MIAMI UPDATE

[99 Patriot]

They almost broke 2,000 people last night. Hurricane fever is running wild.

 

[gmutom]

They almost broke 2,000 people last night. Hurricane fever is running wild.

It really is sad how little support they get down there, but it probably also explains why Coach L doesn't get heat for not getting to the NCAAT more. The expectations are low and the apathy is high, so just running a clean program and getting to the NIT is enough to appease the football-driven administration and limited fan base.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

Miami doesn't seem like a great sports town anyway. Baseball and football probably come before basketball at the U.

 

[GMUgemini]

Miami doesn't seem like a great sports town anyway. Baseball and football probably come before basketball at the U.

Putting the Marlins ahead of U of Miami basketball really says a lot, too.

You have to think about where Miami is located (Coral Gables), which would be like moving Georgetown to Great Falls, Virginia.

They probably would get a lot more support from the West Gables community (the poorer side, the minority side) if they actually reached out to them and weren't such a fru fru elitist school (again, would be like putting UVA in Anacostia).

edit: And to add to that, if you did live in Miami proper and wanted to go to a game on a weeknight, imagine trying to get to George Mason where the only way to get there is a two lane Highway 1.

 

[Washingtonian]

And Richmond won last night, so Larranaga gets to come back to Richmond.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

OH L DOES REAL WELL IN RICHMOND!!!

CANT WAIT TO LAY SOME FAT CASH ON THE SPIDERS!!!

As I have foreseen, it will be an A-10 team that eliminates the Hurricanes. Oh, I'm afraid the shield deflector will be quite operational when your friends arrive...

 

[p8triotfan4life]

I wonder if Caputo is getting an interview while he's in town?

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

I wonder if Caputo is getting an interview while he's in town?

Hope so. Guy is the tits. No telling what he could do if he got away from the money-obsessed, peaked ten years ago Larranaga.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

I will root for Miami to at least get to NIT Final Four. I think the ESPN guys were saying Coach L has never had a chance to play in MSG? That would be cool for him.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Wow! L has Miami humming! Four whole points in the first ten minutes!

BAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

They will not survive. It will probably be an A-10 team that beats them.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Wait a minute - I thought the OCM was flawless.

Hah

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

30-18 at the half. Larranaga's team looking undisciplined, fat and slow, a reflection of the coach in my eyes.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Age is a bitch.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

I actually think the Hewitt years were a net positive on the program. If Larranaga had stayed, we'd have given the diva his seventh raise in ten years by now, and the program would be flat broke.

Everything would be more expensive on the concourse, if you can imagine that. Seat prices? Double.

 

[bravesfan]

That whole Larranaga and teams from Richmond thing apparently carried over.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

That whole Larranaga and teams from Richmond thing apparently carried over.

When I lived there, my allergies were a major factor. Perhaps that influences L as well.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

BAHAHAHHAHAA.

Miami zippy points the first 3 1/2 minutes, L already burned two timeouts, down 36-18.

Pathetic.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

While Hewitt blew green gooey chunks - the alternative was not to keep Coach L. I loved what I did for the program - but as I said repeatedly four years ago - he hit a brick wall and we were not getting better and in some ways regressed.

The hewitt years - while crappy - ripped our Coach L addiction - blinded by emotion - and put us in to the position to move up to the next level with a new coach.

 

[Sons of Mason]

I see Jollay's in rare form tonight.