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[PF58]

It's way way beyond silly to lock out local media, There are so many more pirate fans out there who are not part of these forums who deserve access and yes we do need him promoting the program and commenting whether positive or negative on his and the team's performance as well as the direction he sees the program going. That part of his job description has obviously not been articulated well to him. That comes from the top. We've beat this to death last year and again now

I think that may be thinking too much into it. Sha just is super-defensive with the media and in general, handles himself terribly in public when not winning. He hates being questioned. The tone he takes in post-game press conferences on even basic questions is defensive and belittling. He answers most questions with a dirty look and the condescending phrase "I don't know Jerry" or "Why would you ask me that when you already know the answer?"

He shutout ALL media last offseason for months. Wasn't just Jerry, Dan and other local guys. He continues to shutout Rothstein - who every major team allows to view summer workouts to preview the team. Not Sha. He wouldn't let anyone see the team, didn't even have the usual team scrimmage for fans last year. He knew they weren't very talented and not ready for the season. That's not an excuse, it does no good to treat the media like crap and try to hide your deficiencies.

Think it's a natural hate of being questioned especially since he knows that he's not done much right lately.

sadly I think you're spot on, not good signs that project leadership qualities.

 

[papacheesy2]

I get that we all want some insight on the team and that ball is being dropped by the school.

But I’ll play the other side of the coin here. Maybe Sha doesn’t want the blue tinted glasses hype to set unrealistic expectations.

Remember this article from Jerry back in October of 2021?

https://www.app.com/story/sports/co...tice-report-jamir-harris-hot-hand/6088218001/

Jamir Harris was going to give SHU another playmaking guard who shoots lights out, Tyler Powell was going to be a rotation contributor, and Willard was supposed to have a 10 deep rotation (one of his deepest yet).

None of these prognostications could have been farther from the truth. But we buy into it as fans because we want to believe it’s all going to come to fruition.

If Jerry wants continued access, he isn’t going to write a story stating how he believes we are poorly constructed or the talent level isn’t there. So he is going to spin it, overreach, build up the hype. Maybe Sha wants no part of that.

We essentially killed Harris during his time here for not really living up to expectations.

I ask you this…who set those expectations?

I don't think Jerry pulled that hype out of thin air. He was probably fed those talking points from Willard and staff, and dutifully echoed them in order to keep up the relationship.

 

[Piratz]

I don't think Jerry pulled that hype out of thin air. He was probably fed those talking points from Willard and staff, and dutifully echoed them in order to keep up the relationship.

Yeah, Willard was even on record with quotes. And 2021-22 turned out to be one of Willard's best teams. We got a little sideways from the COVID-19 delay and then injury to Bryce Aiken, but they started 9-1 and ranked in the Top-15 before going 11-8 in the BE.

The bottom line to all this is the school's resources are bad and Sha is not going to be good in this role unless he acknowledges he's a basketball coach and gets help on financial management. Even if SHU can have low-average resources, you need a very sharp and clever guy dedicated to that function 24/7, 365 to make that work, just like the business world where you have delineation between operations and sales, etc. Both critical, but different skill sets and dispositions. As a coach and dictator of the program, Sha is way too emotional for the negotiation side; that's a fact. What has served him well on the court is a hinderance off when it comes to negotiation.

Sha will continue to get the benefit of the doubt for a while because of who he is. He does get a hometown discount in that regard, LOL! If this was Willard or Orr or anyone else, it would be a bloodbath here already.

 

[SHUJim73]

I'm not one to do those types of things, but I think it's time the fans/alumni spoke up and expressed some of our opinions. The question is who should we address that would actually do anything about it and isn't also part of the problem? Felt? Reilly? Sha? Lyons? Hank?

Unfortunately, the only way to speak clearly enough so that someone will hear you, is with your butt when it's not in a seat this season.

 

[SOBO1]

Listening to Jerry’s segment on SHU made me say to myself “what the hell is going on over there?”

I really hope Bryan Felt listened to this because the word dysfunctional doesn’t even begin to describe it.

 

[sami]

When your most recent press is scandals within the presidency and sexual misconduct and hazing within the baseball team, is some Pollyanna glowing reporting about the basketball team, whether realistic or not, a welcome change?

 

[sami]

Yeah, Willard was even on record with quotes. And 2021-22 turned out to be one of Willard's best teams. We got a little sideways from the COVID-19 delay and then injury to Bryce Aiken, but they started 9-1 and ranked in the Top-15 before going 11-8 in the BE.

The bottom line to all this is the school's resources are bad and Sha is not going to be good in this role unless he acknowledges he's a basketball coach and gets help on financial management. Even if SHU can have low-average resources, you need a very sharp and clever guy dedicated to that function 24/7, 365 to make that work, just like the business world where you have delineation between operations and sales, etc. Both critical, but different skill sets and dispositions. As a coach and dictator of the program, Sha is way too emotional for the negotiation side; that's a fact. What has served him well on the court is a hinderance off when it comes to negotiation.

Sha will continue to get the benefit of the doubt for a while because of who he is. He does get a hometown discount in that regard, LOL! If this was Willard or Orr or anyone else, it would be a bloodbath here already.

What I wouldn’t give for an 11-8 letdown season.

 

[radecicco]

That segment on SHU from our most dedicated and long time beat reporter is the most disturbing report I have ever heard. Jerry said he wanted to get a few things off his chest and did he ever.