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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2021 13:55:25 GMT -6
Maybe the coaches are recruiting him to be a big 3-man...who knows. He is athletic, has good ball skills, and can shoot the 3. Just because he is 6'8" doesn't necessarily mean he is going to be a PF or paint defender. I understand your point though. At this point in his career strength is probably the easiest thing he can gain. what's good is that the skill is there. If he red shirts next year, it would probably be for the best for him and for us. When TL wanted to offer Laravia I don't believe he had D1 offers. I sure wish he was with us right now. purple whiskers, your role that you play in this forum is a very very easy one. You think that you are clever, but actually negative is the easiest thing to be. It requires zero knowledge. you contribute absolutely nothing to any conversation. how about you name a couple recruits that you think we should be landing? what 6'8 strong framed athletic and skilled big are we missing out on? If you have some leads, I hope the coaches look at this board and you can help our program. please share Yeah, for the sake of argument you "don't believe he had D1 offers." And also for the sake of argument, no doubt, you didn't bother to check. Jake LaRavia had 9 offers. Besides the Sycamores, they were from American, Army, UE, Hillsdale College, Incarnate Word, IUPUI, Jacksonville and SIU Edwardsville. Take note, that research of MINE adds to the conversation. When will you? I do wish LaRavia was an Ace, so we agree on that. Per your request, I already stated that I thought Kristian Lander was worth pursuing. I'll add Nunge to that list. I'll pour over the thousands of possible high school players the day after you do, but only if I'm put on the payroll and assigned the task. My role here is not to feed you bottomless cotton candy with every signing. From the minute of edited video, it appears that he may be skilled. I need more evidence. I'm devastated that that bothers you.
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Post by Purp on Mar 31, 2021 14:04:38 GMT -6
Marcus Wilson, Scott Haffner, Shy Ely, and many other UE stars came to campus with skinny arms.....having skinny arms does not specifically correlate to the ability of an athlete. And none of them were power forwards or expected to excel in interior defense. It’s really silly to argue that upper body strength doesn’t matter. Nobody is arguing that upper body strength doesn't matter, but if you think interior defense is played with your arms, I'm guessing you've either never played interior defense or weren't very good at it. The legs and trunk are more important. You're welcome.
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Post by aceventura on Mar 31, 2021 14:58:08 GMT -6
At this point in his career strength is probably the easiest thing he can gain. what's good is that the skill is there. If he red shirts next year, it would probably be for the best for him and for us. When TL wanted to offer Laravia I don't believe he had D1 offers. I sure wish he was with us right now. purple whiskers, your role that you play in this forum is a very very easy one. You think that you are clever, but actually negative is the easiest thing to be. It requires zero knowledge. you contribute absolutely nothing to any conversation. how about you name a couple recruits that you think we should be landing? what 6'8 strong framed athletic and skilled big are we missing out on? If you have some leads, I hope the coaches look at this board and you can help our program. please share Yeah, for the sake of argument you "don't believe he had D1 offers." And also for the sake of argument, no doubt, you didn't bother to check. Jake LaRavia had 9 offers. Besides the Sycamores, they were from American, Army, UE, Hillsdale College, Incarnate Word, IUPUI, Jacksonville and SIU Edwardsville. Take note, that research of MINE adds to the conversation. When will you? I do wish LaRavia was an Ace, so we agree on that. Per your request, I already stated that I thought Kristian Lander was worth pursuing. I'll add Nunge to that list. I'll pour over the thousands of possible high school players the day after you do, but only if I'm put on the payroll and assigned the task. My role here is not to feed you bottomless cotton candy with every signing. From the minute of edited video, it appears that he may be skilled. I need more evidence. I'm devastated that that bothers you. okay good to know. The staff should focus their energy on four and five star transfers from power 5. Way to go out on a limb on those names. Again, adding nothing to the conversation. Only criticizing the players that we are actually getting. there's no evidence stating when TL wanted to offer Laravia, obviously. Just what I've heard that it would have been his first d1 offer, and that says something. impossible to say what other offers Preston would have received if he would have waited longer to commit. and you feed this forum zero cotton candy. you are only negative and like I said add nothing of substance. I'm really not sure that I've ever seen a post of yours that was constructive.
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Post by bleedpurple on Mar 31, 2021 15:29:21 GMT -6
To the Moderator I typically do not post but feel moved to suggest blocking Purple Whiskers. He adds nothing and seems to enjoy stirring the waters with an apparent lack of knowledge. If it wasn’t for the lack of reporting from media and the continued secrecy within the programs I would no longer follow these posts.
