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*** Barring any last minute defection it looks like the roster is set for next year. The Dukes will have on scholarship two grad students & a senior, three juniors, four sophomores, and three freshman. Two centers (Lewis & Robinson), three true forwards (Sanders, Mike & Abrahamson), eight guards (Smith, James, Steel, Castro, Jackson, Blackmon, Littleson & Lewis). *** Barring any last minute defection it looks like the roster is set for next year. The Dukes will have on scholarship two grad students & a senior, three juniors, four sophomores, and three freshman. Two centers (Lewis & Robinson), three true forwards (Sanders, Mike & Abrahamson), eight guards (Smith, James, Steel, Castro, Jackson, Blackmon, Littleson & Lewis). You know, if only they could have won just 2 more of those late games, I think some folks might even have a positive outlook for the future. The late fade was just so bad, it just took all the positivity of the first two thirds of the season, and flushed it down the toilet. There's no doubt that next year's prospects are looking much better today than a week ago at this time. There is reason for optimism. My hope is that we see continued growth in the returning players AND in ferry's coaching abilities and substitution patterns. I want to see the older guys like Blackman, abrahamson, and Lewis perform well but I also want to see the younger guys who are the future of the program develop Speaking of recruiting......I love this Christian David player. He has some big time programs looking at him but we should be doing everything we can to get this kid. Also not a fan of the two players mentioned above *** Barring any last minute defection it looks like the roster is set for next year. The Dukes will have on scholarship two grad students & a senior, three juniors, four sophomores, and three freshman. Two centers (Lewis & Robinson), three true forwards (Sanders, Mike & Abrahamson), eight guards (Smith, James, Steel, Castro, Jackson, Blackmon, Littleson & Lewis). You know, if only they could have won just 2 more of those late games, I think some folks might even have a positive outlook for the future. The late fade was just so bad, it just took all the positivity of the first two thirds of the season, and flushed it down the toilet. If we would have won 2 more games it would have been Mason or Colter making the difference. They're still gone, and so are Powell and Gill. With Jones, we lost five players who played a majority of the team's minutes. Would not have affected anyone's optimism. You've got some blind hope in two grad student transfers, some rational expectation for a stud PG, a handful of freshmen and a couple role players. What you have is the Duquesne form of optimism, which occurs once a year at exactly this time. Speaking of recruiting......I love this Christian David player. He has some big time programs looking at him but we should be doing everything we can to get this kid. I would love to get Christian David but I fear he has ascended beyond the level of an A-10 recruit. He will most likely end up at a big P5 conference school. The best hope we have is that he is good friends with his fellow Canadian, Isaiah Mike *** Barring any last minute defection it looks like the roster is set for next year. The Dukes will have on scholarship two grad students & a senior, three juniors, four sophomores, and three freshman. Two centers (Lewis & Robinson), three true forwards (Sanders, Mike & Abrahamson), eight guards (Smith, James, Steel, Castro, Jackson, Blackmon, Littleson & Lewis). You know, if only they could have won just 2 more of those late games, I think some folks might even have a positive outlook for the future. The late fade was just so bad, it just took all the positivity of the first two thirds of the season, and flushed it down the toilet. If we would have won 2 more games it would have been Mason or Colter making the difference. They're still gone, and so are Powell and Gill. With Jones, we lost five players who played a majority of the team's minutes. Would not have affected anyone's optimism. You've got some blind hope in two grad student transfers, some rational expectation for a stud PG, a handful of freshmen and a couple role players. What you have is the Duquesne form of optimism, which occurs once a year at exactly this time. I am right there with you on optimism this time of year. The only thing is you note all the players that we have lost as a way we are going for a rough season. But.......that team wasn't good. A team lead by Mason and colter with powell and gill doing their thing didn't get us that far, I am just excited we are getting fresh bodies and i wanna see if these kids are the ones that can energize the crowd. Like I said, it's called Duquesne optimism for a reason, and this is the only time of the year we can enjoy it. So let's soak it all in. Go Dukes! Like I said, it's called Duquesne optimism for a reason, and this is the only time of the year we can enjoy it. So let's soak it all in. Go Dukes! You are right my friend, it is all part of the life cycle of a Duquesne Basketball fan. I wrote the post below in March 2015 