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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Mar 18, 2021 15:54:10 GMT -6
Kam Woods is in the transfer portal.
Antwan Burnett now in the transfer portal.
Tekorian Smith transferring to Troy via Kent State.
Nick Stampley likely staying for an extra year.
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Post by Troystet on Mar 19, 2021 7:38:10 GMT -6
Men's basketball is a mess right now. Fross is a good coach but we are suffering from Maestri's lazy recruiting at the end and a HORRIBLE hire in Cunningham. Had we made the right hire when Maestri left things would be a lot different. Imagine women's basketball if we had hired the equivalent of Cunningham??
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Post by cornhole on Mar 19, 2021 9:44:42 GMT -6
Men's basketball is a mess right now. Fross is a good coach but we are suffering from Maestri's lazy recruiting at the end and a HORRIBLE hire in Cunningham. Had we made the right hire when Maestri left things would be a lot different. Imagine women's basketball if we had hired the equivalent of Cunningham?? Same ole coulda, shoulda , woulda rear-view comment.
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Post by saintflorian on Mar 19, 2021 9:48:33 GMT -6
Men's basketball is a mess right now. Fross is a good coach but we are suffering from Maestri's lazy recruiting at the end and a HORRIBLE hire in Cunningham. Had we made the right hire when Maestri left things would be a lot different. Imagine women's basketball if we had hired the equivalent of Cunningham?? “Had we made the right hire when Maestri left things would be a lot different.“ Amazing your insight and grasp of the obvious...
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Mar 19, 2021 10:14:28 GMT -6
Cunningham was supposed to be the guy... he was one of the few Hartwell hires that tanked. He was hired because he was considered a top-notch recruiter.
He found diamonds in Varnado, Person, and Zay Williams... but never really blew the doors off with his recruiting efforts... and failed to utilize the talent he had.
I'm willing to stay with Cross for the long haul. If he can't right Troy's ship, who can? A one-and-done coach that'll bolt and leave us to start over again? No thanks. Something tells me Cross will stick with Troy if we stick with him.
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Post by Troystet on Mar 19, 2021 10:33:45 GMT -6
Men's basketball is a mess right now. Fross is a good coach but we are suffering from Maestri's lazy recruiting at the end and a HORRIBLE hire in Cunningham. Had we made the right hire when Maestri left things would be a lot different. Imagine women's basketball if we had hired the equivalent of Cunningham?? “Had we made the right hire when Maestri left things would be a lot different.“ Amazing your insight and grasp of the obvious... Oh you have a man crush on me. Want me to send you an autographed Troystet pic for your wall lol
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Post by cornhole on Mar 19, 2021 11:44:21 GMT -6
“Had we made the right hire when Maestri left things would be a lot different.“ Amazing your insight and grasp of the obvious... Oh you have a man crush on me. Want me to send you an autographed Troystet pic for your wall lol Please don't flatter yourself. Only Hemi can have man crushes on this Board (must be that thong). Hindsight is 20/20 and you sure have a penchant for proving yourself "right" in the rear view. Hey, if but for that asteroid and ensuing climate change years ago, we'd all have pet dinosaurs. Fred and Barney woulda had descendants and likely woulda been Trojans and may not have taken the bait of the gift Horse! If only What If??
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Post by Troystet on Mar 19, 2021 12:23:55 GMT -6
Oh you have a man crush on me. Want me to send you an autographed Troystet pic for your wall lol Please don't flatter yourself. Only Hemi can have man crushes on this Board (must be that thong). Hindsight is 20/20 and you sure have a penchant for proving yourself "right" in the rear view. Hey, if but for that asteroid and ensuing climate change years ago, we'd all have pet dinosaurs. Fred and Barney woulda had descendants and likely woulda been Trojans and may not have taken the bait of the gift Horse! If only What If?? My rap name is Nostradamus 👍
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Mar 19, 2021 12:35:53 GMT -6
Please don't flatter yourself. Only Hemi can have man crushes on this Board (must be that thong). Hindsight is 20/20 and you sure have a penchant for proving yourself "right" in the rear view. Hey, if but for that asteroid and ensuing climate change years ago, we'd all have pet dinosaurs. Fred and Barney woulda had descendants and likely woulda been Trojans and may not have taken the bait of the gift Horse! If only What If?? My rap name is Nostradamus 👍 Not sure if I'm bummed about Burnett leaving or not. He was the 4-star recruit, but didn't play all that well when given the opportunity. I had a feeling he would follow Kam Woods to the portal...
