Ferry's 5th year next year - I can not imagine how we won't be worse.  Now, not only will the two leading scorers be gone, but one of the most athletic guys will be gone, someone who had a chance to start next year or definitely be the 6th man.  Will Teflon Jim use this as another reason why he won't post a winning record AND get us to a tournament.

levon1975 wrote:

Duques102 wrote:

Man this blows. It's like this program can never really take a step forward. This is definitely a huge step back for the program. Hope we can get a grad transfer forward or Juco guy that could step in right away to help replace his impact. He was our best big offensively scoring and passing. Don't see anyone on the current roster that can replace that, even with an offseason to develop. I thought Smith and a combo of guys could help make up some backcourt production but this is yet another hole in the roster going into next year.

The public perception is worse than the basketball reality. Ty could jump and dunk, but wasn't developing the other skills needed to be an effective player at this level. As I pointed out in my earlier post, there are far too many negatives surrounding Ty to make this a great loss in terms of basketball. He can be replaced, hopefully with someone who is willing to work hard to improve himself as a player. His attitude would have prevented him from making progress. The coaches gave him so many chances and went to bat for him, but there are limitations as to what you can tolerate.
Those that are trying to turn this into some type of failure on the part of the coaches are way off base in this case.

agree with this. He was a major disappointment this year. Somebody compared him to TJ, which is crazy. He couldn't carry TJ's jock.

duq81 wrote:

levon1975 wrote:

Duques102 wrote:

Man this blows. It's like this program can never really take a step forward. This is definitely a huge step back for the program. Hope we can get a grad transfer forward or Juco guy that could step in right away to help replace his impact. He was our best big offensively scoring and passing. Don't see anyone on the current roster that can replace that, even with an offseason to develop. I thought Smith and a combo of guys could help make up some backcourt production but this is yet another hole in the roster going into next year.

The public perception is worse than the basketball reality. Ty could jump and dunk, but wasn't developing the other skills needed to be an effective player at this level. As I pointed out in my earlier post, there are far too many negatives surrounding Ty to make this a great loss in terms of basketball. He can be replaced, hopefully with someone who is willing to work hard to improve himself as a player. His attitude would have prevented him from making progress. The coaches gave him so many chances and went to bat for him, but there are limitations as to what you can tolerate.
Those that are trying to turn this into some type of failure on the part of the coaches are way off base in this case.

agree with this. He was a major disappointment this year. Somebody compared him to TJ, which is crazy. He couldn't carry TJ's jock.

I agree his production can be replicated, he was just the best post option we had offensively passing and scoring wise. Just need to find someone who can at least fill that role and perhaps exceed it. I agree that while super athletic he was still very raw in terms of basketball skill and IQ. Still a significant loss until a replacement is found though.

Who knows? Maybe this could be a blessing in disguise as perhaps Isaiah Mike gets a bit more playing time and battle testing during his freshman year.  Perhaps Jordan Robinson sees this as the opportunity to get off the bench and make his last two years here mean something, and now he doesn't transfer!

I loved Powell's athleticism, but he made too many bone head errors and stupid fouls.  It's not like Tysean Powell is going to be the major difference between 10 wins and 22 next year.  Many other chips will fall or not fall, much bigger chips, to determine the season's fate.

rosceaux wrote:

(And please don't tell me that Gill plays the 4.)

Don't get me wrong because I totally agree with you about Powell being a loss, see my post. However Gill does play the four. I mean, I get your point because his game/skill set mirrors one of a guy playing the 3 but he has pretty much started every single game this season as the 4, with Jones and then James taking over the 3 spot.

I'll say one thing about this. I wasn't going to watch the Fordham game, but now I'm very curious as to how they will play with Powell gone.

My excitement level with this program is at a all time low.

Yes Powell was a head case, but I want a program that takes these types of players and makes them act right.

I don't know fellas....there are just so many things wrong with Duquesne basketball right now.

What makes losing Powell a big blow is that he, as a soph., had 2 years left here, and he has been  playing 20 plus minutes a game now.  Big guys are not that easy to find that can play.  It's hard to know if he was a problem to handle for the coaches, but with the playing time the coaches used him, I would assume they viewed him as part of the future for this team.  So few players got off the bench this year, that replacing him next year will be like starting over instead a veteran player coming back. His sudden departure leaves all of us guessing  what the heck is going on here?   

I'll find it very amusing if it's Robinson and he performs well. I'm betting on Sanders but he and Lewis are so foul prone. Hey based on the launch offense we could go small??? 😱😱😱😱😱

Dukes are 4 1/2 to 5 point favorite.

Again I ask if Ferry is the right guy for this job.  Attendance down.  An extremely soft schedule to pile up wins and what has it done to improve the outlook for the program?  Maybe he gets to play 5 guards next year. I am not trying to be negative - just trying to see where the positives are.  I do not see them.  Not sure why Powell left.  Not sure why Castro is buried on the bench.  Where is Sanders?  Maybe he will play more since Powell left.  Should the program arrow be pointing up given the years that Ferry has been here?  Just asking.......

They need a new coach..  They got lucky today because Mason & Colter took about 40 jump shots. They have the shortest backcourt in D-1 hoops. LG Gill in a good program would be a "3"  Eric James would be a "2" Darius Lewis should be a "blowout center" meaning he only sees the court if team is up by 30 with 3 minutes to play.  He does not recruit local kids.  Ferry must be afraid of heights because he refuses to understand after 4 years and super soft non conference scheduling that u need good bigs to either A - get some easy baskets, put backs, and a presence to draw the D for easy kick outs or B someone to defend other teams with average to good bigs and to help block shots when the guards get beat.  He recruits too many guards and wonders why there are issues over playing time.  If the new AD wants to make going to Palumbo fun and upgrade the program then start with the coach who has done very little and looking ahead has underwhelming talent coming in.