and was not far off except for the cupcake party in the preseason. By the way I am a Duquesne addict and probably the most guilty of the comments below. Last edited by CLK (4/21/2016 8:10 am) Like I said, it's called Duquesne optimism for a reason, and this is the only time of the year we can enjoy it. So let's soak it all in. Go Dukes! You are right my friend, it is all part of the life cycle of a Duquesne Basketball fan. I wrote the post below in March 2015 and was not far off except for the cupcake party in the preseason. By the way I am a Duquesne addict and probably the most guilty of the comments below. Yeah, CLK, we've been down this road so many times it's like Michael Keaton and "I Got You Babe". I can vividly recall Castro and Powell tearing tearing up the summer league two years ago....Well, I prefer the Cherry Kool-Aid. What I find amusing is the refusal to see the flaws in how the team functions under Ferry's coaching. I just don't see that changing since it's not his way of doing things. His up tempo leads to lots of bad shots, poor ball movement and sharing of the ball, lack of rebounding and finally a ridiculous amount of turnovers. We all talk about how exciting guys look in All-Star games and summer league but that's not even remotely like basketball anymore. The games a joke of selfish play and no defense. Most of the AAU games are so bad they've gone to 6 fouls and some want to go to 10. I understand and agree with talent but discipline and desire need to be in the mix. What I find amusing is the refusal to see the flaws in how the team functions under Ferry's coaching. I just don't see that changing since it's not his way of doing things. His up tempo leads to lots of bad shots, poor ball movement and sharing of the ball, lack of rebounding and finally a ridiculous amount of turnovers. We all talk about how exciting guys look in All-Star games and summer league but that's not even remotely like basketball anymore. The games a joke of selfish play and no defense. Most of the AAU games are so bad they've gone to 6 fouls and some want to go to 10. I understand and agree with talent but discipline and desire need to be in the mix. That's exactly the problem with Ferry's style. IF, next years team plays half-court, and spreads the scoring to multiple players, and plays some pressure defense, then things will work. Let's just hope next years team is coached better than this last year. But, I'm a little impressed with the recruits. Ferry's managed to get the tools, now let's hope he know how to use them. CLK, I think I would have more optimism if: CLK, I think I would have more optimism if: 1 - is the true enigma to me. He certainly didn't deserve to take minutes from colter or mason based on his play. but, i see your point...had he stolen minutes, he would have earned them, thus increasing the optimism for next season. If his lightbulb goes off, I could see him being the wild card. I see that as having a 1% probability...or less. CLK, I think I would have more optimism if: Ferry clearly hasn't built anything in these last 4 years. However, it's not crazy to be excited for 5 new athletes coming to our team that look like the part. I am just not going to sit here and cry about the loss of Mason, DC, and Gill....they didn't get us anywhere. You are the one that predicted a team lead by them wouldn't get you more than 10 wins. CLK, I think I would have more optimism if: Ferry clearly hasn't built anything in these last 4 years. However, it's not crazy to be excited for 5 new athletes coming to our team that look like the part. I am just not going to sit here and cry about the loss of Mason, DC, and Gill....they didn't get us anywhere. You are the one that predicted a team lead by them wouldn't get you more than 10 wins. Defense!!! Both teams in the NCAA Finals played aggressive defense. The Wildcats played tight in-your face defense especially when you pick up your dribble, and UNC over-played the ball every chance they got. Two different styles of aggressive defense, same results. Disrupt the opponents offense and cause turnovers. Ferry's lay-back style sucks. It let's every opponent run their offense without pressure. Let's even bad 3-point shooting teams look great. And that roll down the court is just an embarrassment. Rick Mageris from SL wasn't an offensive wiz but his defenses just were a nightmare for opponents. It's just a wish, but Ferry's teams could win way more with some real defensive play. The players are here, I really like what we got, but the style of play isn't going to make them win. Not the way we played last year. CLK, I think I would have more optimism if: 1 - is the true enigma to me. He certainly didn't deserve to take minutes from colter or mason based on his play. but, i see your point...had he stolen minutes, he would have earned them, thus increasing the optimism for next season. If his lightbulb goes off, I could see him being the wild card. I see that as having a 1% probability...or less. Web a lot of time the two bigs were Powell and James, or Gill and Powell. I meant putting Lewis, Robinson and Gill, or Robinson, Sanders and Powell on the floor at the same time, and letting James