I saw a partial practice and posted in depth on the Trove. But frankly watching less than one practice is only going to give you a partial hint on what to expect.

The team is athletic and lightning quick.

Manny, who might be the starting center is injured and hasn't played for at least 2 weeks. The staff has said he will be baclk soon, but who knows what that means.

Yalden, another potential center has been slowed by an ankle injury and he was limited in the practice I saw. I do not think either player played against Maryland.

That leaves Toumi who is a PF, almost a stretch 4 to play the middle. Physical centers will be a tough matchup for him.

Godswill has potential but he is not ready yet.

That is all a major concern for the Pirates. The center position could be a major issue.

The guards and wings are talented but must develop chemistry. In the practice I saw Middleton and Addae-Wusu were the two best players. DAW ran the point on one team and excelled. Middleton played forward on the other team and I was impressed with his all around game. Especially his court vision and rebounding. Both are stellr defenders.

The two points, Dual and Harmon were OK but not in the class of Richardson who the Pirates are going to miss drastically. Dual is a bitch on defense. Flashy but needs consistency. Harmon has his moments too.

Coleman is slightly better than last year. Has improved his shooting and ball handling. And of course his D is stellar.

It was only less than 30 minutes and it was totally unexpected but Felton shot the eyes out of the ball. Hit 5 straight bombs and played physical.

Jenkins did not have a good practice, But then led the team in scoring in both exhibitions with 25 and 13 points respectively.

Aligbe and Tubek were both OK but did not stand out. My guess is of the two Aligbe, who is a bull, might get more minutes in the rotation.

Short view but that's what I saw.

shu09 said:

Most golf outings take 4-5 hours because of slow play, inexperienced golfers, and other factors. Very little chance they can get 18 in before dark if they're in fact teeing off at 1:30. Pretty big oversight, especially for a high dollar outing.

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I'm sure they can make the most of it. These guys seem to be pretty creative, they'll probably add glow in the dark golf balls to the bag of giveaway items and it will be a good time.

curious how former pirate Jahari Long played?

You da man Kev!!!

I remember watching the US junior amateur a few years back and saying to myself, what an amazing golf course, I wish I could play there. Now I get that chance, watch my Pirates compete big time in Charleston, support NIL, talk with the coaching staff and socialize with a great group of Pirate fans. What’s better!

what nonsense. Literally just shows Trump stayed on message if the thing they’re attacking is the COMEDIAN who opened up. These people will end comedy if they get the chance.

Hypocrisy that Jimmy Kimmel, Howard Stern and Bill Clinton are embraced by the party who protect women. Don’t make fun of this group or that group but embrace some of the most misogynistic men of the last few decades, 2 of which used comedy to talk about women negatively.

We’ve got six foursomes going off at 1:30—on two separate 18-hole courses. Three groups per course.

The average handicap? A solid 2. My friends and I are bringing up the rear as the last two foursomes in each group. So, there's no need to worry about 'slow play.' And if there’s any concern about finishing on time, trust me—I always finish, and sometimes even quicker then I would have liked

Maybe try finding something else to critique about the event.

I really don't know what to expect from this team. Information has been so scarce, it looks the Facebook censors have taken over. The CIA, DIA and MI6 are little league compared to Sha & Co. Brand Loyalty will just go so far. All we can do is hope for the best but be prepared for a bust until this P4P get reigned in.

I really wouldn’t worry yourselves over golfers finishing their rounds benefiting Seton Hall NIL. We will surely get 18 in with plenty to spare even if we need to cut off lunch earlier with the coaching staff.

I played with a few of the participants a few weeks ago at Spring Lake. We will have a great time.

SOpirate said:

Whenever your closing argument is why you shouldn’t vote for the other guy, you are surely going to lose.

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i think it was a mistake for Harris to go negative, but both focus on why not to vote for the other quite a bit. Let’s not pretend one is better in that regard.

Both are trying to convince voters that this is the most important elections of our lifetime because of how bad the other one is.

SOBO1 said:

I haven’t listened to your episode yet but Davis signed for $900K at Ole Miss per his agent - Noah Reisenfeld.

A couple things to note - (1) the $900K is exactly on par with the Athletic article/opendorse data. (2) I have no reason to believe his agent would be lying, but I think it’s possible he’s putting an inflated number out there to attract new clients.

What number did you quote on your podcast?

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I believe one of the rumors we stated was $500k or more.

Probably most likely somewhere between that and the $900k stated by his agent.

Either way, I just don’t see us being able to afford two players like Davis and Richmond and having anything left to field a competent roster.

Letting Sha bring in a bunch of guys with something to prove at a discounted rate and having faith that he can mold them into his image defensively is really the only viable plan at this point.

I don’t believe it’s impossible to put a team on the court that will fight and claw on that end of the floor. I think we all are curious and have doubt that you can also find enough offense with this strategy.

Blueswayedshus said:

Yes, but this is three weeks from now and after the end of daylight savings.

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Sunset 5:14 on November 23rd.

FeltonsJumper said:

We are one week away from tipoff. Share anything about the upcoming season that you're excited for.

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Maybe it's just me, but I'm excited to see Felton's jumper.

LeftCoastPirates said:

just don’t want to believe a guy like Davis is pushing $750,000-$1,000,000 type of a pay day. Because to me that means we can never even have the type of roster we had last year. Just way too expensive.

No way we could afford 3 seniors like Kadary, Davis, and Dawes in today’s NIL world.

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That’s why I have been saying this season is our first season of feeling the impact of NIL and free agency. Last season we had an artificial sense of security because we were able to retain players out of our price range due to a set of rules that are no longer in place (i.e. KR, DD, AD weren’t allowed to transfer).

On paper that was close to a $3M roster in today’s value. Our NIL situation could improve in the future but you are correct we could never afford that roster with today’s rules.

I want to see a lot of guys get minutes and deserve them.

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LeftCoastPirates said:

Wouldn’t shock me at all.

5th year senior that does a little bit of everything. Mature leader to add to your roster. Easily a number two scoring option. Plays hard nose defense and hustles nonstop.

I just don’t want to believe a guy like Davis is pushing $750,000-$1,000,000 type of a pay day. Because to me that means we can never even have the type of roster we had last year. Just way too expensive.

No way we could afford 3 seniors like Kadary, Davis, and Dawes in today’s NIL world.

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I haven’t listened to your episode yet but Davis signed for $900K at Ole Miss per his agent - Noah Reisenfeld.

A couple things to note - (1) the $900K is exactly on par with the Athletic article/opendorse data. (2) I have no reason to believe his agent would be lying, but I think it’s possible he’s putting an inflated number out there to attract new clients.

What number did you quote on your podcast?

Yes, but this is three weeks from now and after the end of daylight savings.

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I teed 2:15 yesterday and had no problem

cams555 said:

Little rusty this time around, but still the best SHU podcast. Cant wait for the next one.

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Lol. I’ll take it!!!

Like I said to start the episode. Tough to even do this episode with so much unknown about all the players.

Hopefully watching a few games will give us something more to work with and help shake off the rust.

More importantly. Hope to be in a better spot than how last year’s squad started things off.