Once again, another thread get ruined by people arguing over fake names from a board that has been defunct for over a year.  This is why we can't have nice things.  BGF should institute a rule that rehashing personal issues from the old board is an automatic 1 month ban.  The annoyance all parties involved bring to this board far outweighs any positive substantive comment they bring, so I'm not sure how much of a loss it would be.  

GWRising(or anyone else who may know), is JC looking to schedule tougher OOC opponents or does he want the easiest schedule possible? Even though GW will have lots of new players in 2021-2022, most of them come from BCS schools so they shouldn't necessarily be shell-shocked when facing decent BCS teams. The past several years, it seems like GW has gone into lots of games with a significant talent disadvantage, that may not be the case in 2021-2022. 

Thomas wrote:

GWRising(or anyone else who may know), is JC looking to schedule tougher OOC opponents or does he want the easiest schedule possible? Even though GW will have lots of new players in 2021-2022, most of them come from BCS schools so they shouldn't necessarily be shell-shocked when facing decent BCS teams. The past several years, it seems like GW has gone into lots of games with a significant talent disadvantage, that may not be the case in 2021-2022. 

I think the answer is neither. I think he is looking for a schedule that will permit this team of mostly new parts to jell. It may not just be about the strength of opponent but about styles of play which will prepare his team for the conference schedule. Should this team have a successful year and there is continuity towards 2022-23, JC's philosophy will undoubtedly change towards a different OOC schedule. I guess the point here is JC is highly adaptable and doesn't have a set scheduling philosophy. Rather, I believe it is gauged toward the team he has and what they need to be successful. Last season was not a great indicator because of how COVID disrupted the OOC schedule and eliminated games against better OOC opponents like Tennessee and Virginia Tech.. Likewise, his first year was not a great indicator because many of the OOC games were already under contract when he arrived.  

I am not Steve

GWRising wrote:

Gwmayhem wrote:

Yes Porter71, another thread ruined.  I wonder if you can identify the poster who brought this thread down?  I wonder if you can spot the antagonistic post where this thread began to unravel?

Hint:  It's the same poster every single time.  Rhymes with The Rude.  

I think we all understand who and what is the problem here. I've been guilty of the same (responding to him) at times. But there comes a point when you should realize as I said to you once before ...“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” - George Bernard Shaw. I just think this poster thrives on this and makes him feel relevant. Obviously, he wants some connection here he can't find elsewhere. Don't feed the beast even though it is very hard not to.


 

I appreciate this post GWRising.  As hard as it may be to believe, there are plenty of instances when I do ignore shots taken by The Dude and by Brian Paul at my expense.  That said, it is hard to ignore every single one of them.  I do realize that the board is a better place when I don't fight back.  On this occasion, Porter71's post read in such a way that I was being lumped together with The Dude and BP, something I truly do not appreciate.  Believe me when I say that in no way are the three of us equally responsible for any problems here.  I could guarantee that if those two individuals left this site for good, and did not return under different poster names, you would solve virtually everything that is wrong with this board.

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And somehow with all this bickering, we completely missed the A10 matchups were announced today. Enjoy!

https://gwsports.com/news/2021/6/10/mens-basketball-releases-a-10-pairings-for-2021-22-season.aspx

I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post this. I was searching the web today for any updates on the Kenner League and stumbled upon this story on the HoyaSaxa blog that I though some might find interesting.
40 Years Of DC's "Cold War"6/9/21 "A total of 6,800 feet separate the borders of Georgetown University and George Washington University, but it may as well be a thousand miles."
https://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/bball.htm

Holy Shit.  Neither school has proffered the cause of this decision?  Talk about alt-history.

Allow me to proffer.  In the 1980-81 season, Bob Tallent's final GW team hosted Georgetown.  This was an extremely weak GW team which saw Brian Magid, Mike Zagardo and Tom Glenn graduate a season earlier and was led by returnees Curtis Jeffries, Oscar Wilmington, and a JUCO transfer named Wilbert Skipper.  Georgetown would not land Patrick Ewing for another season but was very much a team on the rise led by the backcourt of Eric "Sleepy" Floyd and Fred Brown, plus a talented forward in Eric Smith.  This Georgetown team won 20 games and went to the NCAA's.

Coming off of consecutive losses to nationally ranked teams in UNC and LSU, Georgetown had to be pleased to get a break in their schedule.  However, Skipper would play the game of his career which was almost but not quite enough.  GW lost 84-82 in double overtime.  One more game was on the docket between the two schools, the following season at Cap Centre.  Gtown won that won easily but the damage was done.  We had sent such a scare with the double OT loss that John Thompson vowed to honor the scheduled game against GW the following season and then end the series.

And this is exactly why the two schools have not played.  First JTIII and now Ewing are foolishly respecting his wishes. Coach Thompson claimed that his school had everything to lose and nothing to gain by playing GW, a notion that has today lost practically all validity given factors ranging from the importance of building strong scheduling metrics to recruiting now being more of a national game rather than a local one.  The next player who says that they were going to play for GW but will instead play for William & Mary because W&M upset GW, or anything along these lines, will be the first one.

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https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1404866823363964943

Source: GW and Radford will start a home-and-home series this season in D.C. Return game at Radford in 22-23.

Well,hopefully we Raise a bit Higher in rest of OOC.