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EO on Birthright Citizenship

Executive Order which is clearly against the 14th Amendment reeks of dictatorial power. You don’t like birthplace citizenship, then change the Amendment. Go through the Constitutional process.
Most of these EO’s were done to publicly thank his base. Such is the case with recent Presidents but Trump takes it to another level.

Encouraged that efforts are starting immediately.
- “Border Czar” does not require Senate confirmation so Homan has been organizing plan for weeks.
- Reports that buses of Mexican nationals being bussed back today.
- Military assets already deployed to the gulf and border.
- Remain in Mexico in place.
- Cory Booker signaled last night that he wants to work with administration on comprehensive immigration deal.

At the end of the day it will be about results. But this is why Trump got elected. Why anyone would be surprised?

Pardons

I disagree whole heartedly that Wray did a terrible job. That’s just not correct. Didn’t hear you complain about Menéndez house being raided or his prosecution under Wray and the previous administration.

So your solution and Trump’s is put in an unqualified person. If any other person did this, you would bitiching about it.
People felt the department of justice was weaponized. It's part of what happened this past November 5th. Whether it was or wasn't is not the issue. The fact people have such little faith in the institutions to think they would be weaponized is the real problem. And Joe who was to save us from all the horrible things Trump would do, did them all for his family. Trust is a big fat zero. New blood is being put in. We can disagree on who is qualified and who is not. That's America.

As for Menendez, he was a scapegoat and goner regardless of his house being raided. It was very good optics to raid his house because he was going anyway.

Apathy & A Young Team

No one cares. This board which probably has the "best" and most intense fans is dead. We just got taken to the woodshed back to back at home. I didn't feel we had a puncher's chance in either game. Would love to see the stat sheet last night for deflections. Seemingly every possession Marquette had their hands on the ball. The number of live ball turnovers 25-30 feet from the basket was astounding. This is just a bad mix of players. No movement on offense. Clueless at times on defense.

Until you see this over and over in person it's hard to grasp. I do continually forget how young we are. It isn't so much making all the new pieces fit together as it is we are just a young & inexperienced team on the floor. Last night we mostly played:

Felton - Freshman
Coleman - Sophomore
Dual - Sophomore
Aligbe - Junior
Godswill - Freshman
Middleton - Sophomore

Marquette starts 2 Juniors and 3 Seniors that have been in the program for years. And they are highly talented. It shows.

Shaheen Holloway

The entire program needs a reset. What Sha wants to do will not work in the current environment. He needs to get over the fact that the players are now getting paid and realize that the market isn't what he thinks the players are worth, it's what the other schools think they're worth.

SHU is always going to be at a disadvantage when it comes to NIL. It is what it is. Sha needs to develop a system that can win without elite talent. Right now, he has no system. He is doing a terrible job coaching this team regardless of talent. There is no consistency, there is no semblance of roles on this team outside of Coleman - it's a mess. He built this roster and he deserves the blame for what we are watching.

You can overcome a gap in talent with a well executed system. Sha needs to develop one. Bring in assistants suited for it and have experience coaching it. You want to play 10 guys a game? Okay, how about you press all game long? Instead you want to play 10 guys who aren't as good as the other team straight up and get blown out. It doesn't make sense. Go to some gimmick zone that teams don't see often and might struggle with. Do something and own it. Otherwise seasons like this will become the norm.

Observations from a 76-59 loss to Marquette

Where is this University’s pride in not being a laughing stock of a basketball program while its sister schools all demonstrate their commitment to athletic success . The most sobering issue is that there is no bright spot to look forward to.
Hard to judge how sincere the other schools feel about the SHU situation. The other coaches probably like the 2 almost guaranteed wins scenario. The possible Transfer Portal is the bright spot on the horizon.
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Shaheen Holloway

Extremely rare to win anything with Freshman and Sophomores. The absolute best Freshman recruits are hard pressed to win anything, look at Rutgers. Throw in the money which further complicates things and you have a mess. I still think we are a couple of players away from being very respectable. Life expectancy of a coaching career is going to be very short in the current environment.

Seton Hall Basketball

Winning 2 more games will be like climbing Mt Everest - very difficult and almost impossible without good guards. 😵‍💫

This is NOT the biggest issue. What has made the guard play look worse than it is may be NOT having any low post defense or offense. We have pretty much no interior presence. That is obvious based on the games to date. Just watch in future games how we are destroyed in the post. We will be destroyed by Creighton, UCONN etc..

Meanwhile we have a 7'2" kid riding the pines. From his HS videos he should have been in there from game one until he fouled out. Sure he may not be skilled as we would want but he has to be better than what Sha has put out there so far. Let him play a one man low post zone! Unless he is injured no excuse!

Do I have to teach Sha how to develop a low post player?

Shaheen Holloway

So, I believe we now have to be patient and wait for the next batch of players. The University has to implement a plan of action to help fund the Program. Personally, I'd like to see the coach reevaluate his philosophy on the importance of offense. The players on opposing teams are too skilled. You can slow them down with tough defense, but not prevent good teams from scoring. Also, even a solid defensive unit will not facilitate good offense. The offense does not magically improve because you played good defense in practice or games in Nov and December. Unfortunately, that's the message I hear when listening to Pre and Post game interviews from members of the of the coaching staff. The bottom line is get better players in the next year or two and then we can all give a fair assessment of the coach. Also, it wasn't all peaches and cream with Richmond and Dre. There were some blowout losses with them. Sha has two years after this one as i see it. If no Tournament trips after 5 years then it should be decision time.
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