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Post by explorer88 on Apr 16, 2021 10:38:44 GMT -5
Pretty sure I've said I wouldn't grade a coach until they've had a full recruiting cycle unless something really tremendous or something really awful happened. so you won't actually offer an opinion in 7500 posts on here...just snarkily criticize everyone else for having one. Got it. Well...at least that way you can't ever be accused of being wrong. Spot on.
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Post by MisterD on Apr 16, 2021 10:46:27 GMT -5
I know La Salle is Philadelphia based, but I do think you're both conflating "offer an opinion" with "criticize". If I didn't give endless counter-opinions you wouldn't focus on me all that much.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 16, 2021 11:33:21 GMT -5
It's like your posts are a weird conflation of Eddie Haskell and Ollie North...with a little bit of Tom Keefer thrown in for good measure (Thanks Brother Ed for having us read The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in your "History of the Navy" class)
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Post by MisterD on Apr 16, 2021 11:56:45 GMT -5
I'm going to need someone to translate that one for me.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 16, 2021 12:26:56 GMT -5
Maybe your intern can help
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Post by broderickpresident on Apr 16, 2021 12:36:04 GMT -5
Where’s Gnocchi?
All Ash needs is time...
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Post by MisterD on Apr 16, 2021 13:25:37 GMT -5
Maybe your intern can help Its a mid-month Friday, dude. We promote work-life balance over here at Mister D. Posting, LLC.
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Post by explorer88 on Apr 16, 2021 18:58:31 GMT -5
Jyare Davis from Providence is now in the portal. He is someone I think we would have interest in. 6”8 Delaware native who is active and who could play inside and out coming out of high school. I think he missed some time with a concussion last year however.
I would really be interested if he is healthy.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 16, 2021 20:59:09 GMT -5
Jyare Davis from Providence is now in the portal. He is someone I think we would have interest in. 6”8 Delaware native who is active and who could play inside and out coming out of high school. I think he missed some time with a concussion last year however. I would really be interested if he is healthy. Croswell for Davis trade?
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 16, 2021 21:21:58 GMT -5
Jyare Davis from Providence is now in the portal. He is someone I think we would have interest in. 6”8 Delaware native who is active and who could play inside and out coming out of high school. I think he missed some time with a concussion last year however. I would really be interested if he is healthy. Croswell for Davis trade? Was offered by Miami, Seton Hall, Rutgers, DePaul, Temple and Wichita State. I hope he goes to La Salle, but my guess is that we're not on his list.
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Post by explorer88 on Apr 16, 2021 22:23:35 GMT -5
I am not sure about Davis. I would think he may go down a level here. Regardless, I think Ash needs to be careful with the last scholarships. We need impact players, especially one in the frontcourt. Hold out until you find one.
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Post by LaSallePal on Apr 19, 2021 1:17:41 GMT -5
I give Howard mostly a pass for the three years, except for the alarming roster turnover. I will loop back around to that in a second.
The two teams/schools/coaches that benefit the most from shoe bribe money depend the most on developing young generational talent in a single year - Duke (Krzyzewski) and Kentucky (Calipari) - were absolutely terrible this year. Calipari had his second losing record in conference and overall, first being his first year at UMass (1988-89). The last time Krzyzewski missed the tournament, his seniors lives were measured in weeks or months(1995). Michigan State's roster was also younger than usual (Starters: 3 Sophmore, 1 Junior, 1 Senior, 3 new) and they barely managed to squeak into the tournament with a 15-13 record. All the practice that couldn't happen meant that more experienced teams were at an advantage, and because of the roster turnover La Salle wasn't an experienced team. Meanwhile, Baylor returned 4 of their top 6 in minutes played from a team that went 26-4 the year prior. Ironically, because of this Giannini's teams might have been able to better than his average, despite being handicapped by the coaching. Obviously experience being helpful isn't exactly new, but it's new that it was so helpful this year.
Those unexpected wins are the result of good coaching, and the baffling losses were characteristic of a young underdeveloped team (for example I don't remember the team showing much resilience, a classic tell on that). I don't remember who all is leaving from this year's team, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's Groundhog deja vu all over again next season.
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Post by glorydays on Apr 19, 2021 6:15:56 GMT -5
Pal, I am alarmed by your last sentence.
