Miller realized that he could just have his big guards plow their way to the rim every time they touched the ball, because Cook offered zero rim protection - the game was over Cook seems like a great guy, a wonderful teammate. But even with all the offensive boards and the bit of inside scoring he provides - his interior defense is so awful that you just can't win in the Big East with him on the court for anything more than a few minutes a game - if that. It's great that he's coming back - but if Cook is playing more than a few minutes a game next season, this team is not going to make anywhere near the progress it needs to make. As Big John once said, “you can whip a mule all day long and he still won’t win the Kentucky Derby”. Cook is a hardworking player who maximizes his talent, a plow horse.. Sorber is a stud athlete with a world of upside, a thoroughbred if you will.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 2, 2024 21:50:55 GMT -5
Brumbaugh, Cook and Styles are the building blocks. Maybe Fielder. I was told at the beginning of the season that Cooley would land the plane during close games. Land? Crash?
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Post by Elvado on Mar 2, 2024 21:45:50 GMT -5
New adventures in horrible.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 2, 2024 18:45:42 GMT -5
I used to have hope for this team but It’s All Over Now.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 2, 2024 18:36:18 GMT -5
Sorber is already the best big on the team.
He just needs to arrive and enroll.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 2, 2024 11:30:19 GMT -5
When it comes to being a respectable program again, we are 2000 Light Years from Home…
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Post by Elvado on Mar 1, 2024 8:00:29 GMT -5
Didn’t they also sing 19th Nervous Breakdown and I Can’t Get No Satisfaction? Wild horses, couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, coudn't drag me away Sadly our current results more closely resemble a Turd on the Run.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 1, 2024 7:41:18 GMT -5
Time. I like Cooley’s old school approach, though it can be agonizingly slow for his players and us fans. High School recruits and 2-3 year transfers. The problem: right now we have an age and experience deficit, e.g.- RB and Epps are 19 and 20; the PGs for Uconn, Creighton and Marquette are all 22+. Our present talent deficit will be erased by next years incoming kids and hopefully portalers. So- maybe .500 next year in the BE and in the thick of it year three of Cooley. Or maybe 4. Like I said-Time. Yeah, time is on my side, yes it is Time is on my side, yes it is You're searching for good times But just wait and see You'll come running back You'll come running back You'll come running back to me Didn’t they also sing 19th Nervous Breakdown and I Can’t Get No Satisfaction?
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Post by Elvado on Mar 1, 2024 5:27:21 GMT -5
That's been the program's stance on fans for decades and they are all absolutely missed. Not all, and they will be crawling back as soon as the product improves By the time that happens some will be lucky to be able to even crawl…
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Post by Elvado on Feb 29, 2024 4:59:54 GMT -5
Soccer AllAmerican Georgetown Double Major No 2 pick in MLS Draft And these are the least impressive things about Josh Yaro.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 28, 2024 21:19:40 GMT -5
Somewhere Count Chocula is grinning….
They are just so loathsome….
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Post by Elvado on Feb 28, 2024 14:51:37 GMT -5
One thing is true is that the Hoyas over the past couple seasons have freed up a considerable amount of time for me. I turned the game off at halftime yesterday. This has happened frequently over the past several weeks. I can't and won't watch games that are not competitive. Not sure how anyone can take any enjoyment on watching a game that is a 20 plus point blowout at halftime. They also allow for unfettered March planning.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 28, 2024 14:22:15 GMT -5
Man I hate to be the contrarian but I watched those highlights and I don't see the kind of recruit who could turn our program around. I see a good, skinny high school kid playing against other good high school kids. I don't see a kid who can come into the BE and immediately compete with the big men he will face at the next level. Maybe in 2-3 years he will be the rim protector and paint scorer we need but if he is going to be an immediate impact player next he should be dominating the kids he is facing now and from what I saw in the highlights he isn't. The kid in that video 44 of Roman Catholic is a div 1 prospect that is a Junior, he isn't no one. He is also the son of Marc Jackson that played for Temple. You should really watch the while game instead of highlights. They quadruple team him in that league because of his ability. He also was the co-Player of the league. Shoots almost 80% from the FT line and is an incredible passer. I don't think he will come in and dominate. But he is every bit the talent someone like Greg Monroe was when they arrived. I'd actually watch a whole.game not highlights to get an accurate opinion. They are easily found as his school televised all their league games this year and they are on Youtube. He is already the best big in the program before he steps foot on campus. Skilled, active, bouncy with a huge wingspan. He is a willing and adept passer and has a great motor. By all accounts locally a great kid as well.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 28, 2024 13:59:44 GMT -5
