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Post by Bornthrilla on Mar 19, 2021 9:12:28 GMT -5
That sounds like something that has been attributed to Coach Rob in previous years. And even that could have been taken out of context.
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Post by scaggie09 on Mar 19, 2021 9:31:53 GMT -5
I rarely like to be critical of our coaches in public. Correct me if i am wrong, but didn’t Coach say he wasn’t focused on winning non conference games & then wanted a NIT bid after the covid test debacle? We cannot hope for post season selection when we only focused on winning conference games. I don’t think Coach said that I think if I remember correctly a poster on this board making a statement of the sort during the time we were playing OOC games.
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Post by AggiePride on Mar 19, 2021 9:44:08 GMT -5
Cool, I probably read something wrong after a loss.
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Post by aggie2039 on Mar 19, 2021 9:55:17 GMT -5
Cool, I probably read something wrong after a loss. You didnt...there was a long conversation about this after the mens early season losses. Posters on this board were defending our early season play, stating OOC didnt matter only the conf games do...
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Mar 19, 2021 10:57:36 GMT -5
Every coach would like to win OOC games. Even with this year's roster flaws, I would have like to seen us at 6-7 in OOC instead of 4-9.... closing out at Citadel and better execution down the stretch without Kam at Charlotte. That would have put us at 13-8 overall instead of 11-10. And there are a whole bunch of mid-major fan bases saying if/would've/could've/should've about close OOC games this year.
But given all that... to win the Southern Division and a share of the MEAC regular season championship was always main goal #1. And given how much COVID-19 affected everyone in OOC play, that regular season title is an even bigger accomplishment.
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Post by A&T-roy on Mar 19, 2021 11:04:39 GMT -5
Cool, I probably read something wrong after a loss. You didnt...there was a long conversation about this after the mens early season losses. Posters on this board were defending our early season play, stating OOC didnt matter only the conf games do... I was one of those that talked about winning the MEAC tournament being the primary goal, with the regular season the secondary goal. It wasn't about not caring about winning the OOC games but more about priorities. Of course, you want to win EVERY game and they still should have won a couple of the games they lost...no matter what he was doing. That said, we only had ONE full time starter back (Langley, though Lyons and a couple others had started several games in the past), so Coach needed to figure out what he had, do combination experiments, etc. etc. etc. I would have done the same thing. Also, if the NIT would have had a full set of teams, I expect we would have had a good chance at an invite since we were Southern Division champs.
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Post by Maxell on Mar 19, 2021 12:23:37 GMT -5
I rarely like to be critical of our coaches in public. Correct me if i am wrong, but didn’t Coach say he wasn’t focused on winning non conference games & then wanted a NIT bid after the covid test debacle? when did coach say that? i don't recall him saying that... He said it. He wanted to use the non-conference games to prepare for MEAC play. Not that he did not want to win, but that was not his focus THIS YEAR. Whether you agree with it or not, it worked in terms of conference success.
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Post by Maxell on Mar 19, 2021 12:28:20 GMT -5
My gut is that he digs it here. He doesn't love it enough to pass up a $651,000 salary if offered.
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Post by aggie2039 on Mar 19, 2021 12:47:23 GMT -5
when did coach say that? i don't recall him saying that... He said it. He wanted to use the non-conference games to prepare for MEAC play. Not that he did not want to win, but that was not his focus THIS YEAR. Whether you agree with it or not, it worked in terms of conference success. Sounds like SWAC mentality
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Mar 19, 2021 13:08:20 GMT -5
when did coach say that? i don't recall him saying that... He said it. He wanted to use the non-conference games to prepare for MEAC play. Not that he did not want to win, but that was not his focus THIS YEAR. Whether you agree with it or not, it worked in terms of conference success. but when did he say that? not saying he didn't, just saying i don't recall him saying that. essentially, "all college coaches" use ooc play to prepare for conference play, even the big schools do that like duke and unc. if that's what coach jones said (which i cannot confirm), i would not take that to mean that he wasn't interested in winning his ooc games. unless you return at least 4 of your starters and about 6 of your top 8 rotation players from the previous year, pretty much "all college coaches" use ooc games to figure out the new "identity" of their teams prior to conference play, that's why most ooc games are played before conference play starts. but that doesn't mean they're not trying to win those ooc games...
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Post by Maxell on Mar 19, 2021 13:42:00 GMT -5
He said it. He wanted to use the non-conference games to prepare for MEAC play. Not that he did not want to win, but that was not his focus THIS YEAR. Whether you agree with it or not, it worked in terms of conference success. but when did he say that? not saying he didn't, just saying i don't recall him saying that. essentially, "all college coaches" use ooc play to prepare for conference play, even the big schools do that like duke and unc. if that's what coach jones said (which i cannot confirm), i would not take that to mean that he wasn't interested in winning his ooc games. unless you return at least 4 of your starters and about 6 of your top 8 rotation players from the previous year, pretty much "all college coaches" use ooc games to figure out the new "identity" of their teams prior to conference play, that's why most ooc games are played before conference play starts. but that doesn't mean they're not trying to win those ooc games... I don't remember exactly when but it was in the middle of the non-conference season. Maybe after the Longwood loss?
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Post by AggiePride on Mar 19, 2021 15:14:06 GMT -5
I started some mess.
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Mar 19, 2021 16:15:30 GMT -5
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Post by saabman on Mar 19, 2021 23:11:28 GMT -5
He said it. He wanted to use the non-conference games to prepare for MEAC play. Not that he did not want to win, but that was not his focus THIS YEAR. Whether you agree with it or not, it worked in terms of conference success. Sounds like SWAC mentality And what mentality is that ?
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Post by thefriscotxaggie on Mar 20, 2021 9:39:42 GMT -5
I think the out conference game issue had more to do with last year in the MEAC and our out conference games could be a preview of next season however the roster is going to turnover so it’s not much of an indication
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