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Stoglin was a extremely talented college player who had many off the court issues. He was the best player Turge has ever coached and was one fo the best scorers in the country. Turge and Stoglin unfortunately did not mesh. Stoglins off the court issues eventually took over, no way to tell if coached differently there would have been a different result. Those are all facts.

I disagree with people who believe Turge could have no way stopped the inevitable trainwreck that was Stogs leaving. Turge had substantial influence over Stoglin during this time period, the relationship they had most likely didn't help the situation. Coaches can have a significant impact on players decisions. To say Turge is solely responsible for Stogs is leaving is complete BS, to say that there is nothing different Turge could have done to make the situation better is BS. People who argue this team isn't a tourney team with Stogs are completely clueless.

''How are we better than last year, if we lose to UVa, giving us 10 losses?''

Last season, we only played 16 conference games, finishing 6-10 for a .375 winning percentage. Even if we lose Sunday, we're 8-10, which is better in my book. If we win, we're .500, which is a hell of a lot better.

Dez wells does play like a role player and on a good team would be a role player. No idea why you think he has star potential with his lack of a consistent j and shaky handle. Shows me you dont know much about hoops. That is why i have to keep on you.

And yes since I define mediocre as just being able to make the tourney I would be ecstatic to even be mediocre with your hoops messiah at the helm '08. Keep drinking that koolaid with a patch of white in it. Maybe some day if you keep the optimism up he'll even let you taste the real thing.

I kind of disagree with the notion that this staff has not developed the big men. Sure Len is frustrating but the difference between last year and this is night and day. As we keep hearing the term lottery we sometimes forget just how raw this guy was when he stepped on campus. I also look at the project that Shaq appeared to be as he threw up awkward bricks against South Carolina State. Again still a ways to go but he has shown vast improvement since December.

You do realize the current crop was his first recruiting class, he had not real roots established and that one of the guards he wanted to bring in was not admitted? We had a PG problem (among 4 others), the day he set foot on campus, but sure let's expect the man to fix all the problems and start a class of freshmen and sophmores and win the ACC and Natty!

Yes and I am not down on MT. I have always been of the opinion that PH was a ACC level backup pg at best and that was before the injuries. I know we lost SC Jr. but he wasn't known as a PG same with SA. I just think MT took a big chance regarding PH.

Agree

OK, so maybe SCJ MIGHT have made a difference. That still doesn't excuse MT's poor play calling, lack of in-game adjustments, and horrible player utilization during games.

We haven't had good pg play since GV - EH. Hard to coach around that. See GW and 2010-11 for 1,000,000,000 time!

Jordan Williams made that guard play better. Prior to Jordan's arrival GV and EH only made the tournament as freshmen.

Stoglin could have been a great pg but turge decided not to play him at the point, he played pg for gw and put up solid assist numbers (with a better supporting cast).

That's right 7-9 record got a tourney bid. Jordan Williams made the guard play better. FACT!

A better question is what type of offense DOES Turge run? I remember his intro press conference where one of the reporters asked him what kind of ball he plays, probably in reference to the anemic offense (low scoring variety) of his previous teams. Sensing the nature of the question, his response was, 'winning type of ball'. LOL.

Don't mistake my criticism of Turge. I WANT him to succeed. If he succeeds, the team succeeds. He's our coach for the next six friggin more years - speaking of which, when asked the generous duration (8-yr) of his contract, he replied, 'of course, I wouldn't have left (friggin A&M) for anything less!' My initial reaction to his statement was that I liked his confidence. In retrospect, it wasn't confidence, but rather the opposite. And to think that there was actually some discussion last year fearful that he'd leave us for Kansas.