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Post by glorydays on Feb 27, 2021 18:17:23 GMT -5
Mason's bench is just laughing at us ... again Their joy accentuates our pain. I am OK with their celebration as long as they don’t block the view of the fans....
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Feb 27, 2021 18:17:55 GMT -5
So it's Fordham on Thursday?
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 27, 2021 18:19:49 GMT -5
Our starters are in against what looks like the cast of Happy Days
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Feb 27, 2021 18:20:09 GMT -5
way way too easy for George Mason! way to predictable! We have so many flaws offensively, defensively. Played them twice and each time we were not in their league. they execute and perform, far superior to us.
some of our key guys (Ray and Kenny) MIA.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 27, 2021 18:21:34 GMT -5
Ash prepared this team to rebound from a 33 point loss to Mason by having them lose by 35 to Mason.
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Post by explorer88 on Feb 27, 2021 18:23:35 GMT -5
Ash prepared this team to rebound from a 33 point loss to Mason by having them lose by 35 to Mason. Earning that paycheck.
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Post by Gnocchi on Feb 27, 2021 18:24:57 GMT -5
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Post by diehardexplorer on Feb 27, 2021 18:31:58 GMT -5
Ash prepared this team to rebound from a 33 point loss to Mason by having them lose by 35 to Mason. did the same thing against umass. at least he's consistent.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Feb 27, 2021 18:33:06 GMT -5
So it's Fordham on Thursday? wednesday. can't wait for that one. it will set basketball back 50 years.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 27, 2021 18:36:00 GMT -5
So it's Fordham on Thursday? wednesday. can't wait for that one. it will set basketball back 50 years. maybe Ash can get to .500 against interim coaches
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Post by glorydays on Feb 27, 2021 18:36:19 GMT -5
I think this plays out that we have a season next year much like this one and we part ways with Ash. La Salle won’t buy out two years but will buy out 1 year. Hopefully Bradshaw has some favorable language in Ash’s contract. We desperately need to get out as soon as we can. Hire a lower level head coach who has been successful and willing to recruit gym rats and plays a particular system. Based on their salaries, buying Ash out for 2 years would cost the same as buying G out for one year. What the hell? You just have to get somebody that improves the program.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Feb 27, 2021 18:39:02 GMT -5
I think this plays out that we have a season next year much like this one and we part ways with Ash. La Salle won’t buy out two years but will buy out 1 year. Hopefully Bradshaw has some favorable language in Ash’s contract. We desperately need to get out as soon as we can. Hire a lower level head coach who has been successful and willing to recruit gym rats and plays a particular system. Based on their salaries, buying Ash out for 2 years would cost the same as buying G out for one year. What the hell? You just have to get somebody that improves the program. i think ash is making more than you think. they lowballed him his first season since they were still on the hook for dr g's salary. my guess is that he's at least in the $500-$600k range by now.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 27, 2021 18:41:31 GMT -5
I think this plays out that we have a season next year much like this one and we part ways with Ash. La Salle won’t buy out two years but will buy out 1 year. Hopefully Bradshaw has some favorable language in Ash’s contract. We desperately need to get out as soon as we can. Hire a lower level head coach who has been successful and willing to recruit gym rats and plays a particular system. Based on their salaries, buying Ash out for 2 years would cost the same as buying G out for one year. What the hell? You just have to get somebody that improves the program. no chance that's happening. Colleen isn't making any bold moves on the way out like that, and will never admit she was wrong. Baptiste won't do it without support of his new boss, and it isn't good economically for a cash-strapped school. He gets his 4th year, but my guess is if players leave and the program continues to be like it was this year, there is no extension. Neither the current AD nor the new President will have been involved in his hire, so it's not like their mistake if they fire him. Some people are just better assistant coaches....and that's ok. Maybe that's his lane. He may have been over his head in a multi-bid league with his first head coaching job.
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Post by coachd on Feb 27, 2021 19:24:29 GMT -5
We thought we hired Wright-lite but instead we got G Junior. Ash has one more year to make substantial improvement. Hint: he needs to do what Wright and humble himself and take a month in the off season and talk to retired coaching legends or legends near the end of their careers and ask them what they do to recruit better players and improve the guys you recruit. We can't have a coach and assistants stealing money. Losing by 33 and 35 to a mediocre A10 team with no fans to boot is a recipe to join Jeff Neubeurer in the never to coach division 1 again unemployment line
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Post by walkon on Feb 27, 2021 19:41:41 GMT -5
La salle is a very tough place to recruit, and I do not want to beat the horse that has been beaten to smithereens. With that being said I think what bothers me most is I don’t think it’s a talent issue, I just feel like we have no offensive strategy. It’s just one on one, pass and shoot around the perimeter. We don’t do basic things. I don’t see it as having guys generally less talented.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 27, 2021 19:48:35 GMT -5
Ash prepared this team to rebound from a 33 point loss to Mason by having them lose by 35 to Mason. did the same thing against umass. at least he's consistent. Right now it's looking like UMass finishes 6th. If we win against Fordham. We get to see if UMass does it a 3rd time. Other option is UMass manages to beat SLU, then Mason likely finishes in 6th and we get them a 3rd time. Of course...all this assumed we beat Fordham who hasn't played since Feb 13th
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Post by festushagan on Feb 27, 2021 19:55:18 GMT -5
Game never should have been played at George Mason, though playing at home would not have mattered! Howard is totally over his head especially when comes to talent evaluation and player execution! Facilities stink and program is worse! Donated a few bucks earlier this year, not again! La Salle basketball has become Father Judge, sad!
