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rambone 78

Four made up for Terrell's bad game. Got to ride him when he's hot. Thompson's offense is needed, despite his defense. He will get better at that. Anybody who can shoot, sign him up please. Wonder what Jared's issues are.... Also what is up with our opponent's FT shooting? Do they ever miss? How man...

rambone 78

gotta give 'em credit..when was the last time they came back from that far down....they looked dead but never gave up. This will help guys like Berry and Akele a ton.... Begin to wonder if the freshmen play more...and the sophs play a little less after our bigs come back... Yes we need Garrett, if o...

rambone 78

There was a lot of hope and promise, but the way the guys have been playing, even when we had Hassan and KI, tells me that we weren't as good as the preseason hype. Probably an NIT team at best. Maybe even with EC. Just telling it like it is. Some of you can't take it, but it's real. Just. Can't. Sh...

rambone 78

67, even I am not predicting a sub .500 season. Although we need Hassan and KI back soon. Without them, then yes that will happen. This season needs to go away........ And yes, I'm sure some of you wish I would go away...but no such luck... The way this is going, most of you will be agreeing with me...

rambone 78

It seems that opponents making 3's against us runs in cycles. Right now nobody can miss. That will change at some point. Of course if it doesn't the second half, we lose. Terrell really is a mess. It doesn't seem like his head is in the game, and that is troubling. He obviously has game when he's on...

rambone 78

105, that's a great point.....

rambone 78

Dan has to be really loving this......

rambone 78

78, ignore them.

rambone 78

I know that, but didn't Dan call him [and Terrell and Hassan too] out for not "hitting the gym" enough?

Life happens. He obviously has good reasons not to "hit the gym" as much as he used to.

But it will affect his play.

rambone 78

78, agreed, but he still has a commitment to fulfill to his school and team. He's going to have to find a way to do both, for 2+ more years here. I'm sure it's not easy at such a young age. Actually, it's not easy at any age, to bring up a family, school, and work [in this case it's BB, but it requi...

rambone 78

blueram, this class is critical. These guys need to be, or become, good and soon. Hassan will be a senior next season, and KI too. The 3 bigs are the frontcourt of the future. Hopefully they show some serious promise next season, or else this program is in trouble if they hope to reach the NCAA tour...

rambone 78

Rex in garbage time, if there is any. I doubt it, though. This one will be close. With us, that's not a good thing. The one thing that I'd like to see the rest of this season, is show the ability to win a few close games. You know, win at least as many [close games] as we lose, even if they are agai...

rambone 78

Now you get it...208.... 10 isn't enough when you have 3 go down [and your 2 best bigs to boot[ and a couple of the others aren't really contributors anyway. I'm sure Dan didn't think this would happen, but it did, and now they are going to pay the price. Next year will be the FIRST time in Dan's te...

rambone 78

The A10 is not helping itself. The standout, if there is one, will be Dayton with Pierre back. GW maybe also, but not as good as their early season made it look. Figures. If we had all our players, even with our shooting woes we'd be right there at the end just like last season. I would say we'd be ...

rambone 78

Rod said it...quality depth. We still don't have it. Frontcourt depth is nonexistent. Berry? Onyekaba? Stop me please. We have 2 freshmen who are proving that they are quality depth. Thank God, or we'd be playing walk ons. That's not enough, however. They are all we've got. Next year, we have anothe...

rambone 78

We need CT and Four to get hot....need more than one option, or teams will concentrate on stopping just one. Terrell and JG just can't shoot. Terrell I'm not that surprised, but I am with Jarvis. I remember ramster gushing about Garrett's shooting before he came here. And his BB IQ. Well, his shot h...

rambone 78

Good example of that is Xavier when they were in the A10. Always seemed to have good assistants who took over when a coach left, and they never missed a beat. Here? Ho Ho Ho.......of course we pay squat and you get what you pay for. The really good ones have left for greener pastures..... Not saying...

rambone 78

Run fewer plays, and run them in practice until the cows come home. That way they get good at them. Some teams do that, and it works well. Somehow the "standing around" offense never seems to work, especially at the end of games. Speaking of which, when's the last time we had a coach who c...

rambone 78

Well, a good friend of mine is right when he told me, he's watched us play off and on the last couple of years. And he said: we will never win squat if we don't have guys who can shoot. No matter how good or bad the offensive game plan is. Especially our guards. They take the most shots, they have t...

rambone 78

Next year, we should actually have a full 13 player team of scholarship players.

Depth in every position. Something that hasn't happened in a while......

rambone 78

This could mean Dan will HAVE to play some zone, or foul trouble might run them out of bodies. I doubt Berry will play a lot of minutes, either because of foul trouble, or just because. Not sure about Berry leaving, but it's possible I guess. If they can upgrade the roster, do what has to be done. N...

rambone 78

I think it goes back to some of us saying that Dan could bring in an assistant who can help on the offensive end.

Does that mean that one of the current assistants needs to go? Or add another one, with money the way it is, isn't as likely?

rambone 78

Finally, some good news......

rambone 78

Need to put out want ads for tall guys who can walk and chew gum at the same time...the bench is going to be a tad short......

