Posh is a good basketball player, his weakness is scoring. He struggled because he tried to do what he is not good at. Which would happen wherever he played. Give me Pitino with Posh surrounded by Soriano and 2 or three guys who can shoot and I go to war with that every time.
Wasn’t Simon a small forward? How about LoVett and ponds?
why? You really don’t think it’s possible there are better guards than him?
I have seen Jenkins and Clayton play. IMO Posh at his best with a good coach is much better than Jenkins.
That last year, which was their most successful year, Ponds and Simon were really the backcourt, with Heron and Figgy the forwards and Clark the center. Certainly Simon guarded the other teams best guard and was really the secondary ball handler. I guess you could argue Heron was the two guard but he did very little ball handling.
Right and perhaps neither (posh or Jenkins) is good enough for Rick to say they will be the starting PG, and only one of them was willing to accept that. Posh isn’t good enough to guarantee 30 minutes. He was apparently offered a spot.
Lovett came and went. Blink.
Posh was a pre-season first team big east player this year. You and others were singing his praises until this year which was a disaster for many reasons. Suddenly he’s not good enough for 30 minutes a game on a team that’s likely to be somewhat of a rebuild next year? I can’t wait for this stud transfer pg to come to make me eat my words.
Doubt Clayton and Jenkins are / will be as good as Ponds and Simon, and I dont think posters are suggesting that.
If that is the case I
agree with.I compare positions, Jenkins wasn't a Point guard.
Can’t compare Posh to Jenkins. Posh is a 5’9” Pg who struggles on offense. Jenkins is a 6’3” + kid who can score. Jenkins really a SG. He just may be better as a 6th man than as a starting SG in the big East but I’m not sure. The comparo really would have been Jenkins vS Storr and I that case I’d choose Storr but it was HIS choice to leave, so we have to move on. I’d liken Jenkins to maybe more of a Wusu replacement. He would still likely get plenty of time if that’s what he is good with.
Jenkins was the PG
Lol come on we can’t just start saying the guy is 5’9 now that he’s not on our team anymore
I heard he's actually 5'7" and wears the same thing that Tom Cruise wears in his shoes.
I would argue (and I'm sure Monte would agree) that the backcourt of Ponds & Dunn 3 years ago was also quite capable (with Greg Williams part of that) especially since Ponds was BE rookie of the year and co-defensive player of the year. In any event, my point is the overhyping is amusing since these kids have not played one minute in Big East competition other than the UCONN game; Iona played one game last year against a team ranked in the top 25 at year end.
You going for the trademark on the wholeIf that is the case I
If Posh is replaced by Jenkins that is a mistake.
thing?
Dunn and Ponds played HS ball together but never at SJU. Do you mean Posh?
This isn’t any Iona backcourt. They were recruited by Pitino. He knows what is required to win in the BE if he wants them I have a lot more confidence that he is right than I do that Larry is right (no pun intended-or was there)
