SLU_Nick

I know there are no benefits as a fan to taking this side of the argument but....I really just can't see it. Thames ballhandling is below average and he is a very bad defender (stands straight up and doesn't get low). This is probably due to his hamstrings/injuries but when he gets beat off the dribble, the other team absolutely feasts. Now if he is going to turn his athleticism into being one of the best defenders on the team, then I can see it...but chances of that are slim given recent history.

Thames is starting to get the Luke Meyer treatment on this board. Pure Love (I suppose bc he is local) with rose-colored glasses. He played last year because AJ Casey flamed out and Schertz didnt think McCottry was ready yet....when by the end of February most fans thought McCottry should have been playing the whole time. Now we have Green, Dion Brown, Sharma, Dunlop, who were all much more coveted recruits and actually recruited by this coach. I strongly disagree with Pistol that Thames starts if healthy. He was a Ford guy and now that we have enough swing men that were recruited to the JS system, I expect he will take the route of Davell Roby, Eliot Welmer, Jermaine Bishop just like when Ford came in with his own guys (Bess, Henriquez, Foreman, Goodwin). If Thames is playing big minutes then that means that one of Dunlop, Sharma, McCottry is a bust and likely transferring after first semester....which would be terrible in my opinion.

It is strange to me that in 2025 it is still largely (I think) the head coach's job to schedule. SLU needs to hire someone (or assign someone) who focuses on scheduling and Coach JS can just coach basketball. This might be the weakest schedule in the history of my fandom.

I think Sharma is low. I kind of view him as a Mike McCall type, he’s gonna play defense, hit all his free throws and make winning plays. He didn’t transfer down a level to be the 10th man in THE premier zero bid league

It really is kind of amazing for the diehard fans. We spend hours of our time in the moment talking about what is happening and why with the team....and no one on this board who posts knows anything 99.9% of time. Then 10 years later, podcasts like this unveil the exact truths that were happening. Brett Jolly calling what shots he was going to try in the game in the lockerroom before hand, Crews punishing Davell because he was Jollys roommate and holding him responsible for Jollys behavior....etc etc. Davell's recollection of the roster we were about to put together before Sit 2 was particularly interesting. I was able to watch practice once where Bess, Henriquez, Foreman, Ty Graves all were playing together....they look GOOD....then they add Jordan Goodwin and French. That team honestly would have been special. Honestly, I do not think Ford ever really recovered from that. We were about to field a team as talented as one of Ford's OK St teams that year. Brutal.

Co-sign this. It’s funny listening to Davell because it confirms (mostly) everything that I thought was going on. My lord Jim Crews was a terrible coach.

I just want for one time the A-10 to not lay an egg in the non-conference. I see that A-10 teams (not named SLU) have managed to schedule a few marquee power 5 opponents. One of these years, I just want the conference to go 11-1 in the non-con and gain respect. It is so deflating to watch these (non-SLU A-10) games in Nov/Dec with hope and then just realize it's a zero bid league again. Take St Joes last year for instance - they beat Tx Tech (!) and Villanova....but of course they lose to Central Connecticut and Charleston to make sure its zero bid. Then Dayton of course - Beat Marquette and UConn, then immediate lose to GW by 20. Zero bid confirmed. Given the above, Torch is right. We need to be George Mason from last year and just rack up wins in the conference and hope to win the conference tourney.

Feels like Tatum. Don’t even recruit him.

Why are the reporters so anxious to break wrong info about the schedule. Embarassing

I guess we are in the territory with the program where I’m supposed to be excited with this non-conference match up….but I’m just not. Feels like we are already in the mode where we Gotta win 30 games or win the A-10 tourney to get a bid

Kinda weak, but if he is a talent upgrade over Swope then that’s tough to ignore.

I guess consensus thinking it he is the PG on day 1? Was it posted why he left Xavier in December for a “health related matter”? I am not ready to just throw the keys to him but it sounds like Coach is.

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Zero bid. Yes. Must win.

Yea saw the same. Signing the contract seems sort of meaningless if it’s a “team option” and lakers just move on after year one and he gets his guaranteed 223k. I admit I am no expert but maybe torch or someone can confirm or deny what seems to be a ridiculously low salary for being a rotation player on the lakers.