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02-05-05 01:56 AM - Post#3283

JT3 took a lot of hits for bending the Tigers system--sometimes almost beyond recognition--but witnessing his new Georgetown team and old Princeton team move in such dramatically different directions you have to conclude the guy is a great coach.

Thompson always found a way to win the close league games. He got the most out of his team by thoughtful (which sometimes seemed borderline eccentric) substitutions. He stoked his players' confidence the way his old man did.

Scott seems to have destroyed what confidence this team had in ttself. How do you throw away a 9 point lead to Dartmouth in 4 minutes and lose by 8?

He needs to do some real soul searching about the way he is handling the reins and make some changes or things could get really ugly the way they did in the mid 1980s when Carril's temperment became unbearable and the program wobbled for a few years (ironically Scott was a player then).

I still think this team is capable of pulling it together and winning out but they can't do it without some serious mid-season corrections.

Go Tigers!

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