Fordham Game

[fuchsia]

I love positive and negative speculation to suit the SSRI brain chemistry of the particular poster. My view of the '14 class rests with the possibility of ADR redshirted, eligible in 15/16, coming back with much less baby fat and much more muscle, and those good hands and pretty good feet, and all the young folks on the board trying to think who he reminds them of. If things go the way I want, the answer is Bob Lanier.

 

[beast of the east]

Anybody know if there's any where to see a replay of the game for those of us who missed it?

Why is it that when I see a full game on youtube, its a st. john's loss. I see the duke game from 1999, all of games we lost to gonzaga 2000, 2011, 2014 etc.

Sorry I just saw your post , Watched the 2nd on comcast chan 401
Amar shows me very little at this point coach could have saved the airfare. PERHAPS HOPE HE WILL PROGRESS

He is a true Freshman that is adjusting to the American game after moving here in August. What do you expect? I'm pleasantly surprised with him to be honest. He' s a little lost in the half court right now and needs to learn to go get the ball better, but he sets good hard screens, has a very nice looking stroke from three, wastes no movement at all on his pick-and-pops, boxes out on every single shot, and hustles on both ends.

The 2014 class looked like a failure to most coming into this season, but I think we'll see it as a very solid class when all is said and done. We had two true freshman get minutes in our first win at the Dome in 15 years, and we might have three (possibly four with Henderson) members of this class in an 8-9 man rotation in a few years. Not everyone has to be a star.

Amar gets a pass as a freshman but that so-called 2014 class you see as solid has to go down as one of the most feeble attempts at recruiting at a high major school in recent memory. That you count last minute desperation walk ons, a disqualified player and a Euro lost in translation as a "solid" Class makes me think Fun could do a solid editorial on you. At least we will know it is tongue and cheek as opposed to your delusional missives.

Delusional, huh? You've been wrong about everything this season and I've been right on the money. It doesn't matter if a kid commits four years early or the day before the semester begins, they are still a part of the recruiting class. Stewart has a very refined skill--one that has earned the respect of all of his senior teammates and earned him minutes on top 25 team as a true freshman. Amar looks like he will be a solid four-year contributor as well. ADR is a very skilled mountain of a center and will contribute for four years if he is ruled eligible. Henderson has nice looking jumper and looks like a decent player. This is not a bad core of players to build on. This is a very skilled group with excellent size.

Add a JUCO or two and sprinkle in some top 50 players, and it will be a very competitive group of guys. Th

BTW, my guess is every walk on will be walking if Lavin gets canned. If that happens I do not expect Amar to be here next year either. This future "core of players" you see may turn out to be a mirage. We are expected to lose our top six players and so far we have signed a 3 star guard. Unless all the recruiting stars are aligned and Lavin steals a few players that can play "starters" minutes we may be challenging DePaul for last place. I am going to enjoy THIS TEAM, THIS YEAR because as far as we stand right now next year is another Lavin recruiting crap shoot. My guess is the administration will look at our potential in this league next April and regardless of wins-losses, will decide if Lavin has assembled a group of players who can compete at the top level of the Big East. You know full well the players we are involved with and if miss out on every one of them it will be assumed that Midas has lost his recruiting touch especially if playing time is all but guaranteed. Then your coaches rep has taken a hit and you need radical change that is not spelled Masiello or Cluess. This will be a pivotal year for the Big East but more so for one of its flagship programs.

Why don't you stop guessing then and enjoy a team that is ranked in the top 25 in both polls. Your guessing hasn't exactly worked out for thus far. Still talking about Lavin getting canned and trying to predict the fallout? We have a five-star soph guard that can be here two more seasons AFTER this season. We have a junior center on the NBA radar that can come back next season. Let's just stop assuming the worst will happen with every situation. All I am saying is that maybe this 2014 class isn't such a disaster after all, but you want to predict a 6'9 230 pound freshman's future based on 15 minutes of action.

