Yeah Iāve always liked Mike as a comp for Cofie. Mike is probably a better shooter, especially from midrange. Makes no sense why he didnāt take more threes. He couldāve been an all American in todays game.
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So are we all looking at the Bahamas trip as 1 win = success? Will have to beat a ranked team to do that. I can live with 2 losses provided we donāt have a Wisconsin at FT meyers situation and actually look competitive
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The scale:
- 2 losses - par. Try not to get blown out.
- 1 win v St Johnās - success
- 1 win v Tennessee or Baylor - huge success
- 2 wins - someone call a meeting of the Dean and Markel families because itās time to hire Ron
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At this early point guarantee you if they just Dean and Markeled Ron now it would be a huge boost to the team
Rotations rotations rotations
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You donāt want to Markel someone too early. Could mean a big letdown.
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Yea but I said Dean AND Merkel. Dean, thats where they get ya
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Has there been a Dean and Markel poster officially named? Lots of candidates.
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Sounds like fresh is getting a case of premature Markels. Can be very dangerous
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Iām hearing that the Dean family is ready to go with Ron but the Markel family is all in on Will Wade. Much drama
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Classic family feud shit there
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Off The Bench Rodeo is the Rohde we need and will love
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I personally think if the Hoos have 1 loss or less after the Bethune game, Ron should go ahead and get the contract. Not a full exam break this yearā¦ was that a Tony thing? But a full week off would be a good time to evaluate and gives them positive assurances heading into the meat of the schedule. Anything less than that and I think you wait until after season to decide.
But I stand by if Ron gets the job they write as program friendly a contract as possible. Iām thinking this year +3, roughly 3 million a year and make the buyout essentially nothing after the 25-26 season just in case.
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Saunders grade so far - Iām giving him a āheās lucky we are mostly looking elsewhere, tbhā and maybe a ābut he passes the eye test for nowā if Iām a nice grader.
Also throwing in a āare we good on defense? Does anyone know? Is Saunders good on defense, and heās one of the reasons we are good on defense?ā
Feel like thatās a fair grade.
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Are you and @DFresh11 getting a cut of the Ron contract and have an EoY goal to hit here? End of the season. We will talk then. 
Like, we just beat a team thatās in full on self-sabotage mode. Letās keep it together here! I mean, itās good! It better than losing to that team.
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No I just think thereās a lot invested in this roster to not try and make it work. And I feel like a 9-1 start with atleast 2 wins over ranked teams is about as good as anyone could ask for. Would be far exceeding expectations, right?
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I donāt think a Ron hire will be on W/L record. Unless thereās an extreme in either direction.
Will come down to continuity - is the team responding and does it look like heāll retain them. And to some degree is there a better, canāt-miss candidate.
Seems to be trending in more-than-likely the job is his. Will see how people feel once we start dropping games.
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Whatās the rush? Is Ron gonna ink a contract with a blue blood if we donāt lock him down?
Are we gonna have to suck at recruiting for a season? Yes, absolutely. Blame the Tides Inn.
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Yes. Finally you get it
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Sucking at recruiting for this cycle is a sunk cost. If thatās the disagreement (whether it is sunk or not), then I prefer my side of that argument ( that it is, and thatās fine)
Iām sorry but this line is entirely overblown. Eric Dixon couldāve left Nova and went literally anywhere in the country. Neptune is in 3rd year and has gone 17-17, 18-16, 2 NIT first round Lās. But he didnāt. Does that sound like a program in āself-sabotageā when a top 10 player in the entire country chooses to stay?
To the specific game last nightā¦ they pressed the crap out of us. Do players trying to sabotage their own season play that hard and give that effort in pressuring defense? Like yeah, Villanova isnāt what they used to be. No one is claiming they are. But to act like they just rolled over to us is way off. Had they rolled over, we wouldāve won that game by 30+. End rant.
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