Well I’ll say this. If you have inferior talent practicing against inferior talent then it might look good until they go up against better players.
Hence why I don’t take any of the over the summer hype stuff serious anymore.
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Hence why I don’t take any of the over the summer hype stuff serious anymore.
Yeah, there's always going to be good stuff being leaked but I knew what I needed about the summer from the following red flags. Many key players not reporting until late in Summer. Constantly seeing/hearing that key players are not practicing. Sha prohibiting anyone from coming to practice that extended almost until season began - even positive writers like Rothstein and Jerry.
No one here has disputed their irrelevancy in an entirely different era. If anything SMU showed you decades ago they were ready to play the game. As mentioned above, they have oil money and they want to make up for lost time. They also made the ACC championship and CFB playoff in football and went 24-10 this year in the ACC. War chest and willingness - SMU will be good in football and basketball moving forward.
Praying that this ends up with Willard grabbing power at Maryland and picking Lyons and Felt to be his AD.
Willard is NOT in the VU list. And there are more than several names.
The last sentence was a definite red flag, but when that got mentioned here, anyone who said that got scoffed at for thinking they know more than Sha or told "this is exactly how Sha likes it" etc etc
I think the responses are usually pretty varied. I remember there were plenty of people saying trust Sha but others were critical of Sha's secrecy and I for one thought the reason was he wasn't happy with the play of the team. I'm not great with the Search function on this site but check the Trove "Some News" on October 4th. I'd paste it here but off-topic and don't want to derail Slick Willy's thread.
Whitehead saved his butt.
He blocked me from going to a practice. More importantly he blocked Jerry and Rothstein.I think the responses are usually pretty varied. I remember there were plenty of people saying trust Sha but others were critical of Sha's secrecy and I for one thought the reason was he wasn't happy with the play of the team. I'm not great with the Search function on this site but check the Trove "Some News" on October 4th. I'd paste it here but off-topic and don't want to derail Slick Willy's thread.
In fact almost no one saw a practice all fall until Jerry saw one the day before our first game. That was a joke and the beginning of Seton Hall Pirate Paranoia (God rest coach Thompson's soul).
And of course there was no Blue/White scrimmage this year due to the date of Seton Hall's homecoming weekend.
Just an absolute mess in this day and age of new rosters every year. No one ever got to know the new players personally as the media had nothing to write about in the preseason.
narrow the scope to post season tournaments not in MSG. November tournaments haven't been so hot.
Sounds to me like Willard doesn’t like the way his contract renegotiation is going so he’s speaking out publicly. Very well could backfire on him but he seems much more confident now.
On another note, Fordham fired their coach yesterday. Wonder if Neptune returns. I know many of their die hard fans were not happy the way he left for Nova.
On another note, Fordham fired their coach yesterday. Wonder if Neptune returns. I know many of their die hard fans were not happy the way he left for Nova.
Willard ia a great choice for Nova
I also don't think he is negotiating for a pay raise. I think he is negotiating for basketball program commitment. He knows what Nova has
Nova calls and says do you want to replace Jay Wright. No one including any Fordham fam would say, no I'm good at Rose Hill.
I don't think Willard is negotiating his salary. He wants program commitments. But without an AD in place, cannot see how he does not jump for Nova.
This is the logical thought process. He refuses to say he’s not going anywhere. Which means he is. Perhaps a super deep run gets them to commit to his demands out of fear of major backlash. Like if they beat Florida in S16 MD fans lose their minds if he walks.
You dont think another rising AD or even one from another P4 will come to Maryland and all will be well? The current AD who is perhaps bound for the texas oil money at SMU doesn't come without warts from time at UGA