97spiderfan said:

Where are all of the Mooney shaft polishers today. You know the guys telling us about how good the players looked in the offseason, how awesome our NIL is, and how all of the NIL guys love Moondog. Damn, if I were writing big checks to pay players, I might want some better outcomes than this. And thank god, Hardt wrapped Mooney up with an extension last year to fend off of the other big time programs coming after him.

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They are in the emergency bunker waiting for the all clear alert to sound if we are able to sneak past Bucknell on Saturday.

Where are all of the Mooney shaft polishers today. You know the guys telling us about how good the players looked in the offseason, how awesome our NIL is, and how all of the NIL guys love Moondog. Damn, if I were writing big checks to pay players, I might want some better outcomes than this. And thank god, Hardt wrapped Mooney up with an extension last year to fend off of the other big time programs coming after him.

I'm beginning to think our OOC was more of an intentional decision by the coaching staff, rather than the message we have been told, that they couldn't do any better.

All of the people who came after Trump in the deep state will deserve Matt Gaetz.

KE Spider said:

Wood, once again, did not vote for Prez, only down ticket. Defend him, only, when warranted against a hate crazed mob which has totally lost reason apparently.

Your foreign policy calculus overlooks the totally botched and humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan and allowing Iran to get back into the oil export market which spawned Mid East turmoil and Ukraine That is on Biden. He owns those disastrous decisions and the hell that has been reaped from them.

Our adversaries watch not only what we say and do, but who delivers it and how. Can you describe a weaker visual of American power than Biden? Please, I'll wait.

Bumbling, confused, often incoherent, falling off bikes, stumbling up stairs, turning to shake hands when no one is there, frequently not knowing how to exit the stage (deeper meaning here too), his debate performance, sucking on a baby's foot and biting the leg of another at Halloween Party. Our adversaries have been on the march bc the World, friend and foe, can see no one has been at home in the US for a few years.

Some good as you point out, overwhelmingly bad, in toto a disaster.

And incredibly, got over 14 million primary votes for a shot at another term.

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Yes, I can describe a weaker visual of American power, and its Trump. Why do you think Putin, Orban, and Kim Jung Un wanted Trump to win the election? Trump might walk better than Biden, but he can be manipulated and our adversaries, as well as our allies, know it. Trump said in Helsinki he believed Putin over the American intelligence community. Putin posts nude pictures of Melania on state run Russian TV and Trump has no response at all because he's scared to death of Putin for some reason or reasons. Trump says he and Kim Jun Un "fell in love" and wrote each other beautiful "love letters". Trump has called Putin's invasion of Ukraine brilliant. Trump did not shore up alliances with NATO members and in the Pacific when he was President.

And you keep referring to the Afghan withdrawal. Trump's withdrawal from Syria was not good (although no American lives were lost), and unlike the Afghanistan withdrawal, none of our Syrian human assets were saved. Trump ordered an immediate evacuation of Afghanistan after he lost the Presidency and it was only his generals who prevented it by refusing to follow his order. Our adversaries know this, and know that now Trump won't have anyone around to tell him no, so they are thrilled that Trump is back.

Very good reason we have this weak a$$ schedule.

Gallipoli said:

Gaetz is an amateur compared to Merrick Garland. What is good for the Goose is good for the gander.

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Why do you get fooled by this nonsense? Biden didn't even fire David Weiss, the DOJ attorney hand picked by Trump and Barr to prosecute Hunter Biden and the fictitious "Biden Crime Family". Typical right wing lie.

G you again keep falling for fake news, I have a distant family connection still working there as an attorney from Clinton forward.

will we win against D1 competition this year, LOL. unbelievable.

Gaetz is an amateur compared to Merrick Garland. What is good for the Goose is good for the gander.

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whampas said:

Tony Bennett seemed to think so. System coaches that can't retain players will suffer along with their fans.

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Agree. Jay Wright too.

MDspider8 said:

What are we doing with our corner/baseline defense? They're either getting a wide-open 3 or a backdoor cut every possesion. It's almost like we're switching at the first sign of any movement.

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This. A million times this. I didn't notice it as much against Marist, so it seems like an adjustment made in the last 2/3 days. It's a terrible adjustment.

I believe the Gaetz nomination is directed at the DOJ and the FBI. Trump is rightly angry at the insiders who pursued him for political purposes. Remember they raided his home and violated its sanctity. They even went through his wife's underwear. He wants someone who will go after them. There will be no forgiving that. He will also tell Gaetz to go after Biden for stealing classified documents while VP. Biden deserves it. He won't get immunity.

The shoe is on the other foot now. The Democrats opened Pandoras box.

MrTbone said:

we can’t take 2-3 years to teach guys “the system”, not in this day and age of transfers. Is it really that complicated? Asking the basketball pros out there…

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Tony Bennett seemed to think so. System coaches that can't retain players will suffer along with their fans.

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Eight Legger said:

I'm sure our team is taking Hampton very seriously. But as a fan, meh. They're 5-5. I'm not going to waste a lot of time worrying about them. We're a better team, and we should win the game.

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So was Towson.So was host Campbell.Either game was tight.Campbell and Hampton look like identical twins on paper.

Will defer judgment until see what he does. Suggest all should as well.

The Corner Backs for W&M tend to get beat deep. Elon did it several times. I expect us to have trouble with their running game, they still have Imoh and Yoder. Our run defense has been vulnerable.

spiderman said:

if we haven't figured things out by now, we're doing it wrong.

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I am going to say it again. Looks like the same plan as last year. Difference is that King is the best one year transfer ever for Mooney and he had three guys with 2-3 years of in game system experience.

PhillySpider said:

The rest are just running the offense with no particular thought on really being assertive in that offense.

In past we could sometimes get by with unathletic groups, but that was when the unathletic guys were in their 2nd and thirds years in the system and not their 2nd or 3rd month.

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Another point I keep making, but few seem to agree. Mooney’s system takes time. The problem is that these guys are thinking vs playing. They haven’t done enough reps to have the needed muscle memory to “flow” like Mooney likes to see and to execute. At best it takes 2 years to produce what he knows. More often it takes 3 years. This year is a base building year for next year.

Mooney has been the coach for 20 years. I have only been watching the Spiders for 2/3 of the time he has been here and it is always the SAME. Everyone knows what they are going to get.

The only difference so far is that the Forum glass half full crowd seems to be MIA.

ODU (0-3) lost by 58 pts and is currently #299 in the country. So, playing them to a tie in a secret scrimmage may be telling.

couldn't even muster 50 points against a middle of the pack AAC, Presbyterian College scored nearly double the amount of points on Charlotte than we did so they are that much more talented on the offensive side than we are? The defending A10 regular season champs? fools gold, like everything else Moonie has done in the past decade.

Buckle up boys, the A10 is going to DEVOUR us alive.

urmite said:

So what happened to the 91 point games and the 3 point shooting from the secret scrimmages?

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We started playing real games.

So what happened to the 91 point games and the 3 point shooting from the secret scrimmages?