That wasn't an analogy, it was foreshadowing. Did you take any English courses at UR?
Was half joking, someone said we need more shooting. So I went with all shooting and little heighthDoubt Roche will be ready and don't think we give a Fr the keys again, even with King. Def think 23's lineup is likely and I also could see King, Hunt, Dji, Bigs, and Neal as well. From early reports Collin has looked pretty good and prob help. Now here's to the 100 shooting %
Since Mooney doesn’t emphasize rebounding, that should work.
Doubt Roche will be ready and don't think we give a Fr the keys again, even with King. Def think 23's lineup is likely and I also could see King, Hunt, Dji, Bigs, and Neal as well. From early reports Collin has looked pretty good and prob help. Now here's to the 100 shooting %
Spoken from the guy who compared basketball teams to poverty in Sudan and Pearl Harbor. I stand by what I said. You continue to struggle with analogies. And, I know one course you definitely passed at UR....how to be an *******.
You were a tough grader, but I did alright in that course. You taught me a lot.
Burton was a beast, while Grace, Goose, Nelson and Randolph all had sizable roles.
Oof, not sure about that. Time will tell, but at this point to me, it's a significant step backwards. We need more help.
Yeah, losing Burton trumps any additions we made in my mind. I can agree that Grace, Goose, Randolph, and Nelson all had significant issues that made them incomplete players.
I've seen many teams with questionable talent and 1-star over rely on that star. Losing the dominant one often times causes others to step up.
I don't know. This is more like putting a 1000 piece puzzle together without the box top, missing a third of the edge pieces, and doing it outside in a wind storm.
I still have us finishing 16th in the A-10
And if we get to .500, that still can’t be seen as acceptable. But that sadly is where our program is. Unfortunately a discussion centering around .500 is a reality.
nobody's saying .500 is good enough or that last year was good enough. but despite a mediocre regular season, 2022 was good enough. 2021 was a Covid mess, but 2000 was good enough too.
We have seen previously that there are those in high levels of authority or $ influencers have told us to temper expectations (paraphrasing).
Well, good luck hearing anything positive on here. Just because a bunch of negative people on a message board post negatively all the time, say the same crap every day, and talk about going .500 doesn't mean the team and some fans out there aren't excited about this season.
I agree with that.
@Not-A-Homer This definitely was the problem last year and seems very likely it can happen again. The only good news is there are no “security blanket” players left, so Mooney is going to have to play new guys. Hopefully that leads to some combinations with much better chemistry. I do think that that losing Burton helps in terms of the team not deferring to him. That was another problem with last year’s team, Burton was not a game closer. I think he will fare much better at Villanova where he will be a contributor vs “the man”.
He is trending in the right direction.
likely, but we'll only sign for the spots we (Mooney) know we have.
Agree, as much as we can hope and think we can operate in a different model - i.e the Golden/Gilly/Sherod keep guys for 4/5 years - the transfer market is needed, and from the youth of the roster next year we will really need to fill in a couple guys that are proven D1 producers again. And yes, it is likely we would lose 1-2 guys so will be spots to fill
