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Coach's criticism ignites Duquesne's Marhold
February 16, 2013 12:11

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PhoenixRising2 wrote:

Another quote from Coach:
“It smacked us in the face when we got here, the lack of work ethic, the lack of desire to succeed, and all the cultural pieces have to be in place just to have a chance to win. Forget about talent. You can’t do any of that business until you’ve fixed the behavior and attitudes. That’s something that is a battle here that we’re fighting every day.”

 

That's interesting, and it seems like a knock on RE. But some coaches, and from what we've seen, Ferry is one of them, feel that to win you have to run a very tight ship. And that the key to winning is the players having the supreme desire to win, more so than reliance on talent and smart execution. It could be that Ferry would find the same lackings in just about any team he might have taken over from a previous coach.

applecorps wrote:

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

Another quote from Coach:
“It smacked us in the face when we got here, the lack of work ethic, the lack of desire to succeed, and all the cultural pieces have to be in place just to have a chance to win. Forget about talent. You can’t do any of that business until you’ve fixed the behavior and attitudes. That’s something that is a battle here that we’re fighting every day.”

 

That's interesting, and it seems like a knock on RE. But some coaches, and from what we've seen, Ferry is one of them, feel that to win you have to run a very tight ship. And that the key to winning is the players having the supreme desire to win, more so than reliance on talent and smart execution. It could be that Ferry would find the same lackings in just about any team he might have taken over from a previous coach.

 
Given what happened - the transfer of players, the firing of Ron, the negative PR about the firing, etc., it would not be surprising if the morale of the players was pretty low. This does not necessarily reflect on Ron - just maybe more on the state of the program in general.



 

I think the turnaround of Marhold is proof and his statements in P-G, he had two great games last two, now   Sean Johnson has to do the same. As far as our point guard, he was a scorer in high school and needs to have better players to pass to so he can scale it back. Also we need a point about 6-3 tall maybe next years recruits will bring one and Binney  may adjust to D-1 speed of game and surprise.

CLK wrote:

Does anyone else think Sean is just going through the motions and has checked out?  Dissapointing loss.  Missed free throws killed us.

It seems like we've been horrible from the line forever. When was the last season that we shot 70% from the line?

Phildog wrote:

CLK wrote:

Does anyone else think Sean is just going through the motions and has checked out?  Dissapointing loss.  Missed free throws killed us.

i think he quit trying
 

This was supposed to be his year, but he wasn't up to it. He's probably disappointed in the way things have gone. He's shooting under 37% from the floor. If he had played the way many thought he could, this would have been a very different season. AJax, Clark, and BJ stepped up big their senior seasons. Not so with Sean.

Last edited by duq81 (2/16/2013 9:19 pm)

Good to see Bobby Hurley. That was worth the price of admission.
Chris Rock and Jerry Jones are the same person.
Pep band gets an A. Keyboardist gets an A+.
Loved the pregame lights out line up announcement. 
7 student red and blue crew.
Ladies BB team came and sat on their hands the whole game.
Andre would make great plays then flash a look at Ferry as in 'how-ya-like-me-know'?
Amodio and gang trying hard to make it a festive environment.
40 college kids were eating at the Red Ring at tip-off. All men. No interest apparently in the game one block away.

There were 40 at the restaurant that never went to the game. But there were at least 40-50 other Duq students sprinkled in pockets around the arena. Made me think that they are unwilling to make fools of themselves in the end zone student sections because there is a 66% chance we'll lose any given night. It is easier to trash talk when a program has a 90% chance of winning at home like the Pitt Zoo experiences.

duq81 wrote:

CLK wrote:

Does anyone else think Sean is just going through the motions and has checked out?  Dissapointing loss.  Missed free throws killed us.

It seems like we've been horrible from the line forever. When was the last season that we shot 70% from the line?

Probably Tricco's first season. I think that was the last good FT shooting team we had.

As for Sean, he had a few hustle plays last night but by and large he looked like a man defeated. He didn't try to get involved much on offense.

Article in Tribune on Dambrot @ Akron-= happy he never came here.  I am sure his whole family is happy he didn't come here.  He was definitely the first choice of the AD.