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Post by WorcesterGray on Mar 31, 2022 16:46:22 GMT -5
Looks like the guy knows how to coach. You don’t put up a record like that without knowing how to recruit, develop players, and handle the X’s and O’s. Bring him on And at each stop he has made teams - good team (Salisbury), ok team (Bethany) bad team (Chesapeake) - better immediately. Wins with your guys, his guys, guys from the Y . . .
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Post by joe on Apr 5, 2022 5:40:41 GMT -5
So after we apparently decided to retain the current coach, we subsequently lost two players to transfer, and picked one back up, for a net loss of one player on an already poor roster? Is this satisfactory?
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Post by Tom on Apr 5, 2022 8:20:23 GMT -5
Actually, we're not 100 percent sure about relative timing of events. Perhaps Martindale and Humphrey knew the coach was being retained when they entered the portal, bringing the number to four
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 5, 2022 8:26:10 GMT -5
...and perhaps the coach was not a factor in their respective choices.
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Post by joe on Apr 5, 2022 8:38:35 GMT -5
Wait so we lost 4 players and picked up one? Sorry I’m having trouble following.
Also I wasn’t implying the players left because the coach is staying. I was just wondering if it’s true that (for whatever the reason or reasons) one of the worst teams in D1 college basketball just had another net loss in talent heading into the 2022-23 season. I’m trying to rationalize why we should expect any sort of turnaround any time in the foreseeable future. It seems like this ostensibly needs to be a rebuild of a rebuild that would take about 3-4 more years and usually there would be some sort of strategic or philosophical change that would make said turnaround conceivable in the first place.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 5, 2022 8:59:34 GMT -5
Wait so we lost 4 players and picked up one? Sorry I’m having trouble following. Also I wasn’t implying the players left because the coach is staying. I was just wondering if it’s true that (for whatever the reason or reasons) one of the worst teams in D1 college basketball just had another net loss in talent heading into the 2022-23 season. I’m trying to rationalize why we should expect any sort of turnaround any time in the foreseeable future. It seems like this ostensibly needs to be a rebuild of a rebuild that would take about 3-4 more years and usually there would be some sort of strategic or philosophical change that would make said turnaround conceivable in the first place. Joe-- five players have entered the portal First Malcolm Townsell-- is graduating, as far as we know, so no surprise there. Played 12 minutes per game-but that includes 9 games he missed. Averaged 17 minutes per game when not injured Then Judson Martindale-- played 24 minutes per game Bubba Humphrey-- 12 minutes per game playing time Then (finally?) Kyrell Luc- 33 minutes per game for the Patriot League rookie of the year R.J. Johnson-- was injured at beginning and end of season-starting point guard when he was available to play So we can see that we will be putting a whole different team on the floor next season
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Post by timholycross on Apr 5, 2022 9:36:35 GMT -5
Let's say it's 4 for 1....Townsel and Batchelder cancel each other out.
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Post by crusader1970 on Apr 5, 2022 9:58:35 GMT -5
...and perhaps the coach was not a factor in their respective choices. Very doubtful.
I read recently that athletic recruiters believed that over 95% of players decisions to attend or leave a college athletic program (both football and basketball) was based upon the coach.
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Post by joe on Apr 5, 2022 10:13:10 GMT -5
The team will continue to have my support but as an alum of the college I’m having a really hard time understanding the game plan for the program and the reason why any rational, evidence-based thinker would have for being optimistic. We seem to be spiraling downward, seemingly without any self-awareness, and certainly without any acknowledgement of the dramatic failure of the last few seasons or a willingness to share the game plan for success, if there is one.
Also what does serve and attack mean? I’ve been waiting for an answer to this for some time. Team mottos are usually understandable by both players and fans. This is a tennis expression by the way.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 5, 2022 10:41:46 GMT -5
It's a tennis expression for aggressive play, right? You serve and go to the net instead of staying back and paying a baseline game. Perhaps it's the coach's way of saying he wants the players to be aggressive--go to the basket instead of relying on outside shooting?
