Game 2 Breakdown: VCU vs. Delaware

[districtballer]

I think it was district baller all four times... part of his whole fair&balanced overcompensation shtick

You got me.

I would not go THAT far.

 

[artRAMinMN]

I think it was district baller all four times... part of his whole fair&balanced overcompensation shtick

You got me.

I would not go THAT far.

1.John Fields- UNCW:

The 6’9, 230-pounder out of Fayetteville, North Carolina has really made a statement in the OOC slate after sitting out a season following 2 years at East Carolina University. It is hard to argue with Fields at number one considering he dominates the major statistics pertaining to big men across the board. He leads all big men and is #7 overall in CAA scoring at 14.3 points per game. He is #1 in rebounding at 8.8 rebounds per game while also holding the #1 spot in the conference in both field goal percentage and blocked shots per game at 61.8% and 3.3 respectively. Fields presence in the middle has revitalized the Seahawk attack as they have the first true frontcourt option since the Serbian Sensation Vlad Kuljanin graduated a couple of years ago. Fields has great length and athleticism as well as swagger, something the Seahawks have lost after last years’ demoralizing 7-win season. His presence in the middle will be the difference in more than one game for the Seahawks this season as demonstrated by his 22 point, 14 board, 4 block performance against VMI and an impressive 21 point, 13 board, 5 block performance against George Mason. He is looking like a first-team All-CAA lock at this point early in the season.
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[districtballer]

That's not predicting UNCW to beat VCU. Just that Field's was playing better...and he was. He was playing better basketball than anyone else in the league at that point.

Larry improved and Fields regressed behind several other CAA bigs.

 

[VCU Finance 2008]

Not as much of a fan of the fair & balanced DB, but the "F'em all" DB goes hard.

 

[morrisar]

You mean you would not start a web site called http://www.fireandymorris.com and load it up with your opinions of him and his work - regardless of any actual knowledge or fact, suspect pictures, times he was surfing facebook and ram nation on work time and send it to his boss and co-workers in tidewater?

This is possibly one of the worst examples I've ever heard in my life, Jeff Cherry. If it doesn't take the cake, it definitely makes the Hall of Shame. Where do you even start to dissect what you just said and try and make it into something vaguely relevant? It's like you scoured every single thread trying to find somewhere you could just mention my name, and this was the best thing you could come up with?

 

[4RunningRam]

One thing they all have in common, they can't wait for VCU's next loss.

My money is on rammad90, 4runningram, or ncin29.

I'll take all your cash and say Jacksonward and an CAA foe fan

So now we like it when VCU loses, huh? Interesting how no one has had anything to say about you going out of your way to single us out for purposes of starting a pissing match


For whatever reason you're awfully uncomfortable with our ability to think independently. It might be to your benefit, however. You'd fit in swimmingly in a cult... or the White House.

 

[4RunningRam]

Would it be wrong to suggest any VCU fan who votes we lose Friday be banned?

It'd be wrong, but unfortunately it'd be consistent with recent trends around here.

 

[4RunningRam]

In the "real world" you wouldn't complain about a co-worker in front of the customer or a team member of a project and expect good results.

You mean you would not start a web site called http://www.fireandymorris.com and load it up with your opinions of him and his work - regardless of any actual knowledge or fact, suspect pictures, times he was surfing facebook and ram nation on work time and send it to his boss and co-workers in tidewater?

lol, is this guy serious with that analogy? Thats awful.

Last time I checked, being a basketball coach is analogous with criticism as is the case with any public figure. You sign up to take the job that's going to reward you with hundreds of thousands of dollars, and you know going in that you're going to be questioned and second guessed. Not everyone is going to love you. Comes with the territory, thats sports! Next you'll tell me that booing pro ballplayers doesnt come with the territory either, right? How boring sports would be if we all agreed on everything that our team and our players did all the time! If you want to compare your job to that, suit yourself. I dont know what you do. Me personally, I dont make $300,000.00, but I'd happily coach basketball for that amount to be able to set up my family and children for life...knowing that I'd be subject to internet forum fodder.

Furthermore, there is no analogous comparison between being a fan and donor of a program and being a man's co-worker. Morrisar doesnt work with Coach Smart. If anything, Coach Smart works for Morrisar and the thousands of fans who donate large sums of money to make his job a little easier and provide him with resources to do his job more efficiently. And I'm quite sure Coach would be the first to agree with that.

Lastly, comparing a rant about an employee not working or wasting company time surfing the net is not even close to a coherent comparison. Criticisms of how a coach might do his job different it not at all similar to suggesting he spends his paid hours surfing social networking sites at his desk.

When people, fans or members of the athletic department get so hyper sensitive about any criticism or dissent , I'd opine that if anything it sets us back a step. It makes us look like a "small time operation", as I heard someone put it the other day in the bookstore, not a program with greater aspirations. And I can't tell you how many people have taken notice to this sensitivity. People who dont post on the boards but read them have noticed. People who have never seen this site but have noticed the icy receptions they receive from those involved with VCU whenever anything short of heaping praise on the staff is mentioned. Until someone calls a guy an awul name or wishes ill on the man's health, fans of any team and any sport should be allowed to have different opinions and be free to like or dislike players, coaches, or management. Morrisar might think Theus is overrated and not worthy of floor time. I might think he's the next Bob Cousy. But we should be able to have a give and take, get past it, root for the Rams, and put that disagreement in perspective.

Some people need remember this is basketball, it's not personal. Give the Coach some credit, he might have tougher skin than you do. If fans or staff are losing sleep because some folks on a message board take issue with a coach or a player, they clearly don't have a heck of a lot else important to worry about.

 

[NCIN29]

Is this the same Jeff Cherry that stalks Joey? I mean the kid is in college and you aren't.....stop posting on his wall. It looks odd and not because your a fan......it's because you are 40 something and he's barely legal.

 

[morrisar]

[Removed Out of Better Taste]

 

[BaNgMyPrOgRaM]

morrisar.. you need to tune it down a little too.

 

[RamboRowdy]

Is this the same Jeff Cherry that stalks Joey? I mean the kid is in college and you aren't.....stop posting on his wall. It looks odd and not because your a fan......it's because you are 40 something and he's barely legal.

What in the heck are you implying? Have you even met Jeff? Half of our alumni and student fanbase give good luck posts, good job posts, etc to our players all the time. heck quite a few of our alumni are close to the player's and or their families. Know your facts man.

 

[morrisar]

[Removed Out of Better Taste]

 

[BaNgMyPrOgRaM]

BangLose

 

[JeffC]

how would you know if you were not checking it constantly anyway... and if you have an issue you know where I will be this weekend to discuss it face to face and not hiding behind a message board...