Montreal recap

[dalydoseofhoops]

For anyone who couldn't get to the recaps that went on the Siena site...

dalydoseofhoops.blogspot.com/2013/08/siena-finishes-montreal-trip-4-1.html

[SaintsFan]

any chance you can change the background color of your site? not too easy on the eyes as they say.

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Aug 29, 2013 12:10:14 GMT -5 SaintsFan said:

any chance you can change the background color of your site? not too easy on the eyes as they say.

He can't even spell "daily", so I'd say the chances are slim.

[SaintMisbehavin]

Aug 29, 2013 12:46:50 GMT -5 @magic said:

Aug 29, 2013 12:10:14 GMT -5 SaintsFan said:

any chance you can change the background color of your site? not too easy on the eyes as they say.

He can't even spell "daily", so I'd say the chances are slim.

Is that a joke or an actual gripe?

[knicksaint]

Magic, if you were to look at the dalydoseof hoops site, you would know that the author is Jaden Daly.
So much for your foolish comment.

[SaintsFan]

Aug 29, 2013 13:17:39 GMT -5 knicksaint said:

Magic, if you were to look at the dalydoseof hoops site, you would know that the author is Jaden Daly.
So much for your foolish comment.

i certainly didnt intend to attack the author. Simply a minor improvement (in my opinion) to create a greater contrast in text color to background color which makes reading the site a little easier.

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Aug 29, 2013 13:53:58 GMT -5 SaintsFan said:

Aug 29, 2013 13:17:39 GMT -5 knicksaint said:

Magic, if you were to look at the dalydoseof hoops site, you would know that the author is Jaden Daly.
So much for your foolish comment.

i certainly didnt intend to attack the author. Simply a minor improvement (in my opinion) to create a greater contrast in text color to background color which makes reading the site a little easier.

I think he should change it to argyle.

[$cott]

So is no one at all concerned that against 4 common opponents we were outperformed by Sacred Heart all four times?

[SaintsFan]

Aug 29, 2013 14:09:59 GMT -5 $cott said:

So is no one at all concerned that against 4 common opponents we were outperformed by Sacred Heart all four times?

i suppose it depends on how you look at it.

sacred heart is a team that returned 4 starters and like 7 of their top eight players from a year ago. they are playing the same system etc. (4 Juniors and 4 Seniors)

counter that with

Siena who is starting an entirely new system, new coach, and missing Brookins, Burdine, Anosike, Martens from a year ago as well as Hymes suffering from a broken hand... throw in Wright, Wolfe, Long, Ogunyemi all as freshman with all of a week of practicing in the system and no... it doesnt concern me

[$cott]

Aug 29, 2013 14:29:00 GMT -5 SaintsFan said:

Aug 29, 2013 14:09:59 GMT -5 $cott said:

So is no one at all concerned that against 4 common opponents we were outperformed by Sacred Heart all four times?

i suppose it depends on how you look at it.

sacred heart is a team that returned 4 starters and like 7 of their top eight players from a year ago. they are playing the same system etc.

counter that with

Siena who is starting an entirely new system, new coach, and missing Brookins, Burdine, Anosike, Martens from a year ago as well as Hymes suffering from a broken hand... throw in Wright, Wolfe, Long, Ogunyemi all as freshman with all of a week of practicing in the system and no... it doesnt concern me

I know it is early and improvement is the most important thing but I am pretty sure Sacred Heart graduated a kid who scored 22 a game so tough to imagine they are that much better this year. At least they open with Fairfield so that will give us a gauge on where they stand. If they get blown out that won't be a good sign.

[SaintsFan]

Aug 29, 2013 14:32:23 GMT -5 $cott said:

Aug 29, 2013 14:29:00 GMT -5 SaintsFan said:

i suppose it depends on how you look at it.

sacred heart is a team that returned 4 starters and like 7 of their top eight players from a year ago. they are playing the same system etc.

counter that with

Siena who is starting an entirely new system, new coach, and missing Brookins, Burdine, Anosike, Martens from a year ago as well as Hymes suffering from a broken hand... throw in Wright, Wolfe, Long, Ogunyemi all as freshman with all of a week of practicing in the system and no... it doesnt concern me

I know it is early and improvement is the most important thing but I am pretty sure Sacred Heart graduated a kid who scored 22 a game so tough to imagine they are that much better this year. At least they open with Fairfield so that will give us a gauge on where they stand. If they get blown out that won't be a good sign.

that is actually not the case. Sacred Heart returns their 5 top scorers. The kid who graduated averaged like 4 ppg.. Nick Greenbacker

they have a ton of experience and were probably not rattled much by rule changes, style of play etc.

you forget that although some of the scores were closer there were times Siena was drilling some of these teams. remember Frans first year... Siena would be KILLING teams and let them back in as the young guys needed to learn to FINISH GAMES

i edited my post above to show that they are playing 4 juniors and 4 seniors

[$cott]

Aug 29, 2013 14:37:28 GMT -5 SaintsFan said:

Aug 29, 2013 14:32:23 GMT -5 $cott said:

I know it is early and improvement is the most important thing but I am pretty sure Sacred Heart graduated a kid who scored 22 a game so tough to imagine they are that much better this year. At least they open with Fairfield so that will give us a gauge on where they stand. If they get blown out that won't be a good sign.

that is actually not the case. Sacred Heart returns their 5 top scorers. The kid who graduated averaged like 4 ppg.. Nick Greenbacker

they have a ton of experience and were probably not rattled much by rule changes, style of play etc.

you forget that although some of the scores were closer there were times Siena was drilling some of these teams. remember Frans first year... Siena would be KILLING teams and let them back in as the young guys needed to learn to FINISH GAMES

i edited my post above to show that they are playing 4 juniors and 4 seniors

Ok, that makes me feel a lot better. I see that ESPN still has stats and schedules from last year but have updated the rosters so when I clicked on the leading scorer and it said senior I assumed that meant he was now graduated.

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Aug 29, 2013 14:09:59 GMT -5 $cott said:

So is no one at all concerned that against 4 common opponents we were outperformed by Sacred Heart all four times?

So you don't think those teams benefited from their games? It's not static, these other teams made adjustments. We did just fine. Relax there is 2 months to work out the kinks.

[Sienafan]

Aug 29, 2013 14:09:59 GMT -5 $cott said:

So is no one at all concerned that against 4 common opponents we were outperformed by Sacred Heart all four times?

Not really. JP is tinkering with the lineups, giving everyone playing time to see what they've got, and everyone is learning their roles. The team never went full tilt with starters playing typical minutes. A couple of times when Siena was up big JP emptied the bench and you had Hooper and the 3 walk-ons out there resulting in closer final scores. You're reading too much into results that don't mean much.

[$cott]

Aug 29, 2013 15:48:35 GMT -5 @racersedge said:

Aug 29, 2013 14:09:59 GMT -5 $cott said:

So is no one at all concerned that against 4 common opponents we were outperformed by Sacred Heart all four times?

So you don't think those teams benefited from their games? It's not static, these other teams made adjustments. We did just fine. Relax there is 2 months to work out the kinks.

They absolutely benefited and the improvement game to game is very encouraging. I just thought it was a little rough that we were outperformed every game by a 9-20 team from the NEC. But we may just find out November 9th when they play Fairfield that Sacred Heart will actually be a solid team this year. Of course by then we will already have beat Albany and be riding high anyways.