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Hey, maybe next year! |
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So, if we begged and pleaded, would Dougherty come back? |
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ND's roundball program may be on the rise from the infernal depths of the past few years, but it seems that we haven't recovered from Matt Doherty's one-and-done. Mike Brey receives Big East accolades, but maybe the awards are bestowed upon him in order to placate the ever-sleeping giant, Notre Dame. Catholic/Christian hating media, as well as opposing conference programs are fearful of the day that ND regains it traction as a top-notch hoops competitor. And with Georgetown officially "back", expect no love from anybody. I don't follow hoops as much as all you other guys, but I think the program stinks. When an entire basketball program can be turned around with 5 or 6 great players, why hasn't ND found a way to replace Digger, Dantley, Carr and Tripucka? It's been thirty years, for cryin' out loud! LARRY BROWN. LARRY BROWN. LARRY BROWN. |
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And another thing. Has anyone ever seen Mike Brey and Rick Minter at the same time? |
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For one you do not want Larry Brown anywhere near South Bend. Talk about a disruptive force that would ruin the whole school. This team did not perform well away from home for some reason. The offense dropped off considerable from home to away games. I dont know if Brey is doing a good job or not, I dont think that John McLeod did much for the program but Brey has been here for seven years now and although he produces some good records his tourney performances do lack to say the least. I dont want Dougherty back either. There has been a change of what it takes to be a great basketball team and the college game sometimes does not even resemble basketball, especially the last two minutes of the game. We are not a very physical team and we have very little inside game, we need a very good and imposing force in the middle. A Greg Oden type who is more education minded than NBA minded who wants to and can take more then 7 hours in a semester. |
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Oh, come ye back when Football is in season |
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Wake of the Irish |
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Don't forget the pucksters....they are back! |
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i am sick of irish athletics being unble to rise to any occasion. |
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Hey, maybe next year! |
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Did anyone see Brey's postgame press conference where he said that when his team got down by 20 in the second half he called a timeout and told the boys that he reckoned CBS had switched coverage away from their game (due to the fact Winthrop was running away with it)? Then, in an almost Rockne-esque exhortation, he implored our laddies to go out there and give it all they've got and maybe, just maybe, CBS will come back to their game and resume showing it on TV!!! My God! How the mighty have fallen. That little glimpse into Coach Brey made me know that he should be removed by the A.D. Talk about a lack of gravitas. It's effin' Winthrop...dig down in your putrid guts and find a way to win the effin' game. We're Notre Dame. Snap out of it. Man up. Send Brey Away. |
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And to think, just days ago I was thinking, "Win-who?" and assuring myself that we would make it out of the first round at least... |
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Flip the hockey rink and ice rink. The Fightin' Irish hockey team deserves an 12,000 seat arena, not this basketball program. I'm heading to Joe Louis Arena right now. |
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am i the only one not totally shocked by the outcome of yesterday's game? winthrop may be from the big south, but they field a veteren team with previous tournament experience, a now-19-game winning streak, and a chip on their collective shoulder. i'm not saying that notre dame shouldn't've stuffed the eagles early and often, but losing was always a very real possibility. personally, while i'm disappointed in our play yesterday, i find it hard to take issue with one of the best seasons in recent memory. |
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Yes, the Winthrop game was a downer, but for a team picked to finish 11th in the Big East, not bad. They exceeded expectations, as opposed to, uh, well, on to the spring game...... |
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But before the spring game, give our CCHA Regular Season and Tournament Champion Hockey team your support as they take their # 1 ranking into the NCAA Tournament. |
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our outside shooting wasn't on...not Brey's fault. |
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Hear, hear! Irish Icers have represented Our Lady well. Skate Like A Champion! |
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I couldn't agree more. Hockey is a great game and to stiff UM in the final - dang, what more could you all want? BCS game, CCHA championship, and now you expect to be in the sweet sixteen too? Let's be happy the lads made the tournament and celebrate where celebration is due. Ireland wasn't built on victories and smiles after all. |
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After the emotion ebbs, and blood flow normalizes in the brain, a more thoughtful dissection of the season can take place. |
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No one lamented that we didnt have Oden. I said we needed an Oden type player who wanted an education and could take more than 7 hours. After watching the OSU-Xavier game I would hope that we would never get a player like Greg Oden. |
