I dont believe we will ever be in a position again where we have to give out more than 5 ships in 1 season.
Hopefully this will never occur again.
Chris Obekpa
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I dont believe we will ever be in a position again where we have to give out more than 5 ships in 1 season.
Hopefully this will never occur again.
jumbo_peanuts
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With all due respect, please shut up about Norm Roberts!!! Seriously, grow up and move on!
Moose
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Um excuse me. There is zero need to tell me to shut up and grow up.
Someone asked a question that I responded to and did not railroad anyone. You have been around here for awhile. I think you know who wants to stir the pot and just rip our former coach whenever his name comes up. Ignorance out of you is the reason a point like this needs to be driven home. NORM put LAVIN in the position of giving out so many ships. NORM put LAVIN in a position of taking risks first year, 2 of which did not work out.
So unless you want to add value to the question posed and the conversation, save the BS.
With all due respect where are the content and tone of your post coming from?
Absolutely no need for same.
Furthermore, Norm was not even named in the post.
Please think before you post.
Thank you.
Tweet from Chris Obekpa this AM
"Mutombo did it, Wallace followed, why can't I do it... D is what I luv...#motivation"
Well if that quote doesn't say it all. Refreshing in an era where most "bigs" think they are wings and value chucking treys from the perimeter because they think just because they are big, they are Nowitski. Love to read that we have an extremely rare quality in our new big man in that he loves to play defense and that is his motivation. Anybody who thinks this kid won't have a big impact right away is fooling themselves. He'll come out to outwork his opponents on the defensive end which is exactly what we need.
"Mutombo did it, Wallace followed, why can't I do it... D is what I luv...#motivation"
Well if that quote doesn't say it all. Refreshing in an era where most "bigs" think they are wings and value chucking treys from the perimeter because they think just because they are big, they are Nowitski. Love to read that we have an extremely rare quality in our new big man in that he loves to play defense and that is his motivation. Anybody who thinks this kid won't have a big impact right away is fooling themselves. He'll come out to outwork his opponents on the defensive end which is exactly what we need.
I started following bball in 1981 when I started at SJU.
That year Georgetown was the runner up to UNC in the NCAA Championship game.
They were the best defensive team I have ever seen as evidenced by their early demolition of a good SJU team at the Garden in early January 1982. I believe the score at halftime was 41-9 for the Hoyas. Their press was devastating, a work of art to witness.
With the 2 Smiths at forward and freshman Ewing being the back stopper it was very difficult to bring the ball across mid--court.
There may be a lot of similarities on our young team in the future. Dom, Amir and Jamal could be fantastic on the press with Obekpa as our back stopper/
Time will tell and I really look forward to watching this group play together.
Interesting part of if is that in my time as a SJU fan, we've never had a shotblocker in the post. I can't remember any. I remember playing against a ton. Obekpa can really change the entire complexion of our defense if he can impact like he does now. It will make games against lots of guys much different. Guys like Notre Dame's Cooley might have a bit tougher time burrowing in the paint and using the glass. Really intriguing to finally have a kid with his shotblocking ability after all these years.
You had to bring that game up? It was quite a surreal atmosphere as the crowd was sitting in stunned disbelief as Patrick Ewing threw down reverse alley-oop dunks. I remember feeling quite sickened. If memory serves that is the game Chris Mullin went scoreless.
Class of 72
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Dave and the Jersey boys love stirring up s*it but God forbid you challenge those numbnuts!
