How are you feeling right now about the team and program?

[duncanlamb]

EXACTLY. Wash, Rinse, Repeat!

Hey devdog! Glad your back!

 

[vcurams]

Left with a couple thoughts after today …

VCU has a very young backcourt that is still somewhat inconsistent, which is more challenging in NIL area. Hopefully, those 4 underclass men have chance to develop and grow together.

And solely based on production and impact on the game - have no idea why Jordan Tillery has only appeared in just over 50% of the games

#FreeJT

 

[dwhite]

The guy is 17 games into his coaching career at VCU. He does not have any bad losses at this point like other VCU coaches had. Cut him some slack! You posters are acting like he's in his 5th year of coaching at VCU. VCU has probably had the toughest A-10 schedule so far than any other A-10 team, and they are 2-2. Their only loss at home is to arguably the best team in the A-10 and VCU is 1-1 on the road. The next 6 games should be wins, which would put VCU at 17-6 overall and 8-2 in the A-10. How about letting the season play out. If they struggle in the next 6 games, then you can sound the alarms. The season is not over. Nor is A-10 conference play. VCU still has 14 regular season A-10 games to play. And so do the other A-10 schools. VCU still gets a shot at SLU and fmason has to come to the Stu. And then there's the H/H with Dayton. Lots of basketball yet to be played.

"I don't know..."
"We got to figure that out..."
"I don't know..."
"We got to figure that out..."
"I don't know what else to do..."
"We were getting spread out" (didn't adjust)
"I've got to check the game film to see the technical stuff..."

This guy doesn't know what he's doing. Nepotism hire.

 

[G-Man]

I feel like people's demands for instant results have gotten worse with NIL.

NIL and the transfer portal make it possible to re-build and be good in year 1.

 

[DevDog]

Hey devdog! Glad your back!

Hey Duncanlamb! I hope you had a great holiday! I've been around lurking. What can I say, this is the best place to go after a loss. Reading all the doom and gloom and meltdowns are more entertaining than the game.

 

[RamFanatic]

Left with a couple thoughts after today …

VCU has a very young backcourt that is still somewhat inconsistent, which is more challenging in NIL area. Hopefully, those 4 underclass men have chance to develop and grow together.

And solely based on production and impact on the game - have no idea why Jordan Tillery has only appeared in just over 50% of the games

#FreeJT

Young and inconsistent, yes. This season’s growing pains will hopefully lead to a very dangerous, deep backcourt next season.

 

[BaNgMyPrOgRaM]

Wow, the hostility.

I feel encouaged. I wiil be at the St. Joe's game!

 

[RamStrut]

F is probably a bit much due to emotion, but he did explain in his post. Did you read it? Or did you emotionally respond

I really believe his first point is the biggest reason for the results. SLU exposed us. GMU just copied them. They showed we have no discipline on rotation and switching. If we don't fix this, even the bottom third of the a10 will look like tourney teams against us.

Yep. Early on our guards were able to swipe steals when their bigs dribbled. Early into the game as Skinn subbed their best big man out, he stopped him and told him just to take it to strong with the ball and not to dribble. Once they figured that out, they ate us alive in the paint.

 

[RamStrut]

Wow, the hostility.

I feel encouaged. I wiil be at the St. Joe's game!

I love your positivity but how in the world could you be encouraged by this, especially with the defense?

 

[RamStrut]

Fixed it for you.

I’d add NC State in there as well.

 

[RamStrut]

I feel like people's demands for instant results have gotten worse with NIL.

As they should. If we’re going to pay the guys big bucks and we have basically a new roster every year, then I want to win. There’s no excuse as every other team is dealing with the same issues.

 

[Havoc City]

"I don't know..."
"We got to figure that out..."
"I don't know..."
"We got to figure that out..."
"I don't know what else to do..."
"We were getting spread out" (didn't adjust)
"I've got to check the game film to see the technical stuff..."

This guy doesn't know what he's doing. Nepotism hire.

A devastating (and accurate) post.

 

[theghostofwiltchamberlain]

I like Barry, but I don't know how you can justify playing a guy shooting 50/50/30 splits when there is such defensive problems.

Belle is giving more defensively and offensively. Him and Lazar work together better too.

Martelli is loyal to his guy, and I think that might be the biggest necessary change atm.

 

[Mr X]

Wow, the hostility.

I feel encouaged. I wiil be at the St. Joe's game!

Awesome!

 

[northernvatiger]

After 2 straight losses to SLU and GMU, I am not feeling particulary optimistic about the team right now. That said, there is still a lot of basketball to be played. I hope this squad can figure it out on defense because right now, it's ugly.

I see a lot of posts criticizing Martelli, and much of it is warranted. It brings up a question - this is only his third season as a D1 head coach. I know he was an assistant here, and of course, his father was a successful head coach at St. Joe's for many years. The question is why didn't we hire a more experienced coach? Was Martelli the best available option at the time? Was the thought that a younger coach would look to build something here and not bolt after a few years? Just curious what others think.