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Post by hawaii bill on Jun 9, 2011 21:17:01 GMT -5
Reading a lot of vitriol on the local hoops message boards spewed toward the Gaels b/c MoMo picked Iona instead of Hofstra, SH, Rutgers, or Fordham, etc. Love it. ;D We're back.
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Post by cpman6 on Jun 10, 2011 4:41:17 GMT -5
Agree with you CTbill. If we had these message boards back in the '70s, the chatter at the time Vickers, Ruland and Hamilton came on board and then Mike Palma transfers in from Wake (I believe) would have been equal to what we are hearing today. Exciting stuff.
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Post by Cjb on Jun 10, 2011 6:27:19 GMT -5
Imagine this is particularly painful for Fordham fans with Grasso on staff and of course they've sucked for two decades.
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Post by jcgael on Jun 10, 2011 7:37:34 GMT -5
It should be a great ride. As for those who are hashing us re: Momo. That is just sour grapes and that's all that's to it.
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Post by Mr Doom on Jun 10, 2011 8:52:34 GMT -5
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Post by GuyF on Jun 10, 2011 8:59:03 GMT -5
I've had a regular search set up on my twitter for "MoMo Jones", so I've read literally every tweet re him. The amount of people who are astounded that he left Arizona for Iona is amazing. And even out there, there is some Iona hate. Needless to say I've fought the good fight. :-)
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Post by hawaii bill on Jun 10, 2011 9:19:43 GMT -5
Got to think the more secure and sophisticated fan bases, like Syracuse for example, won't be threatened by this. SH, Rutgers, Hofstra, et al, just fuming. SH fans probably very worried he would choose Iona over them and will rationalize big time. |
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Post by hawaii bill on Jun 10, 2011 10:40:41 GMT -5
Just reading a few more, he's not that good, he's got issues, we didn't really want him, blah, blah, boo-hoo. Even some AZ fans. Hope the young man enjoys his stay here for the next few years, does well and graduates, and shuts everyone up. And I hope his Grandmother recovers from whatever ails her.
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Post by hawaii bill on Jun 10, 2011 11:25:30 GMT -5
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Post by Mr Doom on Jun 10, 2011 11:52:50 GMT -5
Possibly the greatest part of all the Iona hatred, once again, comes from the Fordham board.
Here was a top tier player returning to his roots to be close to his family. Of all the D1 programs in the area, the closest (geographically) to those roots would be Fordham.
Yet, that player doesn't even give the Rams a mention while considering St. John's, Hofstra and Seton Hall before deciding to join Killian and the hated Gaels!
The pain must be EXCRUTIATING!
GO GAELS!
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Post by tau on Jun 10, 2011 12:10:01 GMT -5
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Post by hawaii bill on Jun 10, 2011 13:54:18 GMT -5
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Post by hawaii bill on Jun 10, 2011 14:04:04 GMT -5
Possibly the greatest part of all the Iona hatred, once again, comes from the Fordham board. Here was a top tier player returning to his roots to be close to his family. Of all the D1 programs in the area, the closest (geographically) to those roots would be Fordham. Yet, that player doesn't even give the Rams a mention while considering St. John's, Hofstra and Seton Hall before deciding to join Killian and the hated Gaels! The pain must be EXCRUTIATING! GO GAELS! Got to say Mr. Doom, a couple of the Fordham guys brought the sour grapes, we're better than Iona, blah blah stuff. But just as many tipped their hats and were gracious. It depends on the poster. |
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Post by Super on Jun 10, 2011 18:15:09 GMT -5
Hey Bill! Hope Dana doesn't take you up on this. Mo's has closed!  |
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Post by hawaii bill on Jun 10, 2011 18:26:34 GMT -5
Hey Bill! Hope Dana doesn't take you up on this. Mo's has closed! Oops. Didn't know  |
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