JB and the Bench

[CuseFaninVT]

Weird. White was listed as a guard, and played on the perimeter on offense, took like 300 3's. Looked like a shooting guard to me, at least on offense.

We call them small forwards in this millennium.

 

[Alsacs]

So White played NO guard? That's obviously not true, right?

Was he the 4th guard or a starting forward?
Bayside said it right. He wanted to showcase as a SG. We couldn’t play him at guard.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

So White played NO guard? That's obviously not true, right?

No, JB tried it early on and it was a miserable failure, so he abandoned that quickly. And very smartly.

 

[DBCooper]

White was our starting SF.

He also was our 4th guard. If we needed him at guard, Thompson, Lydon and Roberson would have played the back line.

 

[AlpharettaCuse]

No, JB tried it early on and it was a miserable failure, so he abandoned that quickly. And very smartly.

So he did play guard? Who played shooting guard when Battle was out?

 

[CuseFaninVT]

So he did play guard? Who played shooting guard when Battle was out?

Howard.

 

[AlpharettaCuse]

We call them small forwards in this millennium.

Even when they are listed as Guards?

 

[patcuse]

We call them small forwards in this millennium.

He played both just like Battle does this year

 

[CuseFaninVT]

White was our starting SF.

He also was our 4th guard. If we needed him at guard, Thompson, Lydon and Roberson would have played the back line.

Roberson was our 5th guard then I guess. This is actually fun now.

Wait. Nope. Lydon took a ton of threes so he was clearly our 5th guard.

 

[AlpharettaCuse]

Howard.

he did...at times. As did White.

 

[AlpharettaCuse]

Roberson was our 5th guard then I guess. This is actually fun now.

Wait. Nope. Lydon took a ton of threes so he was clearly our 5th guard.

Odd...neither Lydon or Roberson actually played guard or were listed as guards, unlike Andrew White.

 

[AlpharettaCuse]

despite many other JB fans also indicating it's a bad look as was stated earlier.

This is comical. Shouldn't we all be JB fans? Sadly, there's a loud group here that are not.

 

[DBCooper]

Roberson was our 5th guard then I guess. This is actually fun now.

Wait. Nope. Lydon took a ton of threes so he was clearly our 5th guard.

Sorry, I thought this was a serious discussion. You're just being silly now.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Sorry, I thought this was a serious discussion. You're just being silly now.

It's 4 pm on a Friday. Of course I am. I'm a fan of JB, but I'm not a fanboy. There's a distinction.

I'm ready for whatever comes next when he finishes up. I was hoping for a transition to Hop, but we shall see what comes down the line.

 

[AlpharettaCuse]

It's 4 pm on a Friday. Of course I am. I'm a fan of JB, but I'm not a fanboy. There's a distinction.

I'm ready for whatever comes next when he finishes up. I was hoping for a transition to Hop, but we shall see what comes down the line.

What's a fanboy? I was looking forward to Hop as well, but JB is it for the next 5 years. This team is thin, especially with the sudden departures of Thompson and Thorpe. Not much anyone can do about it. 14-6 with a chance to make the NCAA's. Next year a good class coming in. I don't get the doom and gloom.

 

[br801]

I want some sort of prize for reading most of this thread. It's a damn good thing there's a game tomorrow.

 

[patcuse]

I want some sort of prize for reading most of this thread. It's a damn good thing there's a game tomorrow.

Are you going to watch all 40 min or take a break??

 

[rrlbees]

If Thorpe hadn’t abruptly left, this thread doesn’t exist.

And last year we had 3 guards which is all jb will use anyways. In an emergency, White would have been the 4th.

 

[br801]

Are you going to watch all 40 min or take a break??

I plan on not looking away from the screen for the full 40 minutes.

 

[Townie72]

This is comical. Shouldn't we all be JB fans? Sadly, there's a loud group here that are not.

Seriously.

They don't like Boeheim. They think he is old, incompetent, a lousy or lazy recruiter, a poor manager of the roster, and unfair and or unkind to players and the media. He is the architect of a Machiavellian scheme that betrayed his son Hop and sent him to UW so that he could coach his own son or to avoid the boredom of playing golf 12 months a year. (You could actually make an opera out of that plot.)

They don't like the defensive strategy, the offensive strategy, the pattern of substitution or the scope and energy of our recruiting.

I often wonder what it is they do like? The color "Orange"?

 

[SoBeCuse]

Seriously.

They don't like Boeheim. They think he is old, incompetent, a lousy or lazy recruiter, a poor manager of the roster, and unfair and or unkind to players and the media. He is the architect of a Machiavellian scheme that betrayed his son Hop and sent him to UW so that he could coach his own son or to avoid the boredom of playing golf 12 months a year. (You could actually make an opera out of that plot.)

They don't like the defensive strategy, the offensive strategy, the pattern of substitution or the scope and energy of our recruiting.

I often wonder what it is they do like? The color "Orange"?

Well, aside from directly sending him to UW; your “Machiavellian scheme” is what happened. It isn’t a conspiracy. Seems pretty cut and dry to me.

 

[Townie72]

Well, aside from directly sending him to UW; your “Machiavellian scheme” is what happened. It isn’t a conspiracy. Seems pretty cut and dry to me.

Where are you on who killed JFK? Do you think LBJ was involved?

 

[SoBeCuse]

Where are you on who killed JFK? Do you think LBJ was involved?

Ha, that’s pretty funny, actually. I meant to add that I would also substitute sabotaged for “betrayed” in your Machiavellian scheme. But, nice work. You pretty much unintentionally nailed it.

 

[Scooch]

Probably. But I've always appreciated this Roger Angell line (about the Mets, of course): "I think it's better not quite to win, because you're always hoping for something."

There's something to that. Winning it all is incredible, but there's a sense of "what now" afterward. It doesn't get better from there, there's nothing to hope for.

As a Patriots fan I just want to note that this is false.

Winning lots of championships is awesome.

Like, super, crazy, fantastic awesome.

 

[MSOrange]

I want some sort of prize for reading most of this thread. It's a damn good thing there's a game tomorrow.

Do I get a prize for guessing the top 5 in the Top Contributors section of this thread? Like that was hard...