play the 2. If nothing else, to show the opposing something different. James seemed to play better when he was the first guy off the bench, than when he started. I would have liked him to be a little more of a consistent scoring threat. CLK, I think I would have more optimism if: 1 - is the true enigma to me. He certainly didn't deserve to take minutes from colter or mason based on his play. but, i see your point...had he stolen minutes, he would have earned them, thus increasing the optimism for next season. If his lightbulb goes off, I could see him being the wild card. I see that as having a 1% probability...or less. Web a lot of time the two bigs were Powell and James, or Gill and Powell. I meant putting Lewis, Robinson and Gill, or Robinson, Sanders and Powell on the floor at the same time, and letting James play the 2. If nothing else, to show the opposing something different. James seemed to play better when he was the first guy off the bench, than when he started. I would have liked him to be a little more of a consistent scoring threat. Even in Ferry's poor defense, Lewis just plain caused problems. He fouled mostly because he felt he had to confront the streaking perimeter players to the hoop that our very weak perimeter defense allowed. Most real teams have their perimeter player foul them to the hoop if they failed to stop them. Not a Ferry team. It was all on the center, but constantly. Two shooting guards playing their game selfishly to get points and not foul just plain is a formula to fail. We got a shooting guard coming in that it boast 40 points in a game?? More opponents streaking to the hoop, Our bigs fouling out in response, Looks like a typical Ferry tale of a season coming?? Web a lot of time the two bigs were Powell and James, or Gill and Powell. I meant putting Lewis, Robinson and Gill, or Robinson, Sanders and Powell on the floor at the same time, and letting James play the 2. If nothing else, to show the opposing something different. James seemed to play better when he was the first guy off the bench, than when he started. I would have liked him to be a little more of a consistent scoring threat. Even in Ferry's poor defense, Lewis just plain caused problems. He fouled mostly because he felt he had to confront the streaking perimeter players to the hoop that our very weak perimeter defense allowed. Most real teams have their perimeter player foul them to the hoop if they failed to stop them. Not a Ferry team. It was all on the center, but constantly. Two shooting guards playing their game selfishly to get points and not foul just plain is a formula to fail. We got a shooting guard coming in that it boast 40 points in a game?? More opponents streaking to the hoop, Our bigs fouling out in response, Looks like a typical Ferry tale of a season coming?? Does anyone have the stats on where our 2pt defense ranked in the league? Don't get me wrong. Ferry is like most of these very poor head coaches that get their because they can recruit. But doesn't mean they can coach. Ferry lacks coaching skills at this level, will never obtain those skills, doesn't understand defense nor that matter complex offenses at this level. And the surprise is we fired a better coach??? Not that Ron was a final 4 coach, but no matter what Ferry can recruit, he sucks as a coach. Next year, after an other Ferry year, form a committee, and find a real X and O coach. All the players are good, they really are, and deserve better coaching. Just find a real coach next time. CLK, I think I would have more optimism if: 1 - is the true enigma to me. He certainly didn't deserve to take minutes from colter or mason based on his play. but, i see your point...had he stolen minutes, he would have earned them, thus increasing the optimism for next season. If his lightbulb goes off, I could see him being the wild card. I see that as having a 1% probability...or less. Web a lot of time the two bigs were Powell and James, or Gill and Powell. I meant putting Lewis, Robinson and Gill, or Robinson, Sanders and Powell on the floor at the same time, and letting James play the 2. If nothing else, to show the opposing something different. James seemed to play better when he was the first guy off the bench, than when he started. I would have liked him to be a little more of a consistent scoring threat. How often was the 4/5 combination James and Powell during a game, I mean really? I probably watched every game but 2 or 3 last year and can't remember that at all. I can barely remember James playing the 4 at all. I'm not the statistician Duques102. I remember screaming at the television, tablet or laptop every time I saw it, but I never pulled out a stopwatch. I also saw one big on the floor with Colter, Mason, James, and either Jackson or Steele several times. How else do you think Ferry gets his reputation for putting small lineups on the floor? 