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« Reply #30 on: September 09, 2011, 07:29:37 am » |
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I'm with Rich93 here. I think 8 OOC wins and 4 A-10 wins is our benchmark for success this year. Making the A-10 tourney is a must as well. I think TP2 has the coaching acumen and the tools to get us there.
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Belmont Juice
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« Reply #31 on: September 09, 2011, 08:40:13 am » |
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What we've really tried to do all of these years is find someone to replace Bev -- and we haven't. Either they showed up with great promise, then imploded (Smush), or lacked a complete game (K. Anderson), or whatever (take your pick). With Bev, we had someone who controlled the court, making it his domain. If we have anything like that again -- even just in the ballpark -- together with the apparent big overall increase in our guard quality, this is gonna be pretty interesting bros. I'm thinking a shocker or two -- maybe even on the road.
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« Reply #32 on: September 10, 2011, 10:53:30 am » |
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Prediction: 13 wins
Key Player: Bristol 8 pts 10 reb 2 blocks
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« Reply #33 on: September 10, 2011, 11:50:31 am » |
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Prediction: 13 wins
Key Player: Bristol 8 pts 10 reb 2 blocks
The BIG question is whether the boys in maroon and Coach P can "recover" from the blow of being relegated to the Izod, when Frank pulls another boner and sends us to play 4 games there, destroying home court advantage. That will determine how many games we win. |
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« Reply #34 on: September 10, 2011, 12:22:32 pm » |
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The BIG question is whether the boys in maroon and Coach P can "recover" from the blow of being relegated to the Izod, when Frank pulls another boner and sends us to play 4 games there, destroying home court advantage. That will determine how many games we win.
Obviously no one in their right mind is in favor of games at the izod, but I'm really not sure it has a difference in the win/loss column. Perhaps a bit overdone? |
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ramfan01
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« Reply #35 on: September 10, 2011, 12:41:22 pm » |
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Obviously no one in their right mind is in favor of games at the izod, but I'm really not sure it has a difference in the win/loss column. Perhaps a bit overdone?
I disagree completely. There is no way in hell that we beat ST. Johns if it is at the IZOD center. Controversely, I think we would have beaten St. Joes and St. Louis if the game was at Rose Hill. B2 is right, every move Frank makes works against this program. He IS Fordham drag. |
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« Reply #37 on: September 15, 2011, 05:26:59 pm » |
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plus their top frosh from last season has left to return home to California
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ramfan01
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« Reply #38 on: September 15, 2011, 05:45:11 pm » |
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I sure hope we can make it to the season without any hits by the clearinghouse. |
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« Reply #39 on: September 15, 2011, 05:55:39 pm » |
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Classic skate today at the Long Beach Arena following the end of the Quick Silver surfing competition . dude.....FWIW, the Wodka was flowin' and the Rooskies tell me everyone is eligible....I told them the Clearinghouse is our KGB and until I see them in uniform they are always a ? but the Rooskies tell me NYET, they are all good to go.....
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John
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« Reply #40 on: September 15, 2011, 08:53:49 pm » |
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Had lunch earlier this week with my niece, an assistant coach for Seattle U.'s womens team. She says the NCAA Clearinghouse is the bane of coaches everywhere. If a kid or his/her parents haven't submitted complete information, it becomes a real chore to set things right, she tells me. She said her team's brought in 5 freshmen this year, and she's spend hundreds of hours in the office, mastering clearinghouse rules and checking up on application status, to get them cleared. I can only imagine it's much worse for mens' teams, since the players are more likely to have jumped from school to school during their HS years.
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Rich93
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« Reply #41 on: September 16, 2011, 09:56:47 am » |
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Classic skate today at the Long Beach Arena following the end of the Quick Silver surfing competition . dude.....FWIW, the Wodka was flowin' and the Rooskies tell me everyone is eligible....I told them the Clearinghouse is our KGB and until I see them in uniform they are always a ? but the Rooskies tell me NYET, they are all good to go.....
I think what they are saying is that they have made it through the clearinghouse and deemed eligible to play. I think once you are through that is it so it would appear that as long as they do the work at Fordham they will be in uniform and ready to play. That plus no IZOD means another year of season tickets for me. |
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ace93
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« Reply #43 on: September 16, 2011, 11:28:50 am » |
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Yeah, I am not so sure either. I think that as of now there is no IZOD as per the schedule that has been released, but I would not be surprised if something changes at a later date, perhaps even after tickets go on sale. They then will announce it as a positive change, something like, "we are pleased to announce...". |
Nothing replaces success in the revenue sports. Nothing. That's not to take away from the success in the Olympic sports - they do matter. It isn't a replacement for success in the flagship sports. - Debbie Yow, AD - NC State
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ramfan01
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« Reply #44 on: September 16, 2011, 11:40:32 am » |
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Yeah, I am not so sure either. I think that as of now there is no IZOD as per the schedule that has been released, but I would not be surprised if something changes at a later date, perhaps even after tickets go on sale. They then will announce it as a positive change, something like, "we are pleased to announce...".
Yep, they'll sugar coat it, and thus insult us by rubbing salt in our wounds. |
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« Reply #45 on: September 16, 2011, 12:03:21 pm » |
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Right now, the schedule is out. Pecora had a lot to do with that. Any changes, made now, are all 100% on Frank. That's why the schedule came out.
This will cause a riff and quite frankly , we need a riff to expose Frank as the clown that he is.
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« Reply #46 on: September 16, 2011, 02:22:27 pm » |
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Right now, the schedule is out. Pecora had a lot to do with that. Any changes, made now, are all 100% on Frank. That's why the schedule came out.
This will cause a riff and quite frankly , we need a riff to expose Frank as the clown that he is.
