PeeCee

[ctchamps]

Shame on me for even reading this far. LOCK IT UP.

Why??? This isn't second hand smoke. No one is putting carcinogens in the air that you don't have a choice about. This is the over large soda. Someone else drinking doesn't directly impact you.

 

[caw]

We wouldn't have pursued Samuel most likely. Doesn't matter, all speculation now.

# of scholarships UConn had available was a huge issue when recruiting Dunn. UConn was down to 10 remember and theoretically was already one over with Drummond and no seniors.

I like Samuel, but I'm not sure he is recruited if UConn is still at 10. In fact not sure any of the newcomers besides Facey would have been.

It wasn't that UConn didn't want or recruit Dunn but he was pretty low down on the positional need chart with 2/10 spots already filled with PGs. From my understanding UConn wanted him to wait and see what the roster situation was like to see what opened up in the spring, he didnt want to wait.

Austin was a loss which stunk because I think Ollie had no shot with the contract situation the way it was.

I think Coleman was a UConn recruit and went to PC before Lamb signed.

As good as Terrell is, he is in a similar situation to Dunn, not a position of need. Of course he may not go PC anyway.

Joseph, well lets wait to see where he goes.

Abu would be the first significant loss IMO

I'm not sure if UConn is serious with Chukwu (main priority at center or not).

Considering where UConn is with recruits, I'm not worried about losing any guard to PC. Give me one of Abu and Chukwu and a few of the national recruits an UConn is sitting pretty.

 

[upstater]

The gumming up has just as much to do with our fans not having the control to ignore them or not engage them. I find it informative if not entertaining that other people lack control. I find it deplorable when I'm in that position. Interesting that you advocate restraint from oversight by outside bodies on universities but want oversight for a thread whose only value is to express opinions.

I don't advocate restraint from oversight on universities. I advocate rational oversight. Are you referring to APR or something else?

 

[ctchamps]

# of scholarships UConn had available was a huge issue when recruiting Dunn. UConn was down to 10 remember and theoretically was already one over with Drummond and no seniors.

I like Samuel, but I'm not sure he is recruited if UConn is still at 10. In fact not sure any of the newcomers besides Facey would have been.

It wasn't that UConn didn't want or recruit Dunn but he was pretty low down on the positional need chart with 2/10 spots already filled with PGs. From my understanding UConn wanted him to wait and see what the roster situation was like to see what opened up in the spring, he didnt want to wait.

Austin was a loss which stunk because I think Ollie had no shot with the contract situation the way it was.

I think Coleman was a UConn recruit and went to PC before Lamb signed.

As good as Terrell is, he is in a similar situation to Dunn, not a position of need. Of course he may not go PC anyway.

Joseph, well lets wait to see where he goes.

Abu would be the first significant loss IMO

I'm not sure if UConn is serious with Chukwu (main priority at center or not).

Considering where UConn is with recruits, I'm not worried about losing any guard to PC. Give me one of Abu and Chukwu and a few of the national recruits an UConn is sitting pretty.

It's nuggets like this that I enjoy finding even when the rest of the landscape is barren. I don't mind working to glean the riches. Nice post!

And yes I understand the point that several posters (@upstater and @SirHypeAlot) are making. If the forum becomes nothing but P*ssing matches then posters such as caw and @aceboon stop posting and there is nothing of value in these forums.

But the value the PC guys bring is to develop our own ability for self restraint. Furthermore their incursion is absolutely necessary for the development of our fortitude that will be necessary once the season begins and the team has a crud game against a weak opponent or after the first loss. Just consider this the offseason conditioning period.

 

[ctchamps]

I don't advocate restraint from oversight on universities. I advocate rational oversight. Are you referring to APR or something else?

APR was one of the situations. Nonetheless you know I hold you in high regard and I do understand your position with these hijacked threads. See my post regarding caw.

 

[upstater]

APR was one of the situations. Nonetheless you know I hold you in high regard and I do understand your position with these hijacked threads. See my post regarding caw.

I agree with all of you about restraint. But as someone frequently guilty of the lack of restraint, I also know it's not going to happen. I also advocate a laissez-faire attitude on these message boards, and I think Fishy and Tom have run it better than anyone else the last ten years I've been on here. I'm only making a call for the PC guys to stay out of the threads with one specific recruiting name. Even some of our trolls from BC can manage that at least. It doesn't even bother me that the PC guys managed to muck up one or two of the recruit threads, but it's now happening in every single one. Every single one.

