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OT: AUBURN BASKETBALL

Good stuff gang. All docs due to the FBI today. If we don't hear anything in the coming days I suspect BRUCE is safe. Hopeful the studs involved will face short suspensions at most.
 
Anyone have a clue on who we are after for the 2018 class? Is EJ Montgomery still a possibility, or has that ship completely sailed?

No seniors on this team, but we are likely losing Wiley and Heron to the draft. Will need at least 2 more to add to the 2018-2019 roster.
 
What documents exactly? Surely we didn't document actual cheating. That would be some Chuck Person dumbassery.
Not docs I guess. All communications (phone records, emails, social media, etc) with croots and their families from all staff has to be turned over to the FBI. I assume we reviewed it before turning it over so if there's nothing implicating BRUCE should be good there.
 
Anyone have a clue on who we are after for the 2018 class? Is EJ Montgomery still a possibility, or has that ship completely sailed?

No seniors on this team, but we are likely losing Wiley and Heron to the draft. Will need at least 2 more to add to the 2018-2019 roster.
I've been travelling the internet for info on EJ and it doesn't appear anything is imminent with him and another program. I think we're still in the picture. Haven't hear of anyone else we're pursuing that hard at the moment. Roster still looks stacked for 18.
 
I've been travelling the internet for info on EJ and it doesn't appear anything is imminent with him and another program. I think we're still in the picture. Haven't hear of anyone else we're pursuing that hard at the moment. Roster still looks stacked for 18.
Would be nice if we could get him back. Assuming we may hit the grad tranny market again and obtain a stud. Diante Wood is also an option if we want him.
 
Not docs I guess. All communications (phone records, emails, social media, etc) with croots and their families from all staff has to be turned over to the FBI. I assume we reviewed it before turning it over so if there's nothing implicating BRUCE should be good there.
That worries me. I'm guessing the FBI is making sure we didn't have any dealings with rouge agents and shoe companies (other than Chuck I guess).
 
Would be nice if we could get him back. Assuming we may hit the grad tranny market again and obtain a stud. Diante Wood is also an option if we want him.
Yeah. I'm thinking Danjel gonna be gone after this year too so need to find a couple guys. Just noticed that JUCO big Shaq Carter committed to Rutgers. Maybe Jemison?
 
One underrated part of Chuck being in jail instead of on our sidelines is that we don't have to deal with that NBA mentality running our defense anymore. We simply refused to go zone when it was obvious we couldn't play man. When we did go zone, we looked like we were being coached by a man who had forgotten what zone was.

Defense at the college level is nothing like defense at the NBA level. Chuck never seemed to adjust. It was a mess. So maybe his absence will fuel some improvement there.
To be honest, a lot of that was on Bruce. We didn't practice defense near as much as we should have up until we were embarrassed a bunch last year and by then it was too late. There was a good amount of head butting going on last year between Chuck and Bruce. It was all respectful but it could have probably been handled better. The truth is Chuck knows basketball as well as anyone but he was a pretty awful teacher of the game. He wasn't good at being able to communicate with our guys especially with us being as young as we were. Add that with us half ass practicing defense a few times a week and that's a huge reason we were so bad on defense last year. This is really the only thing that worries me this year. Bruce is an offensive guy and while we are devoting a lot more time practicing and going over defense than we have in the past, we did just lose our defensive coach. And we really don't have another one on staff. With all of our guys coming back and us adding 4 very solid defensive players in the off-season, I think Chuck was really starting to be able to communicate with them better. With that said, I'm not all that worried about it. I think we have some of the best talent and scorers in the nation if we can keep all our guys and we seem to be a really close team. We are putting a much bigger emphasis on defense and our guys seem to be buying into that but it is definitely somewhat of a concern.
 


also looks like Will Richarson will not be coming to Boog Town. Don't know what the deal is there, but I'm guessing they backed off once Bruce signed that VCU transfer.
 


Guess the voters think the whole Boog team will be ineligible
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BRUCE will have his media day presser at 4:45. Brown and Spencer will be interviewed between 5:15 and 5:45.
 
"We're all in a weird position with hoops because something is going to happen there that will greatly affect the eligibility of certain players, which may end up rendering the team moot. I am not willing to allocate a ton of coverage to a team in limbo like that. That's my explanation."
 
"We're all in a weird position with hoops because something is going to happen there that will greatly affect the eligibility of certain players, which may end up rendering the team moot. I am not willing to allocate a ton of coverage to a team in limbo like that. That's my explanation."
Oh my gah what a dope. Thought he didn't want to 'impugn" anyone? Now he's just gonna implicate the entire roster and corching staff in the name of laziness.

This actually makes me feel even better about the sitch to be honest.
 
Question: So you think it's more of a sure thing that players will be ineligible for the year?

Jay G: "I'd be floored if at least two players weren't deemed ineligible to begin the season — at minimum."

Question: "But then if they are reinstated that's still justification in your eyes of not covering the team at the same level as your competition?

I agree that the excitement level is tempered because of the FBI related stuff, but there are still plenty of people (myself included) who want basketball coverage. I guess it's my problem and not yours."
 
"We're all in a weird position with hoops because something is going to happen there that will greatly affect the eligibility of certain players, which may end up rendering the team moot. I am not willing to allocate a ton of coverage to a team in limbo like that. That's my explanation."
Please tell @Jay G. Tate that I laughed at his myopic view on this issue. What a dumbass.
 
what was the contact info to cancel? I was planning on just riding out my subscription, but they’ve already stopped trying to update and follow recruiting and now they’re just aggregating other news stories and refusing to cover the team?

I’ve never had a personal issue with Jay and never wished ill will on anyone over there - but stupidity and laziness cannot be rewarded... I hope he goes broke
 
what was the contact info to cancel? I was planning on just riding out my subscription, but they’ve already stopped trying to update and follow recruiting and now they’re just aggregating other news stories and refusing to cover the team?

I’ve never had a personal issue with Jay and never wished ill will on anyone over there - but stupidity and laziness cannot be rewarded... I hope he goes broke
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