"riff" would be a great word combination (wombination) of "tiff" and "rift," if it wasn't already a musical term . . .  |
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Bronx Boy
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« Reply #47 on: September 16, 2011, 03:02:53 pm » |
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I would not be surprised if something changes at a later date, perhaps even after tickets go on sale. Then they will announce this as a positive change, something like: "We are pleased to announce ...".
Yeah, ... Frank lies to yer face with an extended glad hand and a big shyte eatin' grin on his face, and and tells ya it's raining, while he's pissin' down da back of yer neck. The guy is an incompetent phony who has kept his job by being a do nuttin' yes man and suck up sycophant to The Men in Black. They can't see through his act because they don't want to see through his act. The time fer his retirement party wuz yesterday. |
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Bronx Boy
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« Reply #48 on: September 16, 2011, 03:10:35 pm » |
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Right now, the schedule is out. Pecora had a lot to do with that. Any changes, made now, will be 100% on Frank. That is why the schedule came out now.
This will cause a riff, and quite frankly, we need a riff to expose Frank as the clown that he is.
Absolutely, 85. The b - ball schedule is out early, and the only reason it is out early is because of Coach Pecora. Frank has outlived his uselessness as the Director of Athletics on Rose Hill, and must be replaced if our sports program is to achieve any meaningful significance on even a local level, much less a national one. The Men in Black should be selecting that gold watch, right now ! |
Sports blogs often confuse stupidity with edginess. Just because I can call someone a name, doesn’t mean I’m insightful, or tough and edgy. It just means I’m a jerk. It’s a high tech place for what idiots used to do on bar stools, in school yards, and on gas station bathroom walls.
- Bob Costas
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Rich93
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« Reply #49 on: September 16, 2011, 03:53:40 pm » |
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Right now, the schedule is out. Pecora had a lot to do with that. Any changes, made now, are all 100% on Frank. That's why the schedule came out.
This will cause a riff and quite frankly , we need a riff to expose Frank as the clown that he is.
This is an outstanding job by Pecora. If Frank and Co. want to perpetuate what was a bad idea they have to be willing to stand in front of the bus unlike in the past where they would blame someone else. |
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« Reply #50 on: September 17, 2011, 09:00:07 am » |
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Look, the IZOD is obviously dead in Pecora's eyes. Logically, if it is a boon to recruiting as Frank claims, well the schedule is out and its not on there so that purported benefit is functionally eviscerated .
I know, broken record, but guys like Jim O'Connell are the truest of Frank apologists who are so detrimental to everyone's efforts. We have to get rid of guys like this from having any input or infleunce. They need to be exposed as Frank apologists. Shameless that Bob Ahrens not only allowed that first interview but that he invited him back for another one at a halftime after all the blatant inaccuracies were pointed out ad nauseum.
Jim O'Connell deserves to be hanging( metaphorically ) right next to his wife's jersey. Make sure to ask Pecora about O'Connell's illogical, flawed and in my view completely bogus account of how we ended up at IZOD. A 5 year old can google the articles and confirm that we had deals in place long before Pecora was the coach. ...
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rambacker
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« Reply #51 on: September 17, 2011, 10:11:08 am » |
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I'm hearing that it's still a possibility that we play a game at the Izod this season.
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« Reply #52 on: September 17, 2011, 10:25:56 am » |
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I'm hearing that it's still a possibility that we play a game at the Izod this season.
That's the point. Now the schedule is out. And Pecora has made his feelings known. So a change here is all on Frank. Well played by Pecora. |
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Vinseiro
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« Reply #53 on: September 17, 2011, 10:42:47 am » |
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Pec's not the first coach to publicly call out his administration at FU. Hope he fares better than the others and finally slays the McGrank dragon.
At last season's recap reception (in late March sometime, I think), Pec said we'd play at Izod this season. Glad he 180d on his earlier over-the-top Izod comments. There may have been some arrangements made with Izod that we don't want to pay to break? I'm not convinced that the A10 did not have a hand in our Izod arrangements.
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85
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« Reply #54 on: September 17, 2011, 10:45:24 am » |
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I was told emphatically that the A-10 had zero to with it. .........
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ramfan01
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« Reply #55 on: September 17, 2011, 12:15:22 pm » |
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I'm hearing that it's still a possibility that we play a game at the Izod this season.
My season ticket renewel form is normally mailed to me in early september. I'm guessing the reason it's late is because the Izod situation is up in the air. I'll be really dissapointed if we have a game there, and discusted if we have more than one game there. |
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Belmont Juice
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« Reply #56 on: September 25, 2011, 09:51:08 pm » |
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I'm throwing out my prediction of 9-10 wins. If the Buffalo Bills can do what they're doing with a bunch of high rounders and undrafted free agents mixed in with their established players, we too can rise above expectations and have a good -- maybe even surprising season. The Bills said they'd be good and nobody listened. Well, guess what? They are. And that's despite all the bitchin' about a too small market (in our case gym) and a too cheap owner (in our case clueless admin.). Well, I'm inspired enough to Bill-ieve in our revamped Rams.
Upping it to 12 wins bros. Some of you have been saying our young guys are really good, so I'm going with it. Then bigger and better things next season to give Chris the senior send-off he deserves.
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« Reply #57 on: September 25, 2011, 10:20:29 pm » |
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I was told emphatically that the A-10 had zero to with it. .........
The A10 has no power right now. |
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El Jefe
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« Reply #58 on: September 29, 2011, 07:49:19 pm » |
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I noticed that the Men's BB team plays a 16-game A-10 conference schedule (they play 3 teams twice), while the Women's BB team plays a 14-game A-10 schedule (the ladies play 1 team twice and add 2 more OOC games). Does anyone know the reasoning for the disparity?
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