hoops123
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01-31-17 05:21 PM - Post#220017
In response to GoBigGreenBasketball
Exactly GBGB. Couldn't agree more. I have pursued the Cormier thread because there are a few people that DON'T support Mcglaughlin's hiring and long for Cormier and the good old days(??). They keep bringing up Cormier and the "mistake" that was made in firing him. One poster just said we don't know how it would have played out if we'd waited. Oh, I don't know, but maybe 13 years of Dartmouth Basketball losing and a terrible W/L record would sway most people's opinions. Waiting and hoping that things will change after years of evidence piles up showing statistically that it probably won't is a program death sentence. SO, I'm ready to move on and discuss the here and now (which I was doing until the "we shouldn't have fired Cormier" crowd started using that as an excuse for losing). Mclaughlin has his work cut out for him. So far, after a 3-14 record doing pretty much the same poor things for 17 straight games (yes, even in the games we won), I am not optimistic. As someone on the board rightly said, its not like our pipeline is filled with top rated players. So whats going to change? No idea. The only consistent thing we can bank on is Boudreaux pounding the boards and scoring 16 or so a game night in and night out. Did it all last year and doing it again this year, even double/triple teamed.Let's hope he stays healthy and happy and sticks around. Beyond that and some fairly consistent good play from Barry (why isn't he starting over Fleming??), it's a crap-shoot every night. We never know which player(s) will show up and which won't. But until we start playing team defense aggressively (don't know if we even have the athletes to do this) and consistently, we won't be competitive (read that as top 4. See, even my expectations have been lowered!)in the Ivy League. And we'll have many, many long, frustrating nights ahead of us until Mclaughlin fixes this. That is, if he even can. Fingers crossed. Go Big Green!
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