premier
1 of 3adjective
pre·mier pri-ˈmir-ˈmyir,
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Synonyms of premier (best
: first in position, rank, or importance
Nope, meant what I said. Thanks though!
No, because we didn't get a guy from Toledo while also passing on multiple other PGs that wanted to come here who are now at other schools.because we didnt get a guy from Toledo? I'm not saying he's for sure the answer but lets just see how the season goes and stop proclaiming this season over before it started when we literally just brought back two very important pieces
Get some high-end coachable recruits on the roster, call up Bruce Weber, shove a few million at him to see if he'd be willing to come back to coach them up for a 3yr max. term contract for one last shot at a National Championship run, watch 50-75% of Loyalty have a complete meltdown, and then enjoy the long tourney run to assuredly follow. And as we sip our orange and blue Champaign with our first non-Helms related National Championship, Bruce walks off into the sunset and we start the cycle anew.I've defended BU for years, and I think rightfully so because he pulled us out of the gutter. At this point though, it feels like his ceiling as a coach was the Ayo/Kofi team that lost to Loyola. We just seem to be missing one key piece every year and every year we all just say, including him at times, if we just had this ONE piece. I thought that if TSJ and Coleman came back, and if we got a good PG from the portal, BU could maybe bust through that ceiling finally this year. That seems very unlikely to happen at this point barring something crazy (please for the love of god let us somehow get Tyger).
Illini fans deserved being pulled out of the gutter, but I think we now deserve fighting for National Championships as we are one of the premier programs in college basketball history. I have a hard time believing that will happen now with BU as our head coach.
Morretti gone?Please for the love of all that is holy tell us the other add is a better PG than Williams.
Link to an article about impact of achilles tendon rupture on professional basketball players.Kevin Durant, Wesley Mathews, Dominque Wilkins, Rudy Gay have come back from an Achilles and have not or did not decline. This is not an injury that you are unable to recover from.
You wanna bring back a guy who was essentially shown the door at not one…but 2 D1 programs? Okay?He’s got a higher ceiling than anyone else we are gonna land right now. He doesn’t require a lot of shots. And honestly… for the storylines. If we are gonna be mid at least be interesting.
Two all conference players of which one is a potential All American come back and there's negativity? Really? We didn't get EVERY player we wanted and that's an issue? Illinois is so far ahead of Baylor(who won the whole darn thing a couple of years ago) that it's a shock that he chose them over us? I'm with you on this. I guess that, to some, the talent coming back doesn't trump a MAC PG who hasn't proved one thing on a national stage. Not one. If he was the be all end all....he would have stayed in the draft.because we didnt get a guy from Toledo? I'm not saying he's for sure the answer but lets just see how the season goes and stop proclaiming this season over before it started when we literally just brought back two very important pieces
I dont really want a coach that settles for a lesser option rather than going after their guy. If we signed some mediocre dude early in the portal season this board would be whining about how we did that instead of going after RayJ. I say again can we just wait for the damn season to actually be close before we decide to give up on it. We struck out trying to swing for the fences but if the rumors that were not done are true then we can still get a base hit. With Shannon and Hawkins that should be good enough to make a very good team.No, because we didn't get a guy from Toledo while also passing on multiple other PGs that wanted to come here who are now at other schools.
Short memories? He is the 7th(?) highest paid coach in college basketball and is going on his 7th year as our head coach and hasn't made the second weekend a single time. We can get the top recruiting class every single year but if we are not seeing results in March none of that matters. He absolutely changed our culture, put us back on the map nationally and has done great things for our program, but if we are losing every single year in the R64 or R32 it does not mean much.Ok, given how well the 15 years prior to Brad getting here went....who do you suggest would win that one more game in the tournament, so that is winning multiple Big Ten Championships, having multiple NCAA Tournament appearances won't be continually overlooked?
You put it right....we were in a decade and a half long gutter and you're ready to toss the guy who COMPLETELY changed not only the culture internally, but the view of us on the national stage? We have top 15 recruiting classes year in and year out. We have the best prep player in the state coming in next year.....yet, not good enough.
The short memories here, by some, blow me away.
Who knows. Need to see who have on final roster.How many minutes are we estimating Jeremiah Williams averages a game?
Did you know the name RayJ Dennis before mid April, 2023? I bet that 95% of the people who are ready to toss themselves off of a bridge because he didn't commit here...hadn't heard one thing about him. Yet, you can guarantee me....three months before they even go on their international trip that he's the missing piece?No, because we didn't get a guy from Toledo while also passing on multiple other PGs that wanted to come here who are now at other schools.
Also mentioned how this happens almost every year that we are missing one key piece. This is just another year like the others and at some point we're going to have to want something more as a fanbase.
I am sure he is well aware of the pressure on him to win in March.Short memories? He is the 7th(?) highest paid coach in college basketball and is going on his 7th year as our head coach and hasn't made the second weekend a single time. We can get the top recruiting class every single year but if we are not seeing results in March none of that matters. He absolutely changed our culture, put us back on the map nationally and has done great things for our program, but if we are losing every single year in the R64 or R32 it does not mean much.
Williams ain’t no walk-on the kid needs more respect on here. Is he a world beater? No. But he comes with little baggage/drama and will work his tail off. Doesn’t mind to play second fiddle and push the ball around the court to scorers.Can Williams be a walk-on, or has a scholarship been committed to him?
Can a grad transfer be a walk-on?
I know walk-ons can get NIL money, so my questions are only 99% crazy.
Sencire Harris?Reeves is a great shooter and can definitely score, but averaged 1 assist a game playing 28 mins last season. If he’s the other addition we’re relying on a mix of a complete non-shooting threat coming off an Achilles tear who’s gonna need a waiver to even be eligible, a guy who was good in the WAC but the big tens a huge leap from that (sounds like he could even be pushed out anyways), or a sophomore forward to play the point?? Head scratching considering we just witnessed how a lack of reliable point guard play can undermine a talented roster
Name doesn't check out.Did you know the name RayJ Dennis before mid April, 2023? I bet that 95% of the people who are ready to toss themselves off of a bridge because he didn't commit here...hadn't heard one thing about him. Yet, you can guarantee me....three months before they even go on their international trip that he's the missing piece?
It doesn't mean much?? I've got no response to that. We've gotten to the point that winning conference championships doesn't mean much. Winning one more game in the tournament would change your view of him?Short memories? He is the 7th(?) highest paid coach in college basketball and is going on his 7th year as our head coach and hasn't made the second weekend a single time. We can get the top recruiting class every single year but if we are not seeing results in March none of that matters. He absolutely changed our culture, put us back on the map nationally and has done great things for our program, but if we are losing every single year in the R64 or R32 it does not mean much.
Again, it isn't just missing on RayJ. Not really sure how many times I am going to have to say this. It is missing on him after dismissing several other guards who would have been great gets because Brad was so convinced we were going to get him. You're telling me, after the disaster last season was at PG, the JWill and Harmon are going to lead us to a second weekend?Did you know the name RayJ Dennis before mid April, 2023? I bet that 95% of the people who are ready to toss themselves off of a bridge because he didn't commit here...hadn't heard one thing about him. Yet, you can guarantee me....three months before they even go on their international trip that he's the missing piece?
My guess is Brad's been around basketball enough to know that looking at this current roster's and last year's roster and saying "they're in the same exact spot" is absurd.At some point we have to question if brad is too stubborn for his own good. How can he have watched that team last year and ended up in the same exact spot? He’s not putting his players in the best position to succeed. His players aren’t going to the NBA. He’s not winning in march. At some point… change it up man.