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"if we hit at least one home run 5 star player a year and have a balanced roster full of 4 star players, we'll be a consistent top 15 program with the coaching staff we currently have. considering where we were 4 years ago, that's pretty good. you people will find anything to complain about..."

THIS!


There are way too many sandy vaginas on this board. WAY TOO MANY.



[Edited on September 24, 2012 at 12:57 PM. Reason : .]

9/24/2012 12:55:22 PM

gd double post

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9/24/2012 12:56:12 PM

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"and Duke starts a PF who was barely in the top-100 out of HS (Ryan Kelly). "

dude, Kelly was a McDonald's All-American. Come on, man.

Quote :

"Cot damn I miss that smooth left handed jumper man."

9/24/2012 12:57:48 PM

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"Washington really seems like just a hedge against missing on Anya or Randle."

Nope.

We needed at least two big men in this class. It's almost impossible to get two 5*, McDAA's, big men to commit in the same class. We were going to have to get at least one 4*, 4-year type player.

Let's just hope we can fill the other slot with an immediate impact guy.

9/24/2012 1:18:20 PM

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"you people will find anything to complain about..."

face is really the only one saying anything negative about this committment.

9/24/2012 1:37:05 PM

and then there are several people trying to defend his comments

9/24/2012 1:41:59 PM

Sindarius Thornwell (6'5" SG, top 50 player on ESPN and Rivals) lists us in the top 2, along with South Carolina

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Sindarius-Thornwell-114666

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/115889/sindarius-thornwell

sounds like he'll be ours

9/24/2012 1:51:23 PM

^i thought pretty much everything i read made it seem like SC was the favorites. i hope i'm wrong though.

9/24/2012 1:53:12 PM

Gott will get his paws on him.

9/24/2012 1:54:33 PM

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"Sindarius Thornwell (6'5" SG, top 50 player on ESPN and Rivals) lists us in the top 2, along with South Carolina http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Sindarius-Thornwell-114666 http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/115889/sindarius-thornwell sounds like he'll be ours "

I know it's hard to tell between all BS, but this was discussed a couple pages ago, where people predicted an SC lean.

9/24/2012 1:58:46 PM

Yeah, Thornwell is from SC and he's tight with Frank Martin, so it kinda makes sense that they would be the favorite.

But given the way Gott has pulled in Barber and Washington on their recruiting visits, it wouldn't surprise me if Thornwell commits here on his official visit in 3 weeks.

9/24/2012 2:02:21 PM

Sindarius is a really cool name. I hope we get him.

9/24/2012 2:08:19 PM

The kid's family/handlers/whatever are pushing him hard to go to USC, apparently. I'm not getting my hopes up.

9/24/2012 2:10:20 PM

Ryan Kelly is ranked #12 overall on scout. So that's a little different than #86.

Never use espn rankings they are consistently ridiculous. They always put hype guys like dajuan Wagner #1 and have very little substance when it comes to recruiting (or sports in general for that matter)

You guys are seriously ridiculous. Reread my first post where I acknowledge that I'm happy with the signing. You guys REALLY overreacted and started in on the "this is amazing" routine and started raving like we arent accustomed to getting recruits who can even tie their shoes.

If he rounds out the class, great. If he ends up a focal point, not so great.

We have a potentially WEAK team after this year and if we want to build off our current momentum we need a lot more help than some guy who AS OF RIGHT NOW does not project as a good rotation player on a top 25 team.

We are potentially losing CEEJELLOW, ZOBO, WOODROW, FOWELL next offseason. This after losing CJW, Painter, Johnson, and Harris this offseason.

In other words, 100% of our freaking team last year.

So you guys can rub all the peanut butter on your taint that you want but reality is going to hit you hard next year when mediocre ACC schools are kicking our dicks in the dirt because we are starting a team of heralded sophomores and borderline top 100 freshmen.

