URI is a party with a beach and an NCAA basketball team.

Not good at all.  But everyone does what they want to do anymore anyway. Nothing is stable anymore.
The whole College basketball scene is now a joke. Even High School players change teams every year. No wonder all the old coaches are quitting.  And what do people mean by the term kid? When does the age of reason begin?  14, 18, 21, 50?  Too much turbulence.  

Gwmayhem wrote:

It of course will be unfair to judge CC based on his 2022-23 team, and therefore, I won't.  Nevertheless, who he is able to sign up is starting to look more and more like the difference between a 10-12 win Year 1 team and a 3-6 win Year 1 team.

I agree with not judging CC after just one year coaching, but if the team only wins 3-6 games total in his first year I would find that to be a very disappointing campaign unless half the season was scrapped because of COVID. (If you're talking about wins in conference play that makes more sense, but 10-12 would definitely seem optimistic). The cupboard is somewhat bare right now but the transfer portal should hopefully prevent us from having that poor of a season.

There are currently 5 spots open for next year (counting Amir not returning) so the team will certainly look a lot different a month or two from now. Not too worried about the lack of recruiting news yet as there is a lot of transfer talent still available, but I do hope we hear about the rest of Caputo's staff soon.

Regardless, it does seem like an uphill battle to get out of the PIG with the way things stand currently + the fact that most teams in the league have improved. With Loyola joining, we would have to avoid the bottom 5. It's interesting that the depth on this team is now in the frontcourt. I'm a little surprised Jorge Diaz is visiting when there is a current logjam up front (Harvey, Dean, Brown, West, Samuels) but perhaps CC hasn't wrapped up the player interviews yet and there may be more departures. We definitely need at least two guards (one at the point) and two wings (not surprised we've looked at a number of SFs so far with Ricky gone). Bishop will continue to start but will hopefully still play off the ball. I think Adams proved to be good at handling pressure bringing the ball up, but is probably best served coming off the bench and we need someone to start at PG. We lost three significant players in our rotation so playing time is certainly available.
 

From the Hatchet:

“I will develop in a good way, definitely,” Freeman said in an interview Tuesday. “They love basketball there and they love the basketball culture so the basketball environment is constantly developing.”

Freeman said there was no specific reason he left GW but he was looking for coaches he could rely on for his next season. Freeman said he would miss being close to his family and having them attend his games but sees this opportunity as a way to continue developing his game.

“They made me feel like family when I went on my visit and I really liked the campus,” Freeman said.

Stuff like this is laughable.Jarvis?Hobbs?Christian?The real problem is where are the Jews?There are “real “
issues to address for minorities-this isn’t one of them.Until we get a Jewish coach I advise young Jewish men
to move on from GW.I'm a progressive and I find Virginia Ave message disturbing because it's thoughtless and 
gives ammo to the "right".JC was a terrible in game coach.I forgot Coach Joseph!

Last edited by GW69 (4/19/2022 7:38 pm)

Virginia Ave wrote:

Find it laughable that some posters here are talking about the "class" of the players who are leaving. Perhaps if GW had shown a little more "class" to Coach Christian and given him more than three years just when things were starting to turn, you wouldn't have to worry about the players leaving. You also wouldn't have to worry about how current black players and potential players see the change. The word is out on GW ... all the #BLM written on the court don't fool us. 

Are you seriously calling GW bigoted because they fired a black coach with a 3 year record of 29-50, including too many embarassing losses to recount.  Or how about the fact that 3 of the prior 4 coaches were black.    I could not disagree with your statement more.

Last edited by Long Suffering Fan (4/19/2022 7:34 pm)

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

GW0509 wrote:

Verbal Commits@VerbalCommits 
George Washington C Tyler Warner has entered the transfer portal. verbalcommits.com/players/tyler-…

 Did we have a Tyler Warner on the team?

Walk on big. Actually provided us some ok minutes and 2 pts in our road win against URI.

If he can get his college paid for somewhere else more power to him.

Freeman's loss really stings...in a way more than Bamisile,   It is one thing for GW being a minor league team for Oklahoma, but to be a stepping stone for URI?   

GW0509 wrote:

From the Hatchet:

“I will develop in a good way, definitely,” Freeman said in an interview Tuesday. “They love basketball there and they love the basketball culture so the basketball environment is constantly developing.”

Freeman said there was no specific reason he left GW but he was looking for coaches he could rely on for his next season. Freeman said he would miss being close to his family and having them attend his games but sees this opportunity as a way to continue developing his game.

“They made me feel like family when I went on my visit and I really liked the campus,” Freeman said.

"Freeman said there was no specific reason he left GW but he was looking for coaches he could rely on for his next season."  I guess that answers the question that was posed in one of the threads asking whether the lack of asst coaches is effecting recruiting. 
 

Lindo was gone, anyway (which may be a mistake for him giving our open playing time). Supposedly, the word in the JC era was he leaving anyway to turn pro.
Maybe just exploring options, but turns out, he is now in the transfer portal.