I am going to be rude, vile, and unapologetic - as is my modus operandi.
I'm sick of you angry people who are just spreading bullshit and misplaced anger after this year that we should strangely be proud of the guys at the helm and on the court for battling through what was literally a season that had some type of divine intervention to fuck it to hell sideways.
If we're going with that route, then we're owed a balancing to tip the scales to the other way. It's that or this program is cursed, but if you lay blame at the feet of anyone other than God or the universe, you're dumb. Period.
To be clear I'm not attacking anyone's person, just their ideas about this basketball program. If you take it personal, go to your safe space and grab a microphone/do a sit in/block a road way/whatever the unwashed hippies are doing to protest these days.
In a year of dumb posts, this is indian sprinting it's way to the front.ram1980 wrote:If he doesn't want to be here I say Goodbye. Give Preston Murphy a shot with ARd and another experienced coach and see what happens. All this talk about next year being a lock.. Look at this years recruits.. Thompson and Akele wildly inconsistent. With the amount of playing time they needed to provide at the end of the year there should have been some solid signs of improvement.. Can't say there was. So what says next years recruits will live up to hype. Terrell?? Seemed disinterested most of this year... Thought he would be the fiery TJ replacement.. Had some good games but reverted to his same old drive to the hoop and get stuffed or lose the ball way too much at the end.. How will he react to all these guards next year and less minutes.. IS EC really that good?? Time will tell.. Just seems that no matter who the coach has been we don't get over the hump.. Hope it is Hurley. Hope all the wait til next year pans out, but still don't see it heading into year 5!!
Even though Rutgers having interest in Hurley is like me having interest in Candice Swanepoel. Yes I am interested, no it's not happening.
I will address this point by point, and
1) fuck your attitude. When shit like this permeates around, it makes it look like all of us feel this way. You and like 5 other constant posters on this board are the only people that take the "oh if he doesnt want to be here then go" approach. You're in a very small minority that is starting to sound like the majority because all of the rational fans can't read this bullshit any more. You're a fucking moron if you flippant attitude towards Dan as a coach/person is reflective of thinking that he is anything less than the best/only person for this job, and the best/only person who could've turned this program around as quickly as he did. If you are chalking this season up to a disappointment for any reason other than injuries that were out of the coaches control, turn in your fan card and just go find a local dive bar to park at and complain to other local miserable swamp yankees.
2) Look at this years recruits. Wildly inconsistent. Gee...you've got a point. It's almost as if they were playing like freshman out there. That's nuts. Are you insinuating that a program that's had 1 1 and done player to go to the league in its 100+ year history is bringing in recruits who aren't NBA ready out of the box? Holy shit. Wow I guess you've got it there. No way these freshman who showed flashed of brilliance along with freshman mistakes will ever grow out of that. Fuck outta here.
3) Yes Terrell regressed this year, but to say he was disinterested is not only foolish, but offensively stupid. He went on a tear mid season and was the only reason we won certain games. He put the team on his back while being the only player in our starting 5 to play every game this year, at maxed out minutes. He certainly wasn't what we all expected...but that development was aided by the fact that we have a lottery pick player who vanished 9 minutes into the year. If you don't understand the correlation between EC's injury and other players having to adjust to a new role, with new defensive looks against them, with NO PREP TIME BEFORE THE SEASON, then you do not understand basketball, and you're one of those weirdos who just likes the team because you went to school here, not because you are a fan of basketball.
4) Yes EC is really that good. With 2 different injuries he still averaged 16.6 last year, and was the marked guy. He took all the defensive focus and allowed the younger guys to develop without the pressure of having to do everything. He's a lottery pick still by every NBA analyst/scout account. I trust their opinions more than that of this board.
5) No matter who the coach is? Your avatar says you've been around this program since 1980? What exactly is the "hump?" Tom Penders got us to a sweet 16 and a couple of NCAA bids. I'd say that's a "hump" accomplished. Skinner and Harrick got us 3 NCAA births, an A10 title, and an Elite 8 run - that seems like a hump we got over. We had 2 shitty coaches back to back. Things don't just turn around immediately because you want them to. HURLEY TURNED THIS TEAM AROUND FROM FUCKING NOTHING TO A NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITOR IN 4 YEARS. WHAT THE FUCK MORE DO YOU PEOPLE NEED!? INJURIES HAPPEN. Though not like this. No team loses 4 starters and a bench guy for 2 separate season ending injuries, and multiple games, in the same season. That is just being snakebitten.
If you don't see anything going into year 5 you are so blind that I want to call the DMV and have you license revoked because you will crash into something large and full of people.
Who's next?
