“Pipe dream”.apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:04 pmI'm afraid the answer is not very good. After we get blown out at Auburn, we have Upstate and NGU at home so 2 possible wins. Then a loss to Winthop at the Well. That will leave us 9-4 in the preseason I think. All the lofty projections of 23-25 wina for this team are a pipe dream. I think we finish with around 18 wins.
affirm wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:32 pm“Pipe dream” seems like an accurate description for men’s basketball at this point. At least the Loyola game was fun.apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:04 pmI'm afraid the answer is not very good. After we get blown out at Auburn, we have Upstate and NGU at home so 2 possible wins. Then a loss to Winthop at the Well. That will leave us 9-4 in the preseason I think. All the lofty projections of 23-25 wina for this team are a pipe dream. I think we finish with around 18 wins.
I think you are wrong. Let’s hold on to this post and see how it compares. If this team doesn’t win 20+ games, there is something seriously wrong.apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:04 pmI'm afraid the answer is not very good. After we get blown out at Auburn, we have Upstate and NGU at home so 2 possible wins. Then a loss to Winthop at the Well. That will leave us 9-4 in the preseason I think. All the lofty projections of 23-25 wina for this team are a pipe dream. I think we finish with around 18 wins.
I hope I am totally wrong. The inconsistency is really a concern. I am talking about individuals. Mounce is the only one that has played well in every game. It's not like we have 3-4 coming off the bench to take up the slack. Bothwell is the only one we can really count on off the bench. I was concerned when we found that none of the newcomers were going to be counted on. We were led to believe we had a couple that could provide depth. Not the case. Not signing any of the guys we were after in the spring created a problem we really didn't know about. We were hoping to minimize the loss of MR but it is really starting to show how much we miss him. We also miss JB's shooting. The 7 man rotation is ok but these 7 have to play well virtually every game. Still with that said you have to wonder if only playing 7 will hurt down the stretch. The SoCon has at least 2 maybe more very good teams. If you didn't see, UNCG won at Georgetown this weekend. I still have hope for this team but it will really depend if we can make shots(Captain Obvious).CharlieFU wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:42 amI think you are wrong. Let’s hold on to this post and see how it compares. If this team doesn’t win 20+ games, there is something seriously wrong.apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:04 pmI'm afraid the answer is not very good. After we get blown out at Auburn, we have Upstate and NGU at home so 2 possible wins. Then a loss to Winthop at the Well. That will leave us 9-4 in the preseason I think. All the lofty projections of 23-25 wina for this team are a pipe dream. I think we finish with around 18 wins.
I feel like you should give yourself a couple hour cooldown period after any Furman loss, because this post is so much more reasonable than the original one right after the game. I'm concerned, but the talent is obviously there and I believe in the coach. We will win a lot of ball games (20+), but will have to seriously improve the consistency to have a shot in the SoCon Tourney, which is really the only thing that matters.apaladin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:15 amI hope I am totally wrong. The inconsistency is really a concern. I am talking about individuals. Mounce is the only one that has played well in every game. It's not like we have 3-4 coming off the bench to take up the slack. Bothwell is the only one we can really count on off the bench. I was concerned when we found that none of the newcomers were going to be counted on. We were led to believe we had a couple that could provide depth. Not the case. Not signing any of the guys we were after in the spring created a problem we really didn't know about. We were hoping to minimize the loss of MR but it is really starting to show how much we miss him. We also miss JB's shooting. The 7 man rotation is ok but these 7 have to play well virtually every game. Still with that said you have to wonder if only playing 7 will hurt down the stretch. The SoCon has at least 2 maybe more very good teams. If you didn't see, UNCG won at Georgetown this weekend. I still have hope for this team but it will really depend if we can make shots(Captain Obvious).CharlieFU wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:42 amI think you are wrong. Let’s hold on to this post and see how it compares. If this team doesn’t win 20+ games, there is something seriously wrong.apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:04 pmI'm afraid the answer is not very good. After we get blown out at Auburn, we have Upstate and NGU at home so 2 possible wins. Then a loss to Winthop at the Well. That will leave us 9-4 in the preseason I think. All the lofty projections of 23-25 wina for this team are a pipe dream. I think we finish with around 18 wins.
Prolly a good idea fanatic. I will try to remember that Thursday night.fufanatic wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:11 amI feel like you should give yourself a couple hour cooldown period after any Furman loss, because this post is so much more reasonable than the original one right after the game. I'm concerned, but the talent is obviously there and I believe in the coach. We will win a lot of ball games (20+), but will have to seriously improve the consistency to have a shot in the SoCon Tourney, which is really the only thing that matters.apaladin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:15 amI hope I am totally wrong. The inconsistency is really a concern. I am talking about individuals. Mounce is the only one that has played well in every game. It's not like we have 3-4 coming off the bench to take up the slack. Bothwell is the only one we can really count on off the bench. I was concerned when we found that none of the newcomers were going to be counted on. We were led to believe we had a couple that could provide depth. Not the case. Not signing any of the guys we were after in the spring created a problem we really didn't know about. We were hoping to minimize the loss of MR but it is really starting to show how much we miss him. We also miss JB's shooting. The 7 man rotation is ok but these 7 have to play well virtually every game. Still with that said you have to wonder if only playing 7 will hurt down the stretch. The SoCon has at least 2 maybe more very good teams. If you didn't see, UNCG won at Georgetown this weekend. I still have hope for this team but it will really depend if we can make shots(Captain Obvious).CharlieFU wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:42 amI think you are wrong. Let’s hold on to this post and see how it compares. If this team doesn’t win 20+ games, there is something seriously wrong.apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:04 pmI'm afraid the answer is not very good. After we get blown out at Auburn, we have Upstate and NGU at home so 2 possible wins. Then a loss to Winthop at the Well. That will leave us 9-4 in the preseason I think. All the lofty projections of 23-25 wina for this team are a pipe dream. I think we finish with around 18 wins.