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Post by municup14 on Mar 31, 2021 15:34:02 GMT -6
I have skinny arms and legs
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Post by goacesgo on Mar 31, 2021 15:39:38 GMT -6
To the Moderator I typically do not post but feel moved to suggest blocking Purple Whiskers. He adds nothing and seems to enjoy stirring the waters with an apparent lack of knowledge. If it wasn’t for the lack of reporting from media and the continued secrecy within the programs I would no longer follow these posts. I will take it one step further if they continue to let him push his anti-Lickliter toxic narrative a lot of us will be done visiting here.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2021 16:21:53 GMT -6
Virtually every 17-year-old male will put on some upper body strength almost overnight their first summer out of high school. We all did. The training they get when they start a college weight program will pay dividends in about 180 days. If a guy is coming to UE and he's already in an academy or institute setting out of high school, he's put on weight. After that, most of the training is between the shoulders.
So a 19- to 20-year-old who is serious about the game and has access to a decent weight training program -- defining skinny is really kind of amusing.
By the time they are 45 years old, they're 250 and packin' a pillow.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2021 18:41:03 GMT -6
Virtually every 17-year-old male will put on some upper body strength almost overnight their first summer out of high school. We all did. The training they get when they start a college weight program will pay dividends in about 180 days. If a guy is coming to UE and he's already in an academy or institute setting out of high school, he's put on weight. After that, most of the training is between the shoulders. So a 19- to 20-year-old who is serious about the game and has access to a decent weight training program -- defining skinny is really kind of amusing. By the time they are 45 years old, they're 250 and packin' a pillow. Every D1 program has a better weight training program than 90% of the high schools. Every recruit will be required to take part in it. All of them will gain muscle to some extent even if it never shows. All true. All other things equal, if I’m choosing between a freshman with a D1 body and one I hope will have one in his junior year the choice is clear. It is interesting that the skinny part has raised more vitriol and discussion, including calls for my cancellation from the site, than the ‘only one other D1 offer’ part of my concern. That’s amusing. If Preston had a dozen offers it would be celebrated as proof of his talent. But any mention of his lack of offers is treason. Wow!
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Post by okie on Mar 31, 2021 18:55:30 GMT -6
To the Moderator I typically do not post but feel moved to suggest blocking Purple Whiskers. He adds nothing and seems to enjoy stirring the waters with an apparent lack of knowledge. If it wasn’t for the lack of reporting from media and the continued secrecy within the programs I would no longer follow these posts. I will take it one step further if they continue to let him push his anti-Lickliter toxic narrative a lot of us will be done visiting here. I will personally pay to start a new forum if the moderators continue to let whiskers destroy constructive conversation. This forum is a cesspool and it's embarrassing.
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Post by ibleedpurple on Mar 31, 2021 19:19:35 GMT -6
I think the one common theme of all the recruits of late is they can all appear to be able to SHOOT the ball. I heard TL give an interview a number of months ago where he said assistant coaches and others would come to him with this guy can do this, this guy can do that, this guy can do five or six things. He would also say, give me a guy that can shoot the basketball and if he cannot do much of anything else he would take him over a guy who could do about everthing but shoot the basketball. Maybe Archie Miller should have been given this advice with his team of athletes that could not shoot the basketball !
This reminds me of many of the great teams Crews had because those teams could shoot the basketball. At times he would have four guys on the floor that could make a three with a decent percentage. It also reminds of the opposite on many of Marty's teams. He would have guys who could not hit a 15 footer, some were even guards, let alone a 3 and he would have guys too scared to shoot a 3 for fear of being yanked and yelled at if they missed an open three too early in the shot clock. I don't have time to dig up any stats to prove anything one way or the other but in watching the Aces since I was a very young child and many college and high school games and not being being a threat to score with 20-40% of the players on the floor gives the other team such a huge advantage defensively.
Go Aces !
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Post by aceventura on Mar 31, 2021 19:34:27 GMT -6
Virtually every 17-year-old male will put on some upper body strength almost overnight their first summer out of high school. We all did. The training they get when they start a college weight program will pay dividends in about 180 days. If a guy is coming to UE and he's already in an academy or institute setting out of high school, he's put on weight. After that, most of the training is between the shoulders. So a 19- to 20-year-old who is serious about the game and has access to a decent weight training program -- defining skinny is really kind of amusing. By the time they are 45 years old, they're 250 and packin' a pillow. Every D1 program has a better weight training program than 90% of the high schools. Every recruit will be required to take part in it. All of them will gain muscle to some extent even if it never shows. All true. All other things equal, if I’m choosing between a freshman with a D1 body and one I hope will have one in his junior year the choice is clear. It is interesting that the skinny part has raised more vitriol and discussion, including calls for my cancellation from the site, than the ‘only one other D1 offer’ part of my concern. That’s amusing. If Preston had a dozen offers it would be celebrated as proof of his talent. But any mention of his lack of offers is treason. Wow! There are so many variables to signing a freshman recruit you just prove that you are a clueless troll. How many seniors? Juniors? etc Skills? Bball IQ? Potential? Size? Gritty? Academics? Fit with current players? Aau or HS teammates with other potential recruits? What program is he coming from? Does his high school coach have a similar philosophy so he has a leg up? and so on and so on... There are countless examples of under recruited players. Too many to list and pointless bc your troll self would say well I'm sure Preston isn't the next (fill in the blank) bc that is an easy response, bc like I said the role you play here is easy. very easy. You bring nothing but stirring and negativity.
