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Subject: Columbia basketball Author: Old Lion (enough already) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 21:41:35 02/22/25 Sat MBB is 1-10; WBB is 10-1; Griffin is a winner (see today’s gutsy win at Princeton); Engles is a disaster. So will Pilling finally put us out of our misery and either have Megan coach the men or hire a decent coach to replace Engles.The MBB program has reached Mangurian status, while the WBB program is making all of us proud. Kudos to Weiss for hanging 34 on Princeton. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Columbia basketball Author: SpuytenDuyvil76 (Agreed) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:45:25 02/23/25 Sun I have to agree OL. The women put on a gritty performance against Princeton, maintained discipline even when behind, and created many turnover opportunities for themselves. Weiss' heroics notwithstanding, the Lion's shooting is their one issue. But still, showing the stuff of champions. Roar, lion, roar! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Columbia basketball Author: The Mountain Lion [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:19:02 02/23/25 Sun With three games remaining in Columbia Men's Basketball "Season From Hell," the Lions are once again firmly locked into the Ivy League Cellar with a 1-10 record. The team is 12-10 overall, but that was because their non-conference schedule was one of the weakest in the country. Jim Engles has never had a winning season in the Ivy League or overall since his appointment as Columbia's Head Coach in 2015. Engles record against Columbia's Ivy League opponents is now an atrocious 24 wins and 83 losses. Overall, Engles is 70 wins and 143 losses. Columbia's Athletic Director Peter Pilling is understood to be Engles boss. Mr. Pilling has made three key coaching appointments during his tenure at Columbia. He approved the hiring of Megan Griffith as Columbia's Head Wome n's Basketball Coach. Certainly, that was a great hire. Mr. Pilling also approved the hiring of Jon Poppe as Columbia's Head Football Coach. Like Coach Griffith, Jon Poppe has been enormously successful as Columbia's Head Football Coach. While some Columbia fans describe the hiring of Coach Griffith and Coach Poppe as "obvious' hires that would have happened under any athletic director, I do give credit to Mr. Pilling for approving their hires, whether "obvious" or not. Having said that, I feel that by every reasonable standard, Coach Engles tenure at Columbia has been a failure and Mr.Pilling has been remiss in not firoing Engles years ago. My opinion, is that unless Mr. Pilling does that within the next two weeks someone else with the authority to do so needs to immediately step in and replace Coach Engles with a better coach for the sake of the present and future Columbia players, and Columbia's alumni and fans. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Columbia basketball Author: Scoop85 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:07:34 02/23/25 Sun If I were a Columbia fan (I’m not), this would be a no brainer. I assume you’ve e-mailed the AD directly? Otherwise, you’re wasting your virtual breath posting to a sports blog. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Columbia basketball Author: The Mountain Lion [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:53:56 02/23/25 Sun Understand and agree with you my friend Scoop85, but everyone knows that nowadays you have to pay to play at Columbia which is why Engles is still around. From my personal experience that was not the way it was at Columbia in the past, but is now. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Understand your frustration; not sure I understand much else. Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:33:05 02/23/25 Sun How does the concept of paying to play factor into the coach's longevity, on the job? And I can't blame you for not wanting to hear anymore excuse-driven explanations, but the fact is they've been without their best player and leader (senior, Geronimo de la Rosa) for the last month. This team did beat Villanova in November - by ten points, on the road; and Nova's gone on to beat two nationally-ranked (Marquette & St. John's) programs. I just feel terrible for all of you and all other concerned parties, regarding the truly unfortunate manner in which this is playing out. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]