Who are your top 3 realistic candidates?

Mine:
1) Beilien
2) Medved
3) English

Serious question. Do we have any recourse along with all the other Georgetown communities out there? I used to donate but I'm a minnow. However my donations were earmarked for the HHC and basketball. I know there are other donors or former in this community here (Hoya1, Pennstalum, CTHoya to name a few).

Do we start a lame online petition?

Do we try to get some groundswell of a social media campaign. Twitter is already going nuts over Ewing.

I mean we as a group are so desperate for a good team that we continue to care (although I'm rapidly losing interest).


What is it going to take to get Ewing and the Chief of Staff out of the building. Clearly it's utterly not failing at their jobs. Clearly it's not abysmal season ticket sales. Clearly it's not paltry crowds. Clearly it's not lack of any national interest. Clearly it's not the worst season in Big East history. Clearly it's not one of the most distressing attrition rates in the country. Where do we go.

I think at least a player or two will portal in the coming weeks. I hope it's a mass exodus. It's going to take something catastrophic.

I mean this coach has survived criminal activities in his program, very little success, a terrible product and a host of other things.

Ron I’m sure you’re busy so I got you.

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is here.

hoyas win easily based on size and athletic ability advantages.

What happened first and 2nd hallves?

"Thought we started out great...the energy was there, led by Akok Akok. His fire, his ability to block shots...even though he missed his first few shots.in the first halt. but i thought his energy was the reason why we got the win

"We made it a lot tougher in the end than we wanted it to be in the second half. But we were able to find a way to get a win".



why zone?

H"ey look, you have to mix it up sometimes. You're not going to always be able to play man to man. We were able to mix it up at the end and got some good results from it".



Good results when Wahab got touched rock inside?

I thought in the first half Q did an outstanding job of getting the ball deep. Was able to make his shots, was also able to knock down his free throws. I think that's the reason we were able to win".



Why diminished in 2nd half?

"They went small. So we took Q out. Unfortunately we weren't able to continue scoring and getting stops on the other end. That's the reason"


Tension having to juggle inexperienced starters and inexperienced reserves, all of whih need to play?

"Hey look, i'm not caring about all that reserves and all that stuff. It's about getting the team ready and our starters have to step up and get the job done.

"We were able to get a win. That's all i care about".


On Denber Anglin earning more minutes

"Hey look it's a long season. Tthis is only our 5th game. So anything is possible.

"i thought he did do a good job in the first half. It was unfortuante we weren't able to play him more in the second.

"But it's all about everyone's growth. His groowth, our growth, and then at the end of the year make sure we do great in the BIG EAST Tournament and make the NCAA Tournament". .

from a division I coach who knows that program.


offense:

A lot of back cuts. They want to score off you chasing and then going topside. They want to score in the paint off layups or back cuts.

This season they are still not a great three point shooting team, though they are more efficient at it.


players

collin smalls is playing really well. Took on the alpha male role. If he's going he can be a hand full.

score in the paint off layups or backtus



defense

man to man


aggressive man?

No. Elijah Stevens and collin smalls will break dome things off (trapping), jump the passing lanes. It's pretty conservative.


gap style utilization?

no extreme gap defense.

What are you guys thoughts about the way he played last night?

Personally I thought he got tired last night . He played 44 out of 45 mins last night. Not sure way but Ewing didn’t use his bench much at all last night. I thought Murray showed some potential but when he got tired his rested getting lazy and his bad body language/emotions started to show. I know not having Heath factored in to this but the Heath situation may not be solved for weeks.

is here.

might not have a what they do on the explorers. ran out of time with tight schedule this morning.

whose seen them/

anyway, this is the in game thread

After losing a must win game on Friday, Hoyas face another must win game against a team predicted to finish at or near the basement of the A10 Conference. Here is a bit about LaSalle. They have a very good coach. Fran DUnphy. Dunphy played at LaSalle and was an assistant coach there when they had the L Train Lionel Simmons, the best player in LaSalle history. He went on to coach almost 20 years at Penn, where he had tremendous success. He then took over for John CHeney at Temple and did an admirable job there. He now returns to LaSalle for what is likely his final stint. He knows the game.

Their best player is senior guard Josh Nickelberry a versatile athletic and long 2 guard, who can score in a variety of ways. NIckelberry (no relation as far as I know) started his career at Louisville where he was deep on the bench. They have two senior brothers (twins) as forwards Fouseyni and Hassan Drane. Long athletic types who can shoot the three and transferred from St. Peters.. Mamadou Doucre, a 6'9" strong power forward who is a grad student and good rebounder played with the Drame twins at Our Saviour New American HS in NYC. He transferred from Rutgers

As you can see this team has a lot of experience and a very experienced coach. But they are not deep and not nearly as talented as the Hoyas. The wheels are falling off at Georgetown so far with three very disappointing performances in only four games. If they lose to Lasalle today, it will make the Dartmouth loss last year look like nothing. The pressure is all on Georgetown.