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Post by kentuckyace on Mar 31, 2021 21:08:47 GMT -6
I will take it one step further if they continue to let him push his anti-Lickliter toxic narrative a lot of us will be done visiting here. I will personally pay to start a new forum if the moderators continue to let whiskers destroy constructive conversation. This forum is a cesspool and it's embarrassing. In my honest opinion it would be better for everyone who wants to ban someone if they wouldn’t interact with that person. People are getting Purple Whiskers Derangement Syndrome. You know the people who couldn’t stand Trump but couldn’t talk about anything else. If someone is living rent free in your head the best way to stop that is to stop reading and commenting on their posts. Censorship is a slippery slope because there is always going to be someone offended by something you say or agree with eventually. The best way to evict the person that is living rent free in your head is to quit opening the door for them, cut the cable, quit stocking the fridge and the tenant will move out eventually.
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Post by ad1770 on Mar 31, 2021 21:42:50 GMT -6
I will personally pay to start a new forum if the moderators continue to let whiskers destroy constructive conversation. This forum is a cesspool and it's embarrassing. In my honest opinion it would be better for everyone who wants to ban someone if they wouldn’t interact with that person. People are getting Purple Whiskers Derangement Syndrome. You know the people who couldn’t stand Trump but couldn’t talk about anything else. If someone is living rent free in your head the best way to stop that is to stop reading and commenting on their posts. Censorship is a slippery slope because there is always going to be someone offended by something you say or agree with eventually. The best way to evict the person that is living rent free in your head is to quit opening the door for them, cut the cable, quit stocking the fridge and the tenant will move out eventually. There is no block feature available. While I ignore most of his ignorant posts, it is almost impossible at times.
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Post by aceschamps6571 on Mar 31, 2021 21:58:46 GMT -6
I will take it one step further if they continue to let him push his anti-Lickliter toxic narrative a lot of us will be done visiting here. I will personally pay to start a new forum if the moderators continue to let whiskers destroy constructive conversation. This forum is a cesspool and it's embarrassing. Go for it, get out your wallet start a new forum. Then you can censor anybody you want who disagrees with anything you say. That would be preferable to you asking the operator of this forum to ban somebody you don't like. I don't personally know Purple Whiskers, or for that matter, know anyone else on here (that I am aware of). But if you guys who disagree with him can get him, or anyone else banned just because you don't like what he says, then you're not really interested in reading any opinions different from your own. You just want to be fed your own beliefs and opinions. I have read a lot of personal attacks against him and don't recall seeing him directing attacks at others, or callingfor bans. It would be different if somebody comes on here and all they do is levy personal attacks against other posters and the program. I actually don't believe the ones wanting to ban him are doing so strictly because of his comments about coack Lick. (If Marty were still coach, I would be way more critical.) A lot of the vitriol being aimed at Whiskers is because his political beliefs differ from a lot of yours. He took the virus seriously and so have I and most others. Those of us who did so last year, including intelligent health care workers, were called coronabros. We didn't seek to have anyone banned. Another example is when Whiskers called out the insurrectionists from Jan. 6, on the Off Topic forum, and was blasted here by some who defended it. Again, no one was asked to be banned. I have been on this forum since its inception and believe it to be, or at least was, the best in the MVC and one of the best anywhere. Although not knowing either personally, from reading their posts here and on the old forum, I don't believe Evillan and Tom Servo would ban Whiskers because some of you asked him to. We're all Aces fans, but we don't all have to agree about the coach, players, anything. I can think of at least a half dozen posters who are more annoying than you believe Whiskers to be. If I am wrong, and you guys succeed in getting him banned, then you will have started a bad precedent and he won't be the only one gone.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2021 23:21:21 GMT -6
A trillion years ago when I worked in the newsroom, we had a daily meeting to decide how to handle various stories, ideas, photos ... all that. The editors had been there all day and were about to come down from The Mount and make these cutting decisions. All those in favor, say aye.
All those opposed ... my hand went up.
"How come you're the only contrarian?" I was asked.
Because somebody in this damned room has to, I told them.
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