Dave Paulsen

[GMUgemini]

He was on NBC News for a long time. Moderated “Meet the Press” until he got fired a couple years ago.

Always hated him on Meet the Press. I dislike Chuck Todd even more. That show has gone way down hill after Tim Russert left.

 

[Falco]

Jaylen Adams was a 2-star coming out of HS. Hardly anyone wanted him so he went to St. Bonaventure. He’s now one of the best guards in the country and extremely likely to be a two-time first-team all-A10 selection.

Recruiting isn’t an exact science. Neither is analyzing recruits based on what they do in HS and AAU.

It actually is more of a science then your cherry picked anomalies. I've posted thousands of articles where scientist track the success of players based on their recruiting ranking. More often then not higher ranking players perform much better. 2 star recruits rarely pan out.

 

[gmujim92]

Always hated him on Meet the Press. I dislike Chuck Todd even more. That show has gone way down hill after Tim Russert left.

I agree, even a dead and decaying Russert would be an upgrade over Gregory or Todd.

 

[Jack Strop]

I agree, even a dead and decaying Russert would be an upgrade over Gregory or Todd.

We'll, of course they suck. They were two-star recruits.

 

[Jack Strop]

I haven’t been around for a while, and may be the only person left that doesn’t have you on ignore based on what I have read ;-), so I’ll explain my take.

But, First, let me say I appreciate your point of view and have many of the same questions and concerns you have expressed. I think it is sad that these boards are running off most people with a dissenting opinion. While I haven’t given up hope on Paulsen yet, there are some possible red flags at this point. I also understand why some people have become fed up with you as I am sure it annoys them when you mention the same thing over and over, because it has some level of truth to it. At this point, this years roster is what it is. Accept that and focus on what is happening on the court. Focus your criticism on what is or isn’t happening in the games or player growth. We will see what the roster looks like again next season. That will be the next point to re-evaluate Paulsens roster management.

The reason previous person that was held the title of “coach” (however inaccurate that title was) gets some of the blame has multiple components:

We lost a huge part of our team after Hewitt was hired
We, presumably, lost the entire pipeline as well since the entire coaching staff was replaced
Recruiting is a multi year process
Paulsen’s pipeline at the time he was hired was likely filled with patriot league prospects, not A10 prospects.
Our team was a complete wasteland at the time Paulsen got the job, so there is that effect on recruits as well.
Our facilities (practice area, upkeep of the patriot center, etc) were crap compared to many A10 programs. Brad has addressed some of this the best we can expect at the moment, but fundraising is hurt by the above issues

All those add up to why Paulsen will be given a long leash for his brand of “rebuild it the right way with four year students” approach.

Now, I also see some possible contradictions in that. If we are doing it the right way why did we have the mass exodus this past offseason? Maybe it is that people were recruited over but that should be expected to some degree so it doesn’t fully explain it. I think another contradiction is the playing time and Paulsen’s comment about this season being a throw away. The lineup for much of the season brings some question to that. Finally, Reuter seems to contradict it as well.

Unfortunately, the program was in a very bad place, we brought on a coach that is not, supposedly, a quick fix kind of guy, so he is going to get a lot of runway before he feels anything even close to a hot seat.

Brian, I explained this to DJ3 ( ) once a few weeks ago using almost the exact same words you did. Trust me, you're wasting your time. Believe me, is too dense, too myopic, and too much of a fantasy coach to comprehend the ramifications of the Hewitt/Paulsen transition.

 

[MASONscott]

Wish we were an older team but we are one of the youngest in the nation. Of course we will look out matched and out talented against a senior laden team trying to crack the Top 25. Not one poster predicted a win in Rhode Island. We were all right! Way to premature to take our results this year and decide as success or failure long-term. But, as we can all see this year is going to be very rough at times. That doesn't mean we are doomed. It means we are a JV team playing against Varsity squads. Final judgement comes when we are a Varisty squad. Give it time fellas...

 

[GMUgemini]

Wish we were an older team but we are one of the youngest in the nation. Of course we will look out matched and out talented against a senior laden team trying to crack the Top 25. Not one poster predicted a win in Rhode Island. We were all right! Way to premature to take our results this year and decide as success or failure long-term. But, as we can all see this year is going to be very rough at times. That doesn't mean we are doomed. It means we are a JV team playing against Varsity squads. Final judgement comes when we are a Varisty squad. Give it time fellas...

I keep saying year 5 is the true test...Kier, Boyd, Reuter will be seniors; AJ, Mar, Greene, Calixte will be juniors. That's when the true assessment will occur.

If half the team leaves again, though, something is wrong and we can't ignore that.

 

[Bison137]

I still think he could do a better job of recruiting. Our roster is full of heart warming stories where Mason was the player's only legit offer. This also happened at Bucknell. So to me this affirms my opinion that DP isnt willing to put in the work to land a high level recruit.

That wasn't true at Bucknell. He (and Fischer and Kelly) did a very good recruiting job. Whatever problems he had were in the offense he ran and a lack of flexibility.

 

[gmujim92]

That wasn't true at Bucknell. He (and Fischer and Kelly) did a very good recruiting job. Whatever problems he had were in the offense he ran and a lack of flexibility.

Don’t bother responding to that idiot. He has less than zero clue what DP did or didn’t do at Bucknell. I’m frankly shocked he even spelled Bucknell correctly.

 

[Falco]

That wasn't true at Bucknell. He (and Fischer and Kelly) did a very good recruiting job. Whatever problems he had were in the offense he ran and a lack of flexibility.

Please tell me what highly touted recruit he landed. Don't say Muscala. Muscala had no other offers.

