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(04-20-2017 03:02 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 08:50 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 05:14 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Honestly, he sounds like a Talley clone.

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He's not. He's more physical of a player than Talley is. A grinder on defense that guarded 4s in the ACC, I'm sure he can do so in CUSA. Offensively, he's not as skilled as Talley, who is a slasher. McClinton is going to play Taylors role with more coordination on offense. Though, we'll see if he can play defense like Taylor.

Mitoglau (6'-10") played the 4 position at Wake last season. Collins (6'-10") played the 5.

I didn't realize they played 40 minutes per game.

(04-19-2017 10:39 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(04-19-2017 10:26 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(04-19-2017 09:08 AM)ODU79 Wrote:  

(04-19-2017 08:59 AM)jumpshooter Wrote:  I was going to let your nonsense go, considering the source, but in this day and age of false news, someone might actually take you seriously. You out drug-testing on Selig, who you clearly have no use for, and call it a witch hunt. But here's the reality, which was spelled out for you several pages ago:

Testing Consent
By signing the NCAA Drug Testing Consent Form, a student-athlete is giving consent to the NCAA to test in relation to
any participation by the student-athlete in any NCAA championship or in any postseason football game certified by the
NCAA for the banned drugs listed in Bylaw 31.2.3 (attached). Additionally, if a student-athlete participates in a NCAA
Division I sport, you also agree to be tested on a year-round basis.

Also, you say BT hated Wood. He hated him -- if he indeed did -- because Selig was sitting in the back of a restaurant one night and BT, who didn't know he was there, got drunk and rowdy and obnoxious at the bar at the front end of the place, to the point Selig snuck out the back door. The next morning began the digging into the complete story of what was happening and led to Taylor's firing. BTW, Taylor has since thanked Selig for the wake-up call that helped him get his left back together.

Maybe you were a big Jim Jarrett fan. I wasn't. But the fact is that being an AD today s vastly different than being an AD in Jarrett's time, and you do realize word on the street is that people in the AD carried him the last few years he was there.

Selig may have made a mistake in hiring Jones (I think it's a bit too soon on that one), but he didn't stonewall football to the point where we're years behind ex Sun Belt rival USF and he didn't have nearly the money-raising challenges Selig does in trying to keep the program competitive.

Good day, sir.

Good stuff. I wasn't a big Jarrett fan either, well especially in his later years. IMHO, I think part of the reason he didn't want football because at the time he's think of retiring soon, it would have been a lot of work for him. And we owe Dr. Runte' a big debt of gratitude for not listening to the naysayers and getting the ball rolling for football.

Interesting story on BT and Selig in the restaurant. I had heard after BT's departure that it was a well known secret in the local ODU community in Norfolk about Blaine's alcohol problem and where he like to frequent for the booze. Amazing how that didn't get out beyond the local community for so long.


Tim

I don't think BT drinking was a secret, and it wasn't limited to the last couple years he was at ODU. It seems it was just a snowball that got out of control at the end. I also, sadly, don't think his situation was uncommon among college basketball coaches until it got completely out of control at the end.

I can confirm he was drinking in the earlier days ('04-'06). Whether he took a hiatus or drank all the way through to the end, I don't know. The couple of times I saw him out were in the early years and both times he seemed to be in control.

He was definitely tipping a few back, I used to see him and an assistant coach or two in VB/shore drive. they would sometimes buy a round or three if we chatted with them.

(04-20-2017 03:04 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 03:02 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 08:50 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 05:14 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Honestly, he sounds like a Talley clone.

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He's not. He's more physical of a player than Talley is. A grinder on defense that guarded 4s in the ACC, I'm sure he can do so in CUSA. Offensively, he's not as skilled as Talley, who is a slasher. McClinton is going to play Taylors role with more coordination on offense. Though, we'll see if he can play defense like Taylor.

Mitoglau (6'-10") played the 4 position at Wake last season. Collins (6'-10") played the 5.

I didn't realize they played 40 minutes per game.

McClinton played the 3 at Wake. Doesn't matter how many minutes their 4 and 5 guys played. If he played the 4 while there I'm sure it was like how Talley played the 4 a few rare occasions at ODU (i.e. kinda, sorta, but not really). Per the Wake Forrest fans that have watched him play over the past 3 seasons taken directly from their message boards in answer to my question about him being either a 3 or a 4 ---


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Re: McClinton Transfer Official
03/30/2017

McClinton is a 3. His outside shot was nonexistent for Wake and he doesn't really take the ball to the basket from any further than 10 - 15 ft out.

He's a quick jumper and a good offensive rebounder. Most of his points were on O rebounds, or plays at the rim. (For lack of a better term "Garbage points")

He's probably good for 4 or 5 ppg and 3 or 4 rebounds. A good role player with a good attitude.
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Re: McClinton Transfer Official
03/30/2017

Well said.

By his build he sounds like Talley, and by his description of play above he sounds like a combination of both Talley and Taylor. I'm sure he is a decent addition to the team and am glad they have him coming in.

