Game 4: Oklahoma State University (Charleston Classic), Friday, November 20th, 1 PM, ESPNU

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GSII said:
2 huge wins in 2 days. DP has has lapped The Virus in no time re big wins.
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I am going to be honest. I had and have faith in Coach P - but I did not think we would see significant results this early - I was expecting to not see consistency or consistent improvement until mid-season. I am won drunk happy fan now.

Now I need to find a way home from the office.
 
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Pikapppatri8 said:
I am going to be honest. I had and have faith in Coach P - but I did not think we would see significant results this early - I was expecting to not see consistency or consistent improvement until mid-season. I am won drunk happy fan now.

Now I need to find a way home from the office.
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Paulsen deserves all the credit in the world, but let's not forget that for the first time in four years it feels like we actually have assistants who are actively involved in practices, scouting, pre-game planning and in-game coaching. That, to me, is almost as refreshing as the coach in the lead chair.
 
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gmutom said:
Paulsen deserves all the credit in the world, but let's not forget that for the first time in four years it feels like we actually have assistants who are actively involved in practices, scouting, pre-game planning and in-game coaching. That, to me, is almost as refreshing as the coach in the lead chair.
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Tom, it's no accident that our assistants are involved because we have a competent head coach who knows he can't do everything and do it well.

Let's not act like our former head coach had to go down to Burke Lake Park and pluck 4 middle-aged guys out of a pickup game to be his assistants.

He picked the staff he wanted and they coached the way he told them to. Blaming them for his numerous shortcomings is frankly kinda silly.
 
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gmujim92 said:
He picked the staff he wanted and they coached the way he told them to. Blaming them for his numerous shortcomings is frankly kinda silly.
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Jim, nobody is dissing the former staff. They all seemed like good guys, and I was especially happy that Krieder was hired by VMI. I hope he lands his own head coaching gig some day.

With that clarified, I love that our new assistants show some emotion on the sideline and talk to the players when they come out of the game. I love that we have a former star player like Duane Simpkins to mentor our young backcourt, and everything I hear about Dane Fischer implies he could one day be a head coach. Aaron Kelly was with Paulsen for a long time, so he is a disciple of his coaching style.

It just seems like there is more cohesion on the sideline, and I think Paulsen and his assistants deserve credit for that.
 
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There are days when merely lurking these threads isn't enough and this is one of them.

This is as much fun as can remember having when it comes to this program in a very long time. I feel like a long lost best friend just moved back into the neighborhood. Just beyond happy right now. Kudos to Paulsen. Kudos to Brad Edwards for hiring Paulsen. And kudos to Cabrera for hiring Edwards. We're back and my god does it feel good!
 
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