Our recruiting classed are extremely important this year and next. You guys think because we made one decent NCAA tourney run that we are out of the woods, but that's not how it works. Plenty of teams have had more success than us for longer than we did and are now eating dandelion root supplements instead of steak dinners. Look at villanova. They were sitting pretty and now they are irrelevant like a hot blonde who gained 30 lbs after high school graduation because she couldn't stop eating lucky charms at University Towers and drinking pina colada mix on Tuesday nights at PB's

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9/24/2012 2:51:06 PM

didn't read, shut up

9/24/2012 2:52:42 PM

hatas gonna hate

9/24/2012 2:57:51 PM

reach-arounders gonna reach

9/24/2012 3:04:59 PM

I too could not stop eating Lucky Charms when I came to college, but at Fountain instead of University Towers.

9/24/2012 3:05:43 PM

Everybody knows we need a premiere big man in this class if we want to compete for the ACC title next season. Randle would probably make us title contenders.

That said, a starting lineup of Lewis/Barber, Purvis, Turner, Warren and Vandy is nothing to sneeze at. I have confidence that Vandy, as a senior, will be a poor man's Luke Schenscher, and that's not really a bad thing.

[Edited on September 24, 2012 at 3:08 PM. Reason : 2]

9/24/2012 3:07:05 PM

Things I thought I'd never read/hear:

poor man's Luke Schenscher

9/24/2012 3:17:11 PM

hahahaha thats almost like saying a poor man's nick fingleton

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9/24/2012 3:17:42 PM

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"If he rounds out the class, great. If he ends up a focal point, not so great. "

How can he be the focal point when we just nabbed a top 10 guy?

9/24/2012 3:20:19 PM

Durrrrrr, it's such obvious trolling I don't know why u people are responding to it.

9/24/2012 3:24:35 PM

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"That said, a starting lineup of Lewis/Barber, Purvis, Turner, Warren and Vandy is nothing to sneeze at."

we have seen so little of any of these players that to say that they'll be a good team is basically just making shit up.

and i'm not trying to constantly shit on TBDV, but people expecting him to be a GOOD STARTER by the time he's a senior are really reaching. it's not impossible, but to just write it in like it's a lock is borderline crazy.

9/24/2012 3:39:05 PM

agreed

9/24/2012 3:43:48 PM

I, too, am skeptical about the productivity of Vandy and TDT. IMO, they weren't really good off the bench in past seasons; thus I don't see them being great starters, ever. Decent or quality bench players is a possibility. Now, Vandy did contribute some good off the bench, I just don't think it was quality time (when compared to top teams/acc players)

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9/24/2012 3:46:29 PM

simonn's girlfriend obviously got tag-teamed by the Wolfpack's International Bash Brothers.

9/24/2012 3:53:07 PM

I think it was a Lowe-era thing, so I'm slightly optimistic. They've been putting in the work, I know that. I have concerns on Vandy's work ethic or otherwise chemistry with Gottfried, but I think a year of development with a good coach and his programs should do well.

9/24/2012 3:53:38 PM

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"I, too, am skeptical about the productivity of Vandy and TDT. IMO, they weren't really good off the bench in past seasons"

De Thaey was only a freshman last year, so he hasn't been coming off the bench for seasons. There are plenty of players in the league who contribute little to none in their first few years, then become solid contributors as upper-classmen. It happens all the time. Will this be the case for Vandy and De Thaey? Let's wait and see.

9/24/2012 4:00:57 PM

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"In other words, 100% of our freaking team last year. "

Uhh, you mean, players are gonna leave and graduate? NO FUCKING WAY

9/24/2012 4:07:07 PM

Vandy I can see, tdt I can not. He's just too far off and doesn't have the size or arhleticism to overcome his skill set



^ No. That's not what I said. And if it was your point would still be unimportant because it misses mine.

If everyone would listen a little closer and quit trying to be the cool guy you'd gain a lot more from the wisdom I impart on you.

[Edited on September 24, 2012 at 4:10 PM. Reason : a]

9/24/2012 4:07:40 PM

let's wait and see

9/24/2012 4:09:00 PM

face is making ST insufferable. c'mon... enough is enough.

9/24/2012 4:11:59 PM

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"De Thaey was only a freshman last year, so he hasn't been coming off the bench for seasons"

C'mon, you know what I was saying. Vandy has been here for seasons. Do I really need to separate the two in a general discussion about them?

