When you lose to Fordham by 27 points I would say Duquesne is light years away from being a contender.
The A10 bottom teams were so bad this year,Duquesne fans sniffing for any kind of glory were misled once
again.

FAM wrote:

Thoughts… going out on limb here before the game is over…
-they are better than us and play better defense than us…
-we aren’t getting smashed because of the officials
-we better hope someone beats them in the A-10before we have to play them because they Will beat us 3 times
- George Mason is peaking and will be the tough out
-If we don’t get to the finals no NIT or NCAA again

Thanks for this. It saved me some typing. I concur with every point.

I am happy with the comeback from last year & the 20 wins. I am desperate for 5-6 major players to return next season. I still have no confidence that KD will ever make this program a consistent winner of significant games & championships.

City Duke your constant complaining about the referees is old. I myself am a referee of thirty years. You get evaluated on a regular basis on your job performance. In big games there is pressure to perform at a high level. Yes, pressure, doesn’t mean freeze up or feel the pressure, it means to be ready. Are you going to miss calls, of course, your line of vision occasionally gets blocked by a player, you may also be looking at some activity of players jostling, but never do you intentionally call plays to hurt another team. You won’t be working long as a referee if you are being bias. I appreciate your enthusiasm for the Dukes, but your opinion is very clouded. Now, I am looking for grandmudder to start calling people Ritters Diner that are upset with todays outcome.  I myself did not watch todays game, so I have no opinion but to say we should not get destroyed by Fordham.
People on this board that staunchly support Dambrot, don’t realize our out conference schedule and the A10 itself is the worst in existence of DU basketball. Thus making these 20 win seasons fool some people into thinking we turned the corner.
Dambrot can recruit Mid American type of players, this is evident on how many of our former players are presently performing in that conference. He can definitely coach in the Mid American conference by evidence of him having 500 victories. But this is not the Mid American conference, it’s the A10, a step above, even in the down years.
I know basketball from many different viewpoints, player, coach, referee, and parent of players. This guy is a good coach at a lower level, not the A10. He hasn’t won a games he wasn’t supposed to in his entire career at DU. I have seen his preparation, his in game coaching, and his relationships with his players. At this level he is fair at best. At a lower level he is good. Fordham has now passed us, it won’t be long before a few other programs pass us as well. The mainstays of Dayton, VCU and St Louis will always be above us. (I realize we beat VCU at home this year, but they are young and will occasionally have a misstep) Us on the other hand will be mid pack at best under Dambrot. I get teased all the time for being a Dukes fan and I will not relent. But I do know when someone is over his head and unfortunately Dambrot is over his head as well as his staff. If Duquesne can’t make a move during the down ridden years of the A10, I ask myself, will it ever happen.

Tony84 wrote:

I hope we get a 3rd match up with them also, but I bet Fordham would LOVE to face the Dukes as well. let's hope we get that far.

VCU pulling away from GW, so looks like you'll get your wish. Unless I'm screwing up the tiebreakers, Dukes would be 6th and would draw Fordham in quarterfinals if they win Wednesday. If Davidson wins tonight, we get the LaSalle-Rhode Island winner in the second round. If Davidson loses, we get the Richmond-Rhode Island winner. I think...
 

Wildwood13 wrote:

City Duke your constant complaining about the referees is old. I myself am a referee of thirty years. You get evaluated on a regular basis on your job performance. In big games there is pressure to perform at a high level. Yes, pressure, doesn’t mean freeze up or feel the pressure, it means to be ready. Are you going to miss calls, of course, your line of vision occasionally gets blocked by a player, you may also be looking at some activity of players jostling, but never do you intentionally call plays to hurt another team. You won’t be working long as a referee if you are being bias. I appreciate your enthusiasm for the Dukes, but your opinion is very clouded. Now, I am looking for grandmudder to start calling people Ritters Diner that are upset with todays outcome.  I myself did not watch todays game, so I have no opinion but to say we should not get destroyed by Fordham.
People on this board that staunchly support Dambrot, don’t realize our out conference schedule and the A10 itself is the worst in existence of DU basketball. Thus making these 20 win seasons fool some people into thinking we turned the corner.
Dambrot can recruit Mid American type of players, this is evident on how many of our former players are presently performing in that conference. He can definitely coach in the Mid American conference by evidence of him having 500 victories. But this is not the Mid American conference, it’s the A10, a step above, even in the down years.
I know basketball from many different viewpoints, player, coach, referee, and parent of players. This guy is a good coach at a lower level, not the A10. He hasn’t won a games he wasn’t supposed to in his entire career at DU. I have seen his preparation, his in game coaching, and his relationships with his players. At this level he is fair at best. At a lower level he is good. Fordham has now passed us, it won’t be long before a few other programs pass us as well. The mainstays of Dayton, VCU and St Louis will always be above us. (I realize we beat VCU at home this year, but they are young and will occasionally have a misstep) Us on the other hand will be mid pack at best under Dambrot. I get teased all the time for being a Dukes fan and I will not relent. But I do know when someone is over his head and unfortunately Dambrot is over his head as well as his staff. If Duquesne can’t make a move during the down ridden years of the A10, I ask myself, will it ever happen.