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Post by roaddog77 on Feb 27, 2021 20:08:59 GMT -5
I'm a LaSalle alums and this is a worst brand of basketball I seen in a long time. How can you get blow out by the same team by over 30 points. George Mason put on a basketball clinic own us today. It seen like every teams in the A10 have more talents than us (except Fordham, St.Joe's and GW). Should we go back to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference where we have the most success during the Speedy Morris era. We don't have the money and the facility to recruit five stars player and compete against the better teams in the A10. I see Loyola University in Chicago, a private University like us with the same enrollment, but a better basketball program. I'm not giving up, but if we lose to Fordham on Wednesday, Ash have some explaining to do.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 27, 2021 20:18:35 GMT -5
Loyola Chicago has over 3x our enrollment and 7x our endowment.
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Post by MisterD on Feb 27, 2021 20:28:41 GMT -5
Just curious, but how many coaches would have to come here and get more or less the same results before we stop saying the issue is with the coaches?
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Post by 1863 on Feb 27, 2021 20:35:13 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see how many, if any, players look for the exit portal after the season is over. I would think that would give everyone a fairly accurate assessment of where the program is at this point.
Logically, to be of that mindset, a player would have to be saying to himself, "I'm MUCH BETTER than this place." I can't think of anyone on the current roster who would be ruminating along those lines.
Any speculation from anyone about who might be considering that?
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Post by festushagan on Feb 27, 2021 20:36:45 GMT -5
Our senior guard with two technicals, some LEADERSHIP! My wife with a great line, He must have learned this from his head coach.
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Feb 27, 2021 20:40:35 GMT -5
did the same thing against umass. at least he's consistent. Right now it's looking like UMass finishes 6th. If we win against Fordham. We get to see if UMass does it a 3rd time. Other option is UMass manages to beat SLU, then Mason likely finishes in 6th and we get them a 3rd time. Of course...all this assumed we beat Fordham who hasn't played since Feb 13th I am not that bullish regarding our chances against Fordham. Strike me as two pretty evenly matched teams at this point.
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Post by cjprof on Feb 27, 2021 21:19:22 GMT -5
I’m not sure how this is going to come off. I’ve followed La Salle basketball since the late 1950’s (listening on radio and watching games broadcast from the Palestra with Les Keiter doing play-by-play). During my four years at La Salle (1968 graduate) and for the 50+ years since, I’ve seen good teams and bad; but this year’s team is an embarrassment!
As a number off posters have previously stated, I too attempted to schedule my day around telecasts of La Salle games. For a number of years I was a season ticket holder, but no more.
I love the game of basketball! I’m not happy with some changes in the game, but enjoy the effort put forth by players who also love the game. And who realize they are one of the faces of the University put forth to the public. The first half of today’s game probably had Dr. Naismith turning over in his grave! He didn’t invent the game to be abused as it was today. Lack of effort, poor attitude, disorganization, and lack of skill continues to decline under a Coach Ash. That is not my La Salle!
La Salle for the most part was the college of working class parent’s offspring (my best efforts College was all male in my day) . Teams in the past made up for lack of talent by playing with tenacity and grit. The present coach and team don’t seem to reflect this.
Fortunately I did not suffer through the 2nd half as my wife and I went out to dinner to celebrate my 75th birthday. I patronized an establishment in Cape May County that Tim Legler also patronizes, and had the pleasure of being served by a dear friend who happens to know Tim and his family well. I took the opportunity to tell her to inform him we need his coaching expertise . . . NOW!
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Post by MisterD on Feb 27, 2021 21:22:37 GMT -5
Happy birthday.
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Post by calsufan on Feb 28, 2021 0:17:33 GMT -5
Happy birthday, but Tim Legler is not the answer. Even less coaching experience than Ash and he's never recruited. Just because he was a talking head on tv doesn't make him good coaching material. IF Ash gets let go, the last thing we want to do is hire a coach with zero proven success or coaching experience at the college level. It would be a complete disaster and just might be the final nail in the coffin. Thank you, but no.
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Post by behoops on Feb 28, 2021 1:09:52 GMT -5
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Feb 28, 2021 6:24:10 GMT -5
Hi! Welcome back! Glad you’re filling coaching openings that don’t exist.
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Post by weston2 on Feb 28, 2021 7:20:46 GMT -5
Amazing how Schmidt can get it done in the icebox of Olean.🤔
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Post by crayzeeguy on Feb 28, 2021 8:56:44 GMT -5
We should be talking about the 1 minute of action LaFond saw.
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