Did NIL exist back then? Did Mike Repole matter then? I think you’re missing a key variable. They’ll be able to attract a top coach if that coach knows he can buy a great roster. I agree anything behind Pitino will be a drop, but StJ will also be well positioned to attract a good coach. In that same time frame Hurley could be off to the NBA. Nothing in the future is guaranteed.
The bolded part is the first correct thing that you've written in a while.
lol - ok dude. Go to bed. Doofus’ like you is what makes this board a pile of tribal nonsense. Have you actually ever played a sport?
LOL.
Not really. When KO was coach they pretty much kicked our a$$es. Pitino full court pressure and Peyton Siva driving right down the lane. Very bad memories.
that was just one year - what about 2005 through 2012 with Calhoun/Pitino?
This is like the Godwin's Law of the Boneyard. The longer a thread gets, the probability someone will ask "Do you even lift bro?" approaches one.
Pretty sure Pitino got the better of JC when he was at BU and PC as well.
Do you really care come March whether the team is largely portal guys or recruits? I sure don’t
In a kind of a strange way I agree that Rick will be the malevolent arch villain that will tempt everyone who has high blood pressure. And I hope it goes on with Dan Hurley and RP for years. My favorite villain as a coach was John Thompson. He was an intimidator that seemed to always get the better of the refereeing for his team or so it seemed to me. Georgetown and RP teams were never an easy game but when you beat them it is so much more satisfying. Boeheim was just a whiner who always looked like he just sucked a lemon. But RP and JT; they could make your blood boil.
He is something I never thought I'd say, I'm 100% with you scoot. It doesn't matter how you put your team together. Just win, baby.
Well yes and here’s why. It feels more right.
I agree but you can't live in the past. I remember when UConn won the soccer title and woofed that they were "America's Team", no International players! So what? It didn't matter then and it doesn't matter now. They won is what mattered. Back when Dom had us in the gutter while BCU was going to the dance with all Connecticut players we were told "those guys couldn't get into UConn" like it was a point of pride. It wasn't, it was a point of embarrassment. Now BCU loses all the time saying they can't get players in. You wanna trade with them because of the feelz? For your team to win, they need to play by the current rules. If some fans can't get behind that, it's on them.
I didn’t say it wouldn’t happen. Hurley is going to get the best talent he can latch his hands onto. There are superstar kids coming up every year like Mullins who can contribute right away and Hurley will go get them, and that is great. If we can get some of them every year and then the best portal transfers isn’t that good?