I knew there had to be a reason you selected the ugliest building ever erected on an American College campus as your moniker! You are the type of person who is happy with things mundane and pedestrian. Your contradictions are counterproductive in this discussion if you keep repeating
"this 2014 class isn't such a disaster after all" when the cornerstones of the class are not even on the roster. Keith Thomas is gone....finito.....capisce?
I am not predicting a 6'9 230 pound freshman's future based on 15 minutes of action....YOU ARE!
There are dozens of freshmen STARTING on lesser teams that have shown me more promise than Amar so we must be truly screwed by your vision of our future.
Get a grip on yourself Marillac!!!!!! :woohoo:

I was once told when I worked at SJU that for the façade of both St. Al's and Marillac that the school chose the least expensive bricks at the time for both buildings, hence the yellow for marillac, and gray for St. Al's. Makes about as much sense as the truth might be.

Both buildings belong on the Creedmoor campus not on a college campus. Both buildings should have been refaced years ago.

Refaced? We're lucky they didn't decide to paint them

 

[Class of 72]

Anybody know if there's any where to see a replay of the game for those of us who missed it?

Why is it that when I see a full game on youtube, its a st. john's loss. I see the duke game from 1999, all of games we lost to gonzaga 2000, 2011, 2014 etc.

Sorry I just saw your post , Watched the 2nd on comcast chan 401
Amar shows me very little at this point coach could have saved the airfare. PERHAPS HOPE HE WILL PROGRESS

He is a true Freshman that is adjusting to the American game after moving here in August. What do you expect? I'm pleasantly surprised with him to be honest. He' s a little lost in the half court right now and needs to learn to go get the ball better, but he sets good hard screens, has a very nice looking stroke from three, wastes no movement at all on his pick-and-pops, boxes out on every single shot, and hustles on both ends.

The 2014 class looked like a failure to most coming into this season, but I think we'll see it as a very solid class when all is said and done. We had two true freshman get minutes in our first win at the Dome in 15 years, and we might have three (possibly four with Henderson) members of this class in an 8-9 man rotation in a few years. Not everyone has to be a star.

Amar gets a pass as a freshman but that so-called 2014 class you see as solid has to go down as one of the most feeble attempts at recruiting at a high major school in recent memory. That you count last minute desperation walk ons, a disqualified player and a Euro lost in translation as a "solid" Class makes me think Fun could do a solid editorial on you. At least we will know it is tongue and cheek as opposed to your delusional missives.

Delusional, huh? You've been wrong about everything this season and I've been right on the money. It doesn't matter if a kid commits four years early or the day before the semester begins, they are still a part of the recruiting class. Stewart has a very refined skill--one that has earned the respect of all of his senior teammates and earned him minutes on top 25 team as a true freshman. Amar looks like he will be a solid four-year contributor as well. ADR is a very skilled mountain of a center and will contribute for four years if he is ruled eligible. Henderson has nice looking jumper and looks like a decent player. This is not a bad core of players to build on. This is a very skilled group with excellent size.

Add a JUCO or two and sprinkle in some top 50 players, and it will be a very competitive group of guys. Th

BTW, my guess is every walk on will be walking if Lavin gets canned. If that happens I do not expect Amar to be here next year either. This future "core of players" you see may turn out to be a mirage. We are expected to lose our top six players and so far we have signed a 3 star guard. Unless all the recruiting stars are aligned and Lavin steals a few players that can play "starters" minutes we may be challenging DePaul for last place. I am going to enjoy THIS TEAM, THIS YEAR because as far as we stand right now next year is another Lavin recruiting crap shoot. My guess is the administration will look at our potential in this league next April and regardless of wins-losses, will decide if Lavin has assembled a group of players who can compete at the top level of the Big East. You know full well the players we are involved with and if miss out on every one of them it will be assumed that Midas has lost his recruiting touch especially if playing time is all but guaranteed. Then your coaches rep has taken a hit and you need radical change that is not spelled Masiello or Cluess. This will be a pivotal year for the Big East but more so for one of its flagship programs.

