LaxPower Back-Up Stick

jhu06 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:27 am

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:55 am

Antonio114 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:26 am I was actually pretty impressed with Hopkins defense in the Rutgers game. Held the high powered Rutgers O to 8 goals through the third, which is no easy task. After that nearly all of the goals they scored to separate were in unsettled situations like facoffs, blown clears, etc. Something is up with Kirson overall with that save percentage, but there were no goals, especially late in the game, that I thought the goalie should have had. Maybe one long range shot from Kirst late in the game, but given who was shooting it was probably moving 100 mph. I think you have a high ceiling on that end of the field, and certainly improved a ton from last year.

+1

at home, no major injuries and we can't play 60 minutes consistently much less for 2 straight games. Delaney, Reinson, Williams, Lyne, Kirson, Baskin, Connor Disimone, this is not a team of underclassmen and this is 2/3 losses where they have not had the ability to put away a team early and then stop the bleeding in the second half after halftime adjustments.

zinn-an underachieving veteran, and grimes-an underachieving rookie feels like a familiar tale we've seen for a long time where kids can presumably show a lot of talent in practice and get rewarded w/endless playing time in the hope they can turn it around when the results say they haven't earned it.

What are you on about now? They changed the coach. You're still regurgitating your Petro narratives.

It's going to take a few years for things to really fundamentally change, beyond some peripheral scheme or personnel tweaks in the first five games of a new regime.

Milliman and co. have no allegiance to any of these players. If a kid is out there it's because they think he's a better option than the guys who aren't.

-zinn is a veteran with 7 turnovers and 2 points. He does not belong on the field. Grimes has 6 turnovers 2 goals, 0 assists and is shooting 9 percent. Baskin has 3 points, 2 turnovers and one penalty. That's 1/3 of your top 9 on offense with fewer combined points through 5 games than what Mullins put up saturday for rutgers. If the other kids on the roster at attack and midfield can't do better than that they don't belong on the roster.
-Looked like schilling was off first emo which is progress. A sr who has been on that unit a few years and offered nothing inside.
-There's been a lack of leadership that lockerroom for a long time. Kids who just can't respond well when they take a punch in the mouth. We saw it against maryland in the third quarter and we saw it saturday.

jhu06 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:33 pm -zinn is a veteran with 7 turnovers and 2 points. He does not belong on the field. Grimes has 6 turnovers 2 goals, 0 assists and is shooting 9 percent. Baskin has 3 points, 2 turnovers and one penalty. That's 1/3 of your top 9 on offense with fewer combined points through 5 games than what Mullins put up saturday for rutgers. If the other kids on the roster at attack and midfield can't do better than that they don't belong on the roster.
-Looked like schilling was off first emo which is progress. A sr who has been on that unit a few years and offered nothing inside.
-There's been a lack of leadership that lockerroom for a long time. Kids who just can't respond well when they take a punch in the mouth. We saw it against maryland in the third quarter and we saw it saturday.

or...they were beaten by better teams...

I think we should all chill a bit on this 2021 season and how individual youngsters are performing, or not, and simply be glad they're getting a chance to play at all, and for those that think this matters, be glad that the program has made a commitment to a change in coaching leadership. And then give it all time to work through.

Maybe it's just me, but I think I'll save any tough critique to a year or two from now or more...

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:41 pm

jhu06 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:33 pm -zinn is a veteran with 7 turnovers and 2 points. He does not belong on the field. Grimes has 6 turnovers 2 goals, 0 assists and is shooting 9 percent. Baskin has 3 points, 2 turnovers and one penalty. That's 1/3 of your top 9 on offense with fewer combined points through 5 games than what Mullins put up saturday for rutgers. If the other kids on the roster at attack and midfield can't do better than that they don't belong on the roster.
-Looked like schilling was off first emo which is progress. A sr who has been on that unit a few years and offered nothing inside.
-There's been a lack of leadership that lockerroom for a long time. Kids who just can't respond well when they take a punch in the mouth. We saw it against maryland in the third quarter and we saw it saturday.

or...they were beaten by better teams...

I think we should all chill a bit on this 2021 season and how individual youngsters are performing, or not, and simply be glad they're getting a chance to play at all, and for those that think this matters, be glad that the program has made a commitment to a change in coaching leadership. And then give it all time to work through.

