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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 4, 2020 14:00:02 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 4, 2020 14:37:16 GMT -5
21 blocked shots in 197 minutes of play!!
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 4, 2020 16:08:16 GMT -5
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!
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Post by HC92 on Mar 17, 2020 6:25:48 GMT -5
Something to make you smile on another dreary day of isolation with no sports:
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 17, 2020 6:52:07 GMT -5
Gee, I think he's adapted....
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Post by hchoops on Mar 17, 2020 7:48:42 GMT -5
Most of the blocks were Russell like- kept in play
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 17, 2020 8:35:32 GMT -5
Most of the blocks were Russell like- kept in play One of the smartest men ever to play basketball--forget the spectacular slap into the stands and tip the ball to one of the Jones boys instead.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 17, 2020 8:56:59 GMT -5
To the Cooz mostly
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Post by crusader1970 on Mar 17, 2020 9:43:45 GMT -5
Regardless of what we might think about Milan Brown's head coaching ability, he could certainly identify and recruit real talent.
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Post by HC92 on Mar 17, 2020 10:41:22 GMT -5
We definitely would have won a lot more games over the last 5 years had Milan Brown remained as our coach.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 17, 2020 10:50:40 GMT -5
Proctor and Kostecka would have done some damage if they had played together for four seasons at HC.
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Post by Tom on Mar 17, 2020 10:56:04 GMT -5
We definitely would have won a lot more games over the last 5 years had Milan Brown remained as our coach. Probably. We hope we're on the path to where we want to be. I don't think we would be with Coach Brown. We'd be a middle of the pack PL getting eliminated PL quarterfinals every year. Is it better to be bad but have hope of improving or to be consistently mediocre?
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 17, 2020 10:57:02 GMT -5
Maybe I'm out of my mind (no wisecracks), but if not for the epic meltdown in DC in the PL semis in 2014, he might still be the coach. Getting past that game would have brought him into year 5 with one trip to the PL finals, which may have bought him more time. At that point he was starting to hit his stride recruiting wise......Kostecka would have been finishing up his career here. FADNP's job search may have benefited him as well. Still probably a long shot, but you never know.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 17, 2020 11:08:16 GMT -5
Water under the bridge over the Blackstone
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 17, 2020 11:21:02 GMT -5
Yes indeedy doody
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 17, 2020 11:35:06 GMT -5
Is that a Doug Birdsong-ism?
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Post by hceconhist on Mar 17, 2020 22:55:57 GMT -5
We definitely would have won a lot more games over the last 5 years had Milan Brown remained as our coach. Probably. We hope we're on the path to where we want to be. I don't think we would be with Coach Brown. We'd be a middle of the pack PL getting eliminated PL quarterfinals every year. Is it better to be bad but have hope of improving or to be consistently mediocre? Maybe, maybe not. I don't think those first three years are a good indicator of how a decade of his stewardship would've ended (look at his MSM tenure). In his final two years at HC, Coach Brown led the program to real development: 2014: Went 12-6 in the PL and reached the PLT semis 2015: Beat a ranked opponent, was a healthy Anthony Thompson away from at least repeating 2014's PL success, and landed elite recruits (for PL standards)
If Coach Brown stayed, last year's starting five would have included, at least, Floyd, Kostecka, and Proctor. I think we can all agree that group could've done some major damage, to paraphrase from SoV.
In another thread, efg72 underscores the imperative for Coach Nelson to grow into his role as a steward of the program. I think the record clearly suggests Coach Brown did so, and would've continued to do so.
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Post by Tom on Mar 18, 2020 7:57:40 GMT -5
Probably. We hope we're on the path to where we want to be. I don't think we would be with Coach Brown. We'd be a middle of the pack PL getting eliminated PL quarterfinals every year. Is it better to be bad but have hope of improving or to be consistently mediocre? Maybe, maybe not. I don't think those first three years are a good indicator of how a decade of his stewardship would've ended (look at his MSM tenure). In his final two years at HC, Coach Brown led the program to real development: 2014: Went 12-6 in the PL and reached the PLT semis 2015: Beat a ranked opponent, was a healthy Anthony Thompson away from at least repeating 2014's PL success, and landed elite recruits (for PL standards)
If Coach Brown stayed, last year's starting five would have included, at least, Floyd, Kostecka, and Proctor. I think we can all agree that group could've done some major damage, to paraphrase from SoV.
