Appreciate the post!

I was wondering if anyone had insight into the GW vs Navy scrimmage?? I saw photos but no box score.

Have not “given up” but only post when I feel what I have adds value.  I do not get involved in the back and forth between posters.

Have been a Season ticket holder since the last Hobbs year.  Enjoy the games and atmosphere- still a great value in the DC entertainment market!!

Looking forward to a fun year.

GWRising wrote:

Hoopsfan23 wrote:

Appreciate the post!

I was wondering if anyone had insight into the GW vs Navy scrimmage?? I saw photos but no box score.

Believe GW "won" by about 10 after being up more earlier. I think GW was missing one or more players including Trey Moss. Not sure why probably precautionary as he was coming back off injury.

Appreciate it!

creeksandzeeks wrote:

I think what troubles me most, PKGW, is the amount of time devoted by posters on here who seem eager to rub the department's failures in the dirt while ostensibly being fans of the program. Schadenfreude doesn't take anyone all that far, and yet...

To be clear, I'm not Pollyanna about where the "Revs" (ugh) are. I'm not forgetting how poorly the administration planned or supported GW Basketball repeatedly over the years, whether it was with Omargate, the ML transition, or the ongoing failure to get a foundation laid for a practice facility that is decades overdue. I'm not satisfied with how prepared we are to play conference/Division I musical chairs.

But I don't know why folks need to grind their axes into dust on this website instead of talking about what's next or what's going on this season. This team and this program remain important to me in spite of all the crap. I hope that comes through. For others, it's been 8 years of "I told you so." It's frankly even more exhausting than the dude.

Maybe it's just me but I think this point was far more germane prior to CC's arrival than it is today.  Simply put, there were far more lingering feelings over Lonergan-Nero during the MoJo and even Jamion eras than there's been under CC.  Despite the unfortunate circumstances in which CC was hired, my sense is that there was a genuine "turn the page vibe" upon his arrival.

Those who disagree with this (and it's certainly anyone's prerogative to do so) are undoubtedly looking not only at how far this program has fallen but also at the fact that this program hasn't been in any realistic contention for a genuine postseason bid since 2016. (I am rightfully dismissing the 2016-17 CBI run.)  It's not always fair but in sports, winning may not change everything but it certainly does change a lot.  Anyone who remains stuck in the past and yet considers themselves a supporter of the program should change their tune once the on-court product substantially improves.

Mayhem (and all), hello.  Last season I considered doing some online marketing to attract fans to the site.  It started as an idea when I was sitting at a game and there were two GW fans, Dads with their young children.  These kids were shouting out the funniest and loudest cheers and insults (about the other team), and I was loving it.  I asked the two men if they were on the GW Hoops board, looking for a connection of sorts.  Instead, I got a response that they didn't know anything about this site.

They were interested and I showed them the site on my phone.  I can't say if they joined us or not after that.

My point is that we have a brand problem (not the team, well them, too, but this site).

I also considered that the George's Army was represented on here with only a few students, from what I could tell.  Is it that the students don't know about us, don't care about a bunch of "old guys" talking about hoops, or have they been here and find us offensive?  I honestly don't know, but I could see any of those being issues.

We also are not endorsed in any way by GW Athletics.  I'm guessing members of the staff are lurkers, but I also imagine that there is likely some kind of edict that Athletic Department staff are not allowed to post.  And yet, from a PR standpoint, I believe our site can be useful to GW's promotion of the program.

And then there is the antagonism of the board.  My greater purpose in trying to keep things civil was that I felt (feel) that when there is no other voice talking about GW Hoops, we become the ONLY voice out there.  That can be powerful, and I still believe this to be true.

For me, I continue to encourage folks to join the conversation on here, I talk positively about GW basketball whenever I can, and I have season tickets for myself, +1.  It's rare I attend alone, simply because I try to invite GW connections who aren't actively following the team.  I discovered a couple of days ago that one of my board members at my new gig has some serious GW connections, but has only ever been to one game.  He'll be joining me at least a couple times this year, I'm sure.

I don't know the solution(s) to the problem/points you pose, but I respect and appreciate that you're talking about it at all.  I'm not going to go all Dude on you and say you or anyone should do this or that, and if we don't then we're not doing our part.  I'll just say that each of should do what we want and can, and that I appreciate and agree with you that it would be great to bring past and future fans back into the fold.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Mayhem. 

Or maybe when the record isn't as good as we all want, the new AD can stand up and say "I grew up in a middle class family ..."

As a peace offering Gwmayhem, I'd be happy to take you to McDonald's, birthplace of the Big Mac and Kamala's fake resume.

That's funny Rising.  Using the word fake to describe Kamala.  She can actually only wish beyond her wildest dreams to be as genuine as Donald J Trump (or was that John Barren).

But not to worry..I am not at war with you Rising.  Just felt that one political jab deserved another.  We'd both be wise to end it here.

GW Alum Abroad wrote:

So, vote for the grad of a national university in the District that is not GW or vote for someone who earned credits at an A10 rival, Does it have anything to do with GW basketball? Did either cavort with Gravilo Princip? If not, then maybe not post it here.

 
“There you go again, GWAA.” It’s Gavrilo.

Poog wrote:

GW Alum Abroad wrote:

So, vote for the grad of a national university in the District that is not GW or vote for someone who earned credits at an A10 rival, Does it have anything to do with GW basketball? Did either cavort with Gravilo Princip? If not, then maybe not post it here.

 
“There you go again, GWAA.” It’s Gavrilo.

What can I say? The Black Hand controls my autocorrect.