Maybe it's just me, but I think I'll save any tough critique to a year or two from now or more...

You might as well be speaking Akkadian. He doesn't acknowledge or respond to the existence of nuance.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:00 pm

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:41 pm

jhu06 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:33 pm -zinn is a veteran with 7 turnovers and 2 points. He does not belong on the field. Grimes has 6 turnovers 2 goals, 0 assists and is shooting 9 percent. Baskin has 3 points, 2 turnovers and one penalty. That's 1/3 of your top 9 on offense with fewer combined points through 5 games than what Mullins put up saturday for rutgers. If the other kids on the roster at attack and midfield can't do better than that they don't belong on the roster.
-Looked like schilling was off first emo which is progress. A sr who has been on that unit a few years and offered nothing inside.
-There's been a lack of leadership that lockerroom for a long time. Kids who just can't respond well when they take a punch in the mouth. We saw it against maryland in the third quarter and we saw it saturday.

or...they were beaten by better teams...

I think we should all chill a bit on this 2021 season and how individual youngsters are performing, or not, and simply be glad they're getting a chance to play at all, and for those that think this matters, be glad that the program has made a commitment to a change in coaching leadership. And then give it all time to work through.

Maybe it's just me, but I think I'll save any tough critique to a year or two from now or more...

You might as well be speaking Akkadian. He doesn't acknowledge or respond to the existence of nuance.

The question for this year as its been for so many seasons when we've struggled enormously to start the season is when/if does accountability click in.
For those of you that think our goalie was the problem saturday look how many of these rutgers goals were from 4-5 feet and/or didn't have any defenders in front of them. Then show me where you see any difference in zinn/grimes from week 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDPpXRffF30

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:00 pm

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:41 pm

jhu06 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:33 pm -zinn is a veteran with 7 turnovers and 2 points. He does not belong on the field. Grimes has 6 turnovers 2 goals, 0 assists and is shooting 9 percent. Baskin has 3 points, 2 turnovers and one penalty. That's 1/3 of your top 9 on offense with fewer combined points through 5 games than what Mullins put up saturday for rutgers. If the other kids on the roster at attack and midfield can't do better than that they don't belong on the roster.
-Looked like schilling was off first emo which is progress. A sr who has been on that unit a few years and offered nothing inside.
-There's been a lack of leadership that lockerroom for a long time. Kids who just can't respond well when they take a punch in the mouth. We saw it against maryland in the third quarter and we saw it saturday.

or...they were beaten by better teams...

I think we should all chill a bit on this 2021 season and how individual youngsters are performing, or not, and simply be glad they're getting a chance to play at all, and for those that think this matters, be glad that the program has made a commitment to a change in coaching leadership. And then give it all time to work through.

Maybe it's just me, but I think I'll save any tough critique to a year or two from now or more...

You might as well be speaking Akkadian. He doesn't acknowledge or respond to the existence of nuance.

Hopkins was beaten by two very good teams (Maryland and Rutgers) who pulled away when they started playing more of a motion offense in the second half. Untimely turnovers didn’t help either.

The issues are fixable with more practice and time. First season is over. The second season starts on Sunday.

DocBarrister

jhu06 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:48 pm The question for this year as its been for so many seasons when we've struggled enormously to start the season is when/if does accountability click in.
For those of you that think our goalie was the problem saturday look how many of these rutgers goals were from 4-5 feet and/or didn't have any defenders in front of them. Then show me where you see any difference in zinn/grimes from week 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDPpXRffF30

Zinn has gone from first midfielder/ primary initiator to a situational role this year. I mean, you could bench him completely in the name of "accountability", but what good would that do? Overall, it seems early to be equating Milliman and Petro in this regard. If the new staff has demonstrated anything this year, it is a willingness to put players in a position to succeed and, in general, give playing time where warranted. Will that translate to every player and every minute of playing time? No. And I think it is fair to say that it would have looked very different with a normal fall/ spring practice schedule, rather than what we got this year. The reality is that there are some freshman who might have contributed (McDermott, Smith, etc) in a normal season who may not have much of an impact this year. Bit its hard not to see that that this is going in the right direction.

