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Date Posted: Sunday, January 11, 07:24:01am
Author: Cindy Crawford
Subject: Re: Hanging tough
In reply to: figgyprez 's message, "Re: Hanging tough" on Sunday, January 11, 12:29:45am

Shot clock violation was clear,but I would put the blame on the SPC timekeeper.
Through the years we have been hurt many times by their incompetency.
I would suggest that they be sent to Monmouth U. for lessons in how to establish a real home court advantage rather than a disadvantage.

Also agree that a win is very big today.I hope Akeem can return and contribute,and that Wes finds himself.
Also looking forward to the Patsos comedy hour.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Hanging tough -- oldtimer#1, Sunday, January 11, 08:24:27am [1]

figgy, you're a stand up guy whose posts I enjoy. You take a position and explain your reasons why and never in a put down type of style. I respect and enjoy your point of view. As several posters have pointed out, reasonable people can disagree especially since none of us are experts (who is?).

With regard to Nick Leon, I understand your position quite well. You respect his playing ability but have serious doubts that he would be a starter on an upper tier MAAC team. You see him as a valuable role player. I see him as more than that. Our differences are probably different shades of the same color.


Nick had some very good games last year. I can think of several but one that I just checked the stat line was Providence. Shot 5/7, 12 points, 3 steals, 8 assists 1 turnover. Not bad for a freshman. Of course he had some poor games and had certain parts of his game that needed improvement. I think as a Soph. he has developed well. In three of our four wins he has been our dominant player (Wes did not play at NJIT). Even at the Cansius game where Wesley played lights out, Nick was almost as good.


IMO our future is with Wesley, Ryan and Nick and the two other now famous players that we may or may not have to be named later. Wes is our star and Ryan has the potential to be one. I would hope that Nick would be a solid contributor but I do not see his upside as great as theirs. With regard to how he plays this afternoon, I don't care if he goes 0 for the world, he has already proven himself to be a very, very good player.


I also agree with you and Cindy that a win today will be very big. It's definitely a game we could win. However, expectations are funny. The odds makers have us as a slight underdog (including whatever home court advantage they think we have). This tells me they think our chances of winning are slightly below 50%. Many of us are so anxious for a win that we will be disapointed if we don't put a W up on the board. Guess I will be also but it's not as if we should. JD and staff need to prove something and another loss will probably just confirm the lack of success the program has shown to date. In that we probably agree.

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