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Makai Ashton Lankford

jazyj said:
Whats up with this unnecessary hate
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He abandoned the program at the last moment. How would u feel if your bride left u at the alter n hook with with the best man. To the hell with the love.
 
Whtdmd said:
BTW, I keep my eyes on David Duke during the Cushing n Brewster game at Hoophall. Duke stunk it up. HE is a very good athlete and defender. The issue is that he can't shoot, dribble or pass. You can get away with being a great athlete if u do either of these things. The fact that he can't do it tell me that he is overrated
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How is AJ Reeves doing these days?
 
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FriarJ said:
Okay, AA's decision making is top notch. You go with that.
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It's pretty much last on his list of flaws. But by all means keep embarrassing yourself
 
Why are people so sure MAL will get so much better? Some guys never learn to shoot......ever. And as long as he can’t shoot I won’t miss him we can do better or just as good.
 
August_West said:
It's pretty much last on his list of flaws. But by all means keep embarrassing yourself
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I forgot jacking 3's up while oblivious to the shot clock is part of the offense. My bad.
 
This thread is bizarre. We are in absolutely no position to throw shade an literally anyone.
 
JMick said:
Ollie is a grown man who gets paid to be in the public eye. MAL is a kid who's not getting paid and the only reason people are talking about him is because he decided not to come here. You know better so stop playing dumb and pretending the two situations are anything alike
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On the other hand, Ollie works for UConn and MAL plays for Providence. As UConn fans, shouldn't we support UConn guys and, if we have to bash, prefer to bash Providence guys?
 
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JMick said:
Ollie is a grown man who gets paid to be in the public eye. MAL is a kid who's not getting paid and the only reason people are talking about him is because he decided not to come here. You know better so stop playing dumb and pretending the two situations are anything alike
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Are people not allowed to point out players performing poorly? This whole "players are 100% off limits" stance is weird .
 
Waquoit said:
Because nothing is his fault.
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Was it his fault Vance didn't know his defensive assignments by the conference tourney last year and needed on-court instruction from a fellow freshman?
 
Stairmaster said:
Was it his fault Vance didn't know his defensive assignments by the conference tourney last year and needed on-court instruction from a fellow freshman?
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Seriously?
 
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Stairmaster said:
As I expected, you have no answer for me.
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That's where you had to go to find an example of whatever point it is you are trying to make? You are right, I have no answer to such madness.
 
Waquoit said:
That's where you had to go to find an example of whatever point it is you are trying to make? You are right, I have no answer to such madness.
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Was that or was that not Kevin Ollie's fault?
 
Stairmaster said:
Are people not allowed to point out players performing poorly? This whole "players are 100% off limits" stance is weird .
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I don't feel the need to bash kids solely because they didn't pick UConn.
 
JMick said:
I don't feel the need to bash kids solely because they didn't pick UConn.
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Easy there, tiger. Strawmen are my thing -- not yours.

If we can have threads discussing the outstanding performance of one of our past PG targets (Tremont Waters), why can't we have corresponding threads for former PG targets who are playing poorly?
 
Stairmaster said:
Was that or was that not Kevin Ollie's fault?
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He’s responsible for the product on the court. He recruits them, he coaches them, he picks who plays. If his end product is putting someone in the game who doesn’t know what to do, that’s a reflection on him. Yes it’s his fault. Vance didn’t put himself in the game.
 
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RJScootin said:
He’s responsible for the product on the court. He recruits them, he coaches them, he picks who plays. If his end product is putting someone in the game who doesn’t know what to do, that’s a reflection on him. Yes it’s his fault. Vance didn’t put himself in the game.
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How can any rational human believe that the players have zero agency over their own efforts?

Why are they not responsible for themselves in any way, shape, or form?
 
pj said:
On the other hand, Ollie works for UConn and MAL plays for Providence. As UConn fans, shouldn't we support UConn guys and, if we have to bash, prefer to bash Providence guys?
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it's not a zero sum game. You don't have to rip on a kid just because he decided to go to school somewhere else. I don't really understand what compels anyone to do so. Do you go badmouth your ex when they break up with you, too?
 
JMick said:
it's not a zero sum game. You don't have to rip on a kid just because he decided to go to school somewhere else. I don't really understand what compels anyone to do so. Do you go badmouth your ex when they break up with you, too?
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Maybe these threads wouldn't exist if the peanut gallery didn't treat it like a zero sum game where Ollie bears 100% of the responsibility and the players are nothing more than hunks of Play-Do.
 
JMick said:
it's not a zero sum game. You don't have to rip on a kid just because he decided to go to school somewhere else. I don't really understand what compels anyone to do so. Do you go badmouth your ex when they break up with you, too?
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Wow from you? It's sports here, whether it's a coach who gets 3M or a player who gets a free ride through his skills or supposed skills, you're up for analysis. Not sure what makes it alright to use really horrible words to describe our coach but not ok to say a kid who almost came here "can't shoot" when there's proof. Also it pointed out a fact that another kid who may have never been a Husky now is because the crappy shooter isn't here? What's so bad about this discussion in comparison to telling the world how awful and how stupid your coach is?

Guys are unreal!:D
 
JMick said:
it's not a zero sum game. You don't have to rip on a kid just because he decided to go to school somewhere else. I don't really understand what compels anyone to do so. Do you go badmouth your ex when they break up with you, too?
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I agree with you that we shouldn't badmouth players who went elsewhere. But I don't get the non-stop Ollie bashing either. What I was reacting to was the argument that Ollie deserves bashing because he's an adult public figure, but MAL doesn't (because he's not an adult? not a public figure? not ours?).

I'd prefer a stance of charity toward all and malice towards none.
 
Stairmaster said:
How can any rational human believe that the players have zero agency over their own efforts?

Why are they not responsible for themselves in any way, shape, or form?
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It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Yes the player is to blame also. But he’s not being paid over $3M to run the program.

The player needs to know if the effort isn’t there he won’t play.
 
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