Why don't you stop guessing then and enjoy a team that is ranked in the top 25 in both polls. Your guessing hasn't exactly worked out for thus far. Still talking about Lavin getting canned and trying to predict the fallout? We have a five-star soph guard that can be here two more seasons AFTER this season. We have a junior center on the NBA radar that can come back next season. Let's just stop assuming the worst will happen with every situation. All I am saying is that maybe this 2014 class isn't such a disaster after all, but you want to predict a 6'9 230 pound freshman's future based on 15 minutes of action.

I knew there had to be a reason you selected the ugliest building ever erected on an American College campus as your moniker! You are the type of person who is happy with things mundane and pedestrian. Your contradictions are counterproductive in this discussion if you keep repeating
"this 2014 class isn't such a disaster after all" when the cornerstones of the class are not even on the roster. Keith Thomas is gone....finito.....capisce?
I am not predicting a 6'9 230 pound freshman's future based on 15 minutes of action....YOU ARE!
There are dozens of freshmen STARTING on lesser teams that have shown me more promise than Amar so we must be truly screwed by your vision of our future.
Get a grip on yourself Marillac!!!!!! :woohoo:

I was once told when I worked at SJU that for the façade of both St. Al's and Marillac that the school chose the least expensive bricks at the time for both buildings, hence the yellow for marillac, and gray for St. Al's. Makes about as much sense as the truth might be.

Both buildings belong on the Creedmoor campus not on a college campus. Both buildings should have been refaced years ago.

Refaced? We're lucky they didn't decide to paint them

Refacing with glass panels would have cost less than that abortion called a renovation in Carnesecca Arena.

 

[monte]

I love positive and negative speculation to suit the SSRI brain chemistry of the particular poster. My view of the '14 class rests with the possibility of ADR redshirted, eligible in 15/16, coming back with much less baby fat and much more muscle, and those good hands and pretty good feet, and all the young folks on the board trying to think who he reminds them of. If things go the way I want, the answer is Bob Lanier.

I was thinking same thing until I checked out some Bob Lanier pix while a Bonnie. If ADR comes back in half the shape Lainer was in I'll be thrilled:

 

[usguard]

Anybody know if there's any where to see a replay of the game for those of us who missed it?

Why is it that when I see a full game on youtube, its a st. john's loss. I see the duke game from 1999, all of games we lost to gonzaga 2000, 2011, 2014 etc.

Sorry I just saw your post , Watched the 2nd on comcast chan 401
Amar shows me very little at this point coach could have saved the airfare. PERHAPS HOPE HE WILL PROGRESS

He is a true Freshman that is adjusting to the American game after moving here in August. What do you expect? I'm pleasantly surprised with him to be honest. He' s a little lost in the half court right now and needs to learn to go get the ball better, but he sets good hard screens, has a very nice looking stroke from three, wastes no movement at all on his pick-and-pops, boxes out on every single shot, and hustles on both ends.

The 2014 class looked like a failure to most coming into this season, but I think we'll see it as a very solid class when all is said and done. We had two true freshman get minutes in our first win at the Dome in 15 years, and we might have three (possibly four with Henderson) members of this class in an 8-9 man rotation in a few years. Not everyone has to be a star.

Did not expect a star from Amar but did expect more of an impact not a 4 yr project

 

[Class of 72]

I love positive and negative speculation to suit the SSRI brain chemistry of the particular poster. My view of the '14 class rests with the possibility of ADR redshirted, eligible in 15/16, coming back with much less baby fat and much more muscle, and those good hands and pretty good feet, and all the young folks on the board trying to think who he reminds them of. If things go the way I want, the answer is Bob Lanier.

I was thinking same thing until I checked out some Bob Lanier pix while a Bonnie. If ADR comes back in half the shape Lainer was in I'll be thrilled:

But back to the here and now -----------
http://imgs.tuts.dragoart.com/how-to-draw-fat-albert_1_000000000256_5.jpg

 

[monte]

I love positive and negative speculation to suit the SSRI brain chemistry of the particular poster. My view of the '14 class rests with the possibility of ADR redshirted, eligible in 15/16, coming back with much less baby fat and much more muscle, and those good hands and pretty good feet, and all the young folks on the board trying to think who he reminds them of. If things go the way I want, the answer is Bob Lanier.

