[Jason Edwards]

let's settle this

[Calling This Before I Can Say "I Told You So"]

2 minutes ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

Were you not paying attention in class today? I said that Matt Stone was the first player I felt I had to defend. Then Edwards became the favorite whipping boy, so I starting defending him. The mud count from last game had Edwards 1st and good ole Matt in 2nd. This board has been consistent. That cannot be denied.

does Jason know about this?!?!

[Calling This Before I Can Say "I Told You So"]

4 hours ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

Like I said, Quick Draw McGraw with the zingers, but nothing to refute my statement. But I did a quick & dirty portal scrub. Forgive me if I’m off by 1 or 2 because I wrote the query quickly.

Game Thread - Player Mention - Net +/-

Buggs 1 negative mention

Scott 2 negative mentions 

Stone 1 positive mention 4 negative mentions 

Moore 1 positive mention

Rob 1 positive mention

CJ 5 positive mentions 1 negative mention

Rubin 8 positive mentions 1 negative mention

Edwards 2 positive mentions 14 negative mentions (excluded anything posted by me)

#DreamiestOfResults #ShareTheCriticism

and after a Mavs' loss no one blames Josh Green or Maxi Kleber...they blame Luka or Kyrie...yet in doing so no one questions how good and important those players are. 

here...refute this...Edwards had a shit game against UTSA. 

now...so did everyone else. both things can be true. 

I don't know, nor care, about whatever your personal (or perceived) relationship with Jason Edwards is. but he's done nothing to make him above criticism in the midst of a 3-7 stretch. 

your posts are an asswhip at this point and adding nothing. 

[Calling This Before I Can Say "I Told You So"]

22 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

Have you seen NONE of the Matt Stone posts??!

for real. I literally said I can't wait for Chris Morgan to transfer so his scholarship could actually benefit the team...but ya, everyone hates our leading scorer. 

[Calling This Before I Can Say "I Told You So"]

6 minutes ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

Lots of funny stuff but no quotes. You guys are masters of the double & triple quote, but now it’s radio silence 🤐 . You must remember when you stated that A-Scott was The Incredible Disappearing Player or how the bigger the moment the smaller he plays. There must be something. Of course it would be followed by others that agreed. Quote it. 

you might have me confused with another poster on those quotes...I've certainly been a bit surprised that Scott hasn't fully developed into a trusted first/second scoring option...I've definitely put some of that on Hodge for not running sets that put Scott in advantageous areas more...

I think I at least have been equally critical of everyone. 

we get it though...you and Jason split a 20 piece chicken fingers meal, accidentally reached for the same piece, touched hands, locked eyes...and ever since it just feels like you're walking on clouds and you get super emotional when anyone says anything but the dreamiest things about him. 

[Calling This Before I Can Say "I Told You So"]

2 minutes ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

Start with the most recent game thread and work your way back. While there, tally the “criticism” to the rest of the team & staff. 
 

the whole thread is nothing but "Edwards hasn't hit a winner" and "we'd be so douchebaged without Edwards". both things are true. 

that Edwards hasn't hit a dagger like we grew used/addicted to with TP and Javion, is a bit on him and a lot more on Hodge for end-game play calls and on the fact that I wouldn't really trust anyone else on the team to take the winner. 

the entire team/season is a disappointment, but you're making it out to be that everyone is blaming a .500 year entirely on our leading scorer and that's just dumb. 
 

[Calling This Before I Can Say "I Told You So"]

3 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Sounds to me you have a butt full of hurt. Do you cry when you read negative things about Edwards? Have you sought out therapy? You don't have to do this alone. 

it could just be a sweet little crush. you remember how you were at that age...all full of hormones and emotional. 

[Calling This Before I Can Say "I Told You So"]

12 minutes ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

This board has full threads shitting on Edwards.

where? 

[Calling This Before I Can Say "I Told You So"]

amazing how we've gotten better at basketball, yet some how this place keeps managing to get dumber. 

almost makes you long for the Benford days.

[Rick Pitno calls out his players]

8 hours ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

NIL has been around for over 40 years?  How insightful. 

Pitino has been involved in paying players since his time at Hawaii in the 70s and has a vacated national championship for recruiting violations. 

language has nuance. just because it's legal now, doesn't mean it hasn't been happening for decades.

[Where do we go from here?]

9 hours ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

move on with my life. 

prove it. 

[Rick Pitno calls out his players]

Pitino turned over damn near the entire SJU roster and he has over 40 years of experience in the NIL-recruiting landscape. maybe a bit of personal responsibility, dude. 