“I don't remember who all is leaving from this year's team, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's Groundhog deja vu all over again next season.”
Do you then give Coach Howard a pass for year #4 like you did for year #3?
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Post by LaSallePal on Apr 19, 2021 12:55:13 GMT -5
Pal, I am alarmed by your last sentence. “I don't remember who all is leaving from this year's team, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's Groundhog deja vu all over again next season.” Do you then give Coach Howard a pass for year #4 like you did for year #3? At this point, the work is his.
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Post by LaSallePal on Apr 20, 2021 1:09:56 GMT -5
To support something I said earlier, here are the players transferring and the minutes they played in total this year: David Beatty (NC A&T) 569 minutes Ayinde Hikim (UMass Lowell) 157 minutes Jaren Kimbrough (Hartford) 393 minutes Scott Spencer (Tulane) 395 minutes Brandon Stone (Robert Morris) 37 minutes Consider that La Salle had 5000 total floor-minutes (25 games x 5 players on floor x 40 minutes a game) this year. 31% of minutes played this year transferring out 38.9% if lone remaining senior from this year also leaves (Scott Spencer) That seems like a lot of in game experience out the door, and the team is incredibly young otherwise. For fun, here's a comparison with Duke: They lost 63.8% of the previous year's floor-minute players. They also had a player named Jack White. Meanwhile, Gonzaga lost 51% of the previous year's minutes, but the talent differential in the WCC is substantially different. Neither Duke nor La Salle have that luxury.
Just something chew on.
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Post by hykos1045 on Apr 20, 2021 6:45:39 GMT -5
38.9% if lone remaining senior from this year also leaves (Scott Spencer)
Scott Spencer to Tulane! Heard from a reliable source.
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Post by explorer88 on Apr 20, 2021 8:25:09 GMT -5
Everyone on that transfer list are Ash's guys, including Kimbrough and he approved all of the transfers. Not one is a surprise to him or the staff.
So either Ash knows what he is doing or he does not. He kept his core which most on this board believe are his best players. That is what a good coach does. Five guys in that core have experience and a decent amount (some a little more than others) of it and should keep improving. That is all this board and fan base is asking for right now.
The questions are:
1. Is the core really good enough to move our position in the A-10? 2. Will any from the inexperienced group of Gill, Tegra, Ward take any decent step forward to help the core group? 3. Will any of the freshmen or transfers make an impact? Are they on par or better than the rest of the conference is getting? 4. 2 scholarships left - Can Ash get an impact player especially in the frontcourt? 5. Can Ash reach his players to play consistent basketball especially from a defensive perspective for 30 games? He did not do that last year and when we played defense consistently we were a far different team.
Questions abound and this board's opinion are far ranging from one end to the other but one thing is absolute and that is this is Ash's program and it will prosper or sink based on his talent evaluation, discipline, and development of players. All of which the performance by Ash in these areas have been sporadic.
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Post by gymrat67 on Apr 20, 2021 11:23:22 GMT -5
Jyare Davis from Providence is now in the portal. He is someone I think we would have interest in. 6”8 Delaware native who is active and who could play inside and out coming out of high school. I think he missed some time with a concussion last year however. I would really be interested if he is healthy. Croswell for Davis trade? Providence also recently lost 6'-8" sophomore SF Greg Gantt, Jr ( to N.C. State ), 6'-8" junior PF Jimmy Nichols ( to VCU ), and 6'-8" junior SF Kris Monroe ( to N. Carolina Central ) via the Transfer Portal.
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Post by 23won on Apr 20, 2021 12:15:39 GMT -5
We've lost minutes, but have we "lost" in the end?
