This is the biggest game in Eaves' career

[Bornthrilla]

After the Lady Aggies' stunning loss today, this is a rare opportunity for Eaves to finally win over the hearts and minds of the entire A&T fan base.

An upset victory tonight against Morgan will help ease the pain of the women's untimely exit.

It's no secret that Bibbs and the Lady Aggies have overshadowed the men's program over the last few years.

This could finally be a chance for Eaves to change the balance of power on the A&T campus.

[pj]

I agree, this is a big game. The league may even want an Aggie win...Joel has been empty.

[Bornthrilla]

Uh ... strike that.

We are down by 27 with 17 minutes left in the 2nd half.

[Aggie Monster]

Mar 10, 2010 16:34:54 GMT -5 pj said:

I agree, this is a big game. The league may even want an Aggie win...Joel has been empty.

you can cancel this year. What they need is an Aggie/Eagle finals in 2011.

[aggie62]

Wait till 2014....................

[pj]

Morgan is strong. They packed it in and made us attempt 3's. Thompson is a beast. I dont think that he had two fouls. He made great moves, he played a great game. Dela state beat BCU by two points.

Eaves played the freshmen and Marc Hill the last 4 mins. He mentioned during the press conf. that he will start to recruit jr college players.

[aahhbigboy]

Mar 11, 2010 1:51:04 GMT -5 pj said:

He mentioned during the press conf. that he will start to recruit jr college players.

Hey Oldschool,

You remember when I was telling you 2 years ago how Eaves was an idiot for not actively recruiting JUCO players? Now look what he's saying.

He's had a couple, but not nearly enough for what he's trying to do. You've gotta admit (even though I know you won't, lol), I've been dead on when it comes to this guy.

[DECKS]

What good will juco's do? The problem isn't with the players. It's the system that's being taught.

[Bornthrilla]

Eaves didn't say anything about JUCO players after the Howard win.

[Bornthrilla]

A&T men's season ends in quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11, 2010
(Updated 8:40 am)
By KEITH TOLBERT
Special to the News & Record

WINSTON-SALEM — Dreams of a MEAC tournament run by N.C. A&T were quickly put to rest Wednesday night as Morgan State dispatched the Aggies 84-57 in a men's quarterfinal at Joel Coliseum.

The Bears established their inside game early with center Kevin Thompson, who finished with a game-high 20 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. Thompson was aided by the slashing and shooting of Troy Smith, who had six points during an early 13-0 run that gave Morgan (25-9) all the momentum it would need.

The Bears also forced the Aggies (11-22) out of anything they wanted to do offensively, keeping them from getting near the basket and making outside shots difficult.

"They were just more physical than us and kept us from getting into our offense," said A&T coach Jerry Eaves. "They kept their bodies on us and forced us outside the 3-point line. The last time we played them, we were playing around the free-throw line."

Morgan State coach Todd Bozeman said his team was as prepared for the game with the Aggies has it has been all season. He said they were motivated by a quote from A&T in the paper about wanting to take on the Bears.

Read more:

www.news-record.com/content/2010/03/11/article/ataposs_season_ends_in_quarterfinals

[aahhbigboy]

Mar 11, 2010 8:22:08 GMT -5 DECKS said:

What good will juco's do? The problem isn't with the players. It's the system that's being taught.

Well, you know I've been at the forefront on criticizing his idiotic system. And another problem is his assistants (don't underestimate that).

But, you need JUCOs, prep school players, and D-1 transfers to win in this conference now that Bozeman is here. When Jack was winning, even he had at least 1 good transfer every year. Think about the best players we've had during the Eaves era. Just about all of them came from 1 of those 3 places. The reason is simply this. Eaves is not really a good coach. His freshman really don't get much better (think Coleman). When Ewing, Rush, etc arrived, they were already a bit seasoned due to playing somewhere else already. To be honest, I don't think it will make much of difference b/c they can't evaluate talent. So at the end of the day, you're probably right.

lol

[oleschoolaggie]

Mar 11, 2010 9:09:41 GMT -5 aahhbigboy said:

Mar 11, 2010 8:22:08 GMT -5 DECKS said:

What good will juco's do? The problem isn't with the players. It's the system that's being taught.