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Post by joe on Apr 5, 2022 11:18:30 GMT -5
It's a tennis expression for aggressive play, right? You serve and go to the net instead of staying back and paying a baseline game. Perhaps it's the coach's way of saying he wants the players to be aggressive--go to the basket instead of relying on outside shooting? Correct. Serve and then attack the net. I’m not sure if serve means distribute the ball, or whether it perhaps means something more than basketball, like serving the school or the community at large. The attack part I get, like attacking the basket, attacking your opponents, attacking life’s challenges, etc.
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Post by Tom on Apr 5, 2022 11:24:49 GMT -5
Wait so we lost 4 players and picked up one? Sorry I’m having trouble following. Also I wasn’t implying the players left because the coach is staying. I was just wondering if it’s true that (for whatever the reason or reasons) one of the worst teams in D1 college basketball just had another net loss in talent heading into the 2022-23 season. I’m trying to rationalize why we should expect any sort of turnaround any time in the foreseeable future. It seems like this ostensibly needs to be a rebuild of a rebuild that would take about 3-4 more years and usually there would be some sort of strategic or philosophical change that would make said turnaround conceivable in the first place. Joe-- five players have entered the portal First Malcolm Townsell-- is graduating, as far as we know, so no surprise there. Played 12 minutes per game-but that includes 9 games he missed. Averaged 17 minutes per game when not injured Then Judson Martindale-- played 24 minutes per game Bubba Humphrey-- 12 minutes per game playing time Then (finally?) Kyrell Luc- 33 minutes per game for the Patriot League rookie of the year R.J. Johnson-- was injured at beginning and end of season-starting point guard when he was available to play So we can see that we will be putting a whole different team on the floor next season Or we could look at this from the other perspective Our committed scholarship players next year are Gates Montgomery Rabinovich Coulibaly Dorsey Kenney Lewis Batchelder Octave In the era of the portal, players can uncommit very quickly, so this is today's snapshot
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 5, 2022 11:38:46 GMT -5
The team will continue to have my support but as an alum of the college I’m having a really hard time understanding the game plan for the program and the reason why any rational, evidence-based thinker would have for being optimistic. We seem to be spiraling downward, seemingly without any self-awareness, and certainly without any acknowledgement of the dramatic failure of the last few seasons or a willingness to share the game plan for success, if there is one. Also what does serve and attack mean? I’ve been waiting for an answer to this for some time. Team mottos are usually understandable by both players and fans. This is a tennis expression by the way. My guess at the game plan: Coach has two years left on his contract (my assumption since he is still here), the other 26 sports all have fully documented and deserving requests for funds to improve and the college has prioritized those over paying for two highly compensated MBB coaches for two full years, plain and simple. No reason for optimism unless this coaching staff can work the inefficient market that is this year's portal better than the rest of the league. This year's portal could be like a blizzard during a football game: an equalizer. That's our puncher's chance.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 5, 2022 11:41:13 GMT -5
Joe-- five players have entered the portal First Malcolm Townsell-- is graduating, as far as we know, so no surprise there. Played 12 minutes per game-but that includes 9 games he missed. Averaged 17 minutes per game when not injured Then Judson Martindale-- played 24 minutes per game Bubba Humphrey-- 12 minutes per game playing time Then (finally?) Kyrell Luc- 33 minutes per game for the Patriot League rookie of the year R.J. Johnson-- was injured at beginning and end of season-starting point guard when he was available to play So we can see that we will be putting a whole different team on the floor next season Or we could look at this from the other perspective Our committed scholarship players next year are Gates Montgomery Rabinovich Coulibaly Dorsey Kenney Lewis Batchelder Octave In the era of the portal, players can uncommit very quickly, so this is today's snapshot Hopefully we don't look back at this as our Kodack moment.
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Post by thecrossisback on Apr 21, 2022 10:47:57 GMT -5
Did anyone listen to the Sader Stories that came out yesterday with Brett Nelson?
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Post by breezy on Apr 21, 2022 11:16:06 GMT -5
Go to the thread on The Portal — Holy Cross Interest.
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 21, 2022 12:13:51 GMT -5
Yes. It did not ask the really tough questions, and HCBN is restricted ibynot being able to discuss possible transfers from, the portal or future recruits who have not yet signed a LOI. I thought for what it was it went well. The coach did sound comfortable with the interview and we'll see where this goes.
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