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I thought you were riffing on the 2/10 meme.
That's why they're a "reach". Fun to speculate about, but definitely unrealistic.
ahhh, makes more sense now...
Wait, we have multiple BCS trophies? Cuz we've had one coach. What have I missed???
This was a really great read, thank you.
I think all of your "reach" candidates are exceptionally unlikely to come here. We can't afford them, and we can't really offer them a better situation than what they have where they're at.
Out of the realistic candidates, I like the GW guy and the SMU guy.
Thanks for the positive feedback guys, I believe there already is an official basketball guy for TKP, but that wont keep me from continuing to contribute pieces like this.
The one thing that makes me lean towards JJ going this year as opposed to next is the failure to compete in conference. In my look at the candidates above, I was surprised to see that several of them struggled early on (first two years) at their schools overall. The big difference for many of them was that they struggled in their non conference schedule, where as mid majors they had to play all their "get paid" games versus Top 25 opponents. They did however seem to be able to compete in their conference right from the beginning. Now the talent level of their conferences versus the ACC is dramatically different so I didn't expect JJ to beat Duke, North Carolina, Pitt, or Syracuse. I do however expect this team to keep games against the bottom half of the conference competitive, which they have not necessarily been able to do.
I think having Eric Green last year really hurt the team as a whole, because they had the ultimate out on the offensive side of the ball, rather than being forced to develop their own shot and consistently run an actual team offense. That setback can be seen in how poorly JVZ is on the block, Marshall Wood is at the 15 foot jumper and even in how inconsistent Jarell Eddie and Cadarian Raines play is. None of these guys were ever forced to work team basketball and all find a way to consistently contribute because they knew Green was going to go for 25 points every night.
Will it kill me if Babcock decides to bring JJ back for another year? No, we have survived worse in both the football program (Newsome) and basketball in general. JJ isn't a bad guy and in all his other positions seemed like a rising star but the burden of replacing the talent that left this program (ten players at last count in the last two years), missing out on two of his guys he recruited for this year (Mueller sitting out and Clark going to UMass when he didn't qualify) and then the massive injury bug he has dealt with this year has proven too much to overcome.
Is it a lot to ask of a second year head coach in the ACC? Absolutely, but that's why the ACC is so good at basketball. You have to be able to at least remain remotely competitive even through this adversity. The finer point of how he has managed players and the lack of preparation for certain games, no matter who is going to be on the court really put the stamp on it for me. I hope that Babcock looks it over and makes what he thinks is the right decision for Tech. I will give Babcock the benefit of the doubt whichever way he decides to go.
LOL! Dead to me, anyway.
However, they are tied in the "real girlfriends vs. fans at spring game" category.
It was a joke. It was from some show i cant remember now but the guy said would not do to anything that wasnt a 10.
Notre Dame has fewer BCS trophies than UVA had fans at their spring game.
What if I told you that the Thursday night games were actually noon kickoffs?
Gregg Marshall is from Greenwood SC (near Clemson), and attended Roanoke (HS), Randolph-Macon, and Richmond. He probably has local family and ties that could make VT "stay-put" draw.
You could also say "more BCS trophies" and it would still apply
Thanks, Cinci!
Speaking of noon kickoffs, I had dream last night that every game this year other than the two Thursday night games were nooners. It was absolutely horrible.
Andy,
I haven't seen this answered anywhere yet, but does Searels have a goatee? This is an important point because the correlation between goatees and Oline coaching success cannot be ignored.
They'll all be like, "well we would have packed 160,000 seats by ourselves if our stadium was that big. Lets see you try and do that alone!" Well, Michigan fan, go ahead and schedule your own game at a speedway then we'll see. The record board doesn't lie! It shall be ours!
the guy splitting wood should be wearing better shoes.
I suppose but my zeal to pronounce "Leal" like "Leal" lost its appeal when I watched the Sun Bowl reel.
I think "gif" is pronounced "gif," in the same way that "Leal" sounds exactly like "Leal."
We offered? He's visiting? ND is out of the picture?
nice one
and for your reference I was saying "gif", not "gif"
I'm not offended, but let me give you an example. My grammar and spelling is far from perfect on TKP but there are valid reasons why. First and foremost I am usually posting whilst working and I think most others are as well. For others that may mean that they must type relatively briskly and post quickly so that it does not appear as if they are "wasting time" on a blog (as if TKP could ever be classified so). For me I own my own business and have way too many things to do to write, reread and edit on most occasions. It's not that I am being lazy, rather it's that I am already incredibly busy and reading articles and posting on TKP is a luxury during my work day. I don't want to use what little time I have going over what I wrote every time. That is an excuse, but I would argue a valid one.
Largely though, I must say that one of the biggest reasons I started posting to TKP last August was because I found that people DID take time, or at least put the effort into, writing correctly worded comments.
There are some things that bug me and if it were in a conversation with friends I would likely point it out to them, but here I tend to give everyone the benefit of the doubt that they are trying to contribute to this community while they are busy doing many other things.
Somewhere in the world, it's noon.