1 - is the true enigma to me. He certainly didn't deserve to take minutes from colter or mason based on his play. but, i see your point...had he stolen minutes, he would have earned them, thus increasing the optimism for next season. If his lightbulb goes off, I could see him being the wild card. I see that as having a 1% probability...or less. Web a lot of time the two bigs were Powell and James, or Gill and Powell. I meant putting Lewis, Robinson and Gill, or Robinson, Sanders and Powell on the floor at the same time, and letting James play the 2. If nothing else, to show the opposing something different. James seemed to play better when he was the first guy off the bench, than when he started. I would have liked him to be a little more of a consistent scoring threat. How often was the 4/5 combination James and Powell during a game, I mean really? I probably watched every game but 2 or 3 last year and can't remember that at all. I can barely remember James playing the 4 at all. James was a force early in his first few games, then (I believe) was not fed the ball much going forward by the 2 shooting guards . Eric is clearly talented, fast, and has court vision (that is rare), and was unselfish in dishing the ball behind the back under the basket in the RM game. He could be a real force next year if given the green-light, but not if Ferry let's the (now) one guard hog the ball next year ( which is Ferry's "UP-Tempo Style" ) I'd be more than surprise if James matures in this system, really. He deserves better. Like I said, it's called Duquesne optimism for a reason, and this is the only time of the year we can enjoy it. So let's soak it all in. Go Dukes! You are right my friend, it is all part of the life cycle of a Duquesne Basketball fan. I wrote the post below in March 2015 and was not far off except for the cupcake party in the preseason. By the way I am a Duquesne addict and probably the most guilty of the comments below. Yeah, CLK, we've been down this road so many times it's like Michael Keaton and "I Got You Babe". I can vividly recall Castro and Powell tearing tearing up the summer league two years ago....Well, I prefer the Cherry Kool-Aid.
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**** Starting line up to start the season most likely will be three guards (Smith, Blackmon & James), one forward (Abrahamson), and Lewis at center.
**** There should be enough interchangeable parts for liberal substitution but given Ferry's past history on substitution who knows. Your guess is as good as mine, but my possible substitutions off the bench are Lewis or Littleson at the point, Littleson or Steel at the SG, Jackson or Mike at the SF, Sanders or Mike at PF, Robinson, Sanders, or Mike at Center. Wild card is Castro. It will be interesting to see how things play out.
**** I think Littleson (SG) and Mike (SF) will make a strong case for starting by season end.
**** Ferry had an amazing success rate at hitting his recruiting targets this year. He landed every player that officially visited DU.
**** Looks like Ferry is off recruiting hard for 2017. In addition to the names on the Verbal Commits list below he offered Marcus Santos Silva from Vermont Academy and was in to see 2017 Prince Oduro (First Love Christian Academy, PA) today.
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**** Starting line up to start the season most likely will be three guards (Smith, Blackmon & James), one forward (Abrahamson), and Lewis at center.
**** There should be enough interchangeable parts for liberal substitution but given Ferry's past history on substitution who knows. Your guess is as good as mine, but my possible substitutions off the bench are Lewis or Littleson at the point, Littleson or Steel at the SG, Jackson or Mike at the SF, Sanders or Mike at PF, Robinson, Sanders, or Mike at Center. Wild card is Castro. It will be interesting to see how things play out.
**** I think Littleson (SG) and Mike (SF) will make a strong case for starting by season end.
**** Ferry had an amazing success rate at hitting his recruiting targets this year. He landed every player that officially visited DU.
**** Looks like Ferry is off recruiting hard for 2017. In addition to the names on the Verbal Commits list below he offered Marcus Santos Silva from Vermont Academy and was in to see 2017 Prince Oduro (First Love Christian Academy, PA) today.
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duq81 wrote:CLK wrote:
**** Starting line up to start the season most likely will be three guards (Smith, Blackmon & James), one forward (Abrahamson), and Lewis at center.
**** There should be enough interchangeable parts for liberal substitution but given Ferry's past history on substitution who knows. Your guess is as good as mine, but my possible substitutions off the bench are Lewis or Littleson at the point, Littleson or Steel at the SG, Jackson or Mike at the SF, Sanders or Mike at PF, Robinson, Sanders, or Mike at Center. Wild card is Castro. It will be interesting to see how things play out.
**** I think Littleson (SG) and Mike (SF) will make a strong case for starting by season end.
**** Ferry had an amazing success rate at hitting his recruiting targets this year. He landed every player that officially visited DU.
**** Looks like Ferry is off recruiting hard for 2017. In addition to the names on the Verbal Commits list below he offered Marcus Santos Silva from Vermont Academy and was in to see 2017 Prince Oduro (First Love Christian Academy, PA) today.
