Seton Hall, Sun. Feb. 21, Noon, FS1 & 570 AM
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The assessment was coming from the coach...the guy I spoke to actually didn't know the target..in any case, point taken, we have heard enough hype before
Did hear Matt was targeting fifth year interior guy, but no clue who. The "best player on the team" comment may just be fan hyperbole I suspect. We are good at that.
beast of the east
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Everyone saw game. No need to comment. Simply the most painful loss in several years.
We nearly inched towards 10 wins which i thought would be a nice accomplishment for this bunch. Too bad
We nearly inched towards 10 wins which i thought would be a nice accomplishment for this bunch. Too bad
What difference does the age of the coach make? I and others believe the play was to kick back to Mvouika who was open. If so, lousy execution, not lousy play. Actually, it was a great play because going inside out meant the defense would collapse, which it did, and provide a jumper facing the basket in the flow as opposed to inbounding outside to someone moving away from the basket for a heave possibly contested. We had a myriad of chances down the stretch to not come down to that play, we cashed in none of them. We could have quit and gotten blown out and didn't. No game is won or lost on a single play and coaching is not the problem, talent and experience are. People don't like it to hear it but that's the fact.
Logen
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We played lousy & stupid & with heart because that is exactly what we are.
Coach cannot make un-lousy smart players out of lousy stupid ones. What he can do is insure - as he promised - that his players play with heart. They do.
When he adds that missing ingredient - TALENT ( which is on its way) - SJU will win, win, win rather than lose, lose, lose.
A possible Ten Ws and this L don't matter to me. I relish and enjoy the heart of these kids and the (unlike Custer I may add) reinforcements on their way!
Great time to be a Red Storm fan.
all the best
And SJU 85of course FT % is important
BUT why worry and add more to these kids' stressed out, loss saturated brains. There is nothing that can be done with our FTs NOW but by the Fall something can be done:
practice, practice, practice as Mullin did during the summers;
Recruit better FT shooters which is being done.
all the best
The assessment was coming from the coach...the guy I spoke to actually didn't know the target..in any case, point taken, we have heard enough hype before
Did hear Matt was targeting fifth year interior guy, but no clue who. The "best player on the team" comment may just be fan hyperbole I suspect. We are good at that.
This is pure speculation, but Jimmy Hall (formerly of Hofstra and now with Kent State) will be a graduate senior. He was mentioned in an article about possible 2016 transfers, but to my knowledge has never been linked to SJU. He is a nice player originally from Brooklyn.
I hear what you're saying Logen, but don't see how you can give the staff a complete pass for what happened down the stretch that cost us this game. Had we played smart down the stretch, we would have come away with a W and we would have heaped high praise on the staff for the team's effort and for it's execution. Conversely IMO the staff has to shoulder some of the blame for us handing the game back to them.
I think the "stupid" players were the ones fouling out in 15 minutes of court time?
This is Hall's best team in years with just 6 losses in late February during a rugged big east season.
The kids on our side deserve praise after this one. Our guys played a physical game and took over the inside when it was supposed to be the other team dominating inside. Their bigs were watching from the bench.
That team should be buying dinner for Whitehead. He bailed them out today
This is Hall's best team in years with just 6 losses in late February during a rugged big east season.
The kids on our side deserve praise after this one. Our guys played a physical game and took over the inside when it was supposed to be the other team dominating inside. Their bigs were watching from the bench.
That team should be buying dinner for Whitehead. He bailed them out today
SJU14
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I wouldn't exactly say that one team "started" it. Whitehead and Johnson say something when passing during the handshakes. Emotions get out of hand after a close, intense game. Nothing really out of the ordinary for a sporting event.
As for our players saying a gay slur towards their player, nobody will really know what was said. If you go on the SHU board, there's some people saying they are 100% certain something was said. I don't quite understand how they can be so sure if they weren't in the scrum (MSG was filled with boos towards the refs at this point).
At least none of our players flipped the bird on their way off the court like an opposing player did.
STJ11Redmen
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The drop in to Sima and kickout/SIma making a play if he's not doubled was how we made it back into the game. Like others have said, not a terrible play call. We just don't have a polished offense or a go-to guy to handle those situations. I'd rather have St. Jean draw the plays up if he's the best option to do so, I'm sure he consulted with Mullin on what to do.