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Post by cornhole on Mar 19, 2021 18:09:34 GMT -6
My rap name is Nostradamus 👍 Not sure if I'm bummed about Burnett leaving or not. He was the 4-star recruit, but didn't play all that well when given the opportunity. I had a feeling he would follow Kam Woods to the portal... Scott Cross has our back... Next man up.
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Post by Troystet on Mar 19, 2021 19:05:14 GMT -6
Not sure if I'm bummed about Burnett leaving or not. He was the 4-star recruit, but didn't play all that well when given the opportunity. I had a feeling he would follow Kam Woods to the portal... Scott Cross has our back... Next man up. Agreed. Some players don't want discipline and accountability. We will find the players that do and those are the players you win with
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Mar 19, 2021 21:41:43 GMT -6
Scott Cross has our back... Next man up. Agreed. Some players don't want discipline and accountability. We will find the players that do and those are the players you win with I agree. It'll take a little more time for Cross to start consistently getting in reliable guys. When he finally got UTA rolling, he had very few players leaving their program... and that says a lot, because he had some dudes that could've started for any team in the country.
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Mar 27, 2021 19:04:55 GMT -6
Rory Pantophlet, a Forward that was a backup player, is also in the transfer portal now.
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Post by Trojans1andAll on Mar 27, 2021 21:05:23 GMT -6
Are all of these players transferring Cross's recruits? If so, how could they not understand what they were getting into?
If not, I hope they find some place where they can be happy. I bet some D-II schools would love to have them.
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Mar 28, 2021 12:48:53 GMT -6
Are all of these players transferring Cross's recruits? If so, how could they not understand what they were getting into? If not, I hope they find some place where they can be happy. I bet some D-II schools would love to have them. You'd be surprised how many players use mid-major schools as a means to transfer to a P5 school, especially if they think they are "worthy" of it. There may have also been a disagreement of sorts between him and Cross. I'm willing to bet Kam Woods is hoping he gets a P5 offer. Pantophlet is probably leaving so he can get more playing time. He's simply not going to play much with Zay Williams, Chris Turner, and Nick Stampley getting most of the reps at that position.
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Post by cornhole on Mar 28, 2021 13:16:47 GMT -6
Are all of these players transferring Cross's recruits? If so, how could they not understand what they were getting into? If not, I hope they find some place where they can be happy. I bet some D-II schools would love to have them. You'd be surprised how many players use mid-major schools as a means to transfer to a P5 school, especially if they think they are "worthy" of it. There may have also been a disagreement of sorts between him and Cross. I'm willing to bet Kam Woods is hoping he gets a P5 offer. Pantophlet is probably leaving so he can get more playing time. He's simply not going to play much with Zay Williams, Chris Turner, and Nick Stampley getting most of the reps at that position.This ^ Bold Letters. That's a kind way of stating the facts sir. At 6' 10" and one, maybe two years of eligibility. Rory has (had) little time to prove his value. Nice guy, but......
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Mar 28, 2021 18:47:39 GMT -6
I think Pantophlet is a great player overall. He can certainly play D1 basketball. I always enjoyed seeing him get playing time.
I think the biggest problem for Pantophlet was that he's not a good shooter from outside of the paint. Sort of one-demensional. Williams, Stampley, and Turner are good outside of the paint... plus Williams and Stampley can shoot the 3.
