Maryland Minute - 02.08.11 - Profiling Maryland Basketball Players
by Dave Tucker on Feb 9, 2011 12:19 PM EST
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PrintApparently yesterday was "profile Maryland basketball players day." Guess we didn't get the message here at Testudo Times.
I had to make this one first, simply because when else are we going to be able to lead off a story in the MM that's about Levent?
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Nice piece on Levent. Interesting that Gary thinks he can contribute, but that when he grabs a rebound, he's bumped and forced to walk due to his lack of bulk, which is why he doesn't play more. I bet he has a career high in minutes tonight.
Despite limited action, Terps' Palsson brings energy to court - Carroll County Times: Maryland Terrapins
Good piece on Hawk.
Haukur Palsson a pleasant surprise for Terps. - baltimoresun.com
More Hawk love.
Gary Williams reflects on milestone victory - CSN Washington
Gary got his 664th career win, tying him with John Wooden for 22nd on the all-time win list. I think we mentioned it in the recap from the Wake game, but here are Gary's thoughts.
Time for Terps to make a move -CSN Washington
Yup. It's now or never...
The Official Athletic Site of the Atlantic Coast Conference - Athletics
Theacc.com asked "who is the midseason MVP?" I chimed in with Jordan Williams. Take Jordan off this team and we'd be pretty bad...
TheACC.com - Blogger Power Poll
Want to know what other ACC bloggers think about teams in the conference? Here's your answer. I compile these results each week. The latest one should be coming out tomorrow.
Season of change for Maryland - ACC Blog - ESPN
I don't know why people are making as big a deal about these coaching changes. Are coaches important? Sure. Are they SUPER important in football? Not as much as they are in basketball. Coaches in football are important, especially in regards to recruiting, but I don't think Maryland will really take a step back this year. And if they hire Shannon, they're definitely in better shape than with Ralph. Dinich tries to argue that the new coaches aren't better than keeping "The ACC's coach of the year" but doesn't point out that he was 2-10 the year before (which is why he won COY) and that recruiting had suffered greatly and that he would be a lame duck coach. Pretty sure we're better off, Heather. And I'm pretty sure we'll have 9+ wins again this year.
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and she lives in MD…according to her previous posts
Schools fans who have the biggest superiority complex
Football: FSU
Basketball: Dook
IMO...
…I don’t think Dinich has a dislike for Maryland but I think she has a dislike for how the Ralph situation was handled and that he was fired. She brings up his firing at any opportunity she has to write about Maryland and seems to continually bash the firing and the hiring of Edsall. I think she might be friends with Ralph from her Baltimore Sun days and she’s trying to defend him.
Heather
i enjoy reading her articles…..she seems very informative, never mind she is female….that’s just an added plus…..wouldn’t every sports guy like a sports girl? imagine the communication!
I actually don't disagree
with much of what she said. A quick thought experiment:
Imagine the 2011 Terps with Fridge at the helm. Now imagine the real 2011 Terps, with Edsall at the helm. I see very little “on the field” improvement—I think this is what she was getting at with her “are they better than last year’s 9-4 team” comment. I don’t think having Edsall (and staff) for 2011 is any real improvement over last year’s staff.
That being said, it is a stupid and pointless comparison, for all many of the reasons we have discussed for months (Franklin leaving/Fridge’s health/Lame duck issue/declining fan interest).
“On the field improvement in 2011” is probably going to be minimal or non-existent—she is right. But that is a pretty dishonest way to evaluate the coaching change. First, it was a substantially forced decision, and not a free choice between two equally available options. And second, the impact of the decision will extend far beyond 2011—to limit the evalusation of the firing/hiring to one season is just silly.
