How the hell did the worst shooting team in the country and we all know that Lavin can't coach (see Longwood and Penn St games) beat a Fordham team that beat a MAAC powerhouse on the road like Manhattan by 40+ points?
How is that possible?
How can that be we know Lavin in 3 years could not recruit a 3 point shooter and even decided not to recruit a bonafide 3pt shooter in Jon Severe?
Someone needs to explain this to me right now...
Really? You can't enjoy this win without being obnoxious?
I'm not saying Lavin is a good in-game coach or not, but beating Fordham today doesn't discount the last 30 games we've seen. So give it a rest
Shut up and I don't care what you say. People said SJU was the worst shooting team after the first 3 games you nice person.not the last 30.
But you proved my point the most obnoxious people are those who can't stand having it thrown back in their face and then justify everything they say by saying "this does nothing." Laughable and predictable. And a nice person.
Don't respond to any of my posts again...
Don't respond to your posts? Why are you on a message board then?
And no one is saying that the Fordham game does nothing. It was a great game, one of if not the best performances I've seen in recent memory. I had a blast at the game.
But it's incredibly hypocritical for you to come on after the game and yell "See!! I told you Lavin's a genius!! And we're a great shooting team too!! "
It wasn't the end of the world, and it didn't mean coach was a bufoon when we lost to Penn State, or had a bad first half against Monmouth and Longwood. And it's equally true that blowing out Fordham isn't proof positive that everything is perfect.
So don't come on after a fun win and ask irritatingly sarcastic and rhetorical questions like "how could the worst shooting team in the country ever possibly play this good?" You may think you're proving a point; but there's not one to prove. WE ARE one of the worst shooting teams. That's been a fact for the last season +6 games buddy.
We all hope yesterdays success continues - but there's no "I told you so" moment here. Everyone wants this team to do well, so stop acting like there are SJU fans who want Lavin to fail. That's absurd. We should be talking about what a great win yesterday was and what they have to do to keep it going against 'Cuse.
We're actually shooting .462 PCT which is good for 112th overall. That puts us around the top 30 percent of all Div. 1 schools. Statistically, we are actually an above average shooting team. But don't let facts get in the way of your "worst shooting team in the country" agenda.
Fordham is correct, as much as he may have gotten a little carried away. It's funny that sarcasm is only allowed if it is making fun of our team. But sticking up for our guys after a big win? That's just "obnoxious."
are we 112 as of today or was that before the fordham game ?
Today according to ESPN.com
Improving at least.
Desco isn't really wrong though. Last year we stunk shooting percentage wise. Definitely ranked worse than 250 div 1 shooting %. And I'd venture to guess since it was a small amount of games that before yesterdays unconscious effort by us that we'd probably were ranked worse than 200 before the game.
Poison said it best. Cautiously optimistic.
Loved the passing of the ball. If the kids keep on doing that our numbers will definitely keep getting much better with easier shots.
I agree we were horrible at shooting last season, but it's a new season.
Also, my only problem with Desco's post was that he called out Fordham for being sarcastic about all the negativity on this site the past few weeks. The negativity deserved to be ridiculed, because the following are even more annoying than the sarcasm Fordham posted which I found to be funny after a 104-58 win.
"we can't shoot"
"We'd be run out of the gym by Iona"
"Our players have the worst IQ in the country"
"We can't pass, shoot, or defend"
"We have the most overrated coach in the country"
"Lavin made a mistake and should have gone all out for Severe" (even though they conveniently leave out the fact it would have had to be instead of Jordan)