No it shouldn't, go back and listen to the press conference
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Agree, Jack. Some of the more "in the know" posters here say that Pitino was at least interested in keeping both Posh and Storr. No need to throw the entire last year's roster under the bus due to the bad behavior of some players.
From what I can tell, despite not having a ton of inside info admittedly, it was Storr who wanted out of here, Pitino wanted him. Who wouldn't?
Which again its fine for AJ to make that decision, but lets not act like Pitino knew exactly who he wanted on 3/21 when he was hired on 3/20 lol. he said as much during the conference when he said he had to meet with other players before coming to a conclusion.
We disagree, deal with it; you see, there are no rules, there are just opinions and ours differ. And for the record, Pitino sharing that he got a negative report “culturally”, if you will, from a retained coach on all but the two players he kept, in my mind, that explains it fully. Also, in my mind, the widely accepted as fact, negative reaction of Father Shanley after observing a practice ties into reports that he was a player in the decision to turn the roster over, if not the decision maker.
As for topics to be discussed, that is not even remotely my point; I don’t tell anyone else what to think or communicate; I understand and respect fully, my “silly” may be someone else’s “noteworthy”. That difference doesn't make me right and them wrong, it just means we disagree.
But, I guarantee neither of us are going to change the others mind.
PGIII had a GREAT senior year playing off the ball. If given the choice between who id rather play point I would take Jenkins 10/10 times.
wasnt it PG4? Or do i have that wrong
No you’re correct! PGIV
People still dont love PG4 but the run at the Carrier Dome was one of the best sports moments of my life. I hated Syracuse so much growing up and just wanted ONE against them. People forget we barely lost to them the year previous at MSG when they were undefeated.
Funnily enough that PG4 run to beat Cuse opened the floodgates and we never lost to them again
Oh yes. I four year starter who always gave his all. I remember exactly what I was doing that day vs cuse. LONG overdue. Phil got the chance to play off the ball that season and was vindicated because of it. Doesn’t look like Jenkins will get that chance.
That assumes you think I think Jenkins is "running the point". As one of the two combo guards being discussed Jenkins has slightly PG skills, both dribble(d) around too much but there is a bit more creativity and distribution in Jenkins game. But PGIII (IV whatever) has far better SG skills, after a complete dud of a soph year he shot just under 40% from 3 his last two years. If he were bringing the ball down, using the screen and hoisting it up and making 40% there would be far less complaints than there is now. But in all honesty that was another class without a PG until Rysheed showed up, when he did show up that is. If the problem you see with Jenkins is his love for any shot then Greene can be seen as an upgrade.
I suspect his coach thinks he's running the point and doing a decent job of it. He is third in Big east in assists behind only Newton & Kolek and his assists to turnover ratio (2.6) is slightly better than both Kolek (2.4) and Newton (2.3). That's not to say I don't think he shoots a little too often and sometimes too early in the shot clock but he's clearly been one of our 2 best players all year long.
IMO, clearly the best player, not perfect by any means but clearly the Johnnie’s best player. Hopefully, Soriano decides to come to play and puts him in the rear view mirror for that distinction the rest of the year.