Have to say '06 - you're not cutting anyone a break. Milliman himself said he does not want excuses but there is certainly context and there are certainly facts:
- The cupboard left to Milliman/Jr/and Special K - while not bare - was not given very good organization or enough quality ingredients by the prior shoppers - biggest problem is they picked their groceries way too early if you get my drift
- I say the defense played pretty well on Saturday - For 3 quarters Rutgers didn't score more than 3 goals in any quarter - well below their 4+ goal per quarter average
- The 4th quarter was a $%!+ show for sure but aside from Reinson's unfortunate gaffe what would you have had anybody do differently? Let's go through the 7 goals for a second:
Rutgers 9th goal - took what 10 seconds? Face-off fast break - almost every defense is taught you have to stop the guy running down the middle at some point - he's looking at the 6x6 with every angle available to him - I suggested before the game not to let the attackman shoot but that's instinct taking over - every sport in the world you're taught at some point yo have to stop the guy with the ball
10th goal - the deflection off the goalie's stick - aside from Kirson's awareness he was completely out of the crease - what are you going to do?
11th goal - good defense - hell of a find by McManus - Reinson dropped the ball - I'm sure he did it just to upset you - lay-up
12th goals - 9th goal redux - but they actually make Rutgers complete 2 passes - not bad really
13th goal - Ok - McManus and Lyne got caught ball watching when it was behind the cage and they got very lazy with stick swinging - but still AC for Rutgers had to make a helluva catch - it was not great defense - they shoot horses don't they? One other point on that goal - they were packing it in and had to be aware as Baskin was caught on D - maybe another O middie too
14th goal - this is not horrible defense in my opinion - just a great play by Rutgers - you'll notice in the highlight video Kirst is Never in the picture until he catches and shoots it - I can't pretend to know exactly where he came from - Lyne (I think) probably will be told he dropped in a little too far and I realize the shot was hard and overhand but some goalies might have snagged that one
15th goal - EMO - nice play by Rutgers - Kirson got a piece and it dribbled in

So set offense 6 v 6 Rutgers got 2 goals - not to minimize how terrific they are in transition but please please please tell me what anyone else could have done

- As far as Grimes and other freshmen - it is very true that having a starting attckman with 2 goals and a 9% shot percentage is less than ideal - but let's also give the kid a break - and the other freshmen - they don't know what the hell they're doing - most of them haven't played a competitive lacrosse game in a year - they had no fall practice - and spring practice got interrupted and they were not allowed to all be on the same field for some time.

It's kind of a therapy - probably for all of us - to comment on what we observe or think about any one game but these grandiose statements make you look bad - lack of leadership in the locker room - how would you know? Yeah - I imagine they were pretty stunned by 4 goals in 3.5 minutes of game time and not one of them took more than 10 seconds of Rutgers possession and when you play it close to the vest because that's your strategy - well at least it took something like that to make the game tilted - What are the butterfly wings effects of not dropping the pass after you create the turnover and its still10-9? - no 11th goal lay-up - no face-off goal following the lay-up

It will be a challenge for the staff to now deal with such disappointment and go on the road to play a team that you defeated earlier and is now actually in last place in the BIG - Tambroni probably has to put alot of psychological chips in on this game - falling to 1-5 with Maryland and Rutgers immediately next is not the recipe to get out of the basement

This is my first reply on fanlax. i am a rutgers grad from 46 years ago, played soccer there, and an avid fan since the 1970's as my brother played soccer there in the early 1970's. i always revered hopkins program as the best in college lacrosse. Just a few comments and not directed at any particular poster. Throughout the years and particularly in the recent past, I discovered how ridiculous it was to compare Rutgers and hopkins due to the fact that rutgers almost never received commitments from anyone in the top 100 in the high school ranks. However, with covid and the new transfer rules, Rutgers was able to get a few transfers; namely, joe dugenio, st. johns transfer fogo, and the kirst brothers, Connor and Colin,Lehigh transfer goalie. Except for Connor who is one of the top players in the country, Rutgers still has very few people on their roster from the top 100. After watching the RU/HOP game on saturday, i came away with some thoughts. 1) Your new coach blows away Pietramala and will have Hop competing for titles in the not too distant future. 2) You are extremely lucky that you can recruit and get the best rated high school players to commit to your school on your reputation alone. 3) your game plan was great as you were the first team, not Maryland, that we didn't play are 2nd and 3rd stringers after the 3rd quarter. 4) your team was poised, disciplined, and very well coached. 5) this is Rutgers year. Our offensive unit, i believe, is the best in the country. as long as we hold our own in faceoffs, and get more possessions, we will win against most anyone in the country. That was the difference in our first game at marylandas they won every faceoff in the fourth quarter. If we win the faceoff battle on sunday in piscataway, we will finally beat Maryland for the first time since 1980. Good luck the rest of the season. Your best recruit in the last ten years is your new coach. good luck the rest of the year except against RU.