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7 hours? Is that true, Oden only takes 7 hours a semester in course work? Is that common in NCAA division 1 or only at "The" OSU? I thought you had to take at minimum 12 hours to be considered eligible at the D-1 level? |
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Oden might not take a lot of courses at OSU, but everything I've read about him indicates he's a smart kid who actually likes school. |
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Way to go Irish Icers! Watching the game last night I was a little nervous when the skunkbears took the lead with 5 seconds to go in the 1st. The next two periods were a demonstration of superior puck handling and great goaltending (similar to their games in Joyce Center earlier this year). It's been a great year for the team. Here's hoping it continues into the NCAA's. Please, Please, Please let them be placed in the GR Regional (so I can tell my wife the tickets I bought in December were not a waste...) |
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Just being in the Big Dance is always icing on the cake for an Irish Roundball Team. We will never win a title in the sport, and ND fans know that in their bones. Our Final four appearance (now almost 3 decades ago) feautured a team with talent the likes of which few, if any, NBA teams have ever assembled. We got beat by the eventual NC. |
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This is a good thread. |
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We don't do things that way in South Bend, and basketball is far too competitive to ever be able to win (exception: UCLA) cleanly. |
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GO IRISH HOCKEY! LONG LIVE BRENT CHAPMAN!! |
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oden is taking 12 hours - 2 5-credit classes and one 2-credit. it apparently is not uncommon for athletes at some schools to only take 2 classes in-season. |
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Yz the information I have on Oden he is taking the bare minimum, doesnt matter this isnt a blog about Oden or Ohio St. More power to the teams that dont graduate players |
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In my tourney group, I showed some props to the Irish and named my bracket: |
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Since we are apparently "stuck" with our basketball coach, I propose you guys re-establish your hoops blog as gluebreysky. |
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May be we can talk about football again... |
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McAlarney? Would he have made a difference? |
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Not necessarily supporting Oden, but why would he take more than 12 hours if he knows that he is just going pro next year anyway? He would've gone pro right out of college if it wasn't for Stern's new rule about taking at least one year of college before going to the NBA draft. Expect ALOT of players to follow the "one and done" motto in college from now on. Kevin Durant is doing the exact same thing. It's sad, but from now on a lot of schools will have very few quality players that are upper classmen. |
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Mike Brey couldn't coach make the 1984 Celtics into state basketball champs. We need Matt D. back! |
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Durant might be staying another year according to SI.com's truth and rumors section. |
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Matt D. went loopy when he was at UNC, didn't he? Not sure I want him back. |
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Matt D. went loopy when he was at UNC, didn't he? Not sure I want him back. |
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Durant has said several times that he likes being in school and may come back. There's going to be a lot of pressure on him to leave though, since he's going to go no lower than 2nd in the draft. He actually seems like a kid that would stay if the economic pressure wasn't as high as it is. |
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Can we get a little props for the hockey team? |
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The beginning of a new Ice Age in the JACC! The team deserves support and recognition. The CCHA includes some of the big boys, winning both regular season and the tournament is incredible! Good luck in Grand Rapids! |
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Stern needs to make a rule similar to the NFL. You cant be draft eligible until after your classes 3rd year. We really need to quit the exodus of quality football and basketball players to the pros. College athletics with all of its pimples is still a pure form of sport. For every pro there are 10 kids who love playing the game and is getting a quality education. Every school in the country offers quality education, there are just some who dont care to partake in the education part. In a utopia world, the professional ranks leave the kids alone and the NCAA says if you dont graduate 80% of your basketball players and 75% of your football players then you cant compete for the national title and if this occurs for three years in a row you start losing scholarships. |
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BTW, if anyone wants to read a good book about college football and recruiting see if you can find "The 100-yard Lie" by Steve Telander. |
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all you johnny-come-latelys need to stick to football. Brey coached us to a very solid season, despite the key loss of our starting PG and throwing a freshman into the mix. We gave legit title-contender Georgetown all they could handle in the BET. We had an off-day shooting at the wrong time. Sucks, but it happens. Our team has 8 freshmen and sophomores and will continue to improve. Look for us to be right back in the mix next year. |
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