11-16-2013, 05:41 AM | #21 | |
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When a major conference considers us, it's not just the athletics. It's the revenue, whether people will want to come here, whether the people here have an apetite for college athletics and would consider coming to the universities in the conference etc. Pinning this on Cronin is non-sense. |
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11-16-2013, 05:59 AM | #22 | |
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11-16-2013, 07:38 AM | #23 | |
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11-16-2013, 08:29 AM | #24 | |
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11-16-2013, 09:30 AM | #26 | |
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We all want to be in the top 10 conversation. Because of what Mick has done to gradually improve our success starting from literal SCRATCH...I am willing to give him the next 4 years to get it done especially since I believe he has had IMO his best back to back recruiting classes. We finally have BB talent DEPTH with height and athletecism at the 3 and 4 spots rather than working with undersized wings, guards or offensive projects. We were working with Parker, JJ, and Sanders for quite a while at 3 and 4. Parker was undersized and JJ was a project. Hey Parker was great to have but he didn't create mismatches (like Lawrence, Thomas, Rubles, and Clark can). JJ had plenty of athletecism for our D but little to offer on O (like the above metioned names). Adding quality and depth to these positions has allowed JJ to find a home where he belongs. The lack of these players was allowing defense to flood the perimeter and mitigate what our guards could do because we had almost ZERO offensive presence inside the perimeter. We know he can recruit combo guards but we have clearly added two of our most athletic combos in recent memory with probably improved BB skills over guys like Parker and Dixon (two of our main minute guys lately). If you thought the Bearcats under Cronin were hell on D...just wait to see what KJ and DM bring to the table. If Cronin can somehow manage to mix in a stud defensive C, a stud PG and a stud pure shooter with our next 3 recruits (we might already have some of that who knows) I think we can get back in the perrenial powerhouse conversation maybe not this year or next (since we will be very young) but I could see it start to happen the year after. Last edited by waterhead; 11-16-2013 at 09:37 AM. |
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11-16-2013, 09:53 AM | #27 | |
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To counter those facts, we graduate our players, play good defense, are now having winning seasons, and have beaten one higher seeded team in the tournament. If that all excites you guys, then thats great. I'm enjoying this year's team so far and have my fingers crossed that the future is far better than these first 7 years because this stretch has been painful to me. |
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11-16-2013, 11:13 AM | #28 | |
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11-16-2013, 11:27 AM | #29 |
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Lol! This is the only website anywhere that would accuse someone of misleading people with the facts and the truth. To your credit, what you said is fact as well. We have been to 3 straight tournaments indeed. That is definitely a good thing.
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11-16-2013, 12:55 PM | #30 | |
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Fortunately L-T is not fooling anyone in here. Last edited by waterhead; 11-16-2013 at 12:59 PM. |
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