The Official Fire Dave Paulsen Thread

[mkaufman1]

Agreed. I don’t understand why the coaching staff doesn’t give JDS a chance to try to be that “great shooter”. That’s what all the talk about him was coming out of high school. The way the rest of the guards are playing, have they really deserved it over him at this point? He can’t do worse.

I’m sure if he could help they’d play him, but he’d probably chuck up the same bricks that everyone else does from three, especially considering they don’t get clean looks from three off ball movement

 

[Petey Buckets]

Starting Greene over Kier is a really half-assed attempt to shake things up. They're the two most similar players on the team.

 

[EXpatriot13]

I’m sure if he could help they’d play him, but he’d probably chuck up the same bricks that everyone else does from three, especially considering they don’t get clean looks from three off ball movement

I mean there’s no way to know unless the kid gets on the court. Maybe he’s more capable of creating his own shot? At this rate we might never find out.

 

[EXpatriot13]

Starting Greene over Kier is a really half-assed attempt to shake things up. They're the two most similar players on the team.

Agreed. Have Rueter come off the bench, start Hartwell....that’s a shake up.

 

[gmutom]

What concerns me the most about Dave is he stubbornness and unwillingness to adapt. We are six games into the season, and we are still playing the same ineffective man defense ALL the time.

When he had a chance to make much-needed offensive adjustments at halftime tonight, we came out and missed our first 8 shots. If shits not working, for the love of God try something different.

The one thing he did implement when the game was effectively over was pressing full court, but why not open the game that way if that's a team strength? I keep wanting to give DP the benefit of the doubt, but damn if he's not providing more questions than answers right now.

 

[mkaufman1]

Starting Greene over Kier is a really half-assed attempt to shake things up. They're the two most similar players on the team.

Yeah that was weird. Mar and Otis haven’t done much you’d think they’d get pulled, but hey whatever.

I mean there’s no way to know unless the kid gets on the court. Maybe he’s more capable of creating his own shot? At this rate we might never find out.

You’re right there isn’t. But I suspect they’d rather try to win and improve with guys who have had significant minutes by now versus a freshman just getting feet wet. We aren’t used to freshmen not being relied upon under Paulsen, but for the most part they don’t play at many programs unless they have to. It’s easy to forget. And yes there are exceptions even this year.

 

[Mason2005]

Let's all agree that Paulsen is maxed out. He was the best hire we could get after Hewitt and he got us as far as he can. He's a .500 A10 coach, he can't recruit good enough in the A10 and he can't handle a deep roster. Our facilities are better now, time to get a better coach.

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[GMUgemini]

The bottom line is we just don't have enough talent to compete with good teams. If the talent level does not drastically improve we will be mired in mediocrity. Not questioning our heart, effort, or determination. We just don't have any lights out, skilled shooters or scorers.

We had some shooters last year, where did they go, because they didn't graduate.

The biggest disappointments so far have been.

1) Reuter: he was billed as a game changer and he has not been so far. He is more skilled than Calixte, yes, but is he really an upgrade? I’m not so sure.

2) Otis and his absolute regression: inability to shoot, not taking care of the basketball.

3) Javon Greene’s so far MIA long game: again, advertised as a shooter, so far he hasn’t proven to be one yet. If he can add that dimension to his game, great. But not happening.

4) the continued layup line on defense: we lacked depth and size before. We supposedly have depth now and yet the interior defense remains MIA.

 

[Patriotsince81]

I'm going to try and stay positive. I'm looking forward to Coach TBD's recruiting class of 2030.

 

[gmujim92]

Let's all agree that Paulsen is maxed out. He was the best hire we could get after Hewitt and he got us as far as he can. He's a .500 A10 coach, he can't recruit good enough in the A10 and he can't handle a deep roster. Our facilities are better now, time to get a better coach.

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You know any Mason boosters with the bucks and willingness to buy out his contract? Face it, the guy isn’t going anywhere — regardless of results, Mason is not in the financial position to buy out multiple years of a contract and hire somebody else to coach the team.

 

[GMUgemini]

Let's all agree that Paulsen is maxed out. He was the best hire we could get after Hewitt and he got us as far as he can. He's a .500 A10 coach, he can't recruit good enough in the A10 and he can't handle a deep roster. Our facilities are better now, time to get a better coach.

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I think criticizing the recruiting at this point is a bit disingenuous, because going into this season we were pretty happy with what we had coming back and at least two of our prospects, JDS and Hartwell, and Hartwell has already shown he can play. Aside from Otis's insane funk and Mar's regression, I just don't think Paulsen has figured out how to turn what he has into a winning team -- the right starting five, the proper rotations, the right defensive sets, the proper offense; the whole thing feels slapdash, which is weird since he's had this team for essentially two seasons now.

I mean, yeah, if we have a PG and a SG who could defend all five positions, we'd be fine but there aren't that many teams in the country who have even one player who could do that.

 

[mkaufman1]

You know any Mason boosters with the bucks and willingness to buy out his contract? Face it, the guy isn’t going anywhere — regardless of results, Mason is not in the financial position to buy out multiple years of a contract and hire somebody else to coach the team.

His name is Mason Lawyer.

 

[mason lawyer]

His name is Mason Lawyer.

I will gladly write a check to get this loser out of town.

 

[Mason2005]

You know any Mason boosters with the bucks and willingness to buy out his contract? Face it, the guy isn’t going anywhere — regardless of results, Mason is not in the financial position to buy out multiple years of a contract and hire somebody else to coach the team.

Buying out the contract is a 2 way street. Do we pay $1M to buy him out or lose $1M in donations bc we keep him.

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[gmujim92]

I will gladly write a check to get this loser out of town.

Make it out to George Mason University, in the amount of $3 million. No biggie.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Make it out to George Mason University, in the amount of $3 million. No biggie.

Do you know who you are talking about? He is one of the top lawyers in northern Virginia. He makes more In a year then you probably make In a life time. Clowns on this message board.

 

[gmujim92]

Buying out the contract is a 2 way street. Do we pay $1M to buy him out or lose $1M in donations bc we keep him.

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It’s not $1 million to buy him out. $750k per year for 4 years is $3 million.

And you are way overplaying the potential loss of donations. Edwards and Cabrera couldn’t care less about our penny ante donors.

 

[Mason2005]

It’s not $1 million to buy him out. $750k per year for 4 years is $3 million.

And you are way overplaying the potential loss of donations. Edwards and Cabrera couldn’t care less about our penny ante donors.

Actually I don't know the details of his contact. Last I saw his base is $400k and we resigned him until 20-21. Has his contact been extended past that?

My sources are these.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...2c4ba982ed4_story.html?utm_term=.09442a95410c


https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ulsen-to-extension-through-2021-22/106973224/


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[gmujim92]

Actually I don't know the details of his contact. Last I saw his base is $400k and we resigned him until 20-21. Has his contact been extended past that?

My sources are these.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...2c4ba982ed4_story.html?utm_term=.09442a95410c


https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ulsen-to-extension-through-2021-22/106973224/


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There is no way his base is $400k. He never would’ve left a loaded team at Bucknell for that.

Regardless, Mason isn’t buying out multiple years of a contract. It’s just not happening.

 

[Mason2005]

There is no way his base is $400k. He never would’ve left a loaded team at Bucknell for that.

Regardless, Mason isn’t buying out multiple years of a contract. It’s just not happening.

Don't know what to say, that's what the article says. If it's really $400k, it'd cost us less to dump him than Hewitt for that one year.

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