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(03-23-2022 02:40 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(03-23-2022 11:53 AM)Stat Geek Wrote:  

(03-23-2022 11:36 AM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  If someone has to rely upon stats alone to define things for them, they have already lost the argument.

Jeff's centers have been among the worst - if not absolutely the worst - that ODU has put on the court in the past 50 years. I can't name one center that Jeff has had at ODU that was better than any center that Sonny Allen, Paul Webb, Tom Young, Oliver Purnell, Jeff Capel, or Blaine Taylor had during their time at ODU - and I don't need stats to tell me that.

While I haven't given it a lot of thought, I could very possibly include power forwards in that as well.

If someones basis for their argument is merely an uneducated and unsupported account of their own bias, its not worth the time it takes to counter that argument.

I agree with you on that Giles. Tell us in your educated and supported account what centers Jeff has had during his time at ODU that were better than what the following coaches had, and note that some of them were coaching ODU far less than Jeff has -

Sonny Allen - Wilson Washington
Paul Webb - Mark West
Tom Young - Chris Gattling
Oliver Purnell - Odel Hodge
Jeff Capel - Odel Hodge
Blaine Taylor - Alex Laughton

Note that these aren't the only centers that could have been listed for some of these coaches that were probably better than anyone Jeff has had at ODU.

Don’t forget Cal Bowdler, a first round draft pick. I couldn’t agree more with your point you are making.