Paul Mulcahy!

The RUT

Heisman
Oct 30, 2011
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Did Nardi have vision? Was he totally fine on an offensive possession going in and screening players on top of a zone?
I can’t recall, it was a million years ago.

What I do recall is hating him because he was obnoxious and always in the right spot. Similar to PM as previously mentioned.
 

BillyC80

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The play where Paul challenged Kofi in the paint and scored, only to have it waived off on a called travel, impressed me as much as anything. His agility, confidence and finesse in those situations is uncanny.
 

Caliknight

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I can’t remember a player we’ve had like Paul. Not to say he’s the MVP, but his skill set is very different. True team first guy, as are the other players, but he can do a little of everything. His desire to go down and bang with the bigs is impressive. At the same time, his ability to take guards into the paint off the dribble forcing rotations is incredible. The team work the rest of the team has on cutting when he does that is impressive. He always finds them.

He gets beat by quicker smaller guards sometimes, but you have to accept that in a 6’6 guard, considering everything else he brings.

That pmay where he tied up Cockburn was such a juice play. That’s one of our guards going up strong against their unstoppable force and winning the battle. You knew then they weren’t running away with anything.
 
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bac2therac

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Had to bump this.


Yeah the game played out oddly so it didnt see like RU went on that monster run...they chipped away in the first half so the 11 point deficit was cut to 4 then the game was back and forth for awhile before RU went on that 17-3 spurt to go up 12.

When you think of it its quite impressive. For at least a 20 minute stretch RU dominated Illinois..thats why Underwood feels his team got taken to the woodshed
 

BillyC80

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IL has two NBA players plus Giorgi who absolutely torched us a couple years ago, and some outstanding perimeter guys who can bury the trey. They built a 10 point lead but we just kept at it, playing our game, forcing our will on them and delivering a resounding team victory.
 

bethlehemfan

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Those were two interesting calls, carbon copies of each other
Looked to me Ike he shuffled both feet just a little. Like a little tiny hop. But i didn’t watch the replay. Looked like traveling in real time to me at least.
 

Riskpool

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Those were two interesting calls, carbon copies of each other

I don't think he picked up his dribble on either of the two traveling calls, so they really could not be called "walks". There was contact, however, initiated by McAuley on both occasions. They ref didn't know whether to call an offensive or defensive foul, so he called neither.
 

RUBOB72

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Nardi was white and from New Jersey. That's about the only comparison with Mulcahy I can come up with him.
Was he White and from New Jersey? ...I think his Italian roots show his ancestors migrated north out of Africa and settled in a place shaped as a boot... like one of my 8 th generational ancestors from Naples.
 

Big boy stan

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Looks like he picks up his dribble with his left foot planted and his right foot in the air. Steps down with his right foot and steps (back) with his left going into a shooting motion. Pretty sure this is not a travel.
 

TM94goRU

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Hard-nosed great team player. He looks like Jim Carrey in the Cable Guy with that headband.