I was thinking same thing until I checked out some Bob Lanier pix while a Bonnie. If ADR comes back in half the shape Lainer was in I'll be thrilled:

But back to the here and now -----------


http://imgs.tuts.dragoart.com/how-to-draw-fat-albert_1_000000000256_5.jpg

Are we comparing ADR to the modern day Bob Lanier? I'll tell you this much, even at 66 years old I'd bet you Lanier can beat ADR up and down the court.

 

[monte]

Anybody know if there's any where to see a replay of the game for those of us who missed it?

Why is it that when I see a full game on youtube, its a st. john's loss. I see the duke game from 1999, all of games we lost to gonzaga 2000, 2011, 2014 etc.

Sorry I just saw your post , Watched the 2nd on comcast chan 401
Amar shows me very little at this point coach could have saved the airfare. PERHAPS HOPE HE WILL PROGRESS

He is a true Freshman that is adjusting to the American game after moving here in August. What do you expect? I'm pleasantly surprised with him to be honest. He' s a little lost in the half court right now and needs to learn to go get the ball better, but he sets good hard screens, has a very nice looking stroke from three, wastes no movement at all on his pick-and-pops, boxes out on every single shot, and hustles on both ends.

The 2014 class looked like a failure to most coming into this season, but I think we'll see it as a very solid class when all is said and done. We had two true freshman get minutes in our first win at the Dome in 15 years, and we might have three (possibly four with Henderson) members of this class in an 8-9 man rotation in a few years. Not everyone has to be a star.

Did not expect a star from Amar but did expect more of an impact not a 4 yr project

He had no D1, D2, D3 or European pro league offers. And that's with a Dad who played D1 college ball here and who, its fair to assume, has some basketball relationships. He hardly impressed in the league he was playing in. There was a reason he was still available right before the start of the season, and it wasn't because he was some hidden gem that Lavin managed to uncover. In other words, there was absolutely nothing in his past that would indicate that he would have any success at this level.

 

[salty dog]

Anybody know if there's any where to see a replay of the game for those of us who missed it?

Why is it that when I see a full game on youtube, its a st. john's loss. I see the duke game from 1999, all of games we lost to gonzaga 2000, 2011, 2014 etc.

Sorry I just saw your post , Watched the 2nd on comcast chan 401
Amar shows me very little at this point coach could have saved the airfare. PERHAPS HOPE HE WILL PROGRESS

He is a true Freshman that is adjusting to the American game after moving here in August. What do you expect? I'm pleasantly surprised with him to be honest. He' s a little lost in the half court right now and needs to learn to go get the ball better, but he sets good hard screens, has a very nice looking stroke from three, wastes no movement at all on his pick-and-pops, boxes out on every single shot, and hustles on both ends.

The 2014 class looked like a failure to most coming into this season, but I think we'll see it as a very solid class when all is said and done. We had two true freshman get minutes in our first win at the Dome in 15 years, and we might have three (possibly four with Henderson) members of this class in an 8-9 man rotation in a few years. Not everyone has to be a star.

Amar gets a pass as a freshman but that so-called 2014 class you see as solid has to go down as one of the most feeble attempts at recruiting at a high major school in recent memory. That you count last minute desperation walk ons, a disqualified player and a Euro lost in translation as a "solid" Class makes me think Fun could do a solid editorial on you. At least we will know it is tongue and cheek as opposed to your delusional missives.

Delusional, huh? You've been wrong about everything this season and I've been right on the money. It doesn't matter if a kid commits four years early or the day before the semester begins, they are still a part of the recruiting class. Stewart has a very refined skill--one that has earned the respect of all of his senior teammates and earned him minutes on top 25 team as a true freshman. Amar looks like he will be a solid four-year contributor as well. ADR is a very skilled mountain of a center and will contribute for four years if he is ruled eligible. Henderson has nice looking jumper and looks like a decent player. This is not a bad core of players to build on. This is a very skilled group with excellent size.

