yesrutgers01 said:

Shows why we don’t change our standards on the type of students we bring in to play football.

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RUJMM78 said:

Its rather late in the season to expect a long winning streak especially with so many games on the road.

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Greene Rice FIG said:

1. You are miscategorizing the way i think and i admit to being wrong
2. Sorry, but unless we make the NCAAs was i not right?

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rutgersdave said:

Brought back some MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, BDX,UNH the last two days after their fall. Hope the market fall further so I can buy more. Also started buying ET, O, EPD, VZ, and PFE for dividend exposure.

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mikeyo said:

If he never did anything else but taking a true Cinderella team in Providence to the 1987
Final Four, he'd still be one of the greats

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PSAL_Hoops said:

I’m not sure what game you were watching exactly to say J Will was “bad” on D in the first half. We went up 23-6 with J Will logging most if not all of the minutes in the first 10 minutes. I’m not sure how you could argue Acuff would’ve been a better choice.

At the 7:51 mark, Illinois had 11 total points. Again - J Will had played most of that time. Yes, he commits a dumb foul after a turnover at the 6:38 mark and pick up his second foul but at that point following the FTs, Illinois still only had 15 points.

J Will sat the remainder of the half with the 2 fouls. Acuff got a turn in there by the way. Illinois nearly doubled their points finishing with 29 at the half. What am I missing?

And to your other point - J Will isn’t a high usage type of player at all. He’s not a great shooter and he’s comfortable playing while not being the one to attempt that many shots. In 25 minutes he recorded 7 shots - made 3 of them and scored 13 points on fairly low usage. If anyone took too many shots it was Dylan Grant.

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RedTeam1994 said:

You’re being exceedingly fair ;)

My experience with him - he has a position (in this case RU would do better by not having having generational talent on this team… crazy I know): Every comment he makes is to support that position and any comment/ analysis that contradicts that gets ignored nor twisted.

Maybe in this case your commentary is so convincing/ well thought out that he had to concede on a few things (as you said above) - if so, kudos to you

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RU848789 said:

FWIW, below is the NWS hourly forecast for Philly. It has about 1/2" of low ratio snow (maybe 6-7:1), followed by about 1" of sleet (as most of the "snow" in that graphic is sleet; that's 3" of snow equivalent and about 0.3" of liquid equivalent) and then about 0.1" of freezing rain with almost no plain rain (just the 0.02" at the end). What you'll have on the ground at the end if this verifies is about 1-1.5" of depth containging about 0.5" of liquid in frozen/slushy form. A mess and a definite concern, especially the freezing rain.

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lion1983 said:

I like debating with Greene, frankly. He makes me think. And that makes me do these sorts of analyses (because I also cannot let go - my own neurosis, I suppose).

He HAS conceded some of my points as we discuss. And I concede some of his points, often ... though it is true we do look through the game and play with different lenses ... he is way more focused on these advanced stats, for example (which I am not - I go a lot by the eye test - MY EYE, of course, LOL!) - and though I should not speak for him, I believe at least sometimes he looks at the individual players and team play through that lens, which influences his opinions and comments. We all have different lens which influence how we look at things.

His latest comment in this thread was not based on the advanced stats, though. I interpreted it as him looking at the game and seeing Bailey's positioning, and drawing his conclusions from that. I disagreed with his view that Bailey's positioning meant Bailey was OUT OF POSITION. I do agree that from his positioning it can LOOK like Bailey ahs "lost" his man. But I see it differently than Greene and believe based on what I observed over the entire game (and the several games prior as well - where his positioning has been very similar) that it was purposeful, designed as part of the overall defensive scheme Pikiell and the staff have put into place, that is finally beginning to work the way Pikiell wants it to.

Of course, I concede I could be totally wrong ... its just my opinion. But I've been watching basketball for many decades, and pay a lot of attention to these types of schemes (and I am better at identifying defensive schemes than offensive schemes - not sure why - maybe because as a player I was and remain very offensively challenged but very, very defensive oriented ... in football I am better at identifying offensive schemes and blocking schemes than defensive schemes in my analysis ... go figure).

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RedTeam1994 said:

You are absolutely wasting your time.

You re-watched an entire game and OBJECTIVELY observed Aces D and provided a detailed objective critique of his defense. Unfortunately when it come to Greene you’re talking to a wall.

Greene will never concede his position . It’s his MO

He takes a position and sees EVERYTHING through that lense. ANYTHING to the contrary is either ignored or twisted.

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koleszar said:

Yes you do.
Wrestling has beaten 28 Top 25 teams since the 2015-2016 season
They only wrestle 17 to 18 matches a year so yeah, a helluva lot more than 17.

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Saint Puppy said:

We don't have a favorable schedule, and have not shown any consistency all year. I'll enjoy the ride, but my mindset is that we are out - and have been for a long time. Anything is possible, but it seems after every win hope springs eternal. Odds are very much stacked against us - is a magic carpet ride possible? Sure. Is it probable? Absolutely not. 99% chance this team will not be able to outrun their past.

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