Rubin in today's Daily News.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/lavin-hoping-late-moving-storm-article-1.1581512
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/lavin-hoping-late-moving-storm-article-1.1581512
Johnnie's in the News are a late storm coming
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My issue with the media roadshow regarding this team coming together in February is that it was and still is unecessary.
If Nostradamus and his staff felt that based upon various factors February is when this team was going to hit it's stride, that's an internal conversation. How do we prepare to keep the kids focused if we hit some bumps Nov-Jan, what can we as coaches do to pick up a few wins before we project to be playing our best basketball, etc.
Going public with it so early accomplished precisely nothing in terms of upside. On the downside, it put a useless timeline out there for the team to hear that they aren't supposed to really start playing well until February. Why would a coach ever do that? Why not have a team thinking they should be coming together as soon as possible?
If he had stuck with how this started, that he thought they could be a dangerous team late in the season, that's one thing. But he has now turned this into we aren't going to start playing our best until February contrasted against the alternative of not really playing well prior to that. For a team of upperclassmen that had the advantage 20 extra days of playing together in connection with Europe, that is a patently absurd position for a coach to take.
If Nostradamus and his staff felt that based upon various factors February is when this team was going to hit it's stride, that's an internal conversation. How do we prepare to keep the kids focused if we hit some bumps Nov-Jan, what can we as coaches do to pick up a few wins before we project to be playing our best basketball, etc.
Going public with it so early accomplished precisely nothing in terms of upside. On the downside, it put a useless timeline out there for the team to hear that they aren't supposed to really start playing well until February. Why would a coach ever do that? Why not have a team thinking they should be coming together as soon as possible?
If he had stuck with how this started, that he thought they could be a dangerous team late in the season, that's one thing. But he has now turned this into we aren't going to start playing our best until February contrasted against the alternative of not really playing well prior to that. For a team of upperclassmen that had the advantage 20 extra days of playing together in connection with Europe, that is a patently absurd position for a coach to take.
redstorm89
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it is better than the fluff pieces lenn robbins used to write for his best bud norm roberts
(slipped that in the wrong spot). Announcers at tail end of Dayton-Fordham game also had less than flattering things to say about us. I don't think we need to worry to much about recruits seeing the negative stuff written on here, the media seems to be getting the word out just fine.
Pray4change
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better win tonight or there is no further discussion