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McFan

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  1. And I’ll add that as a former collegiate athlete if I was given the opportunity to go compete for a top ranked team and possibly help them compete for championships, up to a national championship, experience the sport at the highest level, be on TV every weekend, I know what I’d do.  And wether everybody wants to admit it they’d do the same.

    To root against these young men is childish at best.

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  2. “Enjoying how it all ended”?  Joe certainly didn’t get what he expected but during the season played a fair amount in the Big East. 

    Nichols is in the Sweet 16 and plays significant minutes and is a key component to an ACC team.  I’m certain most of us would sign up for that.  What would have been successful at FSU for David in your opinion?  

  3. 37 minutes ago, nysteve661 said:

    You see that last 5 minutes? The amount of offensive rebounds they got and then up for an easy layup.  It's like we had no one out there on defense.  Mindboggling. 

    No, I didn’t see the last 5 minutes.  Left at the 4 minute TO.  Possibly the first time I’ve ever left before 1 minute left.

    Painful.  Not entertaining.  Ugly.  Uninspired.

  4. 44 minutes ago, DanesRGood said:

    This is a fair post, except for Lulka.  I do not think is he bad. I think he is young and learning. Sam Rowley stunk his freshman year. And I don't care about redshirt years. Different than playing games on the court. Definitely looks like some big misses on the recruiting trail at this point though. Only time will tell.  I just don't think Brown would say stuff like, "I think we are going to be REALLY good" if he thought his roster sucked. I know, what's he going to say? Well, not that they are going to be REALLY good. I would think he would say something like, we have to fight to get better with a young squad blah blah... 

    I hope you’re right on Lulka.  I fear he’s getting numbers just based on minutes and nobody else down there.  

    Time will tell.

  5. I'm not sure I can get on board w/ the "we had to pick players off the scrap pile" as a reason for what's happening.  We started the season w/ 3 guys that would have been starting w/ or w/o Cremo and Nichols.  Clark has basically stepped in as Nichols?  So Healy had to replace Cremo and we'd need to live w/ a depleted bench.  Well, outside of a few games, our bigs (including Campbell as a starting small forward to start the season) just aren't very good.  And don't give me Lulka's numbers.  I watch the games.  He's not very good.  He's played a lot of ball and even redshirted so I'm not sure how much he will improve.  Campbell is Campbell.  And Hanks???  He was a projected starter from the start right?  Unless we went small.  

    So yes, recruiting doesn't seem to be there lately.  I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't think athletic players want to play the style of ball that we play.  Obviously the style gets a pass when we are winning but it's not exciting to watch or play in my opinion.

    So no this isn't a "fire WB" statement but it is a WB doesn't get a pass just because he lost Cremo and Nichols.  Recruiting isn't up to par and this performance is awful.  Did I expect a down year?  Of course.  But this is a terrible conference that UA with it's reputation should not finish below 5th place, ever.  

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  6. On 1/6/2019 at 12:16 AM, Clickclack said:

    For the 50th time... This was never the plan. The plan wasn't to start 4 freshman. But we have to live with it... Give these kids a year or two. 

    While I fully understand that this wasn't the plan, I'm not sure how this sets us this far behind.  Even if I were to give the youth/inexperience a pass we only have 5/6 guys that can even find playing time?  One of those a senior that quite honestly shouldn't.   As a quick comparison on a minutes per game basis UVM only has 2 seniors in their top 7.  Are you comfortable that our youth will improve so much that they'll compete w/ UVM's youth?  Won't their youth improve too?  

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  7. I would agree with opening it up somewhat.  I’d think it be based in annual giving or based on overall GDAC points.  They’ve clearly set the bar too high as it is very lightly used.  If you are say top 150 or 200 you’ve been a good friend to the athletic department but that’s not taken into consideration unless you hit $1,000 that year.  In theory you could be top ten in GDAC points but not have access.  Just my opinion.

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