Add a JUCO or two and sprinkle in some top 50 players, and it will be a very competitive group of guys. Th

BTW, my guess is every walk on will be walking if Lavin gets canned. If that happens I do not expect Amar to be here next year either. This future "core of players" you see may turn out to be a mirage. We are expected to lose our top six players and so far we have signed a 3 star guard. Unless all the recruiting stars are aligned and Lavin steals a few players that can play "starters" minutes we may be challenging DePaul for last place. I am going to enjoy THIS TEAM, THIS YEAR because as far as we stand right now next year is another Lavin recruiting crap shoot. My guess is the administration will look at our potential in this league next April and regardless of wins-losses, will decide if Lavin has assembled a group of players who can compete at the top level of the Big East. You know full well the players we are involved with and if miss out on every one of them it will be assumed that Midas has lost his recruiting touch especially if playing time is all but guaranteed. Then your coaches rep has taken a hit and you need radical change that is not spelled Masiello or Cluess. This will be a pivotal year for the Big East but more so for one of its flagship programs.

This post is ridiculous, do you really believe their is a brain-trust at St. John's that will decide Lavin's
fate? Their is also a Bridge in Brooklyn that might be for sale.
Their is no one capable of deciding anything when it comes to basketball. They have proved that over and over and if you have been a fan as long as I believe you have, you should know that by now.

 

[ohiofan]

Please stay on topic.

 

[beast of the east]

Anybody know if there's any where to see a replay of the game for those of us who missed it?

Why is it that when I see a full game on youtube, its a st. john's loss. I see the duke game from 1999, all of games we lost to gonzaga 2000, 2011, 2014 etc.

Sorry I just saw your post , Watched the 2nd on comcast chan 401
Amar shows me very little at this point coach could have saved the airfare. PERHAPS HOPE HE WILL PROGRESS

He is a true Freshman that is adjusting to the American game after moving here in August. What do you expect? I'm pleasantly surprised with him to be honest. He' s a little lost in the half court right now and needs to learn to go get the ball better, but he sets good hard screens, has a very nice looking stroke from three, wastes no movement at all on his pick-and-pops, boxes out on every single shot, and hustles on both ends.

The 2014 class looked like a failure to most coming into this season, but I think we'll see it as a very solid class when all is said and done. We had two true freshman get minutes in our first win at the Dome in 15 years, and we might have three (possibly four with Henderson) members of this class in an 8-9 man rotation in a few years. Not everyone has to be a star.

Amar gets a pass as a freshman but that so-called 2014 class you see as solid has to go down as one of the most feeble attempts at recruiting at a high major school in recent memory. That you count last minute desperation walk ons, a disqualified player and a Euro lost in translation as a "solid" Class makes me think Fun could do a solid editorial on you. At least we will know it is tongue and cheek as opposed to your delusional missives.

Delusional, huh? You've been wrong about everything this season and I've been right on the money. It doesn't matter if a kid commits four years early or the day before the semester begins, they are still a part of the recruiting class. Stewart has a very refined skill--one that has earned the respect of all of his senior teammates and earned him minutes on top 25 team as a true freshman. Amar looks like he will be a solid four-year contributor as well. ADR is a very skilled mountain of a center and will contribute for four years if he is ruled eligible. Henderson has nice looking jumper and looks like a decent player. This is not a bad core of players to build on. This is a very skilled group with excellent size.

Add a JUCO or two and sprinkle in some top 50 players, and it will be a very competitive group of guys. Th

BTW, my guess is every walk on will be walking if Lavin gets canned. If that happens I do not expect Amar to be here next year either. This future "core of players" you see may turn out to be a mirage. We are expected to lose our top six players and so far we have signed a 3 star guard. Unless all the recruiting stars are aligned and Lavin steals a few players that can play "starters" minutes we may be challenging DePaul for last place. I am going to enjoy THIS TEAM, THIS YEAR because as far as we stand right now next year is another Lavin recruiting crap shoot. My guess is the administration will look at our potential in this league next April and regardless of wins-losses, will decide if Lavin has assembled a group of players who can compete at the top level of the Big East. You know full well the players we are involved with and if miss out on every one of them it will be assumed that Midas has lost his recruiting touch especially if playing time is all but guaranteed. Then your coaches rep has taken a hit and you need radical change that is not spelled Masiello or Cluess. This will be a pivotal year for the Big East but more so for one of its flagship programs.