RURICK wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:05 pm This is my first reply on fanlax. i am a rutgers grad from 46 years ago, played soccer there, and an avid fan since the 1970's as my brother played soccer there in the early 1970's. i always revered hopkins program as the best in college lacrosse. Just a few comments and not directed at any particular poster. Throughout the years and particularly in the recent past, I discovered how ridiculous it was to compare Rutgers and hopkins due to the fact that rutgers almost never received commitments from anyone in the top 100 in the high school ranks. However, with covid and the new transfer rules, Rutgers was able to get a few transfers; namely, joe dugenio, st. johns transfer fogo, and the kirst brothers, Connor and Colin,Lehigh transfer goalie. Except for Connor who is one of the top players in the country, Rutgers still has very few people on their roster from the top 100. After watching the RU/HOP game on saturday, i came away with some thoughts. 1) Your new coach blows away Pietramala and will have Hop competing for titles in the not too distant future. 2) You are extremely lucky that you can recruit and get the best rated high school players to commit to your school on your reputation alone. 3) your game plan was great as you were the first team, not Maryland, that we didn't play are 2nd and 3rd stringers after the 3rd quarter. 4) your team was poised, disciplined, and very well coached. 5) this is Rutgers year. Our offensive unit, i believe, is the best in the country. as long as we hold our own in faceoffs, and get more possessions, we will win against most anyone in the country. That was the difference in our first game at marylandas they won every faceoff in the fourth quarter. If we win the faceoff battle on sunday in piscataway, we will finally beat Maryland for the first time since 1980. Good luck the rest of the season. Your best recruit in the last ten years is your new coach. good luck the rest of the year except against RU.

-I was rooting very hard for you last night against Houston and if/when we go down for 2021, I will root for you. The constant condescension of legacy b1g schools towards you and even maryland while they enjoy the fruits of the cable rights deals that came w/your addition is nauseating to me. These were good thoughts and thanks for sharing.

to 51s point, I really want to respond but we've been here since 2009 and I'm not sure what else I can add as I said the other day.

Patience

RURICK wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:05 pm This is my first reply on fanlax. i am a rutgers grad from 46 years ago, played soccer there, and an avid fan since the 1970's as my brother played soccer there in the early 1970's. i always revered hopkins program as the best in college lacrosse. Just a few comments and not directed at any particular poster. Throughout the years and particularly in the recent past, I discovered how ridiculous it was to compare Rutgers and hopkins due to the fact that rutgers almost never received commitments from anyone in the top 100 in the high school ranks. However, with covid and the new transfer rules, Rutgers was able to get a few transfers; namely, joe dugenio, st. johns transfer fogo, and the kirst brothers, Connor and Colin,Lehigh transfer goalie. Except for Connor who is one of the top players in the country, Rutgers still has very few people on their roster from the top 100. After watching the RU/HOP game on saturday, i came away with some thoughts. 1) Your new coach blows away Pietramala and will have Hop competing for titles in the not too distant future. 2) You are extremely lucky that you can recruit and get the best rated high school players to commit to your school on your reputation alone. 3) your game plan was great as you were the first team, not Maryland, that we didn't play are 2nd and 3rd stringers after the 3rd quarter. 4) your team was poised, disciplined, and very well coached. 5) this is Rutgers year. Our offensive unit, i believe, is the best in the country. as long as we hold our own in faceoffs, and get more possessions, we will win against most anyone in the country. That was the difference in our first game at marylandas they won every faceoff in the fourth quarter. If we win the faceoff battle on sunday in piscataway, we will finally beat Maryland for the first time since 1980. Good luck the rest of the season. Your best recruit in the last ten years is your new coach. good luck the rest of the year except against RU.