I have maybe a little more perspective after some sleep and reading a few more posts about last night. Given: we don't have the roster to play with the top five of the BE. Made painfully obvious again last night. Expecting major growth from game 1 to game 17 is asking for more than this lineup can/will exhibit. TBS, I fluctuate between resigning myself to the fact that EC has few answers right now b/c he doesn't have the talent to play any better or worrying that EC and staff are limited in creating plays to help even a struggling roster. Given: we have a promising bunch of recruits coming in and a crucial portal season to produce a team that will be a much better indicator of what the Cooley makeover looks like Year 2. We have been talking about these 2 pretty widely-accepted assumptions forever. I want to add a third: here are the games we should have/could have won this season - Holy Cross, TCU, Seton Hall (2x), Xavier, St. John's. There's an argument on maybe one or two of these, I imagine, but there's 6 games that I think we win next year with an improved lineup. Add in a couple of surprise wins, and we have a possible 10-11 BE wins in 24-25. That is one way I will be judging the trajectory of the program in year 2 of what I am thinking of as a 3-5 year (re)build. Re: the culture of this team and the MBB program under EC & staff. I can't sum it up in a tidy word or phrase, but I can say what I see game to game. Yes, it does start at the top, and I see a coach that tells it like it is regarding the quality of play he sees but without once sacrificing any of his players or assistant coaches in the process. He talks about communicating, supporting, loving, helping out, nurturing the young men's health -- mental and physical -- and acknowledging that they are whole persons with lives on and off the court. Yeah, he has some showman in him and can sling it pretty good, but inasmuch as you can say what's in a person's heart, I appreciate what I see and hear. Pitino may have shaken his team out of a losing skid with his rant last week, but just about everyone agrees that he crossed a line that coaches of young people should not cross. (Plus, RP looks like a Sopranos character in those recent outfits. Yikes) I feel better about our guys after hearing EC during "In the huddle" and the pressers. I believe that that kind of approach pays off in big ways over time. As far as what I see on the court that to me reveals the culture of the team, I see guys playing together, supporting each other, constantly touching base throughout the game, never sniping or badmouthing a teammate. They play hard, they can grind it out, and they are becoming a team with an attitude that I think will win more BE rock fights moving forward. They looked tired and defeated last night, but that was rare. They want to win, and this season must be hard on them all. I am more than o.k. with what I see as the developing culture of this team in year 1 of EC. Lastly, I stand by my assertion that we don't suck (haha). Seriously, we aren't where we want to be, we have been buried by the top 5 of the league, but given what we're playing with and what I can realistically expect in year 1 of the Build, I am absolutely deflated and rendered emotionally paralyzed by how too many games have ended and appreciative of the process at hand, which will produce better squads each year. So, transposed into mathematics that looks like this: disheartened + appreciative = do not suck. In a fight between a Bulldawg and a freaking Musketeer, who wins? I'm with the Bulldawgs every time -- beat Xavier! Sadly a Musketeer would likely have a gun or at least a sword at his disposal. An apt metaphor for where we are talent wise— Severely out gunned.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 28, 2024 12:08:10 GMT -5
I don't think that's true. What we wanted was improvement this year and there are real signs of improvement there culturewise, and we have to point to where we started. Every one of your criticisms (why aren't we Butler, etc) are coming from the viewpoint that the program is a giant Etch-a-Sketch and that the day Cooley walked in the door that thing got shaken up and erased clean - and he was handed a clear slate instead of a giant turd sandwich. For the sake of argument, I'll concede that the program as a whole is in a better spot overall but I need an answer to the following question What is the identity of this current Hoya team TC? Xavier is a running team, one of the best in the country transition wise Creighton's identity is offense, the same goes for Butler this season. Seton Hall's identity is toughness. We have a cool uniform adored by Iverson fanboys….or so the announcer said last night….
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Post by Elvado on Feb 28, 2024 9:09:05 GMT -5
I am going to take the most optimistic view possible.
They can’t suck this bad forever.
Their current level of terrible makes watching a very low pressure proposition.
If they ever get better, I will be happy.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 27, 2024 20:20:07 GMT -5
What did we do as fans to deserve this? What’s the source of our bad karma? You didn’t support Patrick Ewing. Lmao! Did Ewing’s teams get routinely horsewhipped like this bunch? I honestly have tried to block it all out.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 27, 2024 20:18:06 GMT -5
Where's Kazor and Asadallah? Have they been in any game? Saving their redshirt status?
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Post by Elvado on Feb 27, 2024 20:14:14 GMT -5
More than 7 minutes without a point.
Remarkable futility.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 27, 2024 19:20:13 GMT -5
This team really should don some throwback Washington Generals jerseys for a game.
We are not a credible opponent for any decent D1 team.
It is unfathomable how bad this program is right now.
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