They've gotta stop. It's troll behavior.

 

[ctchamps]

I agree with all of you about restraint. But as someone frequently guilty of the lack of restraint, I also know it's not going to happen. I also advocate a laissez-faire attitude on these message boards, and I think Fishy and Tom have run it better than anyone else the last ten years I've been on here. I'm only making a call for the PC guys to stay out of the threads with one specific recruiting name. Even some of our trolls from BC can manage that at least. It doesn't even bother me that the PC guys managed to muck up one or two of the recruit threads, but it's now happening in every single one. Every single one.

They've gotta stop. It's troll behavior.

You're right that restraint won't happen. I can't decide what I find more fascinating, our inability to have restraint in certain situations or our inability to understand why we or others lack self control!

This entire point is really a microcosm for the macrocosm of whether or when governments should assert control. The emotional debate on that issue stems from our inability to understand our personal needs imo.

 

[Huskyforlife]

this thread sucks. we need to stop pretending that we don't take pc seriously because threads like this prove we do.

 

[sdhusky]

this thread sucks. we need to stop pretending that we don't take pc seriously because threads like this prove we do.

PC is a serious basketball school.

The posters who come on here act like s and that's the problem.

 

[Goat]

If you are a recruit, what do you want?
1. A coaching staff that will:
a. give you a chance to play,
b. in a style that showcases your game,
c. knows the NBA and has has contacts, especially alumni there, and
d. has proven that they get kids to the next level.
2. It helps with the showcase want, if the teams wins.
3. It would be nice if there was huge fan support and media interest.
4. It would be a plus to see the country/world.
5. The player may not consider, but parents might, whether the gym is surrounded by a place where high level learning occurs and where the coach makes the student/athlete buy in to that.

Cooley must be a good recruiter in deed.

 

[BeanTownBob]

We don't know, yet, about Austin. Ledo never played for them so that's a moot issue.

Going back to the original point of this thread, it's been austin, Ledo and Dunn as other posters have said. Although I don't see Ledo as a moot issue because he didn't play. I actually think that may have been the most significant from a talent perspective as I believe he was the highest ranked of the bunch.

Unless of course the staff somehow knew he couldn't play.

 

[seanmc94]

I agree with all of you about restraint. But as someone frequently guilty of the lack of restraint, I also know it's not going to happen. I also advocate a laissez-faire attitude on these message boards, and I think Fishy and Tom have run it better than anyone else the last ten years I've been on here. I'm only making a call for the PC guys to stay out of the threads with one specific recruiting name. Even some of our trolls from BC can manage that at least. It doesn't even bother me that the PC guys managed to muck up one or two of the recruit threads, but it's now happening in every single one. Every single one.

They've gotta stop. It's troll behavior.

Tell you what; show me a recruiting thread where the "PC posters" started the mudslinging and ill agree with you. Problem is; your own posters start the anti-PC crap out of nowhere and it spirals. Same thing happens on the PC board when UConn stuff starts; Amex and co jump in.

Don't start nothin; won't be nuthin

 

[upstater]

Tell you what; show me a recruiting thread where the "PC posters" started the mudslinging and ill agree with you. Problem is; your own posters start the anti-PC crap out of nowhere and it spirals. Same thing happens on the PC board when UConn stuff starts; Amex and co jump in.

Don't start nothin; won't be nuthin

You're trolling.

 

[tcf15]

Don't start nothin; won't be nuthin

 

[Palatine]

Providence should have a decent two year run before recruits figure out that it will still be near the bottom of the new conference.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Don't start nothin; won't be nuthin

Quite possibly the single dorkiest thing ever said on the internet.

 

[FriarJ]

Providence should have a decent two year run before recruits figure out that it will still be near the bottom of the new conference.

I'm curious, do you honestly believe that? Or just sayin it for effect?

It's Coleman, Dunn, and Austin. Did JC ever offer Ledo?

 

[ctchamps]

Tell you what; show me a recruiting thread where the "PC posters" started the mudslinging and ill agree with you. Problem is; your own posters start the anti-PC crap out of nowhere and it spirals. Same thing happens on the PC board when UConn stuff starts; Amex and co jump in.

Don't start nothin; won't be nuthin

That's an antagonistic statement so I guess you're starting something.

