Quote from: braintrust on October 22, 2017, 07:59:12 PMComes down to our coaching staff. McDermott will out coach us in his sleep. Wojo is better too, remains to be seen if the new HC at Butler is as good as the two previous.Our coaching staff has already put themselves in really tough spot. They are 1 big man injury away from wasting this season. Our success will be determined by health followed by coaching. The talent is there for us to compete.
Comes down to our coaching staff. McDermott will out coach us in his sleep. Wojo is better too, remains to be seen if the new HC at Butler is as good as the two previous.
Quote from: Poison on October 22, 2017, 08:43:34 PMQuote from: braintrust on October 22, 2017, 07:59:12 PMComes down to our coaching staff. McDermott will out coach us in his sleep. Wojo is better too, remains to be seen if the new HC at Butler is as good as the two previous.Our coaching staff has already put themselves in really tough spot. They are 1 big man injury away from wasting this season. Our success will be determined by health followed by coaching. The talent is there for us to compete. I have to agree with you here. Creighton picked up Manny Suarez, a 6'10 250 grad transfer from Adelphi University, right under our noses. He played his first two years at Fordham. They had much more size than us too.
Quote from: Marillac on October 23, 2017, 09:00:42 PMQuote from: Poison on October 22, 2017, 08:43:34 PMQuote from: braintrust on October 22, 2017, 07:59:12 PMComes down to our coaching staff. McDermott will out coach us in his sleep. Wojo is better too, remains to be seen if the new HC at Butler is as good as the two previous.Our coaching staff has already put themselves in really tough spot. They are 1 big man injury away from wasting this season. Our success will be determined by health followed by coaching. The talent is there for us to compete. I have to agree with you here. Creighton picked up Manny Suarez, a 6'10 250 grad transfer from Adelphi University, right under our noses. He played his first two years at Fordham. They had much more size than us too. While we were chasing a cross dressing, armed robbery perp in Florida, Creighton literally came into our backyard and picked off a 6' 10" widebody. WTF?
Suarez had 32 pts & 17 rebounds vs. MolloyAny chance Owens & Yakwe combined totals beat that when we play Molloy in a few weeks?
Quote from: braintrust on October 23, 2017, 09:05:44 PMQuote from: Marillac on October 23, 2017, 09:00:42 PMQuote from: Poison on October 22, 2017, 08:43:34 PMQuote from: braintrust on October 22, 2017, 07:59:12 PMComes down to our coaching staff. McDermott will out coach us in his sleep. Wojo is better too, remains to be seen if the new HC at Butler is as good as the two previous.Our coaching staff has already put themselves in really tough spot. They are 1 big man injury away from wasting this season. Our success will be determined by health followed by coaching. The talent is there for us to compete. I have to agree with you here. Creighton picked up Manny Suarez, a 6'10 250 grad transfer from Adelphi University, right under our noses. He played his first two years at Fordham. They had much more size than us too. While we were chasing a cross dressing, armed robbery perp in Florida, Creighton literally came into our backyard and picked off a 6' 10" widebody. WTF?Suarez played 19 games in his one year at Fordham, where he averaged 1.2 points per game and shot .20 percent from the floor. Then he played two years at a Division 2 school. Do you staff signing him would have been greeted positively? Because I don't. Because when St John's was looking at 7' 2" Nikola Scekic the usual suspects - several of whom are posting in this very thread - said "Let Scecik go to USF" and "If that stiff is playing 15 minutes we should just forfeit" and "Scekic is not worth pursuing" and described him as "Frankenstein" and wondered "Who else is recruiting this guy?". I was in favor of signing Jasiliounus II because he was 7'2" and all things considered 7'2" is good. Other people just like to complain that the ship be forever sinking, hahahahahaha. We're going to sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that staff is panicking. We didn't sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that the fans should panic. Panic being the default mode.And PS, Wojo sucks, we're lucky he's at Marquette because with him there they'll be mediocre forever.