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ElDuque wrote:duq81 wrote:CLK wrote:
**** Starting line up to start the season most likely will be three guards (Smith, Blackmon & James), one forward (Abrahamson), and Lewis at center.
**** There should be enough interchangeable parts for liberal substitution but given Ferry's past history on substitution who knows. Your guess is as good as mine, but my possible substitutions off the bench are Lewis or Littleson at the point, Littleson or Steel at the SG, Jackson or Mike at the SF, Sanders or Mike at PF, Robinson, Sanders, or Mike at Center. Wild card is Castro. It will be interesting to see how things play out.
**** I think Littleson (SG) and Mike (SF) will make a strong case for starting by season end.
**** Ferry had an amazing success rate at hitting his recruiting targets this year. He landed every player that officially visited DU.
**** Looks like Ferry is off recruiting hard for 2017. In addition to the names on the Verbal Commits list below he offered Marcus Santos Silva from Vermont Academy and was in to see 2017 Prince Oduro (First Love Christian Academy, PA) today.
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As a Duquesne basketball fan there are certain rhythms of life that seem to never change. It starts with the end of another losing season that flushes out more fans with the shaking of heads saying "these guys suck", "waste of my time", "not renewing my tickets next year". The coaches usually try to say something positive like "we are going to hit the recruiting trail starting tomorrow", "we are going to work hard to get better" and the focus turns to recruiting. But soon the news comes that the promsing freshman and a couple others are transferring. Now the coaching staff are scrambling to fill roster spots from a pool of picked over HS kids and JUCO transfers. As commitments come in the ususal self appointed experts hit the message boards saying how this home school kid is a sleeper, and how great the coaches are for finding this kid. Some beging to drink the Kool Aid and begin thinking this kid could really fit in, then this kid may just start, and then this kid could be a star as the Kool Aid takes a grip. Soon the summer league begins and in the Kool Aid stuper the glowing reports come from the summer league of Duquesne recruits making even the most skeptical a little optimistic "maybe these guys won't suck next year after all". At the end of summer everyone is looking forward toi the start of the season. After giving up 80 points to a D3 school in the exhibition win of 103 - 80 some of the Kool Aid begins to wear off. The usual losses to Pitt, Penn State, Robert Morris and by Christmas the Kool Aid is totally worn off and the realization that DU is headed for another losing season. More fans begin to walk away. The A10 schedule brings the usual losing streaks with an occasional upset. The Dukes finish at or close to the bottom, and bow out of the A10 tourney. What for other schools is March Madness for Duquesne fans is March Sadness. The consecutive years of not being in the NCAA since 1977 continues. And the cycle start
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CLK wrote:ElDuque wrote:
As a Duquesne basketball fan there are certain rhythms of life that seem to never change. It starts with the end of another losing season that flushes out more fans with the shaking of heads saying "these guys suck", "waste of my time", "not renewing my tickets next year". The coaches usually try to say something positive like "we are going to hit the recruiting trail starting tomorrow", "we are going to work hard to get better" and the focus turns to recruiting. But soon the news comes that the promsing freshman and a couple others are transferring. Now the coaching staff are scrambling to fill roster spots from a pool of picked over HS kids and JUCO transfers. As commitments come in the ususal self appointed experts hit the message boards saying how this home school kid is a sleeper, and how great the coaches are for finding this kid. Some beging to drink the Kool Aid and begin thinking this kid could really fit in, then this kid may just start, and then this kid could be a star as the Kool Aid takes a grip. Soon the summer league begins and in the Kool Aid stuper the glowing reports come from the summer league of Duquesne recruits making even the most skeptical a little optimistic "maybe these guys won't suck next year after all". At the end of summer everyone is looking forward toi the start of the season. After giving up 80 points to a D3 school in the exhibition win of 103 - 80 some of the Kool Aid begins to wear off. The usual losses to Pitt, Penn State, Robert Morris and by Christmas the Kool Aid is totally worn off and the realization that DU is headed for another losing season. More fans begin to walk away. The A10 schedule brings the usual losing streaks with an occasional upset. The Dukes finish at or close to the bottom, and bow out of the A10 tourney. What for other schools is March Madness for Duquesne fans is March Sadness. The consecutive years of not being in the NCAA since 1977 continues. And the cycle start
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1. Castro had taken minutes from Colter and Mason and finished in the top 3 on the team in scoring & assists.
