The potential is definitely there. He's got speed, quickness, court vision and can pass. He just needs to quit looking for the spectacular play, be a distributor first and value possessions a little more.That's a great point.
I think there were thoughts that Jenifer might be on his way out ( if you read his tweets they may have given you that idea) and he could've gone to a smaller D-1 school and been the starting PG. I'm glad he stayed and hopefully that translates to him having a more productive second season.
We will have to win 4 out of those 7 to have a decent RPI. Also need to beat Rhode Island or you can cross Duke off.Easy schedule cuz I think we lose all big games this year to lack of depth
Duke
At Iowa state
At Butler
Xavier
Uconn
At smu
Uconn
We will have to win 4 out of those 7 to have a decent RPI. Also need to beat Rhode Island or you can cross Duke off.
Rhode Island is a win but 4 of the 7 are definitely loses, duke ,iowa state, xavier and one of uconn's I guarantee it. 24-7 is still a good recorded regular season...
You guys have a seriously negative slant on our non-conference. The potential is there to have Cronin's best team ever. Point guards make good teams better and I think Caupain is one of the best. With Evans taking mass minutes at his position and his lack of fear shooting, it take pressure off Troy to shoot. Gary's injury affected him for weeks and the staff kept it quiet so the other teams wouldn't key on him. Everyone is right about Ellis, he has poor decision-making skills and Washington will be a crazy improvement over him. Our intangibles: Cumberland, JJ, KJ and the bench have the ability to rest our men and contribute. We wont lose the close games we lost last year, get set for a run in the tourney.
I think we heard this all last year. That's why I have trouble getting that excited.
So why bother?
Why bother what? I have to have unrealistic expectations and buy into the preseason hype every year to be a fan?
I think we'll go 22-9 and 13-5 in the conference. Is that ok with you? Or should I stop rooting for my favorite team bc I think that? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the "Mick's best team" line has been used before...like last year. How'd that go? So bc I'm not putting those expectations on again, I shouldn't even bother? Good grief man.
Our starting five is going to be good, really good. I can't wait to see Washington, Caupain, Evans and Clark play together. (I know that's only 4 lol) Let the rest play out. I am one of the few that has confidence in KJ.
Why bother what? I have to have unrealistic expectations and buy into the preseason hype every year to be a fan?
I think we'll go 22-9 and 13-5 in the conference. Is that ok with you? Or should I stop rooting for my favorite team bc I think that? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the "Mick's best team" line has been used before...like last year. How'd that go? So bc I'm not putting those expectations on again, I shouldn't even bother? Good grief man.
Why bother what? I have to have unrealistic expectations and buy into the preseason hype every year to be a fan?
I think we'll go 22-9 and 13-5 in the conference. Is that ok with you? Or should I stop rooting for my favorite team bc I think that? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the "Mick's best team" line has been used before...like last year. How'd that go? So bc I'm not putting those expectations on again, I shouldn't even bother? Good grief man.
I don't even know why we play these games - after all, the result is guaranteed.
I agree that 24-7 is a decent regular season result, but I'm hoping we could even be a game or two better.
Guaranteeing wins or losses at this point is silly.
I was half-kidding. Don't take it personally. I just find it funny when people go "yeah well we've heard that before", when we have also heard them say that before... (I definitely remember you saying that last year). There's nothing wrong with being skeptical (I think 22-9 is somewhat fair). But to get annoyed by people saying "this is Mick's best team" isn't fair, when saying "yeah we've heard that before" every year is equally annoying. Does that make sense?
I'm really not this eternal optimist some of you think I am. I pitch in at the excessively negative banter to balance it out and say positive things, so people end up thinking I'm just an "everything is perfect no matter what" kind of person. This program has some flaws that I'd rather not dive into right now.
There are plenty of things that worry me about this year, but balancing that out with the starting five everyone has pointed out, plus some new faces, we could wind up having a great year. If you can't see that, I don't know what to tell you. People aren't putting us in their preseason top 25 for nothing.
There's nothing wrong with taking a 'show me' attitude towards the season. Jacob is correct, most of us felt like last season would have been more successful than it turned out. He's not saying he thinks this team is going to flop - just that he's going to remain a little skeptical until the team shows him some results. No problem there.
I'm optimistic regarding the potential for this team; that's ok too.
This forum allows for viewpoints on both sides of the aisle. The only poster I took issue with was NTS because he didn't appear to be a fan at all. That apparently has been addressed by the mods and I am grateful for that.
I don't view Jacob in that light at all. I believe he is a fan and friend of the program, he's just a little more skeptical of the state of the program than some others. Nothing wrong em with that.
We're all fans of the program. We can view things differently, but let's try to avoid attacking each other just because we may see things a little differently. I'm glad Jacob is a regular contributor.
Why bother what? I have to have unrealistic expectations and buy into the preseason hype every year to be a fan?
I think we'll go 22-9 and 13-5 in the conference. Is that ok with you? Or should I stop rooting for my favorite team bc I think that? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the "Mick's best team" line has been used before...like last year. How'd that go? So bc I'm not putting those expectations on again, I shouldn't even bother? Good grief man.
Jacob, if one thing for sure has happened during the Cronin era, it's don't buy into the hype. It happens every year. It's like the boy who cried "Wolf". I understand exactly what you are saying and agree 100% with you. I'll believe it when I see it, just like you. I'm somewhat excited about this team, but you know....it's the same coach. This same stuff was being tossed out there last year and now many want to act like it was really this season where the change is going to happen. No, it was last season. We bought into the hype and the season was a joke. I think we'll have a better record this year than you do, but I understand where you are coming from. The lower we set the bar, the better chance we'll have of being somewhat content at the end of it all. It's so much easier than doing the reverse and getting disappointed every season.
Haven't seen one person with that thought process, so I'm curious where you're getting that. I had way higher expectations last year, and I think most/everyone here did as well. We were deeper. The JuCos + Shaq disappointed. I don't know why you seem to think everyone is so blind.
