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Subject: Re: Columbia Men Bsktball Team's Biggest Game Author: Old Lion (O’Keefe) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 19:32:07 02/08/25 Sat In reply to: The Mountain Lion 's message, "Columbia Men Bsktball Team's Biggest Game" on 19:25:56 02/06/25 Thu outstanding, gutsy effort by the first year who wanted the ball in crunch time and took the tough shots. We won despite Engles, not because of him. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Columbia Men Bsktball Team's Biggest Game Author: Old Lion (O’Keefe) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 05:50:12 02/09/25 Sun I loved his aggressiveness and his ability to create space for his shot..He is a playmaker who is fearless. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Columbia Men Bsktball Team's Biggest Game Author: The Mountain Lion [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:24:08 02/09/25 Sun My opinion is that Columbia's long-time sports annuncer, Lance Medow, deserved much better treatment from Columbia's Basketball Coach Jim Engles than what was afforded to him last night in his post-game interview. When Medow asked Engles a serious question about what in his mind at a crucial moment at the end of the Brown Game, Engles responded in a totally idiotic way that he had no idea and Medow should leave him alone. After the interview was over, a shocked Medow dismissed Engles nasty comments as "sarcasm," but I thought Engles comments were just silly and unprofessional. After all, to the best of my knowledge, Medow has never criticized Engles in any manner on the air despite all of Engles many screw-ups. Perhaps I am wrong, but I do think Engles owes Lance Medow an on-the-air apology before the start of the next game. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Engles interview Author: Terrace72 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:25:19 02/09/25 Sun I watched the interview based on comments here. Totally bizarre. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Engles interview Author: Old Lion (one theory) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:37:41 02/09/25 Sun Engles has already been told that he is finished at the end of the season. So he has dropped all pretense and acted like a jerk to Lance. Somebody else is coaching the team right now. Look who the players gather around during time outs—Carberry, while Engles stands 15 feet away counting down the hours before he is history. Let’s see if O’Keefe starts and gets 25-30 minutes for the rest of the season. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Engles interview Author: Lion Rooter [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:43:52 02/09/25 Sun Yes I just watched the post game interview with Engles - Wow - honestly why would athletics communications put up that? pretty snide for sure and hardly funny... wonder where Coach E will end up after this debacle? Ungracious and just rude - no need for sarcasm the guy should be humble. After a strong start to the season - i can understand his frustration but perhaps the admins should just show him the door. Makes me wonder what the dynamics are with the players too. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Engles interview Author: Brown Fan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:34:37 02/09/25 Sun I only watched the interview now, as I was too busy licking my wounds. I thought that the Columbia announcers were excellent throughout the game. That interview leaves me dumbfounded -- what a first-class jerk response to a softball question. Medow deserved better. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Engles interview Author: Old Lion (going, going, gone) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:37:42 02/09/25 Sun The more I listened to that interview, the more convinced I become that Engles will be gone after the season. Had he hung on against Princeton and Yale, perhaps we would be having a different discussion. You will note that he referenced the Princeton game during that classless interview. Maybe we would have seen a better season if he hadn’t buried O’Keefe at the end of the bench. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Engles interview Author: The Mountain Lion [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:09:40 02/11/25 Tue Interesting that despite all the adverse publicity on-line the Columbia Athletic Administration has yet to remove from its website Lance Medow's post-game interview of Coach Engles. You open the website and it's right there to see-Lance asking Engles a couple of excellent questions and a confused Engles responding in a highly unusual manner. With hindsight, Engles was fortunate that Medow didn't ask him how he buried the star of the game, Gerard O'Keefe, at the end of Columbia's bench for nearly the whole season. In my opinion, and certainly others, O'Keefe is clearly very talented and will enjoy a very successful basketball career at Columbia despite Coach Engles. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Columbia Men Bsktball Team's Biggest Game Author: The Mountain Lion [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:00:45 02/09/25 Sun I just watched the replay on ESPN+ of Columbia's win over Brown. As Terrace72 noted, the Engles interview at the end of the game was "totally bizarre. Lance Medow asked Engles a very reasonable question about "What was your goal on the possession before the backdoor cut" when Columbia had the ball just a few seconds remaining in the game and trailing Brown. Engles'garbled response to Medow was "Honestly I don't know. I am happy we won. Don't ask me trick questions...7 game losing streak...leave me alone." I feel sorry for Medow. He's a professional and should be treated as such. To my knowledge he has never criticized Engles even once during his many broadcast. Engles should apologize to him before the start of his bext game. Of course,if Engles were smart he would resign today or tomorrow so he can say he went out winner. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Who else? Author: Terrace72 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:51:16 02/10/25 Mon Try as I might, I cannot imagine any other Ivy coach responding in such a fashion. We are fortunate to be spared the histrionics of coaches like the Hurley brothers, to name the first two who come to mind. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Who else? Author: Ed S. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:53:39 02/11/25 Tue I agree. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]