Well, you know I've been at the forefront on criticizing his idiotic system. And another problem is his assistants (don't underestimate that).

But, you need JUCOs, prep school players, and D-1 transfers to win in this conference now that Bozeman is here. When Jack was winning, even he had at least 1 good transfer every year. Think about the best players we've had during the Eaves era. Just about all of them came from 1 of those 3 places. The reason is simply this. Eaves is not really a good coach. His freshman really don't get much better (think Coleman). When Ewing, Rush, etc arrived, they were already a bit seasoned due to playing somewhere else already. To be honest, I don't think it will make much of difference b/c they can't evaluate talent. So at the end of the day, you're probably right.

lol

decks is 100% correct! the problem is not the players, its the coach! bozeman doesn't have any transfers in his lineup. his key players (holmes, thompson, jackson) were all recruited as freshmen. eaves calling out jucos is just an excuse for the poor job he did coaching this year. lawd knows we don't need another dwayne joshua to throw up a bunch of 3's relentlessly.

i'm starting to have a problem with eaves' attitude toward his players. he constantly blames his players (and publicly mind you) for the team's ineptness. recruiting jucos ain't gonna do nothing for eaves. what he needs to do is change his style of coaching.

its flat out reprehensible for eaves to hang his players out to dry like that! as long as i've been an aggie, i honestly can't recall a single aggie coach ever publicly stating that basically he needed to recruit better players. that's a slap in the face to the players on his roster! even if it were true (but it ain't), you still don't state it publicly to the media. i've loss count of how many times he's thrown his players under the bus this season. yet, not once has he ever publicly accepted personal responsibility for the team's performance! not even once!

jucos my azz! he needs to look in the mirror...

[Aggie Monster]

I officially like Oleschool now . i agree with everything he said. Whats the world coming to? Actually, we agree a lot. We just get to the point using different routes.

[bluehaze]

Save these quotes for when Lee is calling out the quarterback in the Fall...

[aahhbigboy]

Mar 11, 2010 9:27:19 GMT -5 oleschoolaggie said:

Mar 11, 2010 9:09:41 GMT -5 aahhbigboy said:

Well, you know I've been at the forefront on criticizing his idiotic system. And another problem is his assistants (don't underestimate that).

But, you need JUCOs, prep school players, and D-1 transfers to win in this conference now that Bozeman is here. When Jack was winning, even he had at least 1 good transfer every year. Think about the best players we've had during the Eaves era. Just about all of them came from 1 of those 3 places. The reason is simply this. Eaves is not really a good coach. His freshman really don't get much better (think Coleman). When Ewing, Rush, etc arrived, they were already a bit seasoned due to playing somewhere else already. To be honest, I don't think it will make much of difference b/c they can't evaluate talent. So at the end of the day, you're probably right.

lol

decks is 100% correct! the problem is not the players, its the coach! bozeman doesn't have any transfers in his lineup. his key players (holmes, thompson, jackson) were all recruited as freshmen. eaves calling out jucos is just an excuse for the poor job he did coaching this year. lawd knows we don't need another dwayne joshua to throw up a bunch of 3's relentlessly.

i'm starting to have a problem with eaves' attitude toward his players. he constantly blames his players (and publicly mind you) for the team's ineptness. recruiting jucos ain't gonna do nothing for eaves. what he needs to do is change his style of coaching.

its flat out reprehensible for eaves to hang his players out to dry like that! as long as i've been an aggie, i honestly can't recall a single aggie coach ever publicly stating that basically he needed to recruit better players. that's a slap in the face to the players on his roster! even if it were true (but it ain't), you still don't state it publicly to the media. i've loss count of how many times he's thrown his players under the bus this season. yet, not once has he ever publicly accepted personal responsibility for the team's performance! not even once!

jucos my azz! he needs to look in the mirror...

Entertaining. You've learned my son. You've learned. lol

It took a while, but now you see. lol