2. When given his chance to start, James would have stepped up a little more.
3. Ferry would have utilized all of the bigs better, occasionally going with a taller lineup, instead of going immediately smaller every time he subbed out.
4. Powell & Gill were returning.
I keep hitting the same note, but not even those who eat the feedcorn out of Ferry's hand can answer the question of exactly what evidence we have of program building after four years. Others base their optimism on "well, it's something different."
Hope is not a plan.
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1. Castro had taken minutes from Colter and Mason and finished in the top 3 on the team in scoring & assists.
2. When given his chance to start, James would have stepped up a little more.
3. Ferry would have utilized all of the bigs better, occasionally going with a taller lineup, instead of going immediately smaller every time he subbed out.
4. Powell & Gill were returning.
I keep hitting the same note, but not even those who eat the feedcorn out of Ferry's hand can answer the question of exactly what evidence we have of program building after four years. Others base their optimism on "well, it's something different."
Hope is not a plan.
2 - James had a great year imho. Not quite sure what else you expected.
3 - As mentioned before, this didn't actually happen as you indicate. 2 of the 5 between Gill, Powell, Sanders, Robinson and Lewis were always in the game absent some crazy circumstance. We never went "small".
4 - These are losses. I never thought LG Gill was an impact player. The loss of Powell will sting. There were some games where he was unguardable on offense.
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1. Castro had taken minutes from Colter and Mason and finished in the top 3 on the team in scoring & assists.
2. When given his chance to start, James would have stepped up a little more.
3. Ferry would have utilized all of the bigs better, occasionally going with a taller lineup, instead of going immediately smaller every time he subbed out.
4. Powell & Gill were returning.
I keep hitting the same note, but not even those who eat the feedcorn out of Ferry's hand can answer the question of exactly what evidence we have of program building after four years. Others base their optimism on "well, it's something different."
Hope is not a plan.
I get it.....Jim Ferry sucks as a coach....but that doesn't mean you can't show enthusiasm for good recruits.
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currentstudent wrote:ElDuque wrote:
1. Castro had taken minutes from Colter and Mason and finished in the top 3 on the team in scoring & assists.
2. When given his chance to start, James would have stepped up a little more.
3. Ferry would have utilized all of the bigs better, occasionally going with a taller lineup, instead of going immediately smaller every time he subbed out.
4. Powell & Gill were returning.
I keep hitting the same note, but not even those who eat the feedcorn out of Ferry's hand can answer the question of exactly what evidence we have of program building after four years. Others base their optimism on "well, it's something different."
Hope is not a plan.
I get it.....Jim Ferry sucks as a coach....but that doesn't mean you can't show enthusiasm for good recruits.
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WEB wrote:ElDuque wrote:
1. Castro had taken minutes from Colter and Mason and finished in the top 3 on the team in scoring & assists.
2. When given his chance to start, James would have stepped up a little more.
3. Ferry would have utilized all of the bigs better, occasionally going with a taller lineup, instead of going immediately smaller every time he subbed out.
4. Powell & Gill were returning.
I keep hitting the same note, but not even those who eat the feedcorn out of Ferry's hand can answer the question of exactly what evidence we have of program building after four years. Others base their optimism on "well, it's something different."
Hope is not a plan.
2 - James had a great year imho. Not quite sure what else you expected.
3 - As mentioned before, this didn't actually happen as you indicate. 2 of the 5 between Gill, Powell, Sanders, Robinson and Lewis were always in the game absent some crazy circumstance. We never went "small".
4 - These are losses. I never thought LG Gill was an impact player. The loss of Powell will sting. There were some games where he was unguardable on offense.
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ElDuque wrote:WEB wrote:ElDuque wrote:
1. Castro had taken minutes from Colter and Mason and finished in the top 3 on the team in scoring & assists.
2. When given his chance to start, James would have stepped up a little more.
3. Ferry would have utilized all of the bigs better, occasionally going with a taller lineup, instead of going immediately smaller every time he subbed out.
4. Powell & Gill were returning.
I keep hitting the same note, but not even those who eat the feedcorn out of Ferry's hand can answer the question of exactly what evidence we have of program building after four years. Others base their optimism on "well, it's something different."