Quote from: Foad on October 24, 2017, 08:14:43 AMQuote from: braintrust on October 23, 2017, 09:05:44 PMQuote from: Marillac on October 23, 2017, 09:00:42 PMQuote from: Poison on October 22, 2017, 08:43:34 PMQuote from: braintrust on October 22, 2017, 07:59:12 PMComes down to our coaching staff. McDermott will out coach us in his sleep. Wojo is better too, remains to be seen if the new HC at Butler is as good as the two previous.Our coaching staff has already put themselves in really tough spot. They are 1 big man injury away from wasting this season. Our success will be determined by health followed by coaching. The talent is there for us to compete. I have to agree with you here. Creighton picked up Manny Suarez, a 6'10 250 grad transfer from Adelphi University, right under our noses. He played his first two years at Fordham. They had much more size than us too. While we were chasing a cross dressing, armed robbery perp in Florida, Creighton literally came into our backyard and picked off a 6' 10" widebody. WTF?Suarez played 19 games in his one year at Fordham, where he averaged 1.2 points per game and shot .20 percent from the floor. Then he played two years at a Division 2 school. Do you staff signing him would have been greeted positively? Because I don't. Because when St John's was looking at 7' 2" Nikola Scekic the usual suspects - several of whom are posting in this very thread - said "Let Scecik go to USF" and "If that stiff is playing 15 minutes we should just forfeit" and "Scekic is not worth pursuing" and described him as "Frankenstein" and wondered "Who else is recruiting this guy?". I was in favor of signing Jasiliounus II because he was 7'2" and all things considered 7'2" is good. Other people just like to complain that the ship be forever sinking, hahahahahaha. We're going to sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that staff is panicking. We didn't sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that the fans should panic. Panic being the default mode.And PS, Wojo sucks, we're lucky he's at Marquette because with him there they'll be mediocre forever.Joey De La Rosa was scary bad. He was uncoordinated and he had no business playing in the BE. Yet what you are not considering is that if a guy like that helps us win one game, he adds value to the team. Less value than everyone else, but value nonetheless. We are so thin up front that the chances Ahmed will he guarding a BE center for 20+ minutes are pretty good. St.John's never makes it through a season without injuries. Why does is staff acting like this season will be any different? There were grad transfers available. Maybe we didn't get the one we targeted, but is that a reason to knowingly go into a season short handed? You talk about Lavin's built in excuses. Well, Mullin has one here, and I'm not buying it. A big body, even a slow and uncoordinated one would help this team.
Quote from: Poison on October 24, 2017, 09:58:18 AMQuote from: Foad on October 24, 2017, 08:14:43 AMQuote from: braintrust on October 23, 2017, 09:05:44 PMQuote from: Marillac on October 23, 2017, 09:00:42 PMQuote from: Poison on October 22, 2017, 08:43:34 PMQuote from: braintrust on October 22, 2017, 07:59:12 PMComes down to our coaching staff. McDermott will out coach us in his sleep. Wojo is better too, remains to be seen if the new HC at Butler is as good as the two previous.Our coaching staff has already put themselves in really tough spot. They are 1 big man injury away from wasting this season. Our success will be determined by health followed by coaching. The talent is there for us to compete. I have to agree with you here. Creighton picked up Manny Suarez, a 6'10 250 grad transfer from Adelphi University, right under our noses. He played his first two years at Fordham. They had much more size than us too. While we were chasing a cross dressing, armed robbery perp in Florida, Creighton literally came into our backyard and picked off a 6' 10" widebody. WTF?Suarez played 19 games in his one year at Fordham, where he averaged 1.2 points per game and shot .20 percent from the floor. Then he played two years at a Division 2 school. Do you staff signing him would have been greeted positively? Because I don't. Because when St John's was looking at 7' 2" Nikola Scekic the usual suspects - several of whom are posting in this very thread - said "Let Scecik go to USF" and "If that stiff is playing 15 minutes we should just forfeit" and "Scekic is not worth pursuing" and described him as "Frankenstein" and wondered "Who else is recruiting this guy?". I was in favor of signing Jasiliounus II because he was 7'2" and all things considered 7'2" is good. Other people just like to complain that the ship be forever sinking, hahahahahaha. We're going to sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that staff is panicking. We didn't sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that the fans should panic. Panic being the default mode.And PS, Wojo sucks, we're lucky he's at Marquette because with him there they'll be mediocre forever.Joey De La Rosa was scary bad. He was uncoordinated and he had no business playing in the BE. Yet what you are not considering is that if a guy like that helps us win one game, he adds value to the team. Less value than everyone else, but value nonetheless. We are so thin up front that the chances Ahmed will he guarding a BE center for 20+ minutes are pretty good. St.John's never makes it through a season without injuries. Why does is staff acting like this season will be any different? There were grad transfers available. Maybe we didn't get the one we targeted, but is that a reason to knowingly go into a season short handed? You talk about Lavin's built in excuses. Well, Mullin has one here, and I'm not buying it. A big body, even a slow and uncoordinated one would help this team. My point was not that we could not use a slow uncoordinated lummox. I am all in favor of lummoxes. I'd be happy if this team had either of the DelaRosa brothers, or the kid from Adelphi or the community college Serb or Sean Muto for that matter. My point was that when there was a lummox on the horizon a couple of months ago people shit on him and then now those same people are bemoaning the loss of a different lummox who statistically is the same player.There's no doubt the team could use a big body and staff came up short finding one for whatever reason. I'm not making excuses for that. Neither am I waiting for the sky to fall. I'm just waiting for the season to start.
