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Last year a prediction posting was done by CLK , and I felt my guess was a little bit of hope but with a feel for the players we had. Last year a prediction posting was done by CLK , and I felt my guess was a little bit of hope but with a feel for the players we had. I'm at a loss as well. This is as tough a season to predict as I can remember. As I've said before, we don't have enough proven players to be able to really expect a very good season. Conversely, we also don't have a bunch of guys who have proven that they can't play at this level. We're adding 2 guys who have played at the P5 level, plus a guy who excelled at the mid major level. There is quite a bit of experience here, but not experience playing together. As a result of this, I can easily see the team struggling to find chemistry, and not doing well. I can also see a scenario where the soft early schedule helps them find their legs, and the team gets on a roll quickly, and has a breakthrough season. They could also struggle early, and then find their stride in the second half of the season. Basically, nothing would shock me, from a 10 win stinker, to a 23-24 win stunner. Last year a prediction posting was done by CLK , and I felt my guess was a little bit of hope but with a feel for the players we had. I'm at a loss as well. This is as tough a season to predict as I can remember. As I've said before, we don't have enough proven players to be able to really expect a very good season. Conversely, we also don't have a bunch of guys who have proven that they can't play at this level. We're adding 2 guys who have played at the P5 level, plus a guy who excelled at the mid major level. There is quite a bit of experience here, but not experience playing together. As a result of this, I can easily see the team struggling to find chemistry, and not doing well. I can also see a scenario where the soft early schedule helps them find their legs, and the team gets on a roll quickly, and has a breakthrough season. They could also struggle early, and then find their stride in the second half of the season. Basically, nothing would shock me, from a 10 win stinker, to a 23-24 win stunner. Phil, I was thinking that I would wait until after Media Day to post the Official "Get On The Record" thread, but this is a good a time as any. Like last year, posters can change their prediction up until the first game (after the exhibition game). So I will post the thread.
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2016-2017 predictions
This season I am kind of at a loss, can y'all help an ole fan with some of your insight on this upcoming season?
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Re: 2016-2017 predictions
Phildog wrote:
This season I am kind of at a loss, can y'all help an ole fan with some of your insight on this upcoming season?
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Re: 2016-2017 predictions
duq81 wrote:
Phildog wrote:
This season I am kind of at a loss, can y'all help an ole fan with some of your insight on this upcoming season?
Couldn't agree more with all of this 81.
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