Dave_Glaser

Tied for next to last in baseball and tied for seventh in softball. Ugh.

20 minutes ago, Triple B said:

 

Maybe I'm missing something about the concern. The make-up is pretty much the same as last year as far as big men go .... except we have a truer big man in there, with a hopefully more bulked up Tobiloba behind him. Plus, these last 3 guards we added are 6'5"-6'6", so it's not like we're adding more JR's.

No concern here - there's a true big man with experience (Reynolds 6-10), a young big man (Tobiloba 7-0), a proven big forward (Walker 6-7), an athletic big forward (Green 6-9), and a wing who was probably our second best rebounder last season (Stroud), and two wing/small forwards in the 6-5/6-6 range (Knox and Ademokoya). That's way more size than we had last season. We've seen the way Coach wants to play. It's not throwing a big, bulky front line out there and grinding.

She's definitely skilled and not afraid. We'll see how she adjusts to the different speed of the college game. Go Bulls!

Amir can croot 

He claimed offers from Oklahoma State, Mizzou, Drexel, Murray State, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, etc.

I'm going all in . . . it's been some time, but the seat deposits are in for 2024-25 season ticks. Let's GO!

Maybe a good place to look for our next head coach . . . 

We’ve now lost 9 of the last 11. It’s a perplexing team, for sure.

1 hour ago, flsportsfan83 said:

how many of our top scorers are gone?

Wasn’t meant to be a comparison to us, but they caught lightning in a bottle for a couple years. It’s not sustainable there. They’ll quickly look just like FGCU, post-Dunk City.

FAU can schedule whoever they want, their run is O-V-E-R. Their head coach and top four scorers - Davis (Arkansas or Kentucky), Goldin (Michigan), Martin (UF) and Boyd (SDSU) - are all gone. May also took their top high school signee with him to Michigan. They lose 64 ppg. Back to obscurity for the Owls. 

2 hours ago, Triple B said:

We've got 13 scholarships but you can't play 13 players .... you've got to have some bench guys who'll expect minimal game time coming in. If he signs, I'm guessing it's more a roster filler at this point.

Insurance at PG and a young guy you can develop.

2 hours ago, bcgruber said:

I do like Reynolds and Brown alot, but the rest time will tell.  Just my 2 cents, and thts all its worth

I think Coach Amir has done just about as well as can be expected in this era of NIL in collegiate sports. I like Reynolds and Brown, too. The kid from FSU is rangy (6-9) and athletic. The kid from Kennesaw is similar at 6-6 but wants to play on the perimeter more, and I think the JUCO (Williams) may be the best of the bunch so far. He has really good size - height and bulk - for a guard and obviously can shoot the ball, based on his numbers. All I've ever really wanted out of this program was to put an annually competitive group on the floor and give us a chance. So many years, that just hasn't been the case. It sure feels like Coach is capable of producing that for us, at the very least.

With Reid, Knox, Stroud, Jennings, Walker and Tobiloba back, there's certainly enough talent to stay in most games if we get decent production out of several of the newcomers.

A high school guard from Georgia:

8 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Just like that we give away another weekend series at home. WE are 1-5 in our last two series against teams that were below us as of two weeks ago.  We are moving further away from the top of the AAC and closer to the bottom of the AAC.

Seriously, you don’t need to make the case anymore that a coaching change is needed. The team’s performance is taking care of that. I’m not sure much more needs to be said. We play out the string this season and find new leadership.

9 hours ago, Triple B said:

Still 2 spots left ...

Jones committed to St. Bonaventure today - I’m guessing we weren’t really a serious player for him.

6 minutes ago, Friscobull said:

Not sure if he has game but that is a big time fro, he gets a thumbs up from me. However I may be biased though due to being frollically challenged myself.

You don’t frolic, Frisco?

Rivals says we have added this guy from Kennesaw . . .

11 hours ago, Cmr3 said:

Similar to Green we signed from FSU, he averaged 4.5 points a game.
I think Green is better the Pryor on the inside though.

I would agree, but the point he was trying to make is that we've added nothing while our conference mates are loading up. Hardly. Maybe Memphis, but I'll never really fear them as long as Penny is coaching them. They'll always be up and down, inconsistent.

2 hours ago, jmbull said:

Y’all excited about a juco player while our conference mates keep getting stronger. I get that CAAR did amazing last year. But this year every team is gonna be out to beat us. And we really haven’t upgraded any aspect of the team while the other teams have. If you say the juco transfer and the fsu transfer are upgrades then I don’t know what to tell you. 

They lose an NBA-caliber player and add a guy that averaged 4 points per game on an awful Louisville team (8-24) last year and you think this is an upgrade? Really? FAU’s blip of success is over, just like FGCU’s Dunk City a few years back. It left with Dusty May.