Brown's big man is going to light us up. How much he does will determine whether we win or not.

rambone 78

You, sir, obviously were not around during Baron's time here. You have no clue what you are talking about, when it comes to our track record for the last 15 years. Wow I thought most people were aware of our 20 win seasons beating stiffs and always losing to good teams. I guess not. Who gives a shit?

rambone 78

ramster, strange doesn't begin to explain this shit...... Yes maybe JR was intimidated by Hurley in practice, or by being yanked when he made a mistake during games. However, it goes back to getting the most out of your players. Remember Dan's first year here, where it seemed the team overachieved b...

rambone 78

ramster, that is simply unbelievable. Is there something in the air at the RC that causes our players to miss so many FT's? Even Four? How come we can't get any FT shooters like that? :roll: Seriously, you can't make this stuff up. Is it the curse of Jerry D? Are we doomed to wander in the BB wilder...

rambone 78

Wow. Can't get much worse.

I would think they will have to play uptempo somehow, if they can get any rebounds.

Of course there goes any depth.

The 4 or 5 guard offense is back!

rambone 78

Dan is not on the hot seat, OK? But like studs06 just said, next season there will be no excuses if we fail to beat good teams and miss the Dance. So whatever happens this season happens. Incredibly bad luck to lose our 2 best players, one for the season, and the other for who knows how long? I will...

rambone 78

I would agree with that, RR. He gets a pass with EC and now Hassan's injury. However, the lack of development of a couple of our key players is some cause for concern, along with the continued major struggles on offense in general. Whatever happens the rest of this season isn't going to move the nee...

rambone 78

It would be nice, if we could get some news on the extent of Hassan's injury, and the estimated time frame for his return.

They must have had results from the MRI by now.

Iverson? Not serious, but if he loses any time, or is not 100%, well there it goes......

rambone 78

Get all the injuries out of the way this season, then next season injury free...

like it happens that way.....

rambone 78

78, the "Hurley can do no wrong" force is strong.....

we'll see how it plays out.....

rambone 78

And they think this country has problems now.

Wait until that happens. God help us indeed.......

rambone 78

If you think they will turn it around the next few weeks, more power to you...good luck.

rambone 78

Then you haven't been watching the first 12 games......

rambone 78

I'm not expecting any miracles here. And again, believe it or not, if and when we lose to a bottom feeder in conference, I'm not going to get too worked up over it. There will be people on this board who will be shocked when it happens. [Losing to a team like Fordham that is] I won't be. And others ...

rambone 78

Around here, success is measured by NCAA tourney appearances. There hasn't been any for, like forever. We had enough of hollow 20+ win seasons under the old regime. With the new regime, the same old same old is not good enough. This season, there are 2 big reasons why there is no improvement over la...

rambone 78

It had better be. We will finally have a 12-13 man roster with possibly a 9-10 man rotation. That's if everybody shows up and are healthy. It would also be nice if at least 2 of the bigs and Dowtin can show some game among the new recruits. This season, our 2 frosh have shown potential. Keep it goin...

rambone 78

Exactly, ramfan.....

year 4, yes there have been unforeseen problems, but are we where we thought we'd be by now?

Next year will really tell a lot. There should be NO excuses.

I will keep an open mind until then.......believe it or not.....

rambone 78

Beat good teams, please. On a regular basis. Then you can be considered a good team yourself. We haven't done that. The excuses are piling up. running ram is dead on. Hurley has to adapt and adjust, or the next step will not happen, now or in the future. Some of you on this board have blinders on. I...

rambone 78

Well, this year, they aren't going to increase their win total, due to many factors, none of which are good.

So there's that......

rambone 78

studs06, you basically summed up my feelings also. We might upset a good team or two, but we're going to lose to teams that before the season started, I wouldn't have thought possible. If we're going to at least have a decent season, Hass has to come back soon and play well. Neither is a given. It's...

rambone 78

If they don't beat Miami, I'll eat my computer, and I'm not a fan of the Pats. They knew they could afford to rest players today, because I think they knew they were going to struggle to win this game. The Jets are a legit team. They didn't need it. Everything they do has a purpose. The rest of the ...

rambone 78

I wish I could share some of you guys' optimism about this season. It's really hard, though. There has been NO consistency so far in the level of play, even within a single game. Some of our key players are just not performing to their previous levels. FT and shooting from the field is dismal, not e...

rambone 78

Not without Hassan. The top teams anyway.

If we are going to finish above .500 in the league, Hassan needs to come back and play well, and soon. No more than 2-3 games into the schedule, tops.

Maybe we have a puncher's chance in NY. Maybe.

rambone 78

The Pats will be in every game as long as Brady plays. It's amazing how he always makes the plays at the end of games. Doesn't matter who's out there in the passing game. Almost doesn't matter who's playing on the O-line. Yeah they can't run. So what? He didn't win today because he never saw the bal...

rambone 78

I see where our number of assists per game aren't very good. That's because good passes are made, but the open shots at the end of them aren't being made. There's no one thing that we're bad at on offense. We're bad on a lot of things. Just about every A10 game is going to be a struggle. Without Has...

rambone 78

The only way the Pats and Jets play again would be in the AFC title game at Foxboro.

I will say, the NY teams are about the only teams that give the Pats fits on a regular basis, injuries or not.

Today the Pats outsmarted themselves.

rambone 78

ramster, that was a figure of speech. Of course there was work involved to get him here. I'm just saying, that we really don't have enough 4 year players to fill the depth chart. I also know that a lot of other programs rely on transfers to a certain extant. That could be changing as of next season ...

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