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djrc89

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Wow. I took a completely different take from that press conference. First thing he said was that they lost because they missed open shots. He went on about that for awhile .. then begrudgingly said you have to give them a little credit. Eventually he said he has to get his guys to have fun like us but I thought this guy was completely classless
 
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djrc89 said:
Wow. I took a completely different take from that press conference. First thing he said was that they lost because they missed open shots. He went on about that for awhile .. then begrudgingly said you have to give them a little credit. Eventually he said he has to get his guys to have fun like us but I thought this guy was completely classless
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It was his answer to one question specifically about RU’s improvement over last year, I think. He was extremely complimentary In that answer, which ran on a bit long.
 
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djrc89 said:
Wow. I took a completely different take from that press conference. First thing he said was that they lost because they missed open shots. He went on about that for awhile .. then begrudgingly said you have to give them a little credit. Eventually he said he has to get his guys to have fun like us but I thought this guy was completely classless
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Yes saw this too. Have to give them a little credit. WTF???
 
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BigEastPhil

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For Turgeons sake, I hope he has a terrific recruiting class coming in because this is not a good Maryland team with not much upside. Another year of this will not bode well for the Maryland faithful.
 
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He was pretty complimentary. Even at start heard him he say, we’re very good.
 
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garyrc70

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What makes this win even more impressive is that UMD has top 15 recruiting classes year in and year out. Beating a perennial top 20 program can’t be underestimated even if their team is not quite up to usual standards
 
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He was very balanced - opening statement said “ that is an excellent team.....”.
 
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RU848789 said:
Said we're an excellent team with lots of talent and we looked like we were having fun out there and how he wants his team to have more fun, too. Said nice things about Geo, JY, Myles and Harper. Classy comments.
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I disagree. He was so mad he was red faced and twitchy and reluctant to give us any credit until asked point blank. This loss was eating him alive
 
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mildone_rivals

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TheB1GTerp said:
We really don't recruit the same people. Rutgers being good at bball is good for the conference.
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I agree on the second point, which is true of all Big Ten teams for obvious reasons.

And I’ll have to plead naïveté on the first. I am almost entirely ignorant of our basketball recruiting, being more of a college football fan. I was just tossing out idle speculation.
 
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mildone said:
I agree on the second point, which is true of all Big Ten teams for obvious reasons.

And I’ll have to plead naïveté on the first. I am almost entirely ignorant of our basketball recruiting, being more of a college football fan. I was just tossing out idle speculation.
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He started the whole conference off by saying how good RU is and specifically how good RHJ and Myles were. Said RHJ took over the game and Myles played his best game he had seen.

Mentioned them by name.

That is amazingly complimentary.
 
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Local Shill

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Mark has just a smidge more charisma than Chris Ash. Cant't say how top recruits would be excited to play for him.
 
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djrc89 said:
Wow. I took a completely different take from that press conference. First thing he said was that they lost because they missed open shots. He went on about that for awhile .. then begrudgingly said you have to give them a little credit. Eventually he said he has to get his guys to have fun like us but I thought this guy was completely classless
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Not defending what was said but Turgeon started off by praising Rutgers , Harper , Johnson and saying we were for a better word tough team. It was after he commented on the one player on his team who was not shooting well based upon an injury. He then said “ if we hit some of those 3’s it’s a different game and goes down to the wire.” I believe he was fairly accurate and respectful of Rutgers. Think you should re watch the post game again.
 
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I thought it was fine. He's their coach, will spend more of his presser talking about his own team and their missed opportunities than how great the opponent is. Lots of praise for RU.
 
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mildone said:
It was his answer to one question specifically about RU’s improvement over last year, I think. He was extremely complimentary In that answer, which ran on a bit long.
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Yes. The first thing a coach notices and mentions is the failures of his own team

Then when asked about the other team you get some praise
It is a natural sequence, which starts with focusing on your own
 
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I don’t care one way or the other if a coach compliments us - but what surprised me here was him saying we were better than expected. If that’s actually a true reflection of the view he had coming into the game, he’s not paying attention at all. Especially bc he got beat by this exact same team and staff last year. Found that very odd - almost like admitting he and his staff didn’t scout us accurately.
 
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RU_Travesty

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nealbo1 said:
I don’t care one way or the other if a coach compliments us - but what surprised me here was him saying we were better than expected. If that’s actually a true reflection of the view he had coming into the game, he’s not paying attention at all. Especially bc he got beat by this exact same team and staff last year. Found that very odd - almost like admitting he and his staff didn’t scout us accurately.
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We scored 47 points in a half. That offense is way better than expected IMO
 
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