Hope is not a plan.
2 - James had a great year imho. Not quite sure what else you expected.
3 - As mentioned before, this didn't actually happen as you indicate. 2 of the 5 between Gill, Powell, Sanders, Robinson and Lewis were always in the game absent some crazy circumstance. We never went "small".
4 - These are losses. I never thought LG Gill was an impact player. The loss of Powell will sting. There were some games where he was unguardable on offense.
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NapaDuke wrote:ElDuque wrote:WEB wrote:
1 - is the true enigma to me. He certainly didn't deserve to take minutes from colter or mason based on his play. but, i see your point...had he stolen minutes, he would have earned them, thus increasing the optimism for next season. If his lightbulb goes off, I could see him being the wild card. I see that as having a 1% probability...or less.
2 - James had a great year imho. Not quite sure what else you expected.
3 - As mentioned before, this didn't actually happen as you indicate. 2 of the 5 between Gill, Powell, Sanders, Robinson and Lewis were always in the game absent some crazy circumstance. We never went "small".
4 - These are losses. I never thought LG Gill was an impact player. The loss of Powell will sting. There were some games where he was unguardable on offense.
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ElDuque wrote:WEB wrote:ElDuque wrote:
1. Castro had taken minutes from Colter and Mason and finished in the top 3 on the team in scoring & assists.
2. When given his chance to start, James would have stepped up a little more.
3. Ferry would have utilized all of the bigs better, occasionally going with a taller lineup, instead of going immediately smaller every time he subbed out.
4. Powell & Gill were returning.
I keep hitting the same note, but not even those who eat the feedcorn out of Ferry's hand can answer the question of exactly what evidence we have of program building after four years. Others base their optimism on "well, it's something different."
Hope is not a plan.
2 - James had a great year imho. Not quite sure what else you expected.
3 - As mentioned before, this didn't actually happen as you indicate. 2 of the 5 between Gill, Powell, Sanders, Robinson and Lewis were always in the game absent some crazy circumstance. We never went "small".
4 - These are losses. I never thought LG Gill was an impact player. The loss of Powell will sting. There were some games where he was unguardable on offense.
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Duques102 wrote:ElDuque wrote:WEB wrote:
2 - James had a great year imho. Not quite sure what else you expected.
3 - As mentioned before, this didn't actually happen as you indicate. 2 of the 5 between Gill, Powell, Sanders, Robinson and Lewis were always in the game absent some crazy circumstance. We never went "small".
4 - These are losses. I never thought LG Gill was an impact player. The loss of Powell will sting. There were some games where he was unguardable on offense.
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KenOTR73 wrote:CLK wrote:ElDuque wrote:
As a Duquesne basketball fan there are certain rhythms of life that seem to never change. It starts with the end of another losing season that flushes out more fans with the shaking of heads saying "these guys suck", "waste of my time", "not renewing my tickets next year". The coaches usually try to say something positive like "we are going to hit the recruiting trail starting tomorrow", "we are going to work hard to get better" and the focus turns to recruiting. But soon the news comes that the promsing freshman and a couple others are transferring. Now the coaching staff are scrambling to fill roster spots from a pool of picked over HS kids and JUCO transfers. As commitments come in the ususal self appointed experts hit the message boards saying how this home school kid is a sleeper, and how great the coaches are for finding this kid. Some beging to drink the Kool Aid and begin thinking this kid could really fit in, then this kid may just start, and then this kid could be a star as the Kool Aid takes a grip. Soon the summer league begins and in the Kool Aid stuper the glowing reports come from the summer league of Duquesne recruits making even the most skeptical a little optimistic "maybe these guys won't suck next year after all". At the end of summer everyone is looking forward toi the start of the season. After giving up 80 points to a D3 school in the exhibition win of 103 - 80 some of the Kool Aid begins to wear off. The usual losses to Pitt, Penn State, Robert Morris and by Christmas the Kool Aid is totally worn off and the realization that DU is headed for another losing season. More fans begin to walk away. The A10 schedule brings the usual losing streaks with an occasional upset. The Dukes finish at or close to the bottom, and bow out of the A10 tourney. What for other schools is March Madness for Duquesne fans is March Sadness. The consecutive years of not being in the NCAA since 1977 continues. And the cycle start
Don't you mean Bill Murray? ;-)
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