One step forward, three steps back
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beast of the east
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Wrong side of bed. Rough week in the office. Reasonable responses and stand corrected. Still and all we've lost a bunch of guys that would add depth to a good team.
Class of 72
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I hate to lose players but except for Mussini, the other guys were easily replaced by better talent. Freudenberg was just out of his element here. Ellison was talented but very inconsistent. Williams was never in shape enough to play hard and fast basketball. Sid Wilson makes up for both Freudenberg and Ellison even as a freshman. Simon and Clark are starting material. None of the players mentioned were first 5 talents and "my" only disappointment was taking a step back with losing both Sima and the drag queen at the critical 5 position. Improve the defense and rebounding and we could be a borderline NCAA tournament team. If we continue to suck at both one of the coaches will have to step aside.
Agree Muse " they have no intention of losing".......
Chris Mullin has won all his life and came here to win.
Shamorie Ponds played this past season & gave everything he had to win!
Sidney Wilson turned down other offers to play as a Red Storm and win.
We follow this team and this site because winning is in our blood, bringing the winning days CM saw as a player back to today with CM as our coach.
Passion. Redmen.
A whole lotta good going on down here.
I like what I see.
The Ws are coming. The Ws are coming. Send the word, send the word over there...
All the best
Class of 72
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Sid is new to weights so good thing he is in the back.
A lot of flexing after lifts looks great for the photo op but they will have to kick some ass on the court to make the workouts pay dividends.
Last year we were given hope with a similar photo. Unfortunately on the court they played soft. Almost as if they had physically split personality disorders.
prjohnnies
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Losing upperclassmen with some skill, and continuity, is never a great thing. It seems to have become the norm at many places in college basketball, no just St. John's.
On balance, I expect Simon and Clark to be a substantial upgrade over Malik and Williams. I thought Freudenberg would be a bigger contributor last year, so perhaps many of us in that camp as well as the talent evaluators missed on that. Or perhaps we would have seen a different Rich this year. I don't think you can say either way. I think Mussini is a hit to some extent because he improved from his freshman year, is a great kid and had some moments where he provided offense off the bench. There would be a role for him with only 3 guards likely to play most of the minutes. I like the Trimble pickup, but I don't expect him to be better as a freshman than Mussini would have been next year. Still, it is a manageable loss in my view.
Would I prefer that Williams, Malik, Moose and Richard be 8th - 11th guys off the bench? Definitely. Do I think Sid Wilson can perhaps turn into a valuable reserve next year - from what I've read, yes. If he does that, and Amar/Trimble are the 9th/10th guys, I still think we should have a better season if 1-7 play how we hope they will.
On balance, I expect Simon and Clark to be a substantial upgrade over Malik and Williams. I thought Freudenberg would be a bigger contributor last year, so perhaps many of us in that camp as well as the talent evaluators missed on that. Or perhaps we would have seen a different Rich this year. I don't think you can say either way. I think Mussini is a hit to some extent because he improved from his freshman year, is a great kid and had some moments where he provided offense off the bench. There would be a role for him with only 3 guards likely to play most of the minutes. I like the Trimble pickup, but I don't expect him to be better as a freshman than Mussini would have been next year. Still, it is a manageable loss in my view.
Would I prefer that Williams, Malik, Moose and Richard be 8th - 11th guys off the bench? Definitely. Do I think Sid Wilson can perhaps turn into a valuable reserve next year - from what I've read, yes. If he does that, and Amar/Trimble are the 9th/10th guys, I still think we should have a better season if 1-7 play how we hope they will.