In another thread, efg72 underscores the imperative for Coach Nelson to grow into his role as a steward of the program. I think the record clearly suggests Coach Brown did so, and would've continued to do so. The killer for Coach Brown was that he followed up that 2014 season with a trip to the play-in game on a team with solid senior leadership. If 2015 was an improvement on 2014, Coach Brown likely would have stayed. In hindsight 2015 looks worse knowing that Miller was the only future NBA player in the league at the time. 2015 was set up to be the year and it was a big step backwards. That doesn't look like a star on the rise
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Post by hceconhist on Mar 18, 2020 15:10:30 GMT -5
Maybe, maybe not. I don't think those first three years are a good indicator of how a decade of his stewardship would've ended (look at his MSM tenure). In his final two years at HC, Coach Brown led the program to real development: 2014: Went 12-6 in the PL and reached the PLT semis 2015: Beat a ranked opponent, was a healthy Anthony Thompson away from at least repeating 2014's PL success, and landed elite recruits (for PL standards)
If Coach Brown stayed, last year's starting five would have included, at least, Floyd, Kostecka, and Proctor. I think we can all agree that group could've done some major damage, to paraphrase from SoV.
In another thread, efg72 underscores the imperative for Coach Nelson to grow into his role as a steward of the program. I think the record clearly suggests Coach Brown did so, and would've continued to do so. The killer for Coach Brown was that he followed up that 2014 season with a trip to the play-in game on a team with solid senior leadership. If 2015 was an improvement on 2014, Coach Brown likely would have stayed. In hindsight 2015 looks worse knowing that Miller was the only future NBA player in the league at the time. 2015 was set up to be the year and it was a big step backwards. That doesn't look like a star on the rise 2015 was a disappointment because they lost a key scorer in a year of extreme parity in the PL. Only two games separated the 8 and 3 seeds, and the PLC game featured a 9-9 team vs. a 8-10 team (i.e., HC was right in the mix). When analyzing results, context matters. HC puts its MBB coach in a very tough position: win despite a ton of constraints. In fact, it has yet to be determined how HC can dominate in the PL without a temporary scholarship advantage. Given that context, the program was on the rise under Coach Brown's watch. To our determinant as HC fans, we will never see what could've been with Floyd, Proctor, Kostecka, and who knows who else Coach Brown would've recruited.
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Post by Tom on Mar 18, 2020 15:18:20 GMT -5
The killer for Coach Brown was that he followed up that 2014 season with a trip to the play-in game on a team with solid senior leadership. If 2015 was an improvement on 2014, Coach Brown likely would have stayed. In hindsight 2015 looks worse knowing that Miller was the only future NBA player in the league at the time. 2015 was set up to be the year and it was a big step backwards. That doesn't look like a star on the rise 2015 was a disappointment because they lost a key scorer in a year of extreme parity in the PL. Only two games separated the 8 and 3 seeds, and the PLC game featured a 9-9 team vs. a 8-10 team (i.e., HC was right in the mix). When analyzing results, context matters. HC puts its MBB coach in a very tough position: win despite a ton of constraints. In fact, it has yet to be determined how HC can dominate in the PL without a temporary scholarship advantage. Given that context, the program was on the rise under Coach Brown's watch. To our determinant as HC fans, we will never see what could've been with Floyd, Proctor, Kostecka, and who knows who else Coach Brown would've recruited. Agree to disagree. If you can't utilize a future NBA player to the extent that he can make 1st team all PL, no reason to believe that Floyd, Proctor, and Kostecka would have led HC to the promised land
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Post by HC92 on Apr 5, 2020 13:06:15 GMT -5
Top plays of the year from Jehyve’s team. #5 is this video. Pretty sweet.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 5, 2020 13:12:44 GMT -5
92, Thanks Would you please translate the Greek
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Post by HC92 on Apr 5, 2020 13:47:43 GMT -5
92, Thanks Would you please translate the Greek The best plays of KAE LARISSA for the 2019-20 season, as chosen by you!!!!
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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 5, 2020 14:14:41 GMT -5
I thought you guys from the 60's had to take Latin and Greek and thus wouldn't need a translation from a "youngster" like '92 with an assist from Google Translate!
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 5, 2020 14:37:07 GMT -5
I checked the Greek with a friend who's a Classics professor at U of L. It translates as follows:
"A thunderous basket by Jehyve Floyd, from Holy Cross, which turned down not one but two invitations to join the Big East"
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