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This is hilarious!
Oh, and if there was an exit strategy in place, this makes much more sense than Stiney leaving to take a coaching job elsewhere. The Frankinator knows what an asset he is recruiting and he could be a positional coach.
I don't think we should waste a spot and try and pick up someone late but now I'm starting to really wish we could've picked up Frank Mason. It was between us and Kansas if I recall correctly. We'll have Donte Clark but I don't know if I want him starting freshman year. The transfer Adam Smith may have to slide over to PG next year (I don't think he'd mind since he'd be starting.)
I gotcha. No worries, and I wasn't trying to be a jerk; I'm sorry if it came off like that!
Seriously, if he gets the job, good for him, good for us. It's a win, win, and I'd be interested to see what he could when he's running the show again.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Its speculated that, since Malone was let go (for unknown reasons..hmmm) from JMU as their oline coach .. That Newsomw may go crawling back to JMU .. A lot of sentiment that we may end up with Malone or Todd Washington as an OL coach, unless major changes are made and. The new OC brings in his own OL coach. Also, someone on twitter claimed that O'Cain may be in the running for the HC job at Appalachian State. Apparently their AD (or asst AD?) Played for MOC at NC State?? Anyone know much about Malone. Obviously he played at VT but I don't know much about him as a coach.
My expectations haven't changed one bit. We lost by 1 point in Morgantown to a Bob Huggins coached team at the buzzer when 2 of our starters had 4 fouls for a large portion of the second half. Erick Green also had the flu and lost 7 pounds this week and still managed to get a double double. The Mountaineers WERE NOT the better team at all in this game. Tech had chances to win this game. Maybe if Cadarian Raines had nailed at least one of his foul shots in the last 40 seconds. Maybe if the Hokies had boxed out ONE time, maybe if we started covering Noreen before he shot the lights out on us. Maybe if Jarell Eddie had played a little smarter and not gotten four fouls and covered Staten going to the basket on their game winning shot. So many ifs and maybes, but when it came down to it, I think WVU simply wanted it more. Does not make them then better team at all. They just played better on that day. I guarantee you that if Tech happens to play them again in a post season tournament, Tech will win. Every team has an off game. We were bound to lose at some point. We're not going to go undefeated and this loss wasn't really a bad one. WVU is well coached and had the home court advantage.
...with Rankins performance so far, does that lead us to taking a flyer on a PG recruit in the spring signing? I know we've got one spot left and unsure where to go
They lost on the road yesterday yo an 8-1 UIC team. We will likely get CSU in Vegas if we beat a solid Bradley team.
Huggy Bear had a good gameplan, and like Mikey's recap said, the offense had trouble adjusting to the extended defense. wvu slowed the game down to a pace they wanted to play and discovered how to shoot the 3.
All that being said we had a chance to win at the end. The team never stopped fighting even though at times it looked pretty bleak. This game exposed our lack of depth and our liabilities on defense. That layup with 5 seconds left was wide open, cant allow an uncontested look in a situation like that.
I think the team will learn from this and improve. We'll get the couchburners next year.
I guess that joke went over everyone's head. The creator obviously likes players with the number one so it was a quick jab in reference to that.
If they win the BYU game, that'll go a long way on selection Sunday. The loss today doesn't hurt them, but you gotta have one or two solid OOC away wins. I fully expect them to be 10-1 before traveling to SL,UT, and hopefully they'll pull out a win before entering ACC play.
Appeared to not get off in time... If it had gone in, would definitely have had to be reviewed.
Its basically the free version of photoshop
I hope we respond in a positive way from this loss. Not sure if Green's shot would have counted if it would have went in, but it doesn't matter since it did not. This was a winnable game. Foul trouble and easy paint buckets for the opposing team is the only weakness I see now. Raines needs to make the shots on the block and the free throw line as he is our only serviceable big in the paint. They have exceeded my expectations. Just need to clean up some of the issues I addressed and they should be fine. Great season so far, but a tough loss today.
My expectations from the start of the year have increased. My expectations since the end of the Iowa are about the same. My expectations since 4pm today have decreased.
Coming into the season, I felt this team would probably have a similar record this year as last, probably around 10-3 OOC and a roughly 5-13 record in the ACC. We have a new coach, with all new assistants, with little returning experience from a below-average team last year. After the Iowa game, I was confident in this team's ability to improve on that a bit, possibly even hit 10 ACC wins, which is still about what I expect. We will possibly be, once again, squarely on the bubble come selection sunday.
How did you make these?
Tone is a fighter who is a bit too aggressive with receivers sometimes (hence all the flags this season) but he hits people and intimidates receivers IMO. He plays with some swag, but as long as he is all about team and not about himself, I like seeing him out there. Still think he should be a safety though.
I just want to point out that while we may have lost, I think from what I've been hearing from people that thought lowly of Tech going into this game, we gained a lot of respect from around ACC country. All I keep hearing now is people saying that Erick Green is a beast and that they think we can have a tournament team. A win would have been great, but there are going to be some growing pains, however getting some respect for a good performance is a pretty good reward too.
Also, this is when we see how good of a coach JJ is. Can he get the guys to come out in the first half on Monday and just take it to MSVS. I know they're winless, but coaching a team that is fresh off a loss is what makes coaches.
A lost opportunity in Morgantown. Those road wins against respectable OOC opponents can make a big difference at selection time. Hopefully, we can pick up a win against Bradley and BYU. Tough games, but not impossible for these guys.
the ceiling for the team, though the ACC is a bit weak this year, so I think it is very reachable.
Well said Skipper.
I was really expecting us to be a cellar-dweller this year in the ACC, but this team is alot more capable of winning games than I previously thought.
We may end up finishing in the bottom half of the ACC, but I think we'll be closer to the middle than the bottom.