I know Jackson’s camp felt his ticket to NBA was as a PG. I can’t believe Rick agreed, but he went along with that PT Barnum approach. He then could use him as a wing and probably thought they would land an elite PG. Well we see how that turned out.
Yes, and Pitino also needed to do the PT Barnum stuff about Jackson because the school was doing the big reseating at MSG in an effort to raise $$$. They had to sell the dream.
Didnt expect Ian to be Mark Jackson but figured after an entire summer of focus, given his talent, he'd be at least respectable. He's not even an option except a few times late in game yesterday.
So why not sell Boogie and Ian? That's PT Barnum and a winning combination.
Not sure that can be fixed. Sanon, Jackson and Darling are poor defenders. Jackson and Sanon are both good athletes and should be able to get better, but that is a mindset that unfortunately not every player is born with.
Result - a ton of publicity, better MSG utilization, uptick in ticket sales, unrealistic ratings & expectations and potentially big disappointment. They will Dance, but hard to envision the success anticipated there. We’ll see.
I’m just saying. There was a ton of negative posts about kadary Luis smith Scott and I can go on early in the season. Ha even late in the season when we were playing well.
I also feel and this is just me pretending to be Dr Melfi here, that Rick is still kind of bitter that he had to go to Greece, then Iona and feels like is legacy is tarnished. Think not enough that made an irrelevant program relevant he is going for degree of difficulty as well to prove how great he is. Turn guy who can’t shoot into Donovan Mitchell. Turn guy who has no business playing point into NBA point guard.
Well stated
Yup. Over time his players do improve - but 1 year is way too challenging for him.
Let’s not forget Luis, Kadary, Smith and Scott were proven players, some of whom got off a bit slow. Three of that group though embraced defending.
The 3 teams we have lost to are ranked teams and one of them was the 3rd game in 3 days. It doesn’t mean the team isn’t good. It just means we lost to 3 good, tournament caliber teams.
We gelled last season in no small part because the Big East was a weak conference. We then had the dubious distinction of being the only 2 seed in the NCAA Tourney to not make it past the first weekend.
They gelled year before too later in season. U can say due to down big east. Sure go ahead. Emotions are raw. I get it.
I think this is nonsense. We gelled last year because we were a great team that had everyone on the same page in regards to playing team defense. Don’t know why some of you feel intent on downplaying the best season the program has had in two decades. Miserable ass fan base
Who says I’m downplaying the season? It was a fun ride. But in the end, we were the only 2 seed to not make it past the first weekend. The Big East in general went nowhere in the Tourney.
Wrong thread and I do apologize for responding. But there were plenty of question marks about smith putting up numbers at Utah and mostly in a small stretch to inflate those numbers. Scott coming from mid major and Luis before he became what he was here. But yes they all seemed to be more able to play defense especially Scott from the get go. But again. Not at first. They became great defensively as a group as year went on. And Scott was still questioned on his offense all year as we all thought he would be more offensively.
Exactly. Disappointing week, but we're essentially watching the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament in November.