[UAB (2/18/24)]

10 hours ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

All over the place with this one. 

1. No more road games for me. Beginning to think I am the jinx

2. Are we not game planning for the opposing teams best player? I felt that we should have doubled Lendeborg from the start. The game plan gave me Jason Garrett vibes.

3. Enjoyed seeing CRH call out to an official by name & then rip into him. About time.

4. #2 was not #2 in the first half. A real WTF moment. He almost always plays well in the first half. Yesterday - hades NO!!!! 

5. #1 was invisible. Lendeborg ate him alive. A real WTF moment. UAB’s post game presser is worth a listen. 

6. Stats are deceiving - total sleepwalk by Robert Allen. Another WTF moment.

7. If you haven’t seen Sissoko up close, wow. Dude is huge! He was bullied like a 3rd grader at recess. Another WTF moment.

8. They ALL must play better away from the Pit. It’s like they all forgot how to play basketball. 

9. CJ & Rubin back this weekend. You heard it here first.

Finish out the season strong & let’s see what happens in the tournament. UAB had no home court advantage yesterday. None!!!

I’m not happy about yesterday. Jekyll & Hyde.

CRH’s post game presser was very informative. Gave a little insight into the personalities on the team. He is not happy either with what he saw yesterday. 

1. how bout no more posts too? just to see if it fixes the jinx.

2. Gaines went 1-4 for 6pts. 

3. neat. 

4. the UAB defense was keying on Edwards and basically making anyone else on the floor beat them. they didn't. it's a pretty common strategy...maybe Tony Bennett has never utilized it though. I don't know. 

5. Scott and Lendeborg got into it at the Denton game...lots of back and forth...Scott dropped 20, Lendeborg 16...but it was pretty clear that Lendeborg was motivated to have a game against Scott. Lendeborg is 6'9" 230, Scott is 6'7" 200...they're both very good players, but thinking Scott can just body up Lendeborg shows both a lack of knowledge of basketball and general physics. 

6. damn..I'll take any dude who can just sleep-walk to 13-5-4. 

7. Davis and Lendeborg are better basketball players than Sissoko and basically the exact same size. sometimes that's just how this game works. 

8. you know that there's another team that plays the game too, right? 

9. if you're wrong will you go away? what if you're right? 

"Finish out the season strong & let’s see what happens in the tournament." - or maybe I'm just teasing...with brilliant insight like this where would the board be without you? 

[Where do we go from here?]

20 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Pretty crazy but here's the schedule with who missed the game:

Wichita State - Buggs

Tulane, Temple, and ECU - Rubin and Buggs out 3 straight games

SMU - Rubin and Buggs return but Rubin goes down again

FAU - Rubin is out

UAB - Rubin out then Noland goes down

USF, Tulsa, SMU #2, Memphis, UAB #2 - Rubin and Noland out for each.

First SMU game is all we got with a full team and we didn't make it out healthy. We've led big in almost every single game we've played, except Charlotte and UAB #2. This team, if healthy, would be a top 3 seed. Guarantee nobody wants to play this squad in March if healthy.

this is such great perspective on the season on a whole. figure in too that we were figuring out how to work in Edwards early and didn't have Walker until the UTA game...we've basically had 3-ish games with our best 8 players available...and we're 3-0 in those games. 

again...the core of this roster is legit and we've built a winning program and philosophy that isn't going to fall apart bc one season doesn't progress linear to the last few. 

[Where do we go from here?]

if Rubin is back, the core is:

- Rubin Jones (Sr.)
- Aaron Scott (Sr.)
- CJ Noland (Sr.)
- John Buggs III (Sr.)
- Rondel Walker (Sr.)
- Moulaye Sissoko (Sr.)
- Matt Stone (Sr.)
- Jason Edwards (Jr.)

that's plenty to compete (obv. with an Allen replacement). with all the experience returning, I'm really not that worried about Edwards bolting after one year here...he has two years eligibility after this season, so depending on what the reload looks like for '25-26 maybe then he takes a chance elsewhere for his senior season. 

Wildcards:

- Christian Moore (Jr.)
- Alex Cotton (Fr.-RS...I guess??)
- Tyran Mason (Fr. incoming)
- Layne Taylor (Fr. incoming)

two big guards, two little guards. gotta feel like if this is all the chance Moore is being given...desperation 4-5 minutes a night mid-injury-crisis, and with the reins white-knuckled in Hodges hands while he's on the floor, that he's probably going to be asked to go find another home and Taylor is a straight in replacement. 