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Apr 2, 2021 12:16:17 GMT -6
Great news!! Nick Stampley announced on Twitter that he is returning for his extra year of eligibility. It was probable he was going to stay, but it's good to know that he has officially decided.
That now gives Troy 4 of their 5 starters back in Nick Stampley, Zay Williams, Duke Miles, and Dez Williams. If Cross can find a couple of solid JUCO or transfer players, that would be huge.
UPDATE: Backup player Miles Mendes has just announced he will be transferring elsewhere.
At least this gives Cross an opportunity to find better perimeter scorers. I have a feeling we'll see Cross recruit one or two high school players, and these rest will either come from JUCO or the transfer portal. Troy needs competition at the point guard position badly.
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Post by troyjan95 on Apr 2, 2021 13:25:02 GMT -6
I think Cross will get it done but he could use some help from the Troy faithful.
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Post by troyjan95 on Apr 2, 2021 13:25:22 GMT -6
Meaning butts in seats. Chanda can use the help too!
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Post by Troystet on Apr 3, 2021 11:06:16 GMT -6
We are never going to fill the basketball arena sadly. You might if you got Bama, Auburn or Duke to play us at home. Sadly I think our attendance was better in the Concrete Dump. I remember 2,500 (capacity) for Troy vs Jax St in 1988 or 1989 (I was there but can't remember what year lol) and the place was jumping. You put 2,500 in the Arena it is still 50% empty.
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Apr 3, 2021 19:12:24 GMT -6
We are never going to fill the basketball arena sadly. You might if you got Bama, Auburn or Duke to play us at home. Sadly I think our attendance was better in the Concrete Dump. I remember 2,500 (capacity) for Troy vs Jax St in 1988 or 1989 (I was there but can't remember what year lol) and the place was jumping. You put 2,500 in the Arena it is still 50% empty. We did have over 5,000 in 2019 when UAB came to town, and then we had 5,100 when Miss State came in 2012. It's possible to fill up the arena. We just need to win first. And Cross is hoping to get the students coming.
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Post by buzzlightyear on Apr 4, 2021 9:27:18 GMT -6
You win they come. For women’s sports you win a lot consistently and they will come. Just the nature of bandwagonism. The definition of a lot is coming closer and closer for women’s hoops. Couple more years and a reach the sweet sixteen and they will be there. But it takes a good amount of dominance to have folks show for women’s sports. In pre historic times (when I was in high school SI was going to do a feature on our girls basketball if they won 100 straight. Steak ended at 99. Got a small blurb but not the big spread. If a guys team wins 99 in a row they are already publicized. Is now a different time but the nature of how folks react to male or female sports is not.
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Post by Troystet on Apr 5, 2021 6:18:13 GMT -6
We are never going to fill the basketball arena sadly. You might if you got Bama, Auburn or Duke to play us at home. Sadly I think our attendance was better in the Concrete Dump. I remember 2,500 (capacity) for Troy vs Jax St in 1988 or 1989 (I was there but can't remember what year lol) and the place was jumping. You put 2,500 in the Arena it is still 50% empty. We did have over 5,000 in 2019 when UAB came to town, and then we had 5,100 when Miss State came in 2012. It's possible to fill up the arena. We just need to win first. And Cross is hoping to get the students coming. Here is a marketing ploy. When ULL and ULM plays us, put it on the schedule as (a) Louisiana Sate University. You technically aren't lying as both are Louisiana "State" universities and we will pack the arena with students and fans that think we are playing LSU
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Post by cornhole on Apr 6, 2021 17:10:50 GMT -6
We did have over 5,000 in 2019 when UAB came to town, and then we had 5,100 when Miss State came in 2012. It's possible to fill up the arena. We just need to win first. And Cross is hoping to get the students coming. Here is a marketing ploy. When ULL and ULM plays us, put it on the schedule as (a) Louisiana Sate University. You technically aren't lying as both are Louisiana "State" universities and we will pack the arena with students and fans that think we are playing LSU I'll provide the Purple and Yellow uniforms.
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