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Thank you. The guys EF were recruiting at the end...the ones he poached and took to South Carolina?
Ndorefin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:52 pm Scottie has said he’s in no hurry as he has 2 more years of eligibility. He knows he’s not ready and if Robbins and QMB return, I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns. I have a better feeling about it than last year, as his resume needs to conclude with an NCAA bid.
If those three return, we have a great chance of making the tournament next season (assuming health). But two (or is it three) players who currently have eligibility remaining would have to transfer. I think we can all identify those who have not gotten a lot of PT as candidates, I just hope there isn't anyone who has contributed a lot this year among those that do transfer. Disu playing here healthy probably makes us at least 8-6 at this point, and probably 18-8 overall, as we probably sweep USC, and beat Temple and at least one of VCU and SMU. We would be going into the SEC-T with a likely 20-10 (10-8) record, needing 1 win to be a likely tournament team. And this is assuming he adds no value in beating a team like UT or UK or Loyola.Ndorefin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:52 pm Scottie has said he’s in no hurry as he has 2 more years of eligibility. He knows he’s not ready and if Robbins and QMB return, I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns. I have a better feeling about it than last year, as his resume needs to conclude with an NCAA bid.
We’ll then. Sure seems (much as we anticipated going in) that this is his last season at VU.MemorialMagic wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 3:22 pmNdorefin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:52 pm Scottie has said he’s in no hurry as he has 2 more years of eligibility. He knows he’s not ready and if Robbins and QMB return, I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns. I have a better feeling about it than last year, as his resume needs to conclude with an NCAA bid.
http://www.tnledger.com/editorial/Artic ... 97&print=1
What the heck is TN Ledger? Is that one of those free little papers you get when you leave the supermarket?UltimateVUFan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:01 pmWe’ll then. Sure seems (much as we anticipated going in) that this is his last season at VU.MemorialMagic wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 3:22 pmNdorefin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:52 pm Scottie has said he’s in no hurry as he has 2 more years of eligibility. He knows he’s not ready and if Robbins and QMB return, I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns. I have a better feeling about it than last year, as his resume needs to conclude with an NCAA bid.
http://www.tnledger.com/editorial/Artic ... 97&print=1
Where did he say that? In the article linked below, he says this is his last year.Ndorefin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:52 pm Scottie has said he’s in no hurry as he has 2 more years of eligibility. He knows he’s not ready and if Robbins and QMB return, I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns. I have a better feeling about it than last year, as his resume needs to conclude with an NCAA bid.
Question for any NCAA rules (if there are such things anymore) gurus. If VU ended up with one , or more, players above the max, could the school remove him from the team but continue him in school as an academic scholarship student ?Nashmann wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:00 pm I think it would be a large stretch for Pippen to return IMO. Of course, it would be awesome if he did. However, right now we need one person to transfer to accommodate the 4 incoming Freshmen(assuming Pippen leaves). Should Pippen stay, two other scholarship players would have to transfer.
I don't think they do academic scholarships any more, since pretty much everyone has a 34 ACT or better. They do a need program that supposedly keeps anyone from having to have loans when they graduate. For Scotty, that would be $0.00. He would, therefore, be able to pay if the Pippens paid his way.OldDude wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:17 pm Not what I was getting at. If we have to cut our numbers to make room for the new guys plus Pippen if he did stay, instead of pushing someone away (a player further down the list), could we keep them on academic scholarship as long as they were no longer on the team. Has a better feel than pushing someone out the door.
Why Is that surprising…it’s a fairly safe statement to make. Actually, I’m not going to waste my time finding the article, so, I’ll just say it’s a lie and I made it up!commadore wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:58 amWhere did he say that? In the article linked below, he says this is his last year.Ndorefin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:52 pm Scottie has said he’s in no hurry as he has 2 more years of eligibility. He knows he’s not ready and if Robbins and QMB return, I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns. I have a better feeling about it than last year, as his resume needs to conclude with an NCAA bid.
Last second shots have been a problem for us since the 1980s. When you take a ream that usually takes 20 seconds to run through their offense, but he dribbles to the 10 second mark to start, the results are not going to be good.Golddore68 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:12 am I’m going to respectfully wait to see if he can coach before gushing praises on him at this point. So far he hasn’t taken us to the postseason. Yes he has recruited some good players but he’s also had several of his recruits hit the transfer portal.
A good coach would keep his team from making the same mistakes over and over again. That’s the problem with our team now in our close losses. Turnovers. We shouldn’t be making the same turnovers game after game after game. We should be working on that in practice. Yet game after game we cost ourselves by stupid turnovers.
We would have 3 or 4 more wins this year if we hadn’t had the turnovers. We could have beaten South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi State and possibly Auburn if we hadn’t had the turnovers.
And when we have to have a basket with the clock ticking down I don’t see CJS drawing up successful plays in that situation. Like the end of the South Carolina game. Too often we fail in critical last-second shot attempts to tie or win games. In the South Carolina game Pippin dribbled too long, he was double-teamed so he couldn’t get a shot off, he saw Stutes wide open outside the 3-point line, he tried to pass it, the buzzer sounded because he waited too long. Good coaches wouldn’t let this sort of thing happen, their teams would work on these situations in practice over and over again so the players know exactly what they have to do and how much time they have left instinctively.
Next year will be the critical year for CJS. Pippin will probably go to the draft so we won’t have his 25-30 points a game. We do have some good recruits coming in. If we can have success and get to the postseason next year then I’ll agree that CJS is a good coach.
He might be a better coach than Memphis’ coach but I don’t remember the last time we played against Memphis. Is he a better coach than Barnes? Is he a better coach than Oates? Is he a better coach than Calipari? Is he a better coach than Pearl? At this point I would say no.