Posts tagged Basketball
A Tale of Two Marks
Jul 20th
For all the Mark Richt “hot seat” talk flowing from Birmingham like pollution from a smokestack, Mark Fox is quietly going about his business and getting national praise in the process.
From ESPN’s College Basketball Nation blog:
Put it all together, mix in Fox’s impressive coaching acumen and you have a recipe for sudden and unusual Peach State success. Believe it or not, the Georgia Bulldogs could very well be an SEC force in the coming years. And it’ll be Georgia boys in the jerseys to boot. What fan wouldn’t love that?
I am sure the question is rhetorical, but the answer lives in Techwood.
Might Be Good News and Some Comic Relief
May 17th
Good News? Paul Westerdawg has a post up regarding the recruitment of Marcus Thornton, otherwise known as Mr. Georgia Basketball. Fingers crossed.
Comic Relief, just in the nick of time.
Kim channels her inner Jeff Foxworthy:
Keeping these things in mind, I have developed a checklist to determine if your fandom has gone too far. If any of these apply to you, I advise that you lay your “I’m Georgia” towel on the floor and step away from the “Glory, Glory” ringtone:
10. If you outlaw the color orange in your home and frequently threaten small children and elderly people who wear it within 25-feet of you….then you might need some help.
Mackie provides us with a Paul Finebaum show transcript.
So at Georgia, you’ve got 3 big issues. #1. The state of the defense is up in the air, #2. The poor recruiting class of 2010 isn’t going to fare well, and #3. the fans are tired of Mark Richt’s excuses.
Lets take a look at these one by one.
#1. State of the defense. So the heat behind Mark Richt finally got so hot he had to make a move and kick his long-time buddy Willie Martinez to the curb to save his own job. After getting turned down not once, not twice, not THRICE, but FOUR PLUS times by Defensive Coordinators who are now currently employed and pulling serious green…Mark Richt had to settle for some NFL defense lines coach whom nobody’s ever heard of in Rod Graham.
Trey to Stay May Not Be the Way
Mar 30th
Coach Mark Fox certainly changed the attitude of the Georgia Bulldogs basketball program in his first year. Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie were a big part of the turn-around. Both players are now considering their options regarding turning pro, or remaining in school.
Tim Tucker has a great primer on the time line for under-classmen making their decisions.
Most would agree Travis Leslie should stay in school. His game is still too raw to solicit a guaranteed NBA contract. Thompkins is closer, but no sure fire first round pick. Under normal circumstances, both would probably stay in school. But this year, things are different.
ESPN.com’s Eammon Brennan explains why:
In 2010, lots of people who’d be better off not entering the NBA draft are going to, with utmost certainty, be entering the NBA draft. Prepare yourself.
Why? Quite simply, the NBA’s potential lockout looms over the 2011 season and the 2011 NBA draft like the big money-sucking vacuum out of that weird animated Goodyear commercial that’s been on every tournament telecast since March 18. With the chance the draft won’t be around next year, or, if it is, that teams won’t be able to offer their draftees contracts until an ongoing dispute between owners and the NBA players’ association is settled, pretty much everyone who has even an outsider’s shot at the NBA this year is going to be testing those waters early and often.
It is easy for me, or anyone not faced with this decision, to sit here and say Trey should stay in school. Obviously his game would benefit with another year of tutelage, but lure of the NBA has to be difficult to pass up.
I will not be surprised at all if Trey declares. It all depends on who he listens to. Coach Fox is sure to suggest he is better of staying. I have no doubt there are many around Trey telling him he is ready, especially those that stand to benefit from his success.
Whatever he decides to do, I pray he makes the right decision.
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