Why don't you stop guessing then and enjoy a team that is ranked in the top 25 in both polls. Your guessing hasn't exactly worked out for thus far. Still talking about Lavin getting canned and trying to predict the fallout? We have a five-star soph guard that can be here two more seasons AFTER this season. We have a junior center on the NBA radar that can come back next season. Let's just stop assuming the worst will happen with every situation. All I am saying is that maybe this 2014 class isn't such a disaster after all, but you want to predict a 6'9 230 pound freshman's future based on 15 minutes of action.

I knew there had to be a reason you selected the ugliest building ever erected on an American College campus as your moniker! You are the type of person who is happy with things mundane and pedestrian. Your contradictions are counterproductive in this discussion if you keep repeating
"this 2014 class isn't such a disaster after all" when the cornerstones of the class are not even on the roster. Keith Thomas is gone....finito.....capisce?
I am not predicting a 6'9 230 pound freshman's future based on 15 minutes of action....YOU ARE!
There are dozens of freshmen STARTING on lesser teams that have shown me more promise than Amar so we must be truly screwed by your vision of our future.
Get a grip on yourself Marillac!!!!!! :woohoo:

I was once told when I worked at SJU that for the façade of both St. Al's and Marillac that the school chose the least expensive bricks at the time for both buildings, hence the yellow for marillac, and gray for St. Al's. Makes about as much sense as the truth might be.

Both buildings belong on the Creedmoor campus not on a college campus. Both buildings should have been refaced years ago.

Refaced? We're lucky they didn't decide to paint them

Refacing with glass panels would have cost less than that abortion called a renovation in Carnesecca Arena.

About 10 years ago, our parish elementary school building needed repointing, and it is a fraction of the size of Marillac Hall. The cost? $1 million. That sort of thing is much more expensive than you'd think. But we are in total agreement - These are two of the ugliest and disparate campus buildings I've seen. Not surprisingly when we visited colleges, the better academic schools were also better endowed, and had consistent, beautiful edifices. The sad part of SJU's choices for buildings is that back when they were built, the cost to at least make them all the same was a fraction of what they would be today. The campus got off to a great start with St. John's Hall and it was downhill after that.

 

[MCNPA]

Anybody know if there's any where to see a replay of the game for those of us who missed it?

Why is it that when I see a full game on youtube, its a st. john's loss. I see the duke game from 1999, all of games we lost to gonzaga 2000, 2011, 2014 etc.

Sorry I just saw your post , Watched the 2nd on comcast chan 401
Amar shows me very little at this point coach could have saved the airfare. PERHAPS HOPE HE WILL PROGRESS

He is a true Freshman that is adjusting to the American game after moving here in August. What do you expect? I'm pleasantly surprised with him to be honest. He' s a little lost in the half court right now and needs to learn to go get the ball better, but he sets good hard screens, has a very nice looking stroke from three, wastes no movement at all on his pick-and-pops, boxes out on every single shot, and hustles on both ends.

The 2014 class looked like a failure to most coming into this season, but I think we'll see it as a very solid class when all is said and done. We had two true freshman get minutes in our first win at the Dome in 15 years, and we might have three (possibly four with Henderson) members of this class in an 8-9 man rotation in a few years. Not everyone has to be a star.

I think he will be fine. He knows where to be on the court, has nice stroke and is certainly a finesse big that will take time to move along. Jim Calhoun recruited guys like Amar all the time. In addition, his cousin is one of the best shooters in the country and already says he wants to join amar here at SJU. The kid will be serviceable down the line. As a freshman, hes a little green, but as a big i expect that. I think he'll end up being a solid player before all is said and done...