No idea why, but I'll indulge this.
I posted right after the Miami game (which confirmed my long held beliefs) "Welcome to the long season"
Good work. You took in 16 games of action before making this earth shattering revelation.
To sum up what I said then, this team is horrid (I love'em but it's true) I asked if we will win 8 more games ( we have won once since then so only 7 more to meet my threshold)
They aren't horrid. There are some horrid, glaring issues facing the team, but as a collective they are nowhere near horrid. Have you bothered to check in on Toledo, or even big, bad Auburn from the SEC? Those teams are horrid.
I also claimed that we are going to need a monster game from 3 pt land to win any big game. (I give you Akron as exhibit A)
Now that Nostradamus has joined the board.....guy, if any team gets a "monster game from 3 pt land" - they are probably going to win most games.
I read all this talk about rebounding this and effort that. It's really quite simple...this team is horrid. We have absolutely nothing in the front court.
Bob Glidden called, he wants your "D-" in PHIL 120 (Basic principles of logic) changed to an F. So basically, we can all talk about rebounding and effort - but that doesn't fly with you because the team is horrid b/c of the frontcourt problems?
If Washington were any good as a senior he'd fall out of bed on games days into 7 rebounds and then would have to work in order to reach 10 or more.
Wrong. He's averaged 1, 4, 5, and 5 the past 4 years. Why would you suddenly expect him to start gobbling up everything off the glass? Right or wrong, that's not his game. If you are looking for Rodman-esque performances out of him - you might want to end that thought before it started. I think Devo's got issues, but him not pulling down 10 boards a game isn't really relevant to the issues. By the way, Tillman averaged 8 his Senior Year. Are you saying he only put in 33% effort that year?
Keely should either just bulk up so he can get his rebounds by being a space eater or he should just transfer out to a lesser program. He is the complete opposite of the term "difference maker" His quickness and athleticism at this lower weight make no difference at all.
So you want to see Keely as a poor man's Tractor Traylor out there? Asking a current student-athlete to transfer is a bit harsh btw, maybe soften the rhetoric there. I fully disagree - he's a difference maker. Not in the way we want him to be a difference maker, but he makes a difference. This may be the only point you made where I see a glimmer of agreement coming from me to you.
Baltic actually does have game so he gets a qualified exemption. He should, however be only a bench player if we had real talent ahead of him so he could be the quintessential energy effort guy off the bench until his skills become more refined as an upper classman (assuming we don't recruit more talented players who keep him on the bench where his experience would be a huge plus)
This was just flat out stupid and idiotic. You say he's got game, but in the same sentence say he should be a bench player? Have you watched our games this year? It's not like the flow of the game goes as Ivo goes. Ivo isn't exactly the straw that stirs the drink this year. He's in a perfect role for a sophomore who's improving on a daily basis. He's getting minutes and he has a clear talent base with lots of upside. Also, look at our recruits - he's going to be playing Cooper minutes the next 2 years - there's no size whatsoever to challenge his minutes - so best enjoy him.
I told everyone last year that Ethan is nothing but a project from day one in spite of whatever outside shooting skills he may have (as if the fact that a 7 footer whose number one selling point is his outside shooting isn't a bright enough red flag) What he may or may not become in 2 years also is inconsequential. It would only be icing on the cake (I'm willing to admit that I have a much higher chance of being wrong about Jacobs than about Keely)
No you didn't. Prove it. I'd venture to say we could poll the entire site and not one person would remember you saying this. Heck, I thought you were a new poster up until this post. Never really gave you much thought. I remember a few posts you made that were incoherent garbledy gook, but nothing memorable. Got a lot of "Mark as Read" when I saw your name pop up. Sidenote, do you think Mark Cuban threw up a bunch of red flags to Nellie about Nowitzki because he played more of a Euro style coming into the Association? Let's see if the guy develops before ranting and raving like lunatics. If you want to rant and rave, do it b/c he gets no minutes for all us amateur coaches to evaluate his game properly.
If I were on the coaching staff I would only allow recruits to visit when we play Toledo and I would send them video of Stevie Taylor to sell them on the thought of being able to play with him and Cooper next year.
I'd venture to say nobody laughed at this comment like you wanted them too. Not even sure you got the casual raised eyebrow. You took a swing for the green monster and hit a lazy pop fly that the Catcher caught without flipping the mask off for. You're gonna have to bring it a little hard than that.
I have said my peace for now but the beauty of this country is that we call all disagree about why our Bobcats are performing as they are. Here's hoping I'm completely wrong about this team come tournament time.
You're done? There's an "edit" button and the constitution affords you the freedom to continue. America, Free Speech, and Bobcat Basketball analysis. Almost fits in there like Apple Pie and Betsy Ross at the sewing machine. We have all of 12 games left. I'd have been more impressed or inclined to take this seriously if you were around in October. But again, not sure who you are or what you are about. Just be happy I took the time to comment. Now people will read your work, as crazy as it all is.