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Post by iona1970 on Dec 18, 2023 13:35:01 GMT -5
Rick Pitino attracted talent, period. Rick Pitino leaves and so does the talent. Iona is not capable of being a program bigger than it is in the MAAC, where ultimately the games don’t matter. I’m sick of hearing from this fan base about how the local schools are ducking us. I’ve personally watched Fordham and St. John’s kick our ass before. Iona isn’t special. when did that happen? what are you smoking? |
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Post by ic59 on Dec 18, 2023 13:37:49 GMT -5
Rick Pitino attracted talent, period. Rick Pitino leaves and so does the talent. Iona is not capable of being a program bigger than it is in the MAAC, where ultimately the games don’t matter. I’m sick of hearing from this fan base about how the local schools are ducking us. I’ve personally watched Fordham and St. John’s kick our ass before. Iona isn’t special. Have to disagree with this, 100%. We are special. We are a school that is about 100 years younger than Fordham and if you are referring to when they kicked our ass, you must be referring to the time when ALL the games were played at Rose Hill. Maybe someone can come up with the record since we started playing games in New Ro? Granted that SJU has a higher BB profile. But that is in large part due to the emergence of the BE, which came at the time when we passed them with JV and Jeff. And I feel confident in saying that we are now well ahead of them in the classroom. I'll close by saying that the growth of Iona since WWII has been remarkable. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but that is when I joined the Iona scene. |
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Post by hawaii bill on Dec 18, 2023 14:36:24 GMT -5
Fordham has been ducking us all through the Cluess and Pitino years. Tobin verified this in his latest interview. I don’t think we’ve played Fordham since about 2006 and to find a game where they kicked our ass you’d probably have to go back to the late 80’s early 90’s I believe.
St John’s beat us by like 12 at the Garden in 2017 IIRC. The most recent game we played them before that was when we beat them by double digits in 1995 at the Garden, IIRC. Since 1950 we’ve only played 7 times.
Edit: the last time we played Fordham was at Fordham in 2006. The Rams won by sixteen. That was Ruland’s 2-26 season.
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Post by ichoops on Dec 18, 2023 14:48:27 GMT -5
Fordham has been ducking us all through the Cluess and Pitino years. Tobin verified this in his latest interview. I don’t think we’ve played Fordham since about 2006 and to find a game where they kicked our ass you’d probably have to go back to the late 80’s early 90’s I believe. St John’s beat us by like 12 at the Garden in 2017 IIRC. The most recent game we played them before that was when we beat them by double digits in 1995 at the Garden, IIRC. Since 1950 we’ve only played 7 times. Edit: the last time we played Fordham was at Fordham in 2006. The Rams won by sixteen. That was Ruland’s 2-26 season. This oarsman guy is 10x worse than me..... lol |
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Post by GuyF on Dec 18, 2023 17:03:10 GMT -5
Rick Pitino attracted talent, period. Rick Pitino leaves and so does the talent. Iona is not capable of being a program bigger than it is in the MAAC, where ultimately the games don’t matter. I’m sick of hearing from this fan base about how the local schools are ducking us. I’ve personally watched Fordham and St. John’s kick our ass before. Iona isn’t special. To be fair, Tobin himself has said Fordham won't play us except at Rose Hill. Tobin correctly told him to piss off. |
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Post by GuyF on Dec 18, 2023 17:04:56 GMT -5
Rick Pitino attracted talent, period. Rick Pitino leaves and so does the talent. Iona is not capable of being a program bigger than it is in the MAAC, where ultimately the games don’t matter. I’m sick of hearing from this fan base about how the local schools are ducking us. I’ve personally watched Fordham and St. John’s kick our ass before. Iona isn’t special. Have to disagree with this, 100%. We are special. We are a school that is about 100 years younger than Fordham and if you are referring to when they kicked our ass, you must be referring to the time when ALL the games were played at Rose Hill. Maybe someone can come up with the record since we started playing games in New Ro? Granted that SJU has a higher BB profile. But that is in large part due to the emergence of the BE, which came at the time when we passed them with JV and Jeff. And I feel confident in saying that we are now well ahead of them in the classroom. I'll close by saying that the growth of Iona since WWII has been remarkable. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but that is when I joined the Iona scene. First time I59 ever cursed out here? |
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Post by GuyF on Dec 18, 2023 17:05:27 GMT -5
Fordham has been ducking us all through the Cluess and Pitino years. Tobin verified this in his latest interview. I don’t think we’ve played Fordham since about 2006 and to find a game where they kicked our ass you’d probably have to go back to the late 80’s early 90’s I believe. St John’s beat us by like 12 at the Garden in 2017 IIRC. The most recent game we played them before that was when we beat them by double digits in 1995 at the Garden, IIRC. Since 1950 we’ve only played 7 times. Edit: the last time we played Fordham was at Fordham in 2006. The Rams won by sixteen. That was Ruland’s 2-26 season. This oarsman guy is 10x worse than me..... lol No. |
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Post by ic59 on Dec 18, 2023 17:58:21 GMT -5
In fairness to the oarsman, I think he was trolling us, and knew what responses he'd get.
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Post by gaelsiona on Dec 18, 2023 18:37:38 GMT -5
Rick Pitino attracted talent, period. Rick Pitino leaves and so does the talent. Iona is not capable of being a program bigger than it is in the MAAC, where ultimately the games don’t matter. I’m sick of hearing from this fan base about how the local schools are ducking us. I’ve personally watched Fordham and St. John’s kick our ass before. Iona isn’t special. Fordham is awful |
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Post by gaeloarsman on Dec 18, 2023 18:41:53 GMT -5
In fairness to the oarsman, I think he was trolling us, and knew what responses he'd get. Not trolling. We play in the MAAC. It’s basically irrelevant basketball in comparison. That’s why all the golden eggs high tailed it out of here when the goose left town. But at least we still have Shema.. |
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Post by gaelsiona on Dec 18, 2023 19:09:17 GMT -5
In fairness to the oarsman, I think he was trolling us, and knew what responses he'd get. Not trolling. We play in the MAAC. It’s basically irrelevant basketball in comparison. That’s why all the golden eggs high tailed it out of here when the goose left town. But at least we still have Shema.. The conference is awful I’ll give you that |
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Post by gregcrow on Dec 18, 2023 19:11:04 GMT -5
Having met and spent time with most of the guys on the team, I'd say they are mostly good guys. Hardly a ringing endorsement. |
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Post by ic59 on Dec 18, 2023 19:18:03 GMT -5
Well, before he changed it, mostly was spelled motley. So there's that.
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Post by ic59 on Dec 18, 2023 19:20:07 GMT -5
In fairness to the oarsman, I think he was trolling us, and knew what responses he'd get. Not trolling. We play in the MAAC. It’s basically irrelevant basketball in comparison. That’s why all the golden eggs high tailed it out of here when the goose left town. But at least we still have Shema.. Except you said that both Fordham and St. John's kicked Iona's ass. But never explained it. |
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Post by GuyF on Dec 18, 2023 19:38:16 GMT -5
Having met and spent time with most of the guys on the team, I'd say they are mostly good guys. Hardly a ringing endorsement. Mostly suggests almost all, no? |
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