redstorm89
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Dang we got crushed
"Secret" Scrimmages
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Dang we got crushed
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Assuming this was first half. Who played second half and it's a scrimmage so not worried. URI very good and Hurley is not a figurehead coach....all business like his dad.
when I read the URI won the 1st half we win the 2nd half I kind of figured what really happened but that was a pretty ingenious way of spinning it
Not a big deal for the game. Our guys are going to need time to Gel and Rhody is a very good team and this was great early experience for our guys
No shame in losing to Rhode Island who are going to be really good this year. What is a shame is the questionable report that the starters were pulled out by the Hurley suck up artist. Heard that this was not the case and heard we were not totally outclassed. This is encouraging
No shame in losing to Rhode Island who are going to be really good this year. What is a shame is the questionable report that the starters were pulled out by the Hurley suck up artist. Heard that this was not the case and heard we were not totally outclassed. This is encouraging
Yeah, even some RI reports had them up 20 when they pulled starters. That differed from SJU feedback, so cut difference in half. The important thing is SJU competed well with a quality team & betterment is what counts, not a scrimmage final score. I do believe this team is on the road to improvement & a quality scrimmage is an ingredient in such. It surely beats a Baruch encounter, hard to gauge much from that.
TRabinowitz
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No shame in losing to Rhode Island who are going to be really good this year. What is a shame is the questionable report that the starters were pulled out by the Hurley suck up artist. Heard that this was not the case and heard we were not totally outclassed. This is encouraging
Yeah, even some RI reports had them up 20 when they pulled starters. That differed from SJU feedback, so cut difference in half. ...
Each staff is going to spin the results and narrative to what benefits their program, so as paultz said the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.
MarkRedman
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No shame in losing to Rhode Island who are going to be really good this year. What is a shame is the questionable report that the starters were pulled out by the Hurley suck up artist. Heard that this was not the case and heard we were not totally outclassed. This is encouraging
Yeah, even some RI reports had them up 20 when they pulled starters. That differed from SJU feedback, so cut difference in half. The important thing is SJU competed well with a quality team & betterment is what counts, not a scrimmage final score. I do believe this team is on the road to improvement & a quality scrimmage is an ingredient in such. It surely beats a Baruch encounter, hard to gauge much from that.
A scrimmage against a legit D-1 program is much more valuable to player and team development than a second exhibition against a D 3 or NAIA program.
I still wish that the "secret" scrimmages were open to the public
There were several good matchups nationwide that would have drawn good crowds
elnaples70
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For me, it is important that our guys come down to earth, and know that hard work will be what wins them games. Too many patty cakes, and they wouldn't realize until too late that they have a lot of work to do. Overconfidence isn't the greatest. A good lesson on the way to being more competitive.
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Zach has a bright future as White house Press Secretary. Were we getting more than 13 points on the spread for ccnobz ?
Or he is using Core Math.
URI had 1 hundred and 9 more tens than ones
SJU had 9 tens and 6 ones
Final score very little importance here. What's important is that we had a full game of top notch competition. We Dont usually have a scrimmage against a team the level of URI this year. We usually scrimmage a Drexel or the like. It's very good to have this kind of game early on. Should help us get ready for some serious early season competition.
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Agreed. But the first half vs 2nd half "results" were clearly used for spin purposes.