Tune in at 12noon EST 9am PST to see what happens.

ok, i'll jot a few notes, gleaned from the their wake forest game. nothing much but hopefully something.


strong man to man defense to start, will jam handoffs

nicleberry guard is receipient of offense...they are trying ro fed him
...don't lose him, as he will give you buckets

they want to run
...rebound and get back

not alot of help in the post early
....feed wahad and guards like murray on open side posting. they are vulnerable

five out offenisve, much to get bal in paint. mid posted too

they cut alot. which hoyas have not consistently handled well

nickleberry is green light scorer.
...throw cats on him. alot

brantly is lead guard.. sill score, find and defend
...spears...he has your name on him. actually throw multioples on him. press, to tire, stay in front. will hit ahead too

they will pull bigs to midrange
...maybe go small with akik

st. peters tewins active
...post them.

on their five out, they will cut to get feet in the paint.
...maybe zone it sometimes, but always rotate over with size. recognize nickleberry is the shooter too

big to big action may be available.

will run down hill handoffs for nickleberry

1 2 2 soft pressure...more zone press, though will trap at halfcourt

okay that's it. just random observations made while writing. hahaha

1) Previously disappointed with stagnant offense and three point defense, what's the way forward? More practice, Different lineups?

"I don't think it's more practice or different lineups. We just have to do it better.

"Maybe I need to cut down on some of our key guy's minutes. We're playing Brandon and Primo significant amount of minutes. We have to find a way to reduce their minutes to be a lot more fresher in the second half".

2) is fatigue setting in, as getting out on shooters in the second half was problematic?

"We did a good job in the first half of guarding them at the three point line, i think they only made four. But in the second half, they were able to make a significant amount more.

"So one we didn't get back in transition to match up with them. They were three for 17 in the first half and ended up 12 for 35

"So I think that the transition - they hurt us in transition when we got back and weren't matched up, and then we just didn't do a good job of getting out to the three point line. And sometimes i think we got mixed up on the coverages".

i know we have an active discussion thread, but i'm curious about yalls fundamental thoughts.

what happened and whose to fault?

if you answer, don't need a term paper. hahaha

want clear, concise responses, maybe 2 or 3 sentences please.

might use some of them in an article tbh.

I live and die with Georgetown hoops. We didn't have legitimate college football so all my eggs were in the Georgetown hoops basket. Lived on First New South with all 4 basketball players from my year (Jaren, Smitty, Bobby Winston and Big Jon).

Anyways I won't bore you with the ups and downs of the post JT2 years cause most of us lived it thru the highs (Jeff Green Final Four) and the lows (Ewing).

I loved this community here. Been here a long time. Made an embarrassingly huge amount of posts. Went through one Ewing rock bottom (mass exodus) and then another last year. And then I bought the Kool Aid of this season with the new staff and the very impressive roster makeover. I sincerely thought that there was enough talent to overcome the shortcomings of Ewing's coaching. I even left this community that I loved so much because it just wasn't making me feel good about the love I have for Georgetown basketball. People like Daveje were getting under my skin.

But I want to officially apologize to Daveje and the other Ewing detractors. You were 100% right. I was dead wrong.

Ewing might be the most incompetent person I've ever seen at a job in my life. I can't even wrap my head around it. I think the dude that just ran the biggest scandal ponzi of our generation (FTX) is better at his job than Ewing. I still don't know why: My only thought is that he dealt with players in the NBA who are professionals and just does not have the capacity to teach young players how to play the game of basketball.

I cancelled my membership here but am locked in till March. I've lurked a bit. Read about bad body language with Murray and other things like that. And you know what I don't blame him. I don't blame Dante Harris. I don't blame the myriad players who have bailed on this program. This is as rock bottom as I've ever seen it. Why would ANYONE come here to die as a competitive basketball player. I thought Mohammed was stupid for leaving. He should have went to Missouri or Georgia. He'd be in a better situation than he is now. Does anyone here doubt that?

I told my friends in another Hoya fan community that I used to absolutely love and revere Ewing. Now I just want him to go far far away. He has destroyed a brand I love. Like I said before I just cannot wrap my head around the damage that he is doing to Hoya basketball. If he has any shred of decency as one of the the most important figures in the history of our campus, he needs to step down after this tournament. Let Nick or Baldwin finish out the year and then reboot. Bring in a coach that has zero ties to the previous administrations. Anything less is a systemic failure.

And I want to reiterate this thought regarding Daveje. You were right all along and I was so very wrong.

I don't believe this post is an overreaction. Six years of terrible defense, poor results, unfathomable attrition, a program-wide train wreck regarding fundamentals, and consistent lack of preparation and adjustments shows me everything I need to know.

I'm just done. I'll tape every game and watch the wins and won't bother with the losses. I'll sort of hope some of our recruiting targets sign but as someone who wants the best for everyone will not begrudge them one bit for not wanting any part of this Titanic-like program.

Have no clue why I'm posting this. Probably because I'm uncharacteristically drunk on a Friday afternoon as my best friend's mom passed and we had an Irish wake for her. So I guess I'm looking for friends to wallow in my misery with me. And I applaud everyone here to a man (or woman) who still gives a shit about this program. I'm just hoping this post gives me a little peace by being cathartic in a weird way.

Daveje: post away. You have my support.

is on site in Jamaica, and consented to providing info.

his pregame stuff is up front.

what about lmu? are they good?

springly polled LMU fans, with this initially coming back:

"how is LMU this year?

repsonse:s: "So bad", and "There was hope with an exciting new coach last year but they suck".

is here.

im revved up for this victory.

yes, i said it. hahah

okay, it was frustrating last night. truly.

that said, if brandon murray scores, say 12 points...do the Hoyas win?

or at minimum, does the situation look better?

dude had an epic fail, one he's likely not to repeat.

that said, he should have been saved from himself, imo. sat down and reset.

ok, i was VERY critical of him this summer. and some of that remains for me.

BUT

dude needs to get more minutes. if for nothing but his hustle, suddenness and ability to defend multiple positions.

i can't believe im saying this. hahah

thoughts?

Collins

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congrats!