Now Is The Time For Desperate Measures

by lordnick on Jan 14, 2011 12:07 PM EST in Music for the Soul

You may recall, fair reader, the depths to which this blog stooped last year to encourage Our Hoyas to great heights in the Big East Tournament. Those were Important Moments and normally we would be loathe to return to the crutch of music videos so early in the season.

But these are not normal times.

Yes. Against RUTGERS we have to do this. RUTGERS. And we have to do it with EMINEM. But this is it. All or nothing.

Be not afraid.

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I'M NOT AFRAID TO TAKE A STAND

Casually.

by CasualHoya on Jan 14, 2011 12:18 PM EST reply actions

Next time I’ll aim my fist at the drywall.

by tjm62 on Jan 14, 2011 12:26 PM EST reply actions

what can we do with the information we “glean” by watching the hoyas play?

Good talk.
Casual Hoya

by Hire Esherick on Jan 14, 2011 1:32 PM EST reply actions

Great stats from HP, per usual

Regarding the variability stats, could this chain of logic apply?

Less TOs forced —> Less fast breaks (where our offense has been at its best) —> Lower eFG%

Combined with a far lower eFG% on the well-documented open/semi-open looks we’re getting from the half-court offense, this could account for much of the offensive futility we’re experiencing. I don’t have the statistical prowess (or data) that HP does, but I would be interested in seeing them run some numbers on our fast breaks. It doesn’t feel like we are running less on the opportunities we’re given, just that we don’t even have those opportunities.

by Vee Sanford's Next-door Neighbor on Jan 14, 2011 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

At this point I'll take another lesson from Eminem

painkillers and chili cheese fries.

High fives only on three pointers.

by TheYellofAllYells on Jan 14, 2011 1:56 PM EST reply actions

Nothing to do with Rutgers, but it made me happy

Great Roscoe Smith lowlight at number 1:
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6021464&categoryid=2378529

BTW: didnt Eminem’s crackbaby brother play for SU? Please refrain from posting such things in the future.

Andy Rautins has AIDS

by BoatsNHoes on Jan 14, 2011 4:23 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Agree With Vee's Neighbor

Per my recent comment on Positive Prognosis: Pittburgh, we are not getting the ball out and up fast on defensive rebounds. Slower more controlled ball movement (and less open backdoor cutters to try to pass to) results in fewer turnovers. But we then effectively turn the ball over by taking bad contested shots and missing.

I think part of the slower up the court (lack of fast break) opportunitiies is that we are really trying to gang rebound. Last few games there are often three Hoyas around the ball – sometimes (especially Lubick) fighting for control from teamates. Just leaves less players up court to get the ball to……….and takes more time to be ready to pass it.

With paranoia,

by hoyaparanoia on Jan 14, 2011 4:44 PM EST reply actions

RUN RUN RUN

Good talk.
Casual Hoya

by Hire Esherick on Jan 14, 2011 5:03 PM EST up reply actions

Forget Eminem...............

….the team’s song should be Springsteen’s “Born To Run”!! If I was smart enough (and really had no life), I could probably re-mix it with some DMV references replacing the Jersey ones to make it more authentic.

With paranoia,

by hoyaparanoia on Jan 14, 2011 5:16 PM EST reply actions

Enough with the damn Springsteen.

There. I said it.

by lordnick on Jan 14, 2011 5:21 PM EST reply actions

Wow this is sad

You know things are going bad when you’re turning to an Eminem video to get fired up for RUTGERS. Good luck Hoyas, you guys are gonna need it.

p.s. I think this Eminem video is a little more fitting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdXdsF08SWQ

BLEED ORANGE

by Vicious V on Jan 14, 2011 5:34 PM EST reply actions

and looks like your poor start is beginning to effect the recruiting process...

Jamal Ferguson, a 6-foot-4 junior swingman from Maury High School in Virginia, made a verbal commitment to Marquette and head coach Buzz Williams on Thursday, choosing the Golden Eagles over Georgetown after visiting both campuses unofficially earlier this year. (story can be found on espn insider)

BLEED ORANGE

by Vicious V on Jan 14, 2011 5:45 PM EST up reply actions

were you touching yourself when you read that article?

High fives only on three pointers.

by TheYellofAllYells on Jan 14, 2011 5:56 PM EST up reply actions

ha ha. eat it, vicious v.

Casually.

by CasualHoya on Jan 14, 2011 5:57 PM EST up reply actions

He would have copied and pasted the link but he only had one hand free.

High fives only on three pointers.

by TheYellofAllYells on Jan 14, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions

Can't copy and paste espn insider links buddy, gotta pay to read

you guys got jokes, but we cot Mickey D’s All-Americans. Have fun getting pasted for the next 5-6 years.

http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2011/01/list_of_2011_mcdonalds_all-ame.html

P.S. Grab me a beer while you guys are down in the cellar, thanks

BLEED ORANGE

by Vicious V on Jan 14, 2011 6:05 PM EST up reply actions

if i had any faith that your "pasted" pun was intentional, i'd be impressed

I can have oodles of charm when I want to.

by aja32 on Jan 14, 2011 6:09 PM EST up reply actions

ferguson is a good get for marquette

but not a big loss for gtown. he wasnt on the top of the list for them, with only 2 schollies open in 2012 and a ton of young guards lined up.

Good talk.
Casual Hoya

by Hire Esherick on Jan 14, 2011 7:20 PM EST up reply actions

you guys catch on quick

color yourself “impressed”

BLEED ORANGE

by Vicious V on Jan 14, 2011 6:12 PM EST reply actions

you do realize that two orange fans have specifically told you to shut up on this site, right? one actually said s/he hates people like you.

keep representing your school

Good talk.
Casual Hoya

by Hire Esherick on Jan 14, 2011 6:22 PM EST up reply actions

Hater in the house!

So a couple alledged Syracuse fans told me to “shut-up” and I’m supposed to listen? Thanks mom. Read my posts in the past, for the most part I try and be objective with my analysis. It’s not my fault my team is backing up my talk while yours is making you look foolish. My advice is to stop eating the sour grapes, to the victor go the spoils

BLEED ORANGE

by Vicious V on Jan 14, 2011 6:27 PM EST up reply actions

no one here cares about your analysis.

Good talk.
Casual Hoya

by Hire Esherick on Jan 14, 2011 6:30 PM EST up reply actions

Required reading for any blog denizen

Scroll down and read #4.

Take home point:

“It’s so simple, yet incredibly hard to do. Every instinct in your body will scream for you to react, the same instinct that makes the other dogs in a pack attack the one acting like a fucktard. You must resist it.

Before you can even stop to think about what you’re going to say, your fingers will be hammering out the perfect combination of letters to “put him in his place.” Understand this: if you combined all of the languages from every life form on every developed planet in an infinite number of universes, you would not be able to construct a single sentence that would accomplish this goal.

He’s not after an argument. He’s after your response. Any response. If you hit that “enter” button, he automatically wins."

Just ignore him and he’ll go back to trolling youtube videos about how 9/11 was a huge set-up orchestrated by Patrick Ewing and Jim Calhoun in 1984.

by WallaceAtTheLineShooting2 on Jan 14, 2011 6:28 PM EST reply actions