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Post by Super on Aug 1, 2020 15:26:13 GMT -5
Dick Vitale has posted (tweeted??) that RP wants to turn Iona into the Gonzaga of the East. Don't know if that is possible, but what if he had been offered and taken the Siena job, a year ago, and had the benefit of the TUC. Siena might indeed be on the way to being the Gonzaga of the East. It reminded me of the Robert Frost poem: Iona is 5 miles from Winged foot. Siena is 150 miles. Yeah, but Siena is closer to Saratoga!
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Post by gregcrow on Aug 1, 2020 16:05:35 GMT -5
Iona is 5 miles from Winged foot. Siena is 150 miles. Yeah, but Siena is closer to Saratoga! If you take the Taconic it's only about 140 miles.
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Post by Cjb on Aug 2, 2020 6:20:25 GMT -5
Iona is 5 miles from Winged foot. Siena is 150 miles. Yeah, but Siena is closer to Saratoga! Absolutely considered that, but Winged Foot offers a much longer season.
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Post by Super on Aug 27, 2020 21:16:21 GMT -5
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Post by Joebird on Aug 28, 2020 8:31:33 GMT -5
I felt like the writer half compliments and half trashes Iona. Most of these media guys like this one just don’t understand how hard it is for a program like Iona to even get to the dance. To get to the tourney 14 times in 40 years is amazing and in the majority of games Iona has been very competitive, with a little luck Iona would have a few wins.
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Post by epatrick on Aug 28, 2020 15:21:55 GMT -5
I felt like the writer half compliments and half trashes Iona. Most of these media guys like this one just don’t understand how hard it is for a program like Iona to even get to the dance. To get to the tourney 14 times in 40 years is amazing and in the majority of games Iona has been very competitive, with a little luck Iona would have a few wins. Joe, the author's name gives it all away.
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Post by Super on Aug 28, 2020 19:40:06 GMT -5
I felt like the writer half compliments and half trashes Iona. Most of these media guys like this one just don’t understand how hard it is for a program like Iona to even get to the dance. To get to the tourney 14 times in 40 years is amazing and in the majority of games Iona has been very competitive, with a little luck Iona would have a few wins. Joe--let's expect at least 2 years of this story line.
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Post by sharkey on Aug 28, 2020 22:43:26 GMT -5
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Post by Joebird on Aug 29, 2020 9:26:56 GMT -5
Great to hear, Pitino is not dumb, this tweet is more for recruiting than anything else. He’s trying to offset those telling recruits he won’t be here for long.
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Post by brffdone on Sept 17, 2020 16:35:38 GMT -5
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Post by ic1983 on Sept 17, 2020 17:30:14 GMT -5
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Post by Cjb on Sept 17, 2020 17:45:08 GMT -5
Well, you weren’t expecting the guy to rent a room over The Beechmont were you?
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Post by sharkey on Sept 17, 2020 17:57:27 GMT -5
Couldn't get the link to open, but according to the article Pitino played host to the staff from his backyard to watch the golf tournament
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Post by gregcrow on Sept 17, 2020 21:59:12 GMT -5
Well, you weren’t expecting the guy to rent a room over The Beechmont were you? Oh, I'm sure he has that also!
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Post by sharkey on Oct 13, 2020 9:17:12 GMT -5
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