Good post and welcome aboard!

I am pretty surprised Grimes is struggling like this so far. Fall or no fall - other top offensive freshman are having huge impacts on top teams like O’Neill Hiltz Haley Malever etc. I am sure the kid will figure it out and find his stride - but I thought he’d be having more success

Congrats to andy enfield-a star Hopkins player getting usc past Kansas into the sweet 16. If any of you think that we're a unique fan base and that maryland fans are somehow more rational, polite, patient, and understanding, this was the lede from the top terp blogger who republished a column he wrote a few years ago tonight about their mens program. It sounds familiar.

"I can't take this anymore. Maryland basketball is dead. It's been the same thing for the last decade- good recruiting classes, nothing to show for it, and everyone saying "just give them one more season". And guess what happens the next season? Nothing. Zero. Not a ----ing thing.
Maryland has made a grand total of ONE Sweet 16 under Mark Turgeon. And that was with the #2 ranked pre-season team, and we got blown out by 16 in that game. That's it. That's everything he has to show for himself. But for some reason, people will dive into traffic to defend this guy. It's LUNACY.
The bar shouldn't be so low that we now clap at "at least we made the tournament". That's the goal now? To make the tournament???----ing every team with a pulse makes the tournament these days. You realize when you say "this team overachieved and shouldn't even be in the tournament" you are making my argument for me? The team is so bad because of Mark Turgeon. He didn't even bother recruiting a point guard. No center. Hasn't made an in-game adjustment since 1995. He simply is not a high-level coach. He's just not."

I am as passionate about my Jays as anybody, but ACC and B1G BBall (plus Kentucky, Kansas, and UCLA) are a whole 'nother thing.

In my day, if you were all-everything, Chic could get almost anybody in (it helped that he was mostly recruiting from Baltimore Prep Schools and decent LI public schools), but we all sat next to some lax players in class, and some of the benchwarmers were STEM majors. There were no special dorms, nor special training tables. I used to share a whirlpool with Jeff Cook after #38 beat on him in practice.

You think that happens with UMD BBall players? Even Coach K, certainly the best BBall coach since John Wooden, maybe the best coach since Knute Rockne, has been forced to recruit 'one and done' players.

If you visit some Syracuse forums, you will read that some SU fans think Desko is no longer atop his game, but try reading what they write about Jim Boeheim. Night and day.

jhu06 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:41 am
"I can't take this anymore. Maryland basketball is dead. It's been the same thing for the last decade- good recruiting classes, nothing to show for it, and everyone saying "just give them one more season". And guess what happens the next season? Nothing. Zero. Not a ----ing thing.
Maryland has made a grand total of ONE Sweet 16 under Mark Turgeon. And that was with the #2 ranked pre-season team, and we got blown out by 16 in that game. That's it. That's everything he has to show for himself. But for some reason, people will dive into traffic to defend this guy. It's LUNACY.
The bar shouldn't be so low that we now clap at "at least we made the tournament". That's the goal now? To make the tournament???----ing every team with a pulse makes the tournament these days. You realize when you say "this team overachieved and shouldn't even be in the tournament" you are making my argument for me? The team is so bad because of Mark Turgeon. He didn't even bother recruiting a point guard. No center. Hasn't made an in-game adjustment since 1995. He simply is not a high-level coach. He's just not."

As a Maryland alum and fan, lemme just say that aside from 2 years of basketball glory, these last 10 years of Maryland basketball don't look too dissimilar from the previous 30 years of Maryland basketball. Check out Len Bias's Maryland teams and see how they fared in the NCAA tournament.

Maryland basketball fans are delusional (I say that with peace and love). Hop lacrosse fans at least have more than 2 Final Fours and a single Natty...with that 44 we want more stuff.