Quote from: Foad on October 24, 2017, 08:14:43 AMQuote from: braintrust on October 23, 2017, 09:05:44 PMQuote from: Marillac on October 23, 2017, 09:00:42 PMQuote from: Poison on October 22, 2017, 08:43:34 PMQuote from: braintrust on October 22, 2017, 07:59:12 PMComes down to our coaching staff. McDermott will out coach us in his sleep. Wojo is better too, remains to be seen if the new HC at Butler is as good as the two previous.Our coaching staff has already put themselves in really tough spot. They are 1 big man injury away from wasting this season. Our success will be determined by health followed by coaching. The talent is there for us to compete. I have to agree with you here. Creighton picked up Manny Suarez, a 6'10 250 grad transfer from Adelphi University, right under our noses. He played his first two years at Fordham. They had much more size than us too. While we were chasing a cross dressing, armed robbery perp in Florida, Creighton literally came into our backyard and picked off a 6' 10" widebody. WTF?Suarez played 19 games in his one year at Fordham, where he averaged 1.2 points per game and shot .20 percent from the floor. Then he played two years at a Division 2 school. Do you staff signing him would have been greeted positively? Because I don't. Because when St John's was looking at 7' 2" Nikola Scekic the usual suspects - several of whom are posting in this very thread - said "Let Scecik go to USF" and "If that stiff is playing 15 minutes we should just forfeit" and "Scekic is not worth pursuing" and described him as "Frankenstein" and wondered "Who else is recruiting this guy?". I was in favor of signing Jasiliounus II because he was 7'2" and all things considered 7'2" is good. Other people just like to complain that the ship be forever sinking, hahahahahaha. We're going to sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that staff is panicking. We didn't sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that the fans should panic. Panic being the default mode.And PS, Wojo sucks, we're lucky he's at Marquette because with him there they'll be mediocre forever.We could use a Frankenstein 4-5 mins most game this year.
Quote from: Marillac on October 24, 2017, 11:09:25 PMQuote from: Foad on October 24, 2017, 08:14:43 AMQuote from: braintrust on October 23, 2017, 09:05:44 PMQuote from: Marillac on October 23, 2017, 09:00:42 PMQuote from: Poison on October 22, 2017, 08:43:34 PMQuote from: braintrust on October 22, 2017, 07:59:12 PMComes down to our coaching staff. McDermott will out coach us in his sleep. Wojo is better too, remains to be seen if the new HC at Butler is as good as the two previous.Our coaching staff has already put themselves in really tough spot. They are 1 big man injury away from wasting this season. Our success will be determined by health followed by coaching. The talent is there for us to compete. I have to agree with you here. Creighton picked up Manny Suarez, a 6'10 250 grad transfer from Adelphi University, right under our noses. He played his first two years at Fordham. They had much more size than us too. While we were chasing a cross dressing, armed robbery perp in Florida, Creighton literally came into our backyard and picked off a 6' 10" widebody. WTF?Suarez played 19 games in his one year at Fordham, where he averaged 1.2 points per game and shot .20 percent from the floor. Then he played two years at a Division 2 school. Do you staff signing him would have been greeted positively? Because I don't. Because when St John's was looking at 7' 2" Nikola Scekic the usual suspects - several of whom are posting in this very thread - said "Let Scecik go to USF" and "If that stiff is playing 15 minutes we should just forfeit" and "Scekic is not worth pursuing" and described him as "Frankenstein" and wondered "Who else is recruiting this guy?". I was in favor of signing Jasiliounus II because he was 7'2" and all things considered 7'2" is good. Other people just like to complain that the ship be forever sinking, hahahahahaha. We're going to sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that staff is panicking. We didn't sign a seven foot stiff, that's a sign that the fans should panic. Panic being the default mode.And PS, Wojo sucks, we're lucky he's at Marquette because with him there they'll be mediocre forever.We could use a Frankenstein 4-5 mins most game this year. Remember Johnson from several years ago, 7"5" scared the shit out of Notre Dame with a few minutes work.
Our big guy situation isn’t nearly as bad as it was in the past. Owens is actually quite. Decent center/pf, we also have alibegovic and quite a few players that have decent size. I remember the days when Glover at 6’5”was our center, and we had decent teams. MoreImportantly this year we have balance and excellent guards. Should be a fun season if we stay healthy. Need to defend and rebound.