My statement was grammatically and factually correct. Together, they have been here for seasons. If I would have mentioned only TDT, then I'd be incorrect.

[Edited on September 24, 2012 at 4:26 PM. Reason : .]

9/24/2012 4:25:53 PM

My point was that he is a freshman last year. Lots of players don't contribute their freshman year.

9/24/2012 4:26:55 PM

Agreed, and he could turn into something serviceable, though up to this point, I haven't seen much potential, which is what we are all basing opinions on. I guess what I'm saying is, through last season, I don't recall seeing any flashes of good play, except against scrubs (though, he didn't get a ton of quality PT) aka, I didn't see anything that makes me think he'll develop into something useful (not that that's required to become so, I just didn't see it, so the doubt, IMHO, is justified; in many other freshman, you at least see something that gives you hope).

But let's wait and see.

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9/24/2012 4:30:04 PM

Lol at me being insufferable. Continuous trolling and lack of knowledge is what's annoying around here.

How about everyone make at least a half hearted commitment to carrying an adult conversation around here? Or at least be funny if that's too much to ask. Or provide relevant information , updates, or links.

9/24/2012 4:30:14 PM

by "adult conversation", do you mean talking about rubbing peanut butter on your taint, or fat girls drinking pina coloda mix?

9/24/2012 4:33:58 PM

time for us to have an adult conversation.


AHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAH

9/24/2012 4:34:48 PM

haha

9/24/2012 4:34:48 PM

potential 2025 recruit but he also has offers from Lafont and Indiana Basin Silt

9/24/2012 4:37:28 PM

I think he's talking about erotic sex stories.

9/24/2012 4:39:02 PM

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"We are potentially losing CEEJELLOW, ZOBO, WOODROW, FOWELL next offseason."

that's quality stuff right there. A++++ user, would read again!

9/24/2012 4:40:19 PM

I still don't see what anyone has ever seen in Vandy. He has always been straight up lollerskates and if that guy is ever a starter for us then... . Sometimes I think those that hold any hope for him have blocked the memories out of their mind like some kind of effort to deal with the PTSD that came with seeing him turn the ball over 5 times and miss 4 point blank shots in 13 minutes.

9/24/2012 4:49:30 PM

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"I still don't see what anyone has ever seen in Vandy. He has always been straight up lollerskates and if that guy is ever a starter for us then..."

YOu must have missed the handful of games near the end of his sophomore season when he played pretty well in limited minutes. It happened. You can even check the stats if you want.

9/24/2012 4:52:35 PM

To piggyback off what Bullet was saying above...

I'm not saying Vandy is going to be anything more than a role player for us. And, IMO, we'll be in trouble if he ever has to start. But let's go back to the final 5 games of 2010-2011 (Lowe's last season). The opponents were, respectively, UNC, GT, @UVa, FSU, and MD (in ACCT). His stats in those 5 games:

14.6 mins/gm
7-9 FGs (obviously, all dunks/layups), 1-2 FTs
3 ppg
2.4 reb/gm
1.2 blocks/gm
3 total turnovers (0.6 turnovers/gm)

That was definitely his best stretch in his time here at State so far. And obviously those numbers aren't that impressive, but it's not like he doesn't possess any skills whatsoever. If he can play smart, limit turnovers, and rebound effectively then he'll have a role. Hopefully with our recruiting we won't need him to be any more than a role player.

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9/24/2012 5:00:34 PM

im happy with vandy just being useful and eating up minutes with the 2nd team

9/24/2012 5:02:08 PM

TT10 wins

9/24/2012 5:10:10 PM

Vandy needs to go out and foul the shit out of the other team and leave every game with 5 fouls.
TDT should be on the same program.

9/24/2012 5:29:10 PM

Luke Schenscher looked like a complete retard during his freshman and sophomore years.

The next year he went out and started at center for a Final Four team, averaging 9 pts, 7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. I don't think it is crazy to imagine Vandy playing close to that level as a RS Senior.

9/24/2012 5:37:36 PM