2018-19 Schedule Thread

[GMUgemini]

URI hadn’t been in the tournament in almost 20 years when Dowtin committed, but they were getting closer and closer and had been to several NITs between, including in 2015. The point is, they were never dreadful in a way we were under Hewitt and we may require several more years to catch up (or an unexpected breakthrough).

 

[GSII]

What matters is your ability to build a team. Coach L didnt have have highly rated recruits when he won the conf in his 2nd year. One would think he at least had two 4 star guys to believe he made it to the final four. Just aint seeing the building of a team outta dew boy. Like Coach L, he could of played walk ons first year and saved us alot of wasted opportunities.

 

[GMUSig03]

dew boy

When you/people make petty comments like this and give derogatory nicknames to our players or coaches this early into a season, it goes past criticism and comes across as rooting against the player or coach.

Not trying to single you out, as there have been many such posts recently from people acting like what Paulsen has done in 4 games is equivalent to what Hewitt (who clearly earned his nickname) did in 4 years. Just pointing out how it comes across to those of us who have a little more patience before declaring that he can't get the job done.

 

[GSII]

Post things you hate in the Hate Thread.

 

[GMUSig03]

Post things you hate in the Hate Thread.

Why - did you hate my response?

 

[gmujim92]

What matters is your ability to build a team. Coach L didnt have have highly rated recruits when he won the conf in his 2nd year. One would think he at least had two 4 star guys to believe he made it to the final four. Just aint seeing the building of a team outta dew boy. Like Coach L, he could of played walk ons first year and saved us alot of wasted opportunities.

Coach L inherited a three-time CAA Player of the Year and likely the greatest player in our program’s history. Not surprisingly, your comparison is ridiculous.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

What matters is your ability to build a team. Coach L didnt have have highly rated recruits when he won the conf in his 2nd year. One would think he at least had two 4 star guys to believe he made it to the final four. Just aint seeing the building of a team outta dew boy. Like Coach L, he could of played walk ons first year and saved us alot of wasted opportunities.

Larranaga's squad in year 2.

George Evans
Jason Miskiri
Keith Holdan
Erik Herring
Ahmad Dorsett
Tremaine Price
Avery Carey
Terrance Nixon

Now compare that lineup to:

Marquise Moore
Otis Livingston
Jalen Jenkins
Jaire Grayer
Ian Boyd
Justin Kier
DeAndre Abram
Kameron Murrell

 

[GSII]

Why - did you hate my response?

I dont. You are free to say what you want to me or anyone.

In case you dont know, Dave has several monikers depending how the team is doing different ones seem to pop up. As you alluded to, several posters here joke about excessive mt dew consumption regarding Coach Dave Paulsen, aka DP, aka Dew Boy, aka Big Dave aka Big Dick Dave, etc.

Maybe you are the only fan not frustrated by this teams poor start and lack of progression. Good for you as you are a better fan than most.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

A better comparison perhaps, here's what the last three coaches had to start their first season. (top 5 players)

Larranaga:
Jason Miskiri
George Evans
Erik Herring
Ahmad Dorsett
Lee Brown
(4-12 in CAA previous season)

Hewitt:
Ryan Pearson
Mike Morrison
Sherrod Wright
Vertrail Vaughns
Bryon Allen
(16-2 CAA Previous Season, Top 25 Nat'l Ranking)

Paulsen:
Otis Livingston
Marquise Moore
Shevon Thompson
Jaire Grayer
Marko Gujanicic
(4-14 A10 Previous Season)

I would suggest that Paulsen began with less than either of his previous two predecessors and had to compete in a tougher conference.

 

[GSII]

Coach L inherited a three-time CAA Player of the Year and likely the greatest player in our program’s history. Not surprisingly, your comparison is ridiculous.

He had to re-recruit Evan's to stay committed. Saying he inherited him is misleading.

Coach L inherited much worse than what DP inherited. DP had some players when he arrived, just couldn't convince them to stay.