Wheels wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:57 am

jhu06 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:41 am
"I can't take this anymore. Maryland basketball is dead. It's been the same thing for the last decade- good recruiting classes, nothing to show for it, and everyone saying "just give them one more season". And guess what happens the next season? Nothing. Zero. Not a ----ing thing.
Maryland has made a grand total of ONE Sweet 16 under Mark Turgeon. And that was with the #2 ranked pre-season team, and we got blown out by 16 in that game. That's it. That's everything he has to show for himself. But for some reason, people will dive into traffic to defend this guy. It's LUNACY.
The bar shouldn't be so low that we now clap at "at least we made the tournament". That's the goal now? To make the tournament???----ing every team with a pulse makes the tournament these days. You realize when you say "this team overachieved and shouldn't even be in the tournament" you are making my argument for me? The team is so bad because of Mark Turgeon. He didn't even bother recruiting a point guard. No center. Hasn't made an in-game adjustment since 1995. He simply is not a high-level coach. He's just not."

As a Maryland alum and fan, lemme just say that aside from 2 years of basketball glory, these last 10 years of Maryland basketball don't look too dissimilar from the previous 30 years of Maryland basketball. Check out Len Bias's Maryland teams and see how they fared in the NCAA tournament.

Maryland basketball fans are delusional (I say that with peace and love). Hop lacrosse fans at least have more than 2 Final Fours and a single Natty...with that 44 we want more stuff.

Maryland basketball tip: watch the women’s team.

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:22 pm

RURICK wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:05 pm This is my first reply on fanlax. i am a rutgers grad from 46 years ago, played soccer there, and an avid fan since the 1970's as my brother played soccer there in the early 1970's. i always revered hopkins program as the best in college lacrosse. Just a few comments and not directed at any particular poster. Throughout the years and particularly in the recent past, I discovered how ridiculous it was to compare Rutgers and hopkins due to the fact that rutgers almost never received commitments from anyone in the top 100 in the high school ranks. However, with covid and the new transfer rules, Rutgers was able to get a few transfers; namely, joe dugenio, st. johns transfer fogo, and the kirst brothers, Connor and Colin,Lehigh transfer goalie. Except for Connor who is one of the top players in the country, Rutgers still has very few people on their roster from the top 100. After watching the RU/HOP game on saturday, i came away with some thoughts. 1) Your new coach blows away Pietramala and will have Hop competing for titles in the not too distant future. 2) You are extremely lucky that you can recruit and get the best rated high school players to commit to your school on your reputation alone. 3) your game plan was great as you were the first team, not Maryland, that we didn't play are 2nd and 3rd stringers after the 3rd quarter. 4) your team was poised, disciplined, and very well coached. 5) this is Rutgers year. Our offensive unit, i believe, is the best in the country. as long as we hold our own in faceoffs, and get more possessions, we will win against most anyone in the country. That was the difference in our first game at marylandas they won every faceoff in the fourth quarter. If we win the faceoff battle on sunday in piscataway, we will finally beat Maryland for the first time since 1980. Good luck the rest of the season. Your best recruit in the last ten years is your new coach. good luck the rest of the year except against RU.

Good post and welcome aboard!

Agree, and welcome!

DocBarrister

Wheels wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:57 am

jhu06 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:41 am
"I can't take this anymore. Maryland basketball is dead. It's been the same thing for the last decade- good recruiting classes, nothing to show for it, and everyone saying "just give them one more season". And guess what happens the next season? Nothing. Zero. Not a ----ing thing.
Maryland has made a grand total of ONE Sweet 16 under Mark Turgeon. And that was with the #2 ranked pre-season team, and we got blown out by 16 in that game. That's it. That's everything he has to show for himself. But for some reason, people will dive into traffic to defend this guy. It's LUNACY.
The bar shouldn't be so low that we now clap at "at least we made the tournament". That's the goal now? To make the tournament???----ing every team with a pulse makes the tournament these days. You realize when you say "this team overachieved and shouldn't even be in the tournament" you are making my argument for me? The team is so bad because of Mark Turgeon. He didn't even bother recruiting a point guard. No center. Hasn't made an in-game adjustment since 1995. He simply is not a high-level coach. He's just not."

As a Maryland alum and fan, lemme just say that aside from 2 years of basketball glory, these last 10 years of Maryland basketball don't look too dissimilar from the previous 30 years of Maryland basketball. Check out Len Bias's Maryland teams and see how they fared in the NCAA tournament.

Maryland basketball fans are delusional (I say that with peace and love). Hop lacrosse fans at least have more than 2 Final Fours and a single Natty...with that 44 we want more stuff.

Maryland basketball......delusional >

ummm.....NO.......that would be the football "thing"