BLIKNS Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Saw on the Tweets page , the team did Karoke . Seems the team does alot together and has fun.. Ford seems to really get the concept, IMO. Team chemistry so vital , a must .. Can that top talent??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Feel like this board needs some team bonding stmdragons, BrettJollyComedyHour, almaman and 4 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSLU68 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Quality is job one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 22 minutes ago, BLIKNS said: Saw on the Tweets page , the team did Karoke . Seems the team does alot together and has fun.. Ford seems to really get the concept, IMO. Team chemistry so vital , a must .. Can that top talent??? Maybe to an extent, but why should we assume other teams won’t have good team chemistry too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 56 minutes ago, Franchise_08 said: Feel like this board needs some team bonding My first song will be when the Bills come marching in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 It's important for the program to have a social media presence & post things like this for marketing / recruiting purposes. However, jumping from a social media post showing the team doing karaoke together to the team having good chemistry is a stretch. Social media posts / videos are carefully presented to maintain an image which doesn't always match the truth. I'm not necessarily saying the team doesn't have good chemistry just that you can't infer anything from the official Twitter account. If someone like McBroom is screwing other guys girlfriends, that's not going on the official team social media account. It's the same way with your friend posting cute family pictures with their toddler and not posting pictures of the toddler getting sick and throwing up everywhere. billikenbill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 1 hour ago, RUBillsFan said: It's important for the program to have a social media presence & post things like this for marketing / recruiting purposes. However, jumping from a social media post showing the team doing karaoke together to the team having good chemistry is a stretch. Social media posts / videos are carefully presented to maintain an image which doesn't always match the truth. I'm not necessarily saying the team doesn't have good chemistry just that you can't infer anything from the official Twitter account. If someone like McBroom is screwing other guys girlfriends, that's not going on the official team social media account. It's the same way with your friend posting cute family pictures with their toddler and not posting pictures of the toddler getting sick and throwing up everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 57 minutes ago, Scoop said: But he's right though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSLU68 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Always to hear how happy the neighbors are? “Louisiana big man Jordan Brown will play for Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway next season. The 6-foot-11 center announced his commitment Tuesday. Brown's addition is the latest in the Tigers' near total rebuild. The program has just one player (guard Jayden Hardaway) in line to return from last season's roster which won 26 games, claimed the AAC tournament title and advanced to the NCAA tournament” we hope to get Malcom Dandredge and we hope he has a point to prove in his senior year. i am impressed when I go to games and see all of the local supporters who once played their hearts out for SLU. At no time have we had more local coaches who played basketball for SLU and now coach big high schools like Claggett, Tatum, Pee Wee Leonard and now Kevin Lisch returns to tesm up with Highmark and I am sure he will add to our strong core with Troy Robertson and who could wish for more from Larry Hughes. Rich Grawer had a couple of good connections but right now this team has strong support from recent graduates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soderball Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 The real team chemistry comes from NIL deals and cold hard cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniceMenace Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 If Zhang Dynasty dominates the rim like he does Karoke… BrettJollyComedyHour likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 14 hours ago, billikenfan05 said: But he's right though. I know but that’s common sense. Don’t be killin’ my good team bonding vibes with common sense. I’m tryin’ to get pumped for the season over here. RiseOfTheBillikens and Billiken Rich like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniceMenace Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Scoop said: I know but that’s common sense. Don’t be killin’ my good team bonding vibes with common sense. I’m tryin’ to get pumped for the season over here. Hearing everyone is having Conklin summers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChosenOne Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 While I have no sense how the squad is bonding (I do think the guys returning seem to be without drama and seem like positive kids), I do think that is going to be important for Ford and company to emphasize this summer and fall with so many new faces. Maybe generally in college athletics with the way rosters are turning over year to year. We have guys coming in from different countries who will be going through a big adjustment not only on the court, but off the court as well being in college and living in the US, so a lot of change for them. And then we have transfers in the case of Dalger and Dandridge who are 5th year guys and in the case of Ezewiro playing for his 3rd team in 3 seasons who you need to make sure get bought in (and it sounds like Dalger is a real positive in that area). I find myself excited for the season because I do not know what to expect, but it feels like a fresh start with roles and playing time out there to be earned which I tend to like. With the league being down, why not surprise us with a dominating winter! I don't see any force in the league this coming winter, why not us?!?! DOC, brianstl and Billiken Rich like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Scoop said: I know but that’s common sense. Don’t be killin’ my good team bonding vibes with common sense. I’m tryin’ to get pumped for the season over here. My apologies. Given some posts on this board, I have to assume there are MBMs who have no common sense whatsoever. Reasons to be pumped for the season: LH Jr. and Sincere Parker are going to take massive steps forward. Our offense may not be better, but it will be less predictable I think our defense will be improved as well because Ford will have more flexibility to bench guys who aren't performing on that end. We've got a bunch of new foreign guys who we know very little about & could end up being awesome Dr Bird and cgeldmacher like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 I'm just pissed that Rothstein and Frank haven't started hyping up fringe guys as all A10 players yet. I guess Ford lost their numbers. In all seriousness though I really have no clue what to expect. We have some good pieces and a lot of unknowns. If everything goes right, we are going to be really good. If it doesn't, we are going to be really bad. I know that applies to 98% of teams but I feel like it's here especially for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 32 minutes ago, slufan13 said: I'm just pissed that Rothstein and Frank haven't started hyping up fringe guys as all A10 players yet. I guess Ford lost their numbers. In all seriousness though I really have no clue what to expect. We have some good pieces and a lot of unknowns. If everything goes right, we are going to be really good. If it doesn't, we are going to be really bad. I know that applies to 98% of teams but I feel like it's here especially for us If LHJ takes that next step OR the Serbian is ready to start, I think our starting 5 is solid. Maybe top 5-6 in the A10 starting lineup. Bench is incredibly questionable. Im interested to see if Brad plays the 4 at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Nick Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 It will be nice to not have the flowery preseason #1 ranking/ press clippings for a change. light a fire under them a bit slufan13 and Billikenbooster like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMedBilliken15 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, SLU_Nick said: It will be nice to not have the flowery preseason #1 ranking/ press clippings for a change. light a fire under them a bit I honestly disagree. I would take a preseason #1 team any year without question. (Having said that, I would prefer a team that overperforms to one that underperforms expectations.) Edited July 14, 2023 by SLUMedBilliken15 cgeldmacher and CenHudDude like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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