Sha said he didn’t know yet.
I sat at Rutgers game and said I cannot believe we are getting out toughed. Since then we have been beating up every opponent.
I wrote the season off after that game. Assumed it was a lost year and was looking to develop the future. Silly me. How quickly things can change. This has been one hell of an emotional rollercoaster.
I don’t know because I haven’t been able to watch too much SJU basketball, but how much of a loss for them was Jordan Dingle?
Definitely ranked anyway. Congratulations you guys are on one heck of a tear.
He’s averaging 8 points in big east play and recently lost his starting job.. some impact. Don’t think it changed the inevitable unless the guy went for 30
It WAS a rock fight but we had all the rocks.
Sha with an absolutely masterful coaching job to turn this ship around. To think I (and many others here) were questioning his ability to coach at this level is preposterous. I’m so happy that I was wrong. Hell of a coach and hell of a team. Go Pirates!
I can honestly say (and my posts support it) that I never questioned Sha's coaching ability. I just looked at last year and how hard they played along with their good D and had complete confidence in Sha. I was questioning, however, the talent on the team and especially the 2 guard (indicating that if we had more NIL money we would have better 2 guard). With that said, i was very wrong. Dawes has been so good through the first 7 games of the Big East. While i still question his shot selection at times (and i admit that i have questioned shots he went on to make), he has just been so under control. He is like a different person from the OoC schedule. Just a great job by Dawes.
If I could “love” this, I would. In fact, we as a board should do a year-end thread owning up to what we were wrong about. Would prove just how little (or much) we all really know. I’m sure it would be a very humbling collections of posts.
That loss haunts our metric to this day..
I don't disagree, but based on where we are right now (6-1 in BE) and winners of 8 of 9 from that game, that loss is probably the best thing that happened to us.
Nobody likes a loss...the Rutgers game was the first time I EVER left a SHU game early..... and I've been a season ticket holder since 1989.....I was despondent........ BUT I wonder if we would be the team we are today if we didn't lose that game.... maybe it took a wakeup call like that to get the players attention and finally start to believe SHA. He's talked about leaving that game with shoulders slumped and maybe second guessing himself. It seemed though to strengthen his resolve and double down on his approach. Losing to Rutgers a blessing in disguise???? Maybe. But please..... let's not let it happen again.
Both George Blaney guys, for at least part of their careers. Just saying.
I always liked and rooted forBlaney. A fellow St Peter's Prep grad. He had a distinguished career and I can understand why Uconn fans remember him fondly.. ... Have to admit though, he did kind of mail it in a bit when at The Hall. At least that was the knock on him. Big East Head coach responsibilities vs Patriot League level Head coach.
IMO, in the the OOC thru the RU game, I dont know how we weren't doubting Sha. It broke my heart but I saw what I saw. Out offense wasn't good, our defense wasn't good. We showed little of the toughness that I expect from Sha's team. If you could look past that, not be concerned and see this happening, you are a better hoop mind than me by 1000 %.
