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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 17:32:06 GMT -5
Any more news on Ronny Thompson? š No still useless on his best day.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 16:44:01 GMT -5
Just looked at Howzeās bio on the team page.
Shockingly, his stellar tenure at Ball Stare with Ronny does not merit a mention.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 15:38:25 GMT -5
^This times 1000. It's by far the best way to go and even allows Ewing to have the full conference season to see if he can pull a rabbit out of his hat. Having Ronny around does nothing positive for the program at this point. Unless he's got blackmail material on the university or its leadership, this is an absolute no-brainer. āUnless heās got blackmail material on the university or itās leadership.ā This board (Hoya Talk) is the place you make up whatever conspiracy theory you think is going to make sense. š Most conspiracy theories make little sense. What makes even less sense is that Ronnie Thompson, who stole a recruit on his way to Arkansas and who crapped the bed at Ball State and left under an ethical cloud (to be generous), not only has a job at Georgetown but has been permitted say on bringing in other under qualified losers āHowze in particular .
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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 12:38:33 GMT -5
Why are people assuming this will happen? I can see it I guess with kids who aren't getting playing time but with Nickleberry's kids, I can't. Maybe I am naive. This is accurate - Murray, Spears and Heath aren't going anywhere, no matter what. Akok, who isn't necessarily a "Nickleberry kid", won't transfer either. Neither will Mozone. Neither will Wahab. Would anyone be surprised if Bass and Riley are not back after Christmas?
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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 12:16:47 GMT -5
How do you know if any Thompson was involved? No one is saying a Thompson was directly involved, merely that it is right out of the Paranoid Thompson, stay in Biloxi MS playbook.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 12:07:15 GMT -5
It will never happen on Jackās watchā¦.
And I do hope I am wrong here.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 11:04:10 GMT -5
Some are posting as if Pitino would stiff Iona midseason to take a job here. that's pie in the sky. If Ewing leaves midseason, Nickleberry or Baldwin would interim. Two more proven losers.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 9:56:11 GMT -5
Because he is not an alum and he believes the Thompson/Ewing Cult should be above Georgetown University. Probably and it still is so puzzling because what Ewing and Ronny have done to the program has wrecked much of the foundation of Thompson's legacy like grad rates but they keep chugging the kool aidĀ Perhaps DFW knows the answer to this. Big John was fiercely protective of his āGraduation Rateā which he always defined by āplayers who stayed 4 yearsā. What was his real rate of attrition?
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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 9:16:09 GMT -5
It is just really nice that we were able to get this game on the schedule so Donald Carey, our captain and leader, could play one of his other schoolsā¦.
Oops!
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Post by Elvado on Dec 6, 2022 7:04:45 GMT -5
And anyone who takes this offer is still getting robbed
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Post by Elvado on Dec 5, 2022 19:00:43 GMT -5
He did during Copa America when Argentina trained on Shaw. We too are rooting for our distant English cousin. That said, I want Leo to win. I am probably remembering this incorrectly, which would be par for the course, but didn't Harry Kane once do something for your Harry while he was undergoing his cancer treatments? He and his manager Pochettino sent very nice notes and autographed photos. My Harry has several variations of the Kane Jersey, both Tottenham and England.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 5, 2022 16:25:13 GMT -5
Yes, first rowā¦ was āfortunateā enough to see him play in personā¦ š and I can say that he was no inbound specialistā¦ So my recollection was not clouded by my case of RTSDā¦.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 5, 2022 15:25:05 GMT -5
If you want to see a foretelling of the damage Ronnie would later do, find a video of the UTEP game from ā91 or so. Watch him get undeserved minutes and proceed to throw away the game with bad shots and decisions. āInbound specialistā!!! I promise that one of the pre-season previews by the Basketball Program at the time had that as part of his bio. Kid you not! With that description, you would think he was the pillar of confidence for the team. Instead, he played like a nervous jittery bug. So you were there too?
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Post by Elvado on Dec 5, 2022 12:57:49 GMT -5
If you want to see a foretelling of the damage Ronnie would later do, find a video of the UTEP game from ā91 or so. Watch him get undeserved minutes and proceed to throw away the game with bad shots and decisions.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 5, 2022 10:38:53 GMT -5
An interesting option for DeGioia/the Board would be to fire Ronny Thompson right away - i.e., today. He can't be as expensive to buyout as Ewing (can he...calling Falk, David) and it would allow Ewing the rest of this season to at least run the program as his own man. I'm very confident that whatever advice Ronny has been giving Pat is bad advice. I also think the optics of having Ronny anywhere near the program are awful. Recognizing at this point we still owe Ewing $12M+, what would it hurt to see if he can somehow salvage this season with Ronny nowhere around, eliminating one huge irritant that fans are upset about in the meantime? [br Howze does Ronny even have a job?
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Post by Elvado on Dec 4, 2022 18:51:53 GMT -5
His answers in that press conference merit termination. 1. Professed inability to do his job; 2. No proffered solution; and 3. Throwing his players under the bus. So funny to hear the Thompson acolytes preach respect for Patrick, a grown man and multimillionaire, while their hero shows none for the student-athletes In his care. Sorry. I left out that he does not know the rules of the game he is coaching. This level of ineptitude is exceeded only by the level of neglect in Healy Hall.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 4, 2022 16:45:51 GMT -5
With the US eliminated, I can return to rooting for Leo Messi to put the capper on his fabulous career. Didn't Messi practice with the Hoyas a few years ago? I am rooting for Messi AND Harry Kane and England. He did during Copa America when Argentina trained on Shaw. We too are rooting for our distant English cousin. That said, I want Leo to win.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 4, 2022 13:48:11 GMT -5
His answers in that press conference merit termination.
1. Professed inability to do his job; 2. No proffered solution; and 3. Throwing his players under the bus.
So funny to hear the Thompson acolytes preach respect for Patrick, a grown man and multimillionaire, while their hero shows none for the student-athletes In his care.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 4, 2022 9:34:45 GMT -5
Canāt we just skip the middle and land at 300 already.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 4, 2022 8:18:57 GMT -5
Expecting similar success level
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