Clickclack

LMAO score 102 and lose by double digits. Fire DK tonight. 

Just now, alum73 said:

When you score 96, you should win!

Not if you play defense like why even bother going down to the other side of the court, just give up the 2pts and stay on the offensive side of the court. 

They may give up 110 pts to a 1-6 team in the AE...bwahahah...what complete trash. Beagle probably dying from laughter. 

3 minutes ago, jimbo said:

Officially done watching this clown show for this year……a waste of time…..

Same...season over. What a $iena-stain this season has turned into. 

Alright..time to fire up the FIRE DK bus. 

They gonna lose BPG to UMBC...haha...

2 minutes ago, Dane96 said:

Fair point    But is it because they can’t play or there is no defense taught 

How can guys thith athletic not be able to...they just aren't taught or it's optional and no one held accountable for not playing it. 

2 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

have tried this year to only comment after the game.  So that I can watch the whole game and make my assessment then.  

However, this team is HORRENDOUS on defense.  They don't want to play it or care to play it.  

Newton is a 10 minute a game guy tops ....tops.... they need to play extremely small and run without Beagle. 

This has been evident all season...

2 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

What happened with Beagle? 

Went out at UVM with no apparent injury, did not go back into game or come out at all. Today not dressed, and DK said will speak to his status after the game. Looks like kid either quit or getting tossed off team, not sure. 

1 minute ago, Dane96 said:

Just messaged with someone who said Beagle isn’t even in the building (also told click the same). Wyland reporting the same.  
 

I had some time to sleep on my Vermont rant. And I’m still not sold on Killings as a head coach, recruiter and lead assistant yeah. 
 

With that in mind, he’s got 6-7 guys he can still build around if they stay.  If they do, he need to get an anchor big in the middle and a stretch four.  After that, a backup pg and back up wing.  You can do well with that group. 

And a 2 months defensive clinic class. 

Beagle while a good offensive player, is immature and aweful on defense. If he's gone...so long! Unless there is a health issue or something else very personal and not related to basketball...move on. 

If there is life stuff going on and the kid is dealing with something unrelated to basketball, wish him the best otherwise, like D said, no one is above team. Move along!

5 hours ago, cwdickens said:

 

My concerns about Jonathan Beagle started with the UMass-Lowell game.  I am not sure if he has an issue with Killings and/or one or more of the assistants and/or one or more of his team mates.  He just not seems to be himself.  I know Marcus Jackson tried speaking with him during the Bryant game on the sidelines and Jonathan would have nothing to do with the talk.  Whatever the issue, I strongly feel Marcus Jackson knows because these two are the closest of friends as I never see one without the other.

I hope Jonathan does not have a game fatigue.  

I'm in the camp that I'm ok if Beagle decides to transfer...good offensive player, decent rebounder, immature, a complete zero on defense. This team has some talent but poorly coached, some kids have not panned out or are unhealthy, the rest are pressing and not getting put into a position to succeed. I do think Dk is a decent recruiter but it's pretty obvious he's a $iena coach. 

Once in a while I read a little bit of the game threads over there....so what, sometimes I like to watch the world burn. 

Did just enough to score that "mental" victory...nice job...

going back hard last 3 games...like in reverse 50mph. again, the defense is so bad it's difficult to understand why. They are decent athletically, yeah not the biggest team but they are horrific on that end, rotations are brutal, communications nonexistent, constantly out position. Hard to watch. 

They sure did figure out that defensive identity. What a disaster on defense, 57%from the field for Maine and a whopping 63% from from 3...yeah...

On 1/19/2024 at 7:32 AM, cwdickens said:

Considering how Jonothan played defense last night, no surprise.  During the preseason, much discussion by Killings on the importance of defense.  Last night, our defense never left the locker room.  There was little or no weak side defense. 

Beagle is one of if not the worst defenders on the team. This team would be far better with a bruising, defensive, rebounding 5 and Beagle moving to the 4 where he can score and pass. He's a complete zero on the defensive end. 

Can't win without any defense against a team as talented as that. 

What are the remaining positions of priority?

Looks like Bing caught a righteous beating..I like it!

12 hours ago, UAalum72 said:

And ANOTHER who'da thunk it, even less likely than Gattuso's award

UAlbany’s Wyland Wins 2023 Bill Schwanke Award as the top play-by-play radio broadcaster in FCS

Who yelled stop the count? 

BTW, I don't know DP all that well but maybe his greatest accomplishment as a sports fan is this filter..

$iena

IYKYK

Will Brown will be coaching over there soon enough...lol...Carm is a total train wreck. That program gets worse every single year. Patsos, Mitch, Carm...every hire gets worse. $iena program!

8 hours ago, reeder said:

Very happy for Poffenbarger.  I live in South Florida so will definitely get to Hard Rock stadium for a game or two.

Also, just a great story.  He walks on at ODU, transfers to us and is in a QB battle before being named the starter.  Then leads us to the best performance in school history before transferring to a P5.

People can knock the transfer portal and there are some issues with it but clearly someone missed on his evaluation and the transfer portal is giving him a chance to chase his dreams.  Not sure how successful he’ll be but I’m rooting for him.

Not knocking it...good for him, he's earned it. Go get yours young buck!

5 hours ago, haggyland said:

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was nice enough to say that UAlbany "reached the national semifinals this season before falling to eventual champion South Dakota State. "

That sounds perfect... no need to get into any specifics about how they feel.  😂