Mike has a lot of potential.  Hopefully, Coach Rhoades can develop that potential in spite of Ferry.

Econ69 wrote:

Mike has a lot of potential.  Hopefully, Coach Rhoades can develop that potential in spite of Ferry.

He's not really a post player from what I understand. I think that's why he get's the NBA prospect label. A 6'8" guy whose extremely athletic, can make good passes, handle the ball, and create his own shot and shoot out past the 3 point line. That description of Mike fits the mold of an NBA 3 man, which I think is the position he currently plays.

Maybe we will try him at the point.

I truly hope he does well and lives up to his pre-college press.  But, there is a big difference between being a dominant high school or AAU player and becoming a consistent performer in a league like the A10.  Let's see what he does once he suits up. 

C'mon Ken. We can beat DII teams in November. It's February that kicks our tails.

Hope he is better than Castro......

Can we play Penn St. 29 times? How does Chambers keep his job. He's been there longer than Ferry, and has done about as much.

Penn State used to kill us when John Bach coached them. I think John passed away recently after a long career in college and the NBA.

Simms wrote:

duq81 wrote:

Can we play Penn St. 29 times? How does Chambers keep his job. He's been there longer than Ferry, and has done about as much.

Chambers is keeping his job because of his upcoming recruiting classes.  He has three 4 star players coming (one redshirted due to academics) from Philadelphia (Bostick is more of a 3 star), and another four star kid coming from Maryland.  Penn State decided to be patient and it could potentially be a brilliant move.  

I know the class is saving his *ss, and I'd probably give him a year or two as well, but damn, other than that, he's Jim Ferry. They should have hired Ron instead.
 

"They should have hired Ron instead."

Can't wait for the hysterical reaction to this.

Unlike the Bluff, where consecutive non-winning seasons turn into contract extensions.

Worth pointing out: Danny Hurley, hired @ same time as Ferry, has been linked to every job opening I've seen so far.

PS, great quote by the new Rutgers coach, the guy from CW Post: "We're going to build a program." Must be a Lawn Gisland thing.

As usual negativity and misinformation abound on this board.  Thanks to Simms for straightening our the misinformed about Chambers at PSU.  The team definitely improved and beat some good teams including Indiana in the Big Ten.  He now has back-to-back excellent recruiting classes littered with 4-star players.  This year, his class will probably finish in the top 10-15 in the country.  He has not only tapped his Philly connections, but also brought in two kids from Oak Hill.  Not every big name recruit turns out the way one would like, but he seems to have things moving in the right direction.  Of course, the Big Ten is tougher than the A-10 by leaps and bounds and you have to have big recruiting years on a continuing basis to survive.
As for the Dukes class, they aren't nearly has highly rated at the PSU classes, but it seems like a solid three-man class so far.  If Mr. Mike is what he appears to be, we should give some credit to the coaches for identifying him early and getting him signed before he blew up nationally.  I like the fact that he played in Vegas this year.  It should help him get ready for the A-10. 
I know it was a disappointing end to a promising season, but on one hand we want to see the coaching staff recruit better players, but many on the board just never let up with the negativity.  Don't think others don't read this and use it as a negative recruiting tool.  Sometimes I wonder if we all want to see Duquesne win as soon as possible, or just want to avenge Ron's firing by attacking the guy who replaced him but had nothing to do with firing him!