AlumniFan

Some people make the most of life...and some people spend their time trying to get others fired...on a message board. Go figure.

Was there a picture of you next to these definitions?

no moral victories - just WIN

If this team could jump, I truly think we would be a .500 team. 100% serious.

Crawford does not quit. Love that.

Well, the rim has a few times...

+1

Doocain with 10 blocked shots and I think all of them have been against MY!

I like Gillllannnn, but, honestly, if he cannot jump at all, he should not be playing the sport of basketball. I just do not get it. I truly think I have a higher vertical jump than Gilllllmannnn and George Costanza can out jump me.

Jump GILLLLLLMANNNNNN!!!!

Love it!

Is this the 20 pt watch thread...?

Have to sit MY. He is a disaster.

Yep, agree Reynolds should have gotten and deserved minutes. That part I do not get. Reynolds plays hard. He makes boneheaded plays once in awhile, but he deserves minutes.

My gut tells me that this team WILL be good IF there is not a mass defection. There is talent. There is athleticism. There is no meaningful leadership and there is a lack of humility by some of the players. Those two latter factors can be addressed by a little maturity.

Please stop trying to interject common sense into this debate....

Agree 100% on improving his defense.

Crews is the leader - no debate. But the reality of the situation is that some human beings in any group can be a cancer. They have bad attitudes and they become invested in their own narratives - anything that doesn't validate their narrative, they reject and try to influence others to reject as well. That is a highly regrettable situation, but it is a realistic situation. Unfortunately, I think that applies here. I really hope all the players stay, but if some of them lack the maturity/intelligence to abandon their own story lines, then, regrettably, they need to move on and grow up somewhere else.

I TOTALLY disagree on Crawford. He is NOT the least athletic 3 in the conference, no way. Plus, he can shoot from outside, he hits his free throws and he can get to the rim (and, P.S., he finishes more than those so-called "athletic" wings). Not that this is a big deal, but he is one of three Billikens to dunk the ball. Point is, he is not "the least athletic 3 in the league". Now, if you start asking me for comparisons, well, I cannot name any other 3's off the top of my head, but I have been watching the Billikens since the late 70s and, compared to many others, I just don't see him as nonathletic.

Yeah, that's right. He's sitting in the bleachers eating burritos from Del Taco while the kids play "HORSE". P.S. Your village is looking for you.

I think these two posts are spot on. Attention to detail, which requires discipline and practice, discipline and practice, discipline and practice, seems to be lacking. Not sure about AY, but MY does not seem disciplined and maybe he is chafing under a system that requires more discipline. Now, to be fair, it may also be that Crews just doesn't have the disciplined, almost Asperger's like focus that Majerus had (and not many do have). Execution is just not crisp out there and if the "good kids" buy in and try, but the "bad kids" do not, that is going to make for A) divisions on the team as I mentioned in another post and B. a coaching nightmare.

I think MB shows a lot of promise too. AG will take time, but I think he could still be very good.

RA will be a starter. MC could be a starter IF his defense improved. He can get to the rim. He can shoot the three. He is smart. He always plays hard. And he seems to have the right attitude.

Seriously? Not even close. Getting Tatum would be a game changer. I don't think it will happen, but definitely a game changer.

I sit almost directly behind where Crews stands during games. He may be a lot of things, but disengaged is not one that comes to mind. My opinion is not that Crews has lost 'the team", but that a few players have perhaps revolted. I think that has led to divisions within the team. I think it shows during the game. Even the best coach or manager struggles under that type of situation. JC is the same coach who almost beat VCU and GW. it was shortly thereafter that things really began to go south. And this was also close to the time of the MY quotes which definitely may have alienated some of his teammates.