 

[ctchamps]

I agree with all of you about restraint. But as someone frequently guilty of the lack of restraint, I also know it's not going to happen. I also advocate a laissez-faire attitude on these message boards, and I think Fishy and Tom have run it better than anyone else the last ten years I've been on here. I'm only making a call for the PC guys to stay out of the threads with one specific recruiting name. Even some of our trolls from BC can manage that at least. It doesn't even bother me that the PC guys managed to muck up one or two of the recruit threads, but it's now happening in every single one. Every single one.

They've gotta stop. It's troll behavior.

I forgot to comment that I second your praise for @Fishy and @temery. I love the way they run things here. It is always a judgement call when to allow chaos and when to be restrictive. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Furthermore each and everyone of us have a difference of opinion over each and every issue about what is a reasonable level of freedom.

I'm sure both Tom and Fishy are not personally comfortable at times with certain threads or posters but try their best to restrain from their personal preferences. Not many of us have the psyche to do that. One of the things I love to do is watch how posters in the different forums approach and relate to one another and how they basically set the tone for one another. It's like watching the differences between various cultures.

 

[sdhusky]

Tell you what; show me a recruiting thread where the "PC posters" started the mudslinging and ill agree with you. Problem is; your own posters start the anti-PC crap out of nowhere and it spirals. Same thing happens on the PC board when UConn stuff starts; Amex and co jump in.

Don't start nothin; won't be nuthin

eat and leave

 

[upstater]

I forgot to comment that I second your praise for @Fishy and @temery. I love the way they run things here. It is always a judgement call when to allow chaos and when to be restrictive. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Furthermore each and everyone of us have a difference of opinion over each and every issue about what is a reasonable level of freedom.

I'm sure both Tom and Fishy are not personally comfortable at times with certain threads or posters but try their best to restrain from their personal preferences. Not many of us have the psyche to do that. One of the things I love to do is watch how posters in the different forums approach and relate to one another and how they basically set the tone for one another. It's like watching the differences between various cultures.

Great post

 

[Peacefrog]

It was a new twist and something the board has not previously haranged about, unlike other UC-PeeCee "discussions". Certainly not meant to INFLAME anyone.[/quo

]are you serious? Terrible, terrible choice of threads to start.

 

[Scot-e]

Since when do we GAF about PC? We did not care when we were in the BE together and I don't see the point of starting now just because we are going after some of the same kids. We must be the only big boy board that has any interest in going back and forth with their fans.

For the love of sweet baby Jesus stop the madness.

 

[ctchamps]

Since when do we GAF about PC? We did not care when we were in the BE together and I don't see the point of starting now just because we are going after some of the same kids. We must be the only big boy board that has any interest in going back and forth with their fans.

For the love of sweet baby Jesus stop the madness.

I was going to add to it by getting a couple of Gtown folks to come our way. I bet that would change your tune. P-tewey.

 

[Palatine]

I'm curious, do you honestly believe that? Or just sayin it for effect?

It's Coleman, Dunn, and Austin. Did JC ever offer Ledo?

Watch, there's no way PC becomes a dominant team in that conference. In five years they will be back where they have spent the last 20 years.

 

[FriarJ]

Watch, there's no way PC becomes a dominant team in that conference. In five years they will be back where they have spent the last 20 years.

Why is there no way? UConn came from essentially nowhere, why can't PC have even continued moderate success?

 

[UConn990411]

People who think UConn lost out on Ledo don't know what they're talking about. UConn stopped recruiting him because there was a 0% chance he'd qualify academically.

I'm not sure why it's so hard for some fans to admit Cooley is a good recruiter, but apparently it is. It's still up in the air whether or not he can coach - PC finished last season strong, which was promising, although the defense was still dreadful - but when it comes to just recruiting, Cooley is as strong as anyone PC has had since Barnes.

In any event, the PC obsession by certain posters never made sense to me, and it makes less sense now that we're in different leagues. Time to move on.

(Oh, and Sean is still a blatant troll who apparently has nothing better to do than post on a UConn message board.)

 

[sdhusky]

Why is there no way? UConn came from essentially nowhere, why can't PC have even continued moderate success?

Discuss PC on your board. Off on this topic.

 

[sdhusky]

Why is there no way? UConn came from essentially nowhere, why can't PC have even continued moderate success?

How about instead, you explain why you don't think Ollie can be successful?

You on record saying it and it's more relevant to this board.

Otherwise F-off

 

[mauconnfan]

There's a method to your madness huh sdhusky? ..........the pattern is quite intriguing!!