Villanova

[Cheriehoop]

The real story here is how easily Nova beat UConn despite the injury to Gillespie.

 

[rrlbees]

It’s amazing watching people parse every word JB says waiting for a gotcha moment. Can be done with most every coach after every game. Words may matter but the words people pick at are meaningless.

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

It’s amazing watching people parse every word JB says waiting for a gotcha moment. Can be done with most every coach after every game. Words may matter but the words people pick at are meaningless.

And in this case, Nova does lean on 6 guys. It's gotten better as the season has gone on, but in their losses to Purdue and UCLA, they stuck with the same 5 for most of the 2nd half.

 

[Cusefan0307]

It’s amazing watching people parse every word JB says waiting for a gotcha moment. Can be done with most every coach after every game. Words may matter but the words people pick at are meaningless.

I think a lot fans are sick of the blatantly false H0T Takes. I don't disagree sometimes the criticism is over the top, but he does it to himself a lot of the time by just saying things that are blatantly false.

You even called him out on his BS about the mask garbage on Saturday.

3 games ago he himself threw Girard under the bus. Now after 3 great games by Girard you would think he's our best PG since Jonny Flynn

If he doesn't want to play Benny I think it's fine now. He's showed he really isn't able to help us yet.

Frank and Symir deserve minutes.

Some other schools probably have more bench minutes because they are better than us and don't need to white knuckle to wins.

The coach loves H0T Takes as much as some on the board.

 

[Alsacs]

I think a lot Fans are sick of the blatantly false H0T Takes. I don't disagree sometimes the criticism is over the top, but he does it to himself a lot of the time by just saying things that are blatantly false.

You even called him out on his BS about the mask garbage on Saturday.

3 games ago he himself through Girard under the bus. Now after 3 great games by Girard you would think he's our best PG since Jonny Flynn

If he doesn't want to play Benny I think it's fine now. He's showed he really isn't able to help us yet.

Frank and Symir deserve minutes.

Some other schools probably have more bench minutes because they are better than us and don't need to white knuckle to wins.

The coach loves H0T Takes as much as some on the board.

This is the point. JB doesn’t have to bring up Nova.
He does it because he hears all the noise and like me can’t be quiet.

Well if you are going to say it and take your shots it goes both ways.

 

[Eric15]

Arinze getting injured in garbage time vs GTown was the worst. That whole bracket lined up for us.

Also, screw Butler. We got robbed that game.

We would have smoked that Duke team. Absolutely smoked them. 1996 is probably my favorite team, but that 2010 team is up there.

Coming out of 2009, that 2010 team looked like JB was having the time of his life coaching.

We were down 72-66 with 5:07 left when AO hurt his knee. I agree with everything else you wrote.

 

[MikeSU02]

We were down 72-66 with 5:07 left when AO hurt his knee. I agree with everything else you wrote.

WHAT? I thought it was worse than that.

My fault.

Still, I blame Georgetown.

I honestly thought we were toast when he got injured. My old man memory.

 

[Eric15]

My old man memory.

All good. I spent 10 minutes looking for sunglasses this morning that were hanging around my neck.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Number of players is not really the problem. It’s minutes distribution and who is playing (as has been covered already).

I often go back to the 2016-2017 SMU team that basically only had a 6 man rotation most of the year. Minutes were broken down like this:

35.4
34.1
32.7
32.3
29.6
20.7

That team also won 30 games.

And had 3 NBA players… which is pretty wild.

 

[orangecuse]

This is the point. JB doesn’t have to bring up Nova.
He does it because he hears all the noise and like me can’t be quiet.

Well if you are going to say it and take your shots it goes both ways.

There's an old adage...'you like to dish it out but you can't take it' or something along those lines. JB fits this type of personality to a T!

 

[djcon57]

I think a lot fans are sick of the blatantly false H0T Takes. I don't disagree sometimes the criticism is over the top, but he does it to himself a lot of the time by just saying things that are blatantly false.

personally, he can have his h0t takes. I think that’s fair.

my push back was two fold. 1, it wasn’t factually true. 2, if you look at the context of the comments he also said “most teams play 7” (also not true). his point being that “look at nova, they are good and they only have a 6 man rotation. so get off my back for not playing the bench”.

which, again, is fine...if we were not 12-11.

 

[Alsacs]

There's an old adage...'you like to dish it out but you can't take it' or something along those lines. JB fits this type of personality to a T!

I like and respect JB. But I am not good with how he talks to the fanbase.

Cusefan0307 post nailed it.

 

[orangenauburn]

They have ten guys average 6 minutes or more in a game

 

[Cusefan0307]

personally, he can have his h0t takes. I think that’s fair.

my push back was two fold. 1, it wasn’t factually true. 2, if you look at the context of the comments he also said “most teams play 7” (also not true). his point being that “look at nova, they are good and they only have a 6 man rotation. so get off my back for not playing the bench”.

which, again, is fine...if we were not 12-11.

He was obnoxious to Donna Ditota in the presser Saturday. Donna covers the team really well, is fair, does great human interest stories on our players, recruits, and the community for Syracuse.com. She's also a local and active in the community like JB.

