Rick’s Targets

MJDinkins said:
I've told you for several years that your logic tends to be fallacious, so color me not surprised. Enjoy!
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If rankings don’t matter to you and you have absolute faith in Pitino then if we got top 10 guys in portal or what we currently have it would be the same to you. I am not even arguing, I was just restating what your opinion and others on here seems to be.
If that is incorrect please explain.
And honestly I wish I felt that way.
 
Money said:
So... you're OK with shitting on players that are going to become SJ players, but not on players that are no longer SJU players?
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I’m not ok with either. I think criticism of both current and former players is fair game when it’s warranted. But what really irks me is our tendency to glorify our new commits who many of us have never seen while tearing down the kids who leave us. We tend to do the same with our coaches.
 
Eric said:
I hear ya. And yes I do have some inside info on things that went on. But it is totally not my place to say who and what. I don't mind saying that things went on and I guess pitino took this path he chose regarding those things. His team. His decision. Thats what I am referring to when I post that.

Now I can understand people saying come on and spill the beans. But I also hope people understand that is not my place nor do I feel comfortable exposing that. I respect my contact/s too much but still at the same time at least try to shed a little light to those who may not have any clues about it and say how couldn't pitino keep these guys etc.

As for players he is taking on etc, I have no idea about fit, abilities in his system and all that. I'll leave that up to the coach and hope he is building us a very nice team. Believe me, I am as anxious as anyone regarding the construction of the team and would love as many stars next to these guys. But again, at the same time I think he knows what he is doing and look forward to seeing the final product hopefully soon.
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Eric the only thing I have to say is that if the information did not come from one of the coaching staff or players, be very careful about repeating it. Many times I have read posts claiming their source was impeccable and I personally knew that it was total Bullshit.
 
panther2 said:
Eric the only thing I have to say is that if the information did not come from one of the coaching staff or players, be very careful about repeating it. Many times I have read posts claiming their source was impeccable and I personally knew that it was total Bullshit.
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Sending you a pm
 
Boo Harvey said:
I’m not ok with either. I think criticism of both current and former players is fair game when it’s warranted. But what really irks me is our tendency to glorify our new commits who many of us have never seen while tearing down the kids who leave us. We tend to do the same with our coaches.
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I may be wrong... but I think you've been very vocal about the disappointment in the talent 'ie. new SJU players' RP has brought in. Seems pretty unfair to judge them since you have never seen them play - as you stated!!
 
Boo Harvey and Larry Wright have proven to be a dynamic backcourt.

They quickly get their shots off, make entry replies in the post, defend their position, take hard charges, embellish and flop while looking at moderators for fouls, and yet still find their way into an open thread.

Give credit where credit is due. You guys are good.
 
kranmars said:
Boo Harvey and Larry Wright have proven to be a dynamic backcourt.

They quickly get their shots off, make entry replies in the post, defend their position, take hard charges, embellish and flop while looking at moderators for fouls, and yet still find their way into an open thread.

Give credit where credit is due. You guys are good.
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I get it Rick Pitino is 7 feet tall and blows fire from his arse. That is really what defense of the roster boils down to. Anything that varies from that is shot down as heresy.

And again I am not saying we will suck. Will I be surprised if we are a tournament team? Yes. Shocked no.

Would I be shocked if this became a total failure? Yes

And to put in perspective I was surprised not shocked by how bad Mullin and Anderson were.
 
I have no idea how good or bad SJU will be next year, and have no idea whether the new players will be a net positive or not. 106 pages on this chain so far and neither does anyone else. I am simply happy to root for basically an entirely new and rebooted basketball program because I just could not take one bit more of the past eight depressing years, and I'm only cutting it off there to make it post-Lavin.
 
kranmars said:
Boo Harvey and Larry Wright have proven to be a dynamic backcourt.

They quickly get their shots off, make entry replies in the post, defend their position, take hard charges, embellish and flop while looking at moderators for fouls, and yet still find their way into an open thread.

Give credit where credit is due. You guys are good.
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Sort of like last years team. 😜
 
Larry Wright said:
If rankings don’t matter to you and you have absolute faith in Pitino then if we got top 10 guys in portal or what we currently have it would be the same to you. I am not even arguing, I was just restating what your opinion and others on here seems to be.
If that is incorrect please explain.
And honestly I wish I felt that way.
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You have your stance (we've heard your position ad nauseam) and I have mine. I'm not gonna attempt to talk you out of your stance. Agree to disagree. Press on.
 
Some of you actually sound scared of Rick Pitino. Like if question anything he will hurt you. Like that old Twilight Zone with the kid vanquishing people to the cornfield.
It is real good you sent Storr to Nebraska Rick, real good.
It is real good you recruited the crap out of the MAAC Rick, real good.
 
Money said:
I may be wrong... but I think you've been very vocal about the disappointment in the talent 'ie. new SJU players' RP has brought in. Seems pretty unfair to judge them since you have never seen them play - as you stated!!
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I’ve seen a few of the kids play but not all. I’m not judging anyone individually but instead commenting on the collective. I don’t think it’s controversial to say the class so far is underwhelming from a talent perspective. I think an objective person can make that judgment based on rankings, statistics, pedigree, past performance, video and who our competition was. It’s no secret that we’ve missed on a number of our top targets.
 
MJDinkins said:
You have your stance (we've heard your position ad nauseam) and I have mine. I'm not gonna attempt to talk you out of your stance. Agree to disagree. Press on.
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Good post and agree. Hopefully we get some of these kids visiting this week. I think virtually everyone agrees that the future is brighter than it’s been for quite some time. No harm in focusing on that for a while!
 
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IDRAFT said:
I’m surprised all the list guys (guys on the Internet, not singling out anyone here) do not have Alleyne higher. Starter on two ACC NCAA teams at VT. This year seventh man, but for the best team in the country. And now going into his sixth year of college. I’m very high on this acquisition.
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I would bet Alleyne was much more highly regarded last year leaving Va Tech as a 4 year starter with good %s. The transfer ranking are trash outside of maybe the top 10-15. I’d still rather have more of those guys than not though.
 
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