pennsive
Junior
Posts: 200
Reg: 11-21-04
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10-05-23 05:12 PM - Post#358282
In response to Mike Porter
I don't agree with the thought that but for coaching we had the best players and the best team. Princeton was better at 4 of the 5 positions, including way better at center and their sixth man power forward who killed us and looked good in the NCAA tournament. They were a Sweet Sixteen team for goodness sake. They would have finished second in the Big Five and would have had a much better chance of beating teams, or giving a game to teams that crushed us. Credit to them where credit is due. I do agree with you and everyone else on this board who has sounded off about our recruiting. Given what should be our built-in recruiting advantages, and the success some of the other sports team at Penn have had recruiting against the other Ivies, with and without built-in advantages, there is no satisfactory excuse for it. I never cease to be disappointed by Steve's inability to command the microphone, showcase himself in a way that someone would stand up and say there is a coach I would love to come to play for, and to make positive impact (in fact, more likely to make no impact whatsoever) when he is called upon to speak. That said, I am impressed from afar by his work ethic, and despite his obvious shortcomings, to have recruited what appears to be a very solid core of newcomers to the program. Go Quakers, and please prove everyone wrong.
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