Is Obekpa Next? No! He's staying!
- Thread starter tom in salem
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Exactly! What more does Cooley have to do to get some respect? Let's not forget, he lost Brandon Austin and Daniel Dingle in November. Everyone thought they were dead......except, he went on to win the Big East Tournament.
Guy is so much better than Lavin. Also a very hard-working recruiter.
It continues to amaze me how blind people can be to the abilities of Lavin as a coach. The 5 game losing streak was the most telling part of the season and of his abilities as a coach. The team cannot play effective defense, they cannot shoot, they do not rebound effectively, they have no plan on offense, the cannot even defend in bound plays under the basket...etc. all of the above were more than evident throughout the losing streak and throughout the season. If he was such a great recruiter.....how come we do not have one consistent shooter on the team ??? This team goes for minutes without being able to score in every game. Defense is a direct result of coaching...their defense is deplorable. Rebounding is learned through coaching.....an offenseive game plan is coached...not on this team. This team cannot even shoot foul shots....did anyone watch UConn and see how well they shoot foul shots ???? Their coach insisted they practiced foul shooting every day. If Lavin cannot recruit effectively, and no one can tell me he has ever recruited good shooters...if he cannot coach defense or offense....if he cannot make strategic changes during a game...why would anyone want him to continue ad coach ???
Not a Lavin fan, but the constant recitation of criticisms serves no purpose. Let's support him and the team this season. If he gets a solid 14 class & an outstanding 15 group and gets the team to the Dance this season, I can live with that. Short of that, I trust his performance will be judged fairly and critically. To me this is a critical year for Lav to demonstrate the program is on solid footing. To beat the dead horse daily is senseless.
Well said, Paul! If I knew how to place the "thumbs up" icons, I'd give you two of them for this post.
Agreed. He's not going anywhere so there's no reason to keep talking about it as that doesn't help the program at all. He's got his limitations for sure but he's also someone we should be rooting for with everything he has gone through.
And if you look at the numbers we were actually at the top of the big east in almost every defensive category other than rebounding. We held the best scoring team in the conference (Creighton) in the 60s twice so some of this is pure nonsense.
Wow. I am, of course, with Mantle on this one. I only wish I had the charisma of Steve Lavin. He is truly amazing. There is actually a contingent that feel he is a poor coach, yet believe it is not possible to find anyone better. Now THAT, Mantle, is some STRONG kool aid!
rawdognyc
Well-known member
No. It's that he is under contract and not going anywhere, so why wouldn't we root for someone to do well on the recruiting trail and have success as our coach instead of saying the same BS on every frikkin thread like you do. You are a cancer to this board and I hope Paul finally bans you. Happy Easter
MBoutchatski
Member
you post as if that's an accomplishment
Mantle was spot-on...lavin's recruiting abilities are overrated on this board. Im behind the coach, but he should be gone if the team does not at least make the tournament this season.
guinness77
Well-known member
Stupid me. I come here to read about Obekpa not leaving and it's turned into another Lavin pissing contest. How many pages do I have to go back to to read about the Obekpa news?
33. Give or take a few pages by the time you read this.