Honestly it's good if he's built like Talley and defense close to Taylor and you throw in a good attitude. We lacked an enthusiastic leader last year.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

Never mind

(04-20-2017 08:50 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 05:14 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Honestly, he sounds like a Talley clone.

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He's not. He's more physical of a player than Talley is. A grinder on defense that guarded 4s in the ACC, I'm sure he can do so in CUSA. Offensively, he's not as skilled as Talley, who is a slasher. McClinton is going to play Taylors role with more coordination on offense. Though, we'll see if he can play defense like Taylor.

Guarded 4's for 7 minutes a game??? Lol.

You are such a joke. Every single wake fan, you know, the ones who actually watched them play, have said he's NOT a 4. His size is not that of a viable 4.

So of course here you are yet again embarrassing yourself trying to convince everyone that is exactly what he is.

Serious question, are you related to Jeff jones or something?

(04-20-2017 11:41 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 08:50 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 05:14 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Honestly, he sounds like a Talley clone.

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He's not. He's more physical of a player than Talley is. A grinder on defense that guarded 4s in the ACC, I'm sure he can do so in CUSA. Offensively, he's not as skilled as Talley, who is a slasher. McClinton is going to play Taylors role with more coordination on offense. Though, we'll see if he can play defense like Taylor.

Guarded 4's for 7 minutes a game??? Lol.

You are such a joke. Every single wake fan, you know, the ones who actually watched them play, have said he's NOT a 4. His size is not that of a viable 4.

So of course here you are yet again embarrassing yourself trying to convince everyone that is exactly what he is.

Serious question, are you related to Jeff jones or something?

The really funny part is that he continually told me I was off base in thinking Talley should play the four a lot more in previous season because he was too small...And now we are here.

(04-21-2017 09:20 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 11:41 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 08:50 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 05:14 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Honestly, he sounds like a Talley clone.

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He's not. He's more physical of a player than Talley is. A grinder on defense that guarded 4s in the ACC, I'm sure he can do so in CUSA. Offensively, he's not as skilled as Talley, who is a slasher. McClinton is going to play Taylors role with more coordination on offense. Though, we'll see if he can play defense like Taylor.

Guarded 4's for 7 minutes a game??? Lol.

You are such a joke. Every single wake fan, you know, the ones who actually watched them play, have said he's NOT a 4. His size is not that of a viable 4.

So of course here you are yet again embarrassing yourself trying to convince everyone that is exactly what he is.

Serious question, are you related to Jeff jones or something?

The really funny part is that he continually told me I was off base in thinking Talley should play the four a lot more in previous season because he was too small...And now we are here.

McClinton and Talley are completely different players. I really don't think there are many people on here that have actually seen McClinton play. He's game has nothing that resembles Talleys and can handle own rebounding/defending bigger guys.

Physically speaking they are anything but completely different. Talley and McClinton are both listed at 6'-7" tall and 200 pounds. Unless one of them has a skeleton structure made up of steel and the other is made of lightweight aluminum then they are pretty much packed the same.

(04-21-2017 09:26 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-21-2017 09:20 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 11:41 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 08:50 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 05:14 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Honestly, he sounds like a Talley clone.

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He's not. He's more physical of a player than Talley is. A grinder on defense that guarded 4s in the ACC, I'm sure he can do so in CUSA. Offensively, he's not as skilled as Talley, who is a slasher. McClinton is going to play Taylors role with more coordination on offense. Though, we'll see if he can play defense like Taylor.

Guarded 4's for 7 minutes a game??? Lol.

You are such a joke. Every single wake fan, you know, the ones who actually watched them play, have said he's NOT a 4. His size is not that of a viable 4.

So of course here you are yet again embarrassing yourself trying to convince everyone that is exactly what he is.

Serious question, are you related to Jeff jones or something?

The really funny part is that he continually told me I was off base in thinking Talley should play the four a lot more in previous season because he was too small...And now we are here.

McClinton and Talley are completely different players. I really don't think there are many people on here that have actually seen McClinton play. He's game has nothing that resembles Talleys and can handle own rebounding/defending bigger guys.

They may be. I admittedly know nothing about McClinton, but you specifically said Talley was too light to play the 4.

(04-21-2017 11:57 AM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  Physically speaking they are anything but completely different. Talley and McClinton are both listed at 6'-7" tall and 200 pounds. Unless one of them has a skeleton structure made up of steel and the other is made of lightweight aluminum then they are pretty much packed the same.

Hahaha. Not too interested how they are "packed"

Talley does not rebound. How would you suggest playing with 4 guys on the court that don't rebound?

(04-21-2017 01:04 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Talley does not rebound. How would you suggest playing with 4 guys on the court that don't rebound?

We don't need rebounders when Caver Green Godwin and Hueitt will be making all their shots

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(04-21-2017 01:04 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Talley does not rebound. How would you suggest playing with 4 guys on the court that don't rebound?

That wasn't your argument before you were trying to justify a different 6'7 200 lbs guy playing the 4.

You should probably go back and read.

Interesting....no news on his transfer.

Almost as if he's up in smoke!