Oops:

- Chris Morgan (Jr. 4th year)
- Terrance Dixon (Soph.??)

so the math puts this at 14 scholarships...so imma still go back to the idea that Dixon is a walk-on (he was never announced as a signing via Twitter/website like the other signees) or the staff 100% knows that Jones won't be granted a 5th year. if Dixon is on scholarship and the plan all along was to redshirt Cotton, we ostensibly negated a quarter of the roster considering clearly Hodge was never going to play Morgan. that's some suss management. 

either way, growth next year is firstly dependent on clearing out some players. Morgan has gotta go. this is already 3 years of dead money. I also think Moore is gone and Taylor is a straight swap. it feels less likely, but if it improves the roster, I won't lose sleep over Sissoko or Stone leaving either. 

to that core group, we desperately need a replacement for Allen...I think it almost has to be another P5 transfer big man, preferably one who will unquestionably move into the starting line-up day one. 

I'd also love a true point guard with some D1 experience...and since this is my wishlist, make him 6'3"-6'5"-ish. this should move Edwards entirely off-ball...Rubin and CJ can be primarily off-ball wings, while spelling '24-25 Ryan Woolridge on the ball for stretches...and Layne Taylor can develop slowly.

beyond that, it all depends on who is leaving.

[Where do we go from here?]

4 hours ago, GMoney said:

I get where you are coming from, but you still have to have a plan.  The long-term plan may not always work, but I wouldn't ruin his redshirt, at this point in the season, for a very short-term goal.  This is especially true if Nolan and Ruben get back for the tournament.

I agree with the overall sentiment here, but if it was always the plan from the beginning to redshirt Cotton I hate the plan...especially when you take into consideration that Walker's eligibility was up in the air for as long as it was. 

[Memphis (2/15/24)]

1 hour ago, BigWillie said:

See my question above. 

DJ's commentary is little more than crutch cliches...cliches he often trips over and misuses. see how many times next broadcast that every good play "is getting the crowd involved". and I'm sorry...his voice just wears me out...it'd be tolerable if his commentary was insightful, but it's a double-miss for me. 

Yoemans'...less is more. there's just so much artificial enthusiasm...it's the ESPN way, though I suppose. like, it's the preference of Troy over Romo...or even Doris Burke over Dicky V/Bill Raftery. just talking louder isn't adding to a broadcast. 

maybe I'm spoiled in that I watch more English soccer than any other sport and the Brits are just so much better in commentary...you can add knowledge and cover the game in largely conversational tones...and then when there are significant moments, adding enthusiasm and volume actually has meaning. 

[UAB (2/18/24)]

every damn end-clock opportunity ends up in the same thing. 

[UAB (2/18/24)]

Just now, Greenrex said:

Announcers are h-o-m-e-r-s. I spelled it so if they read this it wouldn't hurt their feelings.

I'm telling you...especially on a Sunday afternoon at home, just put on a blues-y lil playlist and don't even deal with the broadcasters. you've seen enough basketball...don't need a bunch of fake enthusiasm and over-used cliches to know whats going on

[FAU vs USF]

not great for UNT/the conference. no more ranked teams and rather than the depth of the conference getting national respect, my guess is we're legit down to being a 1 bid league.

[Memphis (2/15/24)]

On 2/16/2024 at 10:08 PM, greenminer said:

Pretty sure he was poking the bear.

nah. I have to put on music and go sound-off on the broadcast with those two (and really most of the ESPN+ options)

[Last night seemed "Big-Time" to me]

4 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Caponi should donate the car!

it'll only have three tires but he'll claim it handles better than one with four. 

[What would be your move with Rubin?]

1 minute ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

Pinned and replying next week. Not killing my weekend high! 

neat.

[Memphis (2/15/24)]

4 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

So tired of hearing about how great David Jones is even from our own announcers.  I like Youmans doing our games, but he was starry-eyed about the Tigers.  Sorry Kyle, best TEAM won, toughest team won.  I would like to see Jones under Boss Hodges' tutelage.

both Youmans and Draper are terrible broadcasters. 

[What would be your move with Rubin?]

he missed three weeks the first time. it's been three weeks since the re-tweak. I'm not playing him this weekend, even if he's medically cleared. 

I'm not worried about him re-integrating into the team. he's literally the most experienced player in school history. 

err on the side of caution...the conference tournament is our only path into a national tournament. if he is 100% for FAU, maaaaaybe, but definitely some minutes for Rice.