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Post by Joebird on Sept 1, 2015 10:57:39 GMT -5
Sorry CB for the negativity I know you love but it's bad enough I have to read St. Chicken stuff non stop on Twitter, now I am getting it here! I would rather learn about good local fishing spots in area ponds (and I don't fish) than where this young man may go to college!
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Post by hawaii bill on Sept 2, 2015 8:52:43 GMT -5
Sorry CB for the negativity I know you love but it's bad enough I have to read St. Chicken stuff non stop on Twitter, now I am getting it here! I would rather learn about good local fishing spots in area ponds (and I don't fish) than where this young man may go to college! JoeBird, my Gael brother. For you who root for the Gaels with me against the heathen are my brother. There is a simple solution to your vexing problem. Don't read the thread!!! In fact, if all information about St. John's were included here, I will have done you a favor as you'll know exactly where not to go.
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Post by hawaii bill on Sept 2, 2015 8:58:45 GMT -5
Jon Rothstein @jonrothstein 17m17 minutes ago Harvard has been to four straight NCAAs under Tommy Amaker, but now the door is officially open in the Ivy League. My pick? Columbia.
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Post by hawaii bill on Sept 2, 2015 9:47:43 GMT -5
Fran Fraschilla @franfraschilla 37m37 minutes ago Columbia now prohibitive favorite in Ivy League. Have TWO Ivy POY candidates: 6-7 Alex Rosenberg & 6-2 German Maodo Lo, a hi-major talent.
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Post by Joebird on Sept 2, 2015 11:48:27 GMT -5
Sorry CB for the negativity I know you love but it's bad enough I have to read St. Chicken stuff non stop on Twitter, now I am getting it here! I would rather learn about good local fishing spots in area ponds (and I don't fish) than where this young man may go to college! JoeBird, my Gael brother. For you who root for the Gaels with me against the heathen are my brother. There is a simple solution to your vexing problem. Don't read the thread!!! In fact, if all information about St. John's were included here, I will have done you a favor as you'll know exactly where not to go. Yes Bill you are right I don't have to read. My problem is really twitter where I feel like I need to follow people like Braziller and Zagoria for the one tweet every few months they may send out about Iona, and to do that I have to put up with almost hourly tweets on St. Chicken.
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Post by iona1970 on Sept 2, 2015 12:56:37 GMT -5
at least rekkson has written all summer about the great st.chicken, must be to busy posting on the redmen board
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Post by hawaii bill on Sept 3, 2015 10:37:02 GMT -5
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Post by GuyF on Sept 3, 2015 10:57:36 GMT -5
Five mids to watch, and five more listed, and no Iona. This is what zero postseason success does to a program.
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Post by ic1983 on Sept 3, 2015 11:28:24 GMT -5
Five mids to watch, and five more listed, and no Iona. This is what zero postseason success does to a program. Exactly. Goodman's list consists of programs where he believes there is a reasonable expectation for post season success. Goodman, and others, don't expect that for Iona anymore, no matter how good we are in the regular season. I hope to hell this is the year Cluess and the team change that perception.
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Post by GuyF on Sept 3, 2015 11:36:57 GMT -5
This is a HUGE year for Cluess and Grasso's careers. If they can find some March success this time around, bigger schools will open their wallets for each of them.
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Post by tiger on Sept 3, 2015 13:09:56 GMT -5
Five mids to watch, and five more listed, and no Iona. This is what zero postseason success does to a program. hofstra has had zero postseason success...
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Post by iona1970 on Sept 3, 2015 13:23:18 GMT -5
Five mids to watch, and five more listed, and no Iona. This is what zero postseason success does to a program. hofstra has had zero postseason success... failure, is worse than no success
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Post by IONA86 on Sept 3, 2015 13:58:06 GMT -5
This is a different Iona team. Deeper and more length than anything we have seen in the Cluess era. I expect that we will have great success this year but the one question we have is our staffs ability to effectively develop and utilize our bigs.
While Cluess has had great success at the Div 2 level... the one factor that does not translate between Div 1 and 2 is the use and athleticism of bigs. While Div 2 and 3 produce some fantastic guards and wings they usually lack skilled, athletic bigs. Most bigs are one dimensional at the lower levels and usual are not great athletes. Glover came to us complete. DL developed a better outside shot (or rediscovered it) but was 95% complete. Neither had a legitimate backup or real help off the boards, so the staff was limited and had to run them into the ground every game. This team is different... size, athleticism and some real toughness. If Cluess is as good a coach as I think he is, this is going to be a great year if everyone stays healthy.
So fuck Goodman... his opinion has never put a single point on the board during a game or helped with a single rebound. Winning the MAAC is the only goal that counts and we will set more goals after that target is checked off the bucket list. I prefer to be the hunter and not the hunted. Take these snubs and use it as some fuel to push the players.
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Post by GuyF on Sept 3, 2015 14:43:19 GMT -5
hofstra has had zero postseason success... failure, is worse than no success Exactly.
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Post by Joebird on Sept 3, 2015 15:09:35 GMT -5
If you look just at 3 point shooting stats of our top three returning players it would be hard not to list Iona as one of the top mid majors in the country.
Casimar ranked 16th in 3 point %, 46th in 3 pointers per game and 27th in made 3 pointers. English ranked 46th in 3 point %, 14th in 3 pointers per game and 7th in made 3 pointers Williams-if you project his stats for playing every game he would have been 8th in 3 point fg%, 7th in 3 pointers per game and 5th in 3 pointers made.
My guess is no one else in the country has 3 of the best 50 3 point shooters returning, and you could argue all 3 are probably 3 of the best 20 returning 3 point shooters in the country. Put any kind of decent front court with them and you have as strong of a mid major as anyone in the country. I am not even sure they have to play any defense and it will be hard pressed to beat them, but I do expect this to be Cluess's best defensive team.
Barring injuries this team is set for a once in a generation season.
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