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uz2b-len · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:23 pm Post subject: Despite It All

Ricky is still second in the league in scoring.
Are we a better team without CLowe? I doubt it.
Will we be a better team with Gurley? Maybe.
Will be be a better team without Ricky? NO WAY!!!!
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I hate URI-ne · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:33 pm Post subject:

I hope the rest of our team steps up next year. If not, next year will be worse than this year without ricky. Ricky has been keeping us in games lately.
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uz2b-len · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:36 pm Post subject:

agreed
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CapeCodBruiser · Junior Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 603 Location: Barnstable

I can see next year being very good if The Fox Freddie Riley, JYD Javorn Farrell and TV Vinson all blossom at the same time. The bar I set for this years incarnation of the Minutemen was 1 win at the A10 tourney...they still have time to exceed that expectation so dont abandon hope just yet.

uz2b-len · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:50 pm Post subject:

Freddie the Fox, huh?
What does JYD stand for?
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Winslow05 · Junior Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 536

JYD = Junk Yard Dog

uz2b-len · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:01 pm Post subject:

oh yeah
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CapeCodBruiser · Junior Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 603 Location: Barnstable

Tim Kenney is giving the players these nicknames on the broadcasts. He has really taken a liking to "The Junk Yard Dog" and commented yesterday about how #10 pays attention to every word DK says. Kenney has also started a new feature ala The Phantom Gourmet called "Kenneys Kitchen" where he samples food joints on the road. When I saw him at The Hangar after the 49ers game he was telling us about how he sampled 5 cheesesteaks in Philly to determine the best. Yesterday I guess the team spent Friday night in Newport RI but Kenney didnt go down until Saturday so he had no review but said he liked the sandwiches the Priest he rode down from Amherst with made.

PTrainXL · Junior Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 444

Ricky is solid and will be missed no doubt. He has played out of position and hurt and that should be respected. It is unfortunate that he will never make a tourney at his time here, but he will go down as one of the better players here. He could of left when TF left to go elsewhere, but he did not.

xlgman · Senior Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 1291

Next year we'll only lose 1 player (Ricky) instead of 6 (Lowe, Bonner, Gaffney, Lynch, Glass, Wilcher)

Next year we'll only have 4 new eligible players (Esho, Traynham, Morgan, Putney) instead of 8 (Riley, Farrell, Sampson, Vinson, Sean, City, Lang, Hill)

Next year we'll have 9 players (Gurley, Gibbs, Riley, Farrell, Sampson, Vinson, Sean, City, Correia) we can reasonably hope will improve significantly year over year. This year we only had 4 (Harris, Gurley, Gibbs, Correia).

Basically, we'll be more experienced and more established within DK's systems and with each other. It should help continuity, chemistry, conditioning, skill level, learning curve, depth, etc.

Losing Ricky is not good but we have seen every year that if every player steps up a little bit, it can more than make up for one or two significant player departures.

I'm actually not worried about the roster too much next year. I'd love to have another big body come in and help out Sean and City and there are other things that are big question marks. But overall, we should be able to put a pretty competitive team out there every night.

The big concern for me right now is whether the coaching staff can start to get the most out of the players we will have. I do not think they are doing so now.

farkdogg · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:33 pm Post subject:

That last sentence is the key ...
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UMass87 · Hall of Fame Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 5227

Losing Ricky next year will hurt but I would not assume that the team will be worse for the loss. I would wholeheartedly agree that next year's team would probably be better with Harris than without but I will be very disappointed if next year's team is not better than this year's team.

Dandabombe · Freshman Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 43

Is there anyway we can keep ricky an extra year and graduate gurley instead???

would anybody be opposed?
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berkshirebob · newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2008 Posts: 14

I don't comment very often on this board, but my thoughts on the state of UMass basketball require me to say it is asad situation. The players aren't very good and the coach is less than adequate.

I don't see any improvement in the future.

LS71 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:21 am Post subject:

^Curious...how often have you seen the team play since DK has been coaching?
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