She asked a question about why Joe is playing so much better the past 3 games than he did against Pittsburgh and Duke and JB got really cranky about it. JB went off in those pressers after the game about Joe himself. It was a fair question and he just could have said he's practiced better and been more aggressive, but instead he had to get cantankerous and deny what happened in those 2 games.

 

[djcon57]

He was obnoxious to Donna Ditota in the presser Saturday. Donna covers the team really well, is fair, does great human interest stories on our players, recruits, and the community for Syracuse.com. She's also a local and active in the community like JB.

She asked a question about why Joe is playing so much better the past 3 games than he did against Pittsburgh and Duke and JB got really cranky about it. JB went off in those pressers after the game about Joe himself. It was a fair question and he just could have said he's practiced better and been more aggressive, but instead he had to get cantankerous and deny what happened in those 2 games.

I heard that as well. His beef wasnt even about the struggles but that she said “hes been pretty good.

“Q: A couple of games ago in Pittsburgh Joe really struggled. He’s been pretty good the last three games-

JB: Pretty good? No he hasn’t been pretty good Donna. He’s been really good. That’s typical of what everybody says about Joe Girard. When he plays great, they say he’s pretty good. Ok. [chuckles]”

fwiw, I think Joe has been pretty good for the season, if he was great, we wouldn’t be 12-11. But I agree that he prob gets too much criticism this year.

 

[Cusefan0307]

They have ten guys average 6 minutes or more in a game

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Bryan Antoine and Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree have been huge busts for Nova and we were involved with both at one time.

 

[djcon57]

Bryan Antoine and Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree have been huge busts for Nova and we were involved with both at one time.

Tbf, Antoine has had a bunch of bad injuries.

‘I realized my journey wasn’t going to be sunshine and rainbows’: Villanova’s Bryan Antoine has remained positive through it all

The former McDonald's All-American, whose 2 1/2 seasons at Villanova have been marred by a series of injuries, has recently worked his way into Jay Wright's rotation.

www.inquirer.com

 

[Alsacs]

I heard that as well. His beef wasnt even about the struggles but that she said “hes been pretty good.

“Q: A couple of games ago in Pittsburgh Joe really struggled. He’s been pretty good the last three games-

JB: Pretty good? No he hasn’t been pretty good Donna. He’s been really good. That’s typical of what everybody says about Joe Girard. When he plays great, they say he’s pretty good. Ok. [chuckles]”

fwiw, I think Joe has been pretty good for the season, if he was great, we wouldn’t be 12-11. But I agree that he prob gets too much criticism this year.

Joe has been good this year.

No question about it.
Its just we don’t have much diversity in how both of guards play.

If we had a natural PG who could penetrate and had these shooters we would be even more deadly.

Joe has been overall good this year.

0307 nailed it was how he answered Donna.

 

[sufandu]

It seems lkke the bigger deal is how many minutes they're starters play. Their two most utilized guys play fewer minutes than our second most utilized guy. Our third most utilized guy plays as many minutes as their most utilized. They have two guys that average more than 30 minutes and 8 average more than 10. A ninth gets nearly 10. We have 4 guys average more than 30. JE would likely make 5 if not for foul trouble.

If the discussion is about bench utilization and balanced minutes, there really is no discussion.

 

[rrlbees]

They have ten guys average 6 minutes or more in a game

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Now it’s down to 6 or more? And a couple of those guys don’t play every game. MPG is minutes played and games played. Not all games. And the thing that people overlook is that the better teams get more games where it’s a safe lead and can play deeper. But many games that Nova played close, they used 6 players for the most part. Someone plays 6 mins isn’t significant.

 

[rrlbees]

I think a lot fans are sick of the blatantly false H0T Takes. I don't disagree sometimes the criticism is over the top, but he does it to himself a lot of the time by just saying things that are blatantly false.

You even called him out on his BS about the mask garbage on Saturday.

3 games ago he himself threw Girard under the bus. Now after 3 great games by Girard you would think he's our best PG since Jonny Flynn

If he doesn't want to play Benny I think it's fine now. He's showed he really isn't able to help us yet.

Frank and Symir deserve minutes.

Some other schools probably have more bench minutes because they are better than us and don't need to white knuckle to wins.

The coach loves H0T Takes as much as some on the board.

You think JB lies a lot. I don’t. I’ve showed numerous times where people were going off the deep end but were taking things out of context. And there’s other times he’s telling the truth and people don’t like the truth.

 

[Alsacs]

Now it’s down to 6 or more? And a couple of those guys don’t play every game. MPG is minutes played and games played. Not all games. And the thing that people overlook is that the better teams get more games where it’s a safe lead and can play deeper. But many games that Nova played close, they used 6 players for the most part. Someone plays 6 mins isn’t significant.

Nova has 8 guys who average over 10 MPG.
You see that correct?

 

[hoopsupstate]

Who cares how many players play at Villanova?

 

[rrlbees]

Nova has 8 guys who average over 10 MPG.
You see that correct?

Context young man.

 

[rrlbees]

Who cares how many players play at Villanova?

I certainly don’t. But when JB said Nova played 6, it set peoples hair on fire and became a critical issue.