David Beatty (NC A&T) 569 minutes; HS four star who only graded to low A10 talent level Ayinde Hikim (UMass Lowell) 157 minutes; outplayed by Jig Jaren Kimbrough (Hartford) 393 minutes; showed flashes of quality but was inconsistent; America East is right confy Scott Spencer (Tulane) 395 minutes; could hit an open 3, but not much off the dribble, and really struggled in other areas including trouble handling defensive pressure on perimeter with ball Brandon Stone (Robert Morris) 37 minutes; needed development time and may not grade up to A10 despite HS 3 stars; good move moving close to home and down a conference
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Post by 23won on Apr 20, 2021 12:23:42 GMT -5
Have no intel on either one of these guys, but I like the way they play and could help us
James Butler, Drexel (has he signed with anyone??); really nice Pinone type player; father starred at Annapolis with D Robinson; made it to the dance and would bring leadership and an inside presence; had Philly as a home, so why not move close by and up a conference
Foster Loyer MSU (recent portal addition); no real connection to Philly but would like to see him play with Jig and set him up for more shots and would make for an interesting combo; his HS friend also just transferred from MSU and went down a confy to Valpo; Foster may be willing to listen. Helps with guard depth, plays in your face D and can drive and dish really well against Big10 talent. May be too small for Big10 but just fine for A10.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 20, 2021 12:59:08 GMT -5
Have no intel on either one of these guys, but I like the way they play and could help us James Butler, Drexel (has he signed with anyone??); really nice Pinone type player; father starred at Annapolis with D Robinson; made it to the dance and would bring leadership and an inside presence; had Philly as a home, so why not move close by and up a conference Foster Loyer MSU (recent portal addition); no real connection to Philly but would like to see him play with Jig and set him up for more shots and would make for an interesting combo; his HS friend also just transferred from MSU and went down a confy to Valpo; Foster may be willing to listen. Helps with guard depth, plays in your face D and can drive and dish really well against Big10 talent. May be too small for Big10 but just fine for A10. I would love to get Jimmy Butler 23!!!
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Post by Happy Fortune on Apr 20, 2021 17:32:15 GMT -5
Has James entered the portal? I didnt see it anywhere. Don’t tease us!
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 21, 2021 8:12:48 GMT -5
Has James entered the portal? I didnt see it anywhere. Don’t tease us! no, he never entered the portal. ridiculous to even speculate about him. drexel only has 2 guys in the portal. one is a 6'10" lithuanian kid who never got off the bench and the other is 6'9" t.j. bickerstaff who has committed to boston college. he definitely could have helped us. averaged 10 pts and 5 rebounds this past season and is pretty athletic. very little info available on who la salle has pursued in the transfer portal. the doucoure commitment came out of nowhere. all of these other guys la salle has been mentioned with have committed elsewhere. only guy mentioned with la salle still in limbo is deuce turner from bucknell: john harrar and seth lundy are both going back to penn state melik martin from monmouth committed to drexel yesterday jordan goldwire from duke committed to oklahoma marcellus earlington from st john's committed to san diego noah locke from florida committed to louisville takal molson from seton hall committed to james madison jamir harris from american u committed to seton hall antonio rizzuto from albany committed to towson
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Post by MisterD on Apr 21, 2021 8:15:32 GMT -5
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Post by LaSallePal on Apr 24, 2021 5:43:39 GMT -5
We've lost minutes, but have we "lost" in the end? David Beatty (NC A&T) 569 minutes; HS four star who only graded to low A10 talent level Ayinde Hikim (UMass Lowell) 157 minutes; outplayed by Jig Jaren Kimbrough (Hartford) 393 minutes; showed flashes of quality but was inconsistent; America East is right confy Scott Spencer (Tulane) 395 minutes; could hit an open 3, but not much off the dribble, and really struggled in other areas including trouble handling defensive pressure on perimeter with ball Brandon Stone (Robert Morris) 37 minutes; needed development time and may not grade up to A10 despite HS 3 stars; good move moving close to home and down a conference I would say so, considering that's 40% of game time and god knows how much practice time spent on those 5. If things next year stabilize I don't think it will matter by year 5, but we'll see how it plays out. In my estimation there isn't much of a margin for error.
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Post by a10champion15 on Aug 10, 2021 15:53:32 GMT -5
Per Jon Roth: La Salle transfer Derrius Ward has signed with Harcum College (JUCO)
Good luck to Derrius on his next stop!
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Post by hilarys on Aug 10, 2021 17:04:34 GMT -5
Clearing the way for quadir Copeland!!!
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Post by Happy Fortune on Aug 10, 2021 20:03:00 GMT -5
Was Derrius on scholarship? Does this free up another spot?
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Post by a10champion15 on Aug 11, 2021 9:37:33 GMT -5
Was Derrius on scholarship? Does this free up another spot? Yes, so we have one open scholarship.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Sept 2, 2021 8:58:34 GMT -5
has anyone heard anything about mamadou doucoure? the fall session has started and he's still not listed in the online roster.
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