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Post by Elvado on Feb 8, 2023 21:59:03 GMT -5
And Duquesne goes to 16-8 on the year….
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Post by Elvado on Feb 8, 2023 20:39:58 GMT -5
Cue the calliope…
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Post by Elvado on Feb 8, 2023 20:34:04 GMT -5
Good to see him step right back in with a bad shot off zero passes.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 8, 2023 19:59:36 GMT -5
Place Pitino coached. 83 Place Pitino should coach. 65
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Post by Elvado on Feb 8, 2023 10:26:38 GMT -5
But we will have oil for another decade…
There is the big news.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 8, 2023 4:51:01 GMT -5
A distinct athletic brand is not impossible. Look no further than Georgetown men's soccer. Brian Wiese did not come up from a family legacy or the local DC area. He has a bachelor's degree in engineering and was an assistant coach at Notre Dame. He built was what a "good" soccer program into a top-tier program, one which can recruit four year players as well as grad transfers and legitimate pro candidates. He has made the team accessible to students, so much so that when the students "Surround Shaw" for big games, it's a distinctive home field advantage and not something put upon them by the school. His players practice just as long and as hard as basketball does, but without the wall that keeps its players away from the totality of student life. (And no, I'm not saying this because Elvado just offered a post above.) "In his tenure at Georgetown, Wiese has coached 32 players who have signed with an MLS squad, a Hermann Trophy winner, three Hermann Trophy finalists, six Hermann Trophy semifinalists, 19 All-Americans, 19 BIG EAST Players of the Year and 74 All-BIG EAST honorees as well as both the College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive and Defensive Player. On the academic side, he has had two Academic All-Americans, three Academic All-Region honoree, three BIG EAST Scholar-Athletes and one Elite89 Award winner. The team has seen unprecedented success under Wiese with 10 NCAA Tournament berths in an 11-year span. The squad has also won six BIG EAST regular season championships, five BIG EAST Championships and been ranked among the top 25 in 12 seasons including stints at No. 1 in the nation."guhoyas.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/coaches/brian-wiese/1865Is soccer different than basketball? Of course, but Georgetown now has a distinctive brand in that sport because of what Wiese is trying to do, not what he is trying to copy from what was here before. Spot on! The only thing I would add is that the soccer program maintains regular contact with fans, alumni and former players via weekly email blasts, alumni get togethers and other events. The folks who support the program are valued, not tolerated.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 7, 2023 19:23:30 GMT -5
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
How about one season devoid of historic futility, public humiliation and massive roster turnover?
After that we can take the next step and so on…
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Post by Elvado on Feb 4, 2023 12:33:14 GMT -5
Murray has the whole show going today
Lousy Body language Teammate blaming Bad shots Awful ball handling Making faces
Really showing out …
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Post by Elvado on Feb 4, 2023 12:28:30 GMT -5
A new wrinkle to Murray’s dreadful repertoire
Pound the dribble 30 feetout until you simply lose it over the sideline.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 4, 2023 12:21:12 GMT -5
Just pitiful.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 3, 2023 8:04:04 GMT -5
I though “Gray Out” meant all of us older alumni finally packing it in and giving up…
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Post by Elvado on Feb 2, 2023 20:11:04 GMT -5
Today this thread reaches the age of 12. Through God’s graces, amazing medical talent and a fair dose of my son’s courage, he is a happy and healthy 17 year old boy finishing his Junior year at St Joe’s Prep and beginning his college search (GU is on, but may not top, his list). Our family will be forever grateful for the love, kindness, support and well wishes he(and we) has received from his HoyaTalk family. Yesterday was the seventh anniversary of the day my wife started her treatment for stage 3 ovarian cancer. I guess we're forever linked. Not a club anyone wants to join. I hope and pray she is well.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 2, 2023 16:00:38 GMT -5
He is looking at GU, Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Northwestern and a couple others.
Wants to be a journalist/broadcaster so GU might not be ideal.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 2, 2023 7:13:48 GMT -5
Where to begin. I have not posted since last year. Watching this evening was helpful. First, the players on the floor have little basketball IQ. Watching three minute segment was so evident how lacking they are in that. No coaching can change such immediate action. Down seven, they fail on defense, allow an uncontested layup. Come down and lose the ball on a tribble, get the rebound only to take a wild shot in traffic that is turned into a layup. Can't force a turn over so they foul. As if they can win at the line. Some thoughts on next year 1, Wahab, wish you well but bye, no hands, no passing ability. 2. Murray, soft, easily disrupted in contact, looking for sympathy from fans and family 3. Akok, a warrior who needs to be complimented with tough rebounders 4. Riley, needs serious dribbling training and passing 5. Spears a wonderful addition if used wisehly 5. Motumbo..play him 6. Heath did his best 7. Mazzone..a division ii player at best 8. Play the freshmen, what are you saving them for. Coaching. There is a lack of individual guidance. Simply I am not sure it is happening but take the player not blocking out and tell them that. Announcing to the enter huddle to block out is not productive. The future. Jonathan Wallace. Find him. Hire him. I was thinking if you have not been connected to the Hoya program then you are not going to get hired The next 3 coaches to replace Ewing would be either JTIII, Jonathan Wallace or Patrick Ewing Jr. I dont see Jonathan Wallace nor Ewing Jr. being a worst coach than Ewing Sr., on par possibly but not worst Any connection to this program should be an immediate point of disqualification for any new hire … This program is irreparably broken and all operational ties to its past must be permanently severed forthwith.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 2, 2023 5:06:16 GMT -5
Today this thread reaches the age of 12.
Through God’s graces, amazing medical talent and a fair dose of my son’s courage, he is a happy and healthy 17 year old boy finishing his Junior year at St Joe’s Prep and beginning his college search (GU is on, but may not top, his list).
Our family will be forever grateful for the love, kindness, support and well wishes he(and we) has received from his HoyaTalk family.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 1, 2023 20:20:10 GMT -5
Dreadful play; dreadful coaching; empty arena; moribund program.
So sad and so very unnecessary.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 1, 2023 20:05:42 GMT -5
In the words of Dr Seuss…”Stink, Stank, Stunk”
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Post by Elvado on Feb 1, 2023 20:02:58 GMT -5
One way to avoid bad shots is a clock violation.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 1, 2023 20:01:02 GMT -5
Shot selection is actually degrading if that is possible.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 1, 2023 19:20:19 GMT -5
It is going to be really interesting the rest of the way this season to see what new and disgusting ways they have to reach new depths of bad basketball.
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