I'm not a big follower of the women's team (soory Poog, just not enough time to add them), but even I know they consistently do play the kinds of teams tht Dirty South criticized them for not playing. Dirty, your post was flat-out wrong and your "media guide" response compounds it. Admit your mistake and move on.
RE: RE: RE: RE: Tardy Respect for the Women, Sort of
7/14/2003 10:14:00 AM
Poster: wishful thinking

I think that we are looking in the wrong direction if we epect that new PG from Christ the King to help us immensely. If you look at the history, GW has been dominated ny some pretty decent post players. This has alot to do with the fact that McKeown dosn't coach the post as much as he coaches the guards. With all the stress that would be placed on the girl, I would rather continue to have Marsheik run the point and let the young one toughen her skin for the year after. As far as schedualing is concerned there are home games this year against Oregon, Boston College, Tennessee, and then 2 games vs. Penn State and possibly Kansas State for a tournament. As long as our girls can pull off some decent wins, then there is no reason why Women's College Hoops won't be putting us in the Top 10.
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Tardy Respect for the Women, Sort of
7/14/2003 10:16:00 AM
Poster: wishful thinking

Sorry, also home games against Syracuse and Georgetown as well as an away game against Florida.
RE: Tardy Respect for the Women, Sort of
7/14/2003 10:29:00 AM
Poster: Poog

Any idea when that Florida game in Gainesville is scheduled?
RE: Tardy Respect for the Women, Sort of
7/14/2003 10:00:00 PM
Poster: dirty south

Whenever I am criticizing a person, team, or event, I do my best to emphasize that it is a criticism. However, my original response was a comment about how to improve women's attendance, not a criticism. I believe that a REGIONALLY known team, coming to play on a regular (meaning yearly) basis, may help out attendance, and that can be applied to any sport. The three Carolina teams I mentioned have lousy attendance. More people attend the Carolina women's soccer games than go to Carmichael Auditorium for the women's basketball games.The only time there is a crowd at Cameron is when the Duke women play UNC. I was at a NCAA game of NC State-Youngstown State @ Reynold Coliseum in 1998, and there may have been 50 people there (and that's not including the cheerleaders from both sides, pep bands, etc.) You would never have a problem getting tickets to see a game at any of those places, even for a NCAA game. I can personally vouch for that. I apologize if my heavy sarcasm has offended anyone. I have only been up in Northern VA for a year- don't quite know everything up here yet about GW.
RE: RE: Tardy Respect for the Women, Sort of
7/15/2003 4:13:00 AM
Poster: Poog

As a relative newcomer to GW and the area, Dirty South, let me give you some insight -- the handful of us who post here treat GW sports as the religion that it is. The rest of the area, especially the media, are heathens. We preach to the choir and play the Rodney Dangerfield role as GW fans. The Carolina triangle you speak of is known as Tobacco Road; the path to GW is known as the Road Not Taken. We speak of many solutions that work in theory but rarely succeed in reality in this area. We are a very small breed here...a breed that cares. Welcome to the club...but unless you're very resilient, you might want to temper your epectations a little...or find a good mantra to chant. Works for me, anyway. Yammmmmmmmm...Yammmmmmmmm...Yammmmmmmmm.
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7/15/2003 11:40:00 AM
Poster: ELJ

I agree with Wishful Thinking about the women's most important need/position. In the 13 seasons I've followed them, the best seasons were those with Tajama Abraham at center. Yes, we had a solid all-around team, especially in TJ's junior and senior years, and yes, we had solid point guard play with ecellent ball-handling. But it was the should've-been all-American center who stirred the pot.

Much as I enjoy watching Ugo play, she simply is not as good an all-around athlete at the position as TJ was. That's not a criticism of Ugo, who's served us well and is an eceptional shot-blocker. It's simply stating the truth.
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7/15/2003 3:56:00 PM
Poster: Poog

Disagree on this one. When Colleen McCrea was injured and unavailable to play the point, GW's offense bogged down. Obviously the big girl in the middle is a tremendous advantage, and I agree that Ugo is no TJ, but we've played in the NCAA's with an undersized center. A true PG, which incoming CtK Locascio is supposed to be, will transform the Colonials offense. As big a Davidson fan as I have been, that's the position that has plagued the team the most dating back to Kristeena's entrance on the scene. Settling down at that position a la Retta and Amy at avier, should do wonders for GW.
RE: Tardy Respect for the Women, Sort of
7/15/2003 4:20:00 PM
Poster: BC

Dirty South you are welcome to come to all of the women's games. Season's tickets are absolutely the best deal in town. And you get a well coached team to watch.

I agree with Poog and ELJ. Our big women have been finesse players, weak and unable to rebound against smaller but stronger players. Our guards have been downright inconsistent. Cathy Jones can be one hell of a player. It's just that one night she can't miss, and the net night she's disappeared. Our point guards have shown promise, then either gotten hurt or failed to develop.

We could still win all our games against lesser competition, ecept for avier. It was just the Stanfords, Tennessees and UConns who blew us out. Now if Rock had a se change....
RE: RE: Tardy Respect for the Women, Sort of
7/15/2003 7:27:00 PM
Poster: ELJ

That's why, and how, reasonable, knowledgeable fans can disagree, Poog. Obviously, we'd both love to have a super-guard as well as a super-center. For that matter, the same applies for the men.
RE: RE: RE: Tardy Respect for the Women, Sort of
7/16/2003 11:11:00 AM
Poster: wishful thinking

Poog, I think that the game against Florida is on December 20th or 21st.

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