 

[GMUgemini]

What matters is your ability to build a team. Coach L didnt have have highly rated recruits when he won the conf in his 2nd year. One would think he at least had two 4 star guys to believe he made it to the final four. Just aint seeing the building of a team outta dew boy. Like Coach L, he could of played walk ons first year and saved us alot of wasted opportunities.

Well, Coach L's second year team and Coach Paulsen's second year team had pretty much the same record and same RPIs. The difference was the CAA was a trash conference in 1999 and the A-10 in 2016-2017 was a 3-bid league.

 

[GSII]

A better comparison perhaps, here's what the last three coaches had to start their first season. (top 5 players)

Larranaga:
Jason Miskiri
George Evans
Erik Herring
Ahmad Dorsett
Lee Brown
(4-12 in CAA previous season)

Hewitt:
Ryan Pearson
Mike Morrison
Sherrod Wright
Vertrail Vaughns
Bryon Allen
(16-2 CAA Previous Season, Top 25 Nat'l Ranking)

Paulsen:
Otis Livingston
Marquise Moore
Shevon Thompson
Jaire Grayer
Marko Gujanicic
(4-14 A10 Previous Season)

I would suggest that Paulsen began with less than either of his previous two predecessors and had to compete in a tougher conference.

Miskiri and Herring werent eligible until 2nd semester. Holdan was a transfer from Campbell. Coach L knew what had to be done and he did it with technically 3 transfers. Then won conf in 2nd year.

 

[GSII]

Well, Coach L's second year team and Coach Paulsen's second year team had pretty much the same record and same RPIs. The difference was the CAA was a trash conference in 1999 and the A-10 in 2016-2017 was a 3-bid league.

It doesn't matter what conference we were in. Point is Coach L built his team fast while having NOBODY to convince to stay bc they were suspended or already kicked off the team. DP is building a team with 4 year non transfer kids. Right? Will only take a century.

 

[G M U]

Yeah, I mean our brand may've been a dumpster fire by the time DP took over but he did inherit: Shevon and Moore both NBA G-Leaguers, Jenkins was All CAA Freshman team, 2 future 1000 point scorers in Grayer and Otis, and Marko who wasn't bad. Is it the greatest team in the world? No, but it's not absolute trash.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Miskiri and Herring werent eligible until 2nd semester. Holdan was a transfer from Campbell. Coach L knew what had to be done and he did it with technically 3 transfers. Then won conf in 2nd year.

Since your original point was about year 2 and winning a conf. championship, your point is what? He did or didn't have them?

 

[Quentin Daniels]

He had to re-recruit Evan's to stay committed. Saying he inherited him is misleading.

Coach L inherited much worse than what DP inherited. DP had some players when he arrived, just couldn't convince them to stay.

Totally fair point and criticism.

 

[Falco]

AJ Wilson was also rated a 3 star by ESPN, although slightly under the other three (74). Ian Boyd (72 3 star).

In other words, if you composed a starting lineup solely by the recruit ranking it would be Hartwell, Boyd, Mar, AJ, Reuter. That might literally be next year’s starting five.

I would actually like to see that lineup now.

 

[GMUgemini]

It doesn't matter what conference we were in. Point is Coach L built his team fast while having NOBODY to convince to stay bc they were suspended or already kicked off the team. DP is building a team with 4 year non transfer kids. Right? Will only take a century.

It does if your criteria is make it to the NCAA tournament. Coach L has an easier path (and that team embarasses itself when it got there) than Paulsen’s team.

 

[GSII]

It does if your criteria is make it to the NCAA tournament. Coach L has an easier path (and that team embarasses itself when it got there) than Paulsen’s team.

It's all about building the right team and not wasting seasons on DII players.

 

[GSII]

Since your original point was about year 2 and winning a conf. championship, your point is what? He did or didn't have them?

Point is he had the players to compete and stay atop conf.