And this is from a guy that didn’t (and still doesn’t) like the Edsall hire.
shes has a dislike for the entire acc
read enough of her posts and its shows…also a terrible blog so dont
J-Will eating up the competition
There is another article on the ACC website about J-Will, and how his game improved when he improved his diet, and lost the weight. Now he dines in the paint…
http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020811aaa.html
Why the hate on Ralph and luv for GW? Seems like a double standard. Ralph wins COY and it’s no big deal because the “ACC sucked”; GW wins COY and he does a tremendous job. Ralph doesn’t keep all of the local blue-chippers because “he can’t recruit”; GW can’t keep the local blue-chippers because he “plays clean” or the players “want to leave”. Seems to me that the logic used for getting rid of Ralph can also be applied to geting rid of GW.
- I do NOT want GW gone but the double standards being used for the firing of Ralph but not for GW are worthless.
You make my pee-pee maker t-t-tingle.
Ralph
He finished below .500 four out of his last seven season with one of them being a 2-10 debacle. He won COY while finishing fourth in the ACC in a very weak football conference while Gary finished first in a top three basketball conference for his COY.
We b*tch about the NIT but Gary has never had one season close to any of those below .500 seasons of Ralph that became commonplace.
This isn’t even close in my opinion.
Two major differences, as I see it
The only reason Ralph won ACCCOY was because he improved from a 2-10 season to a 9-4 season. The 2-10 season was the worst season ever in the history of the football program. Had Maryland gone so much as 4-8 in 2009, there is no way Ralph sniffs the COY award in 2010.
When Gary won ACCCOY, the basketball team had gone 21-14 the previous year. Was it a good year in 2009? Not during the regular season. But Maryland finished as co-champs during the regular season, a pretty big feat for a team outside of the state of North Carolina. Furthermore, the worst Gary has done since he’s been at Maryland was 12-16 and that was in 92-93, the third year of the post-season ban.
I, and no one to my knowledge, has argued that Ralph won the ACCCOY because “the ACC sucked.”
I’ve always said Gary’s biggest weakness is recruiting.
And the main reasons I think Ralph was fired are below. Recruiting might have played a role, but weren’t the main reason why:
1. He’d lost fan support
2. Anderson didn’t want to extend him for a variety of reasons
3. He would have been a lame duck coach.
So I don’t see the double standard…
Ralph vs. Gary
Natty > Orange Bowl
Juan/Greivis > Hill/Merriman
Dave Neal > Jordan Steffy
Beating Cal in NCAA’s > Champs Sports Bowl
by Ttown Funkster on Feb 9, 2011 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
Recruiting theme song mix & match
which song goes with which coach, team, or player?
“You can’t always get what you want” – Rolling Stones
“Dirty Deeds done Dirt Cheap” – AC/DC
“These boots were made for walking” – Patsy Cline?
“Bow wow wow yippie yi ya- Space Cowboy
”We are the champions"- Queen
“Mad Martian remix”- Devo
possible answers: Calipari, Roy’s goofy picture, Dickie V, Coach K…
We need a recruiting theme song! serious post only please
AOL Article
Has anyone seen the story on AOL about North Carolina and the struggle to stay relevant after winning a natty. It talks about Gary and Maryland and our struggles and also mentions a recent debate about Gary and can he still recruit. Were they refering to the endless debates on Testudo Times? Check it out.
AOL Article about North Carolina - Md Talk
Yet explanations aren’t that simple, either. The day before Drew left North Carolina last week, Maryland followers engaged in another debate over Gary Williams and what has happened since the 2002 title. Naturally, it followed a lopsided loss to Duke, and it again focused on whether Williams was still good enough of a recruiter to compete.
Left out of the argument was that the two classes following that championship were as full of highly-touted prospects as Maryland had attracted in years — far more lauded than the ones that had formed the heart of the back-to-back Final Four teams, like Juan Dixon, Lonny Baxter and Steve Blake. But those two post-banner classes (remember Travis Garrison? Mike Jones? Chris McCray, ruled academically ineligible midway through his senior year?) underachieved tremendously — or were rated too high in the first place — and instead made up the core of the teams that missed the tournament three times from 2005 to ’08.
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