Great point. Winning is very hard. Something that is lost on a lot of our fans at times. We made it look somewhat easy for a long time. We were the exception, not the rule. It's very rare and incredibly hard to duplicate or sustain. It's what makes me appreciate this season so much. A little bit of that old feeling is back. Hope we keep it rolling the rest of this year, next year, and beyond.
For his own good? Yes. But I want this clown to keep talking and tweeting so that everyone sees his true colors.
I don't necessarily disagree with the part after the bolded text and I do agree if PC played Georgetown that would definitely raise conflict of interest questions. But for the part about Val Ackerman being tone deaf, I am not sure that is true. From what I read on Friar Talk, again I don't know if this is true, is that Val Ackerman had her reservations about the changing of coaches inside the conference and voiced them to GTown. John Degoia (President) and Lee Reid (Athletic Director) basically told her to screw off.
Yeah I don't hate Ed either and I do believe he was genuine in his interest and work for the community. However, I think he really used that to put his PR image on steroids and then exploited that in his contract negotiations with PC, ingratiating himself to PC with the hometown family guy schtick, and with him having members of the press sending out messages such as PC's ceiling won't allow him to accomplish greater things, etc.
they got to a Final Four in 2007 and regularly made NCAAT appearances after that but didn't advance after the first weekend even when they were high seeded. So, yes, they are not the title-caliber program, at least not in recent memory. They are clinging onto the 80s and mid 90s for dear life.
The classic irony was that Georgetown met with Cooley the day of PC’s game in DC.
Cooley should have resigned or been forced to resign 2 months ago. As for Ackerman, I am getting a little tired about how “powerless” she is. Dave Gavitt held the same exact office and wasn’t powerless nor was Mike T. She is either clueless or is unwilling to put her job on the line for doing the right thing. We should hold her to the same standard, no more, no less.
I don't know if GT has that potential or not, but I know for certain that PC does not.
I feel like you know what I mean, but sure. Is it conceivable that the stars could all align, they could have the perfect class of upperclassmen one day that don't leave for greener pastures, and win a championship? Sure, but I guess by that definition, literally every P6 program has the potential to be a "title-caliber program". The reality is they're a program that is overshadowed regionally and in their conference, they're a stepping-stone job for coaches, and apparently don't have the NIL to compete. So practically, do you really think it's absurd to take the position that they're not a program that's going to be competing for national titles?
The people who cover this say Providence has competitive NIL, Nova was behind on this and is stepping everything up.
From a fan at the time (before UConn relevance), the championship team had David Wingate, another 15 year NBA veteran to go with Ewing, Dalton, Reggie Williams (14 yrs in the NBA), Billy Martin, and Michael Graham
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And I would amend that to say there's no rational reason to think Georgetown and Providence differ at all in this regard.
Yep. Creighton is most likely going to the elite 8 and they probably already would've gone to the elite 8 or final 4 if the tournament wasn't cancelled in the Covid year and who knows what would've happened in the tournament last year if Kalbrenner didn't get the season ending injury. As you point out in the other post Hurley is going to need to be paid more, as is McDermott. McDermott has been seriously underpaid for a while.
They had a brief resurgence in the late 2000s with Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert, including a Final Four, but basically yes.
Now that the shock has worn off and they are starting to recover the childish envy and hate is creeping back. I would think they have more concerns. Go Huskies! Beat those AR Hogs!!
Sure. David Wingate was a “fine” player. Went to Dunbar in their heyday, I believe. Thirty something years ago. Not good enough to still consider Georgetown a title destination.