Thanks for the feedback my friend. I’d encourage you to watch the game before sharing your opinion on my opinion. It may hold a little more weight.  Your perspective on our head coach may hold a little more weight as well if you tuned into the games. I will not argue with you because clearly your mind is made up, but to say that Dambrot has never won a game that he shouldn’t have is wild. And then disregarding our VCU win this year simply because they are “young and will have an occasional misstep” but then never giving your own team or coach that same benefit of the doubt (in different regards of course as we are older). Seems strange. I might be an overly positive fan, but the more I’m on this board the more i see how much I would rather be overly positive than self-deprecating and unrealistic.

Yeah... Dukes suck... 20 wins and 10 in conference it terrible progress after last season. 

Fire Dambrot just like we fired the last coach who won 20 at Duquesne.   

There are so many coaches out there dying to take this job. 

Maybe we can talk Ferry into coming back!

Honestly... quit the whining... suck it up and stop thinking we have to win them all in a competitive conference.  Remember we were picked last but kicked some ass including VCU.

How many of you would turn down 6th place and playing for a double bye in our last game at the start of this season?

Win a couple in the tournament and all you whiners will be fans again.

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I think a lot of you raise good points.  City Duke I do think there should have been a double technical on the Gunn play for the Fordham player that bumped him in the back, but let me also say the officials don't really lose a game for any team.  The 7 point technical turned the game and we never recovered. What a dumbo play by RJG.  Moreover, KD does need to go nuts once in while to draw the officials attention to the disparity that exists on the number of fouls called and the missed calls.  Now all of that being said, we should have been up even more when Fordham cut down our 8 point first half lead.  Why do I say this, because Williams, and Reece to a degree, missed several 1" shots in a row.  I mean Williams gets the best position down low and has a horrible percentage when shooting from 2", its just unacceptable and frequently costs us.  We really need a true 6'10" big with some muscle and athleticism next year that can consistently finish around the basket.  If Williams is starting at the 5 next year we will not get over the hump into the top tier of the A-10, just sayin.  Dambrot is certainly right about one thing and that is we are consistently inconsistent, I just don't get it.  

coffee wrote:

Yeah... Dukes suck... 20 wins and 10 in conference it terrible progress after last season. 

Fire Dambrot just like we fired the last coach who won 20 at Duquesne.   

There are so many coaches out there dying to take this job. 

Maybe we can talk Ferry into coming back!

Honestly... quit the whining... suck it up and stop thinking we have to win them all in a competitive conference.  Remember we were picked last but kicked some ass including VCU.

How many of you would turn down 6th place and playing for a double bye in our last game at the start of this season?

Win a couple in the tournament and all you whiners will be fans again.

It’s not whining when it’s been the truth since 1977.   I respect your opinion to be positive and I liked your old football board. So I’m old enough to remember that and the history that is this basketball program. 

Everyone knows the ending of this season.

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Ironduke81 wrote:

Again reading the board forget the referees Dambrot was coward. Protect your team. 

I don't remember how many times i've said it in posts in these Dambrot years. Explode, take a Technical and let your players know that you have their back. Too late now. Will never get the calls come tourney time. Schmidt, Ford, Ergo, etc... they whine all game long and get their fair share of the calls in the end. It's called working the refs. Coaching 101. Good coaches know how to change the ebb and flow of a game from the working the ref stand point. I don't know if Dambrot is afraid of getting a tiny fine off his million dollar contract, which he has mentioned when asked about the officiating in post game interviews more than once, or just doesn't get it, but c'mon man stick up for your guys for once. 
 

Last edited by Rayrich (3/04/2023 7:55 pm)

I agree with you all who say Dambrot should have protected his team today and earned a T. That officiating was a disgrace in the first half. However, I would be remiss if I did not point out the inconsistency here as well. I vividly recall reading this board after Dambrot protected his team against Penn State several years ago. Personally, I absolutely loved this from Dambrot as I’m sure many others did as well. But I also recall several posters condemning his behavior that day. At the end of the day, we will all agree or disagree with how Dambrot handles things, but the only thing that really matters is if his team is behind him. And from what I have seen and from what I have heard from their comments, they definitely are.

It still makes me laugh when long time fans of this mess are called whiners.     Penguins and Steelers fan who have experienced an abundance of success and are pitching fits because of an inevitable downturn.  That’s whining.

Knowing how every season is going to end before it begins and commenting on the annual post mortem is not whining. 

It falls on the presidents and athletic directors of this university for plain incompetence trying to put together a program where the ultimate success is not actually winning.   It’s to be one of 68 schools invited to compete for the championship.   That’s how low the bar is and they can’t accomplish that. 

Everyone here would be thrilled to lose to Appalachian State in the play in game in Dayton and we can not sniff that. 

So don’t tell me I’m whining.    I’m done for this year.   At least the misery will be over by halftime on Wednesday

Last edited by DuqBlue (3/04/2023 9:23 pm)

CityDuke wrote:

We can say the game was more than the officials, but I will say this…basketball is a very momentum-based game.  Momentum is extremely fragile. We were all over Fordham early in the game. When it was basketball. Playing very well. They were out of sorts. They found some footing and then their footing was reinforced with a 7 point possession from the officiating. The tides turned dramatically. We beat them in the tourney, mark it.

Were you complaining about the refs, fragility, and momentum when they rang up Quisenberry, their best player, with 4 fouls with 11 and a half minutes left in the second half?????

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