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McFan

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  1. 3 minutes ago, GreatDanes06 said:

    Listen...if you want this to be about production on the court, I'm all about having that type of talk and debate those merits. However, from what I have seen online and from people here, this smells a lot like it has less to do with production.

    No insider info here but safe to assume it's both and production makes it acceptable.  If it's only personality clashes and UA was winning this doesn't happen.

  2. As a long term fan I have mixed emotions.  WB had some great years here and produced by all accounts high level, high character student-athletes.  For that he's to be commended and thanked.  

    Is Benson great/awful?  He seems to not have a lot of fans.  Are our facilities up to par?  Absolutely not.

    That said, this program is stale and was trending downward.  Outside of Rizutto no 4 year recruits had even a moderate impact on this season.  Reasons and excuses are fine but over time this falls on the Head Coach.  Add the contract situation into this (and an apparent personality conflict) it was time. 

    Will seemed like a good guy and nobody likes to see somebody lose their job but he was well compensated for a long time.  His son was born and raised in one location.  In the coaching profession that is extremely rare.  Realistic or not, results matter, even at this level.  And the results have not been good lately.  

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  3. Golubs, Wright’s (SI Group), Dakes (Stewart’s), Standish (Albany Int), Breyo (Ayco/Goldman Sachs) and a few large local developers would be in the lead pack.  Nobody remotely approaching Alfond family.

    There’s an Amy Goldman Fowler in Rhinebeck that has a $3.1B net worth. Anybody have any connections?

  4. Something different?  36 points even though we were 1-9 from three.  Pushing the ball a bit.  Taking shots when available instead of waiting so deep in the shot clock.  Keeping players on the bench that offer ZERO offensively.  
     

    We’ll see if WB can stomach some TO’s and poor shot selection (although there hasn’t been a lot of it).

  5. SJ’s has played a lot of quality teams but the lowest amount of points they allowed prior to us was 83.  We mustered a whopping 64.  And not to beat the dead horse but that’s part of the big problem and has been for years.  It’s boring.  Maybe there’s some nuanced changes but the offense is the same.  It’s boring for us and it’s boring for the players. If you’re a dynamic offensive player would you come here to play?  What’s the pitch? Hey we’ll do 15 dribble handoffs 20+ feet from the hoop, try the slip screen 15 times and then hope someone gets open before the shot clock expires.  We won’t press.  We won’t run.  No thanks.

    If we’re going to keep losing at least entertain me.  Score the ball.  2 points in the final 5:35 of that game.  TWO.  Zero in the final 2:38.  
     

    We got 13 minutes and 4 points from our freshman and sophomores combined.  

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