Jazz going ham closing all these great threads ā¦ like womenās doubles tennis just won natty ā¦ canāt post in tennis thread.
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2025 tennisā¦ open up a new one!
Well I was trying to be more agreeable and less controversial, but thatās kinda boringā¦ 
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The interaction between Ron and Reggie at the end was a poster child for whatās wrong with this program and why we need to clean house - he actually apologized for the walkons playing hard and a kid who never plays pressuring and getting a steal ā¦
If you saw Theusā response, he even told him thereās no need to apologize for your walk on playing hard.
One of the things Iāve hated the absolute most of the last 15 years is not allowing the green team to play hard and continue to play fast in the last two or three minutes when they actually get a chance to play and just bleeding the clockā¦. Just the absolute wrong message to send to those guys who worked so freaking hard in practice.
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I suspect if Sanchez apologized it was for calling the timeout to get the walk ons in the game.
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I recall a lot of exciting made shots by our walk ons during end of games in the past. They mightāve been end of shot clock but itās not like we made them hold the ball and not shoot. I think our green team doesnāt play fast because they donāt know how, just like our real team
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Back to the topic at hand, now that weāre a month + into the season, how do we feel about candidates?
Sanchez seems to be less attractive (more because itās becoming clear we might need a change in style).
Odom is underperforming.
Wes Miller had a bad loss to Nova but still has a good team.
Shaka and Otz are probably unattainable. Byington looks like the real deal but weād need to make a super compelling offer.
Rhoades looks great but not sure heād leave. Huss, Bucky, and Gerlufsen are interesting yet unproven.
McCollum has more experience but might not be relevant.
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Ok Jason Williford
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We should make Shaka say no
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He already did supposedly
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When I look around at the guys that would be fairly sure things UVA could get, and would be considered qualified candidates by the outside worldā¦I come down to Ryan Odom and Bob Richey. And it annoys me that a big part of the reason theyāre considered qualified is beating UVA in the NCAA Tourney.
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Where did we see that
I thought someone had posted here. Maybe I dreamed it however. I dont know Shaka
Not much has changed for me. Just minor stuff:
- Ron looking a little less likely (like 20% to 10% or so?)
- Odom had a bad Charleston tourney but A-10 and postseason is more important
- Iām a tad more interested in lower P5 guys like Moser and Rhoads than I was before the season
- Iām throwing Russell Turner (UC Irvine) into the super long shot mix. Currently undefeated. Long term success. Has a tourney win. Virginia roots
- Oh, and so far, Princeton has been underwhelming
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Yeah, Odom hasnāt underperformed. His team started out ranked 51st in Torvik and is up to 36th. If you take out pre-season weighting they are 26th.
In KenPom they have stayed around 40th all season.
Their defense is way more elite than anticipated and offense is not great, at 101 currently. Hard to say how much of that is Odom himself. His teams have varied in their relative strengths on offense and defense over the years.
They havenāt knocked it out of the park, but also havenāt bucked expectations the other way.
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Seton hall was a bad loss, and it kicked them into a lower game, but ironically Nevada was a pretty good team.
Also, Zeb Jackson has been out a lot. And maybe injured again?
It is kinda interesting that heās building that team around defenseā¦ even after losing Lawal
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His Utah State offenses were pretty good when his philosophy was tall white dudes who could shoot, short white dudes who could shoot, and black dudes from London who he recruited to Baltimore and apparently didnāt have a map of the States.
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Was gonna say underperforming is stretching a bit with regards to Odom. Seton Hall looks bad but Nevada is a top 50 team on Kenpom rn. Next 2 games are big for them (CSU neutral in Vegas, @UNM) plus they also get some good conference matchups (SLU and Dayton 2x, @Loyola). Iām still not 100% on him but if VCU puts it all together and wins a tournament game we may not be the only one trying to hire him.
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Heās also 2-0 in the ACC (BC, Miami), though perhaps thatās damning with faint praise
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