Just for fun I went back to Paulsen's last team with Bucknell 2014-15 team. Here was there starting lineup.
Dom Hoffman- Only offer Bucknell
Nana Foulland- Had other offers including mason.
Steven Kaspar- No other offers
Chris Hass- No other offers
Ryan Frazier- No other offers

This affirms my theory. DP takes the easy approach. He doesn't respect recruiting. Please wake up everyone. Stop making excuses for DP. We need to stop blaming Hewitt for DP's inability to recruit. DP doesn't want to fight for recruits. This pattern predates his time with Mason.

DP had success beating up on crappy Patriot League teams. He went to the NIT because he beat up on the crappy patriot league. He lost to any halfway decent team including Michigan, Villanova, Mount St. Marys, Toledo, Penn State, Siena.

Lets go to his 2nd two last season starting lineup.

Brian Fitzpatrick- Walk on.
Ben Brackney- No other offers
Ryan Hill- No other offers
Chris Hass- No other offers
Cameron Ayers- No other offers

But according to GMUJIM I know nothing. But I actually do research and back up my claims.

 

[Falco]

2012-13 season
Joe William- IDK
Mike Muscala- no other offer, only interest
Steven Kaspar- no other offer
Bryson Johnson- no other offer.
Cameron Ayers- No other offers

I obviously know dating back this far its hard to determine if the recruiting websites are accurate. None the less I believe the sites to be accurate because I wasn't able to find anything else to make me think differently.

Please try to convince me DP respects recruiting.

 

[sleeperpick]

Please tell me what highly touted recruit he landed. Don't say Muscala. Muscala had no other offers.

Just for fun I went back to Paulsen's last team with Bucknell 2014-15 team. Here was there starting lineup.
Dom Hoffman- Only offer Bucknell
Nana Foulland- Had other offers including mason.
Steven Kaspar- No other offers
Chris Hass- No other offers
Ryan Frazier- No other offers

This affirms my theory. DP takes the easy approach. He doesn't respect recruiting. Please wake up everyone. Stop making excuses for DP. We need to stop blaming Hewitt for DP's inability to recruit. DP doesn't want to fight for recruits. This pattern predates his time with Mason.

DP had success beating up on crappy Patriot League teams. He went to the NIT because he beat up on the crappy patriot league. He lost to any halfway decent team including Michigan, Villanova, Mount St. Marys, Toledo, Penn State, Siena.

Lets go to his 2nd two last season starting lineup.

Brian Fitzpatrick- Walk on.
Ben Brackney- No other offers
Ryan Hill- No other offers
Chris Hass- No other offers
Cameron Ayers- No other offers

But according to GMUJIM I know nothing. But I actually do research and back up my claims.

last time you did research it was copy and paste from Bleacher Report and 3/4 of the guys have a worse record than DP at their current schools. You are literally talking to yourself at this point. Just give it a rest. you post the same thing every other day.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Please try to convince me

No thanks.

 

[sleeperpick]

also took a stab and randomly searched one of these dudes.... Steven Kaspar who you said had no offers was offered by Tennessee Tech and Air Force.... Dude you are such a idiot... Should I keep going and see what other offers these dudes had that you missed?

 

[DJ5 SIZE]

Please tell me what highly touted recruit he landed. Don't say Muscala. Muscala had no other offers.

Just for fun I went back to Paulsen's last team with Bucknell 2014-15 team. Here was there starting lineup.
Dom Hoffman- Only offer Bucknell
Nana Foulland- Had other offers including mason.
Steven Kaspar- No other offers
Chris Hass- No other offers
Ryan Frazier- No other offers

This affirms my theory. DP takes the easy approach. He doesn't respect recruiting. Please wake up everyone. Stop making excuses for DP. We need to stop blaming Hewitt for DP's inability to recruit. DP doesn't want to fight for recruits. This pattern predates his time with Mason.

DP had success beating up on crappy Patriot League teams. He went to the NIT because he beat up on the crappy patriot league. He lost to any halfway decent team including Michigan, Villanova, Mount St. Marys, Toledo, Penn State, Siena.

Lets go to his 2nd two last season starting lineup.

Brian Fitzpatrick- Walk on.
Ben Brackney- No other offers
Ryan Hill- No other offers
Chris Hass- No other offers
Cameron Ayers- No other offers

But according to GMUJIM I know nothing. But I actually do research and back up my claims.

 

[GMU1983]

What an idiot --- Mike Muscala:

Bucknell
Committed
8/16/08
Cal Poly
None
None
Cornell
None
NoneSteve Donahue
Illinois State
None
NoneTim Jankovich
North Dakota
None
None
Santa Clara
None
None
South Dakota
None
None
Washington State
None
None

 

[sleeperpick]

Chris Hass was the number 8 player in all of the state of Michigan and had numerous offers after DP had him verbally commit the beginning of his junior year
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
Cameron Ayers who went on to play D League for the Maine Red Claws had offers from Temple, Lasalle Clemson and St Joes... http://www.recruitrecon.com/index.php?option=com_recruit&task=showplayerprofile&sportid=1&id=250

Dude it literally took me 3 mins to find 3 players (only looked for 3) that were recruited and 2 that had big time offers

DJ3 you suck

 

[GMU1983]

Also Muscala had an 80 rating on Rivals for 2009.

 

[Mason2005]

This guy must be a bot posting, a stupid a** bot. No human could possibly be this dumb.

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[masonjoe]

What an idiot --- Mike Muscala:

Bucknell
Committed
8/16/08
Cal Poly
None
None
Cornell
None
NoneSteve Donahue
Illinois State
None
NoneTim Jankovich
North Dakota
None
None
Santa Clara
None
None
South Dakota
None
None
Washington State
None
None

I think you just proved DJ3's point