Ladies and Gentleman, today's special show will lead off with an interview of Washington Post columnist and New York Times best-selling author John Feinstein who will be a part of our program from the onset until close to 4:30 PM.
We also will discuss GW Basketball, NFL Free Agency, the College Hoops scene and Spring Training which has finally begun.
Listen Live from 4-6 PM at gwradio.com
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
GW Basketball: My One Hope
As a GW sophomore this is what I have left to hope for...
Step 1- After this year
Karl Hobbs gets fired. That's a given. If he stays things aren't getting better. The wheel only gets you so far.
We hire a new coach who understands that basketball is played with five guys on the court. A new coach who understands a basic offensive system is necessary to score and therefore win on a consistent basis. GW has no offense. GW has plays, but there is no OFFENSE! See the difference? Running the wheel or setting a high screen for whomever is playing the five every time down doesn't constitute an offense. An offense is a basic system that requires players to go through the same basic motions each time down the court with different variations substituted into the mix. GW simply runs simple set of a few individual plays. My 7th grade rec center league basketball team had a more complicated scheme.
Bobo on GW hoops cited a Greivis Vazquez quote saying GW was a disorganized team. Now if you aren't familiar with the antics of Greivis Vazquez, I assure you, he isn't one of Mayrland's best and brightest. If he can figure this out, one has to imagine any coach who plays us can easily game plan for the X's and O's master Karl Hobbs.
Step 2-Next year (My junior year)
Hire a new guy, but have a terrible rebuilding year.
If you think this is bad, just wait. Wait till we fire Hobbs Magic and hire some inept assistant manager at Maryland Eastern Shore. On the off chance we hire a coach with a shred of competence, a horrific rebuilding year is still necessary. There will be an exodus of recruits and current players, some will of course stay, but the team will be devastated. The A-10 tournament is a possibility, but the best one can hope for is a 89-41 first round exit at the hands of X. GW puts up 12 points in the first half.
Step 3-My senior year
Respectability?
Maybe. The general rule of thumb is that the minimum amount of time a coach can rebuild a program back to where it once was is three years. Now, "where it once was" is a debatable term for GW, but for sake of argument let's say a winning A-10 record and 18 wins in a season as the bar, with a tournament birth every 3 years. Now I don't think that is an achievable mark in a new coach's second year at a mid major program, but as of now GW does have some young talent. By this time Tony Taylor, Travis King, and Joe Katuka will all be more experienced and potentially well coached. I don't think a winning A-10 record is possible, but maybe 15 wins and a plus .500 record.
I'd take that. At least Longwood would seem beatable again.
The next year and beyond.
It would likely take longer than a three year period for a coach to reach his maximum expectations at a school like GW, but with the new Smith Center, which will bring the arena up from poor to somewhat respectable, although still nothing special, things could look up.
Step 1- After this year
Karl Hobbs gets fired. That's a given. If he stays things aren't getting better. The wheel only gets you so far.
We hire a new coach who understands that basketball is played with five guys on the court. A new coach who understands a basic offensive system is necessary to score and therefore win on a consistent basis. GW has no offense. GW has plays, but there is no OFFENSE! See the difference? Running the wheel or setting a high screen for whomever is playing the five every time down doesn't constitute an offense. An offense is a basic system that requires players to go through the same basic motions each time down the court with different variations substituted into the mix. GW simply runs simple set of a few individual plays. My 7th grade rec center league basketball team had a more complicated scheme.
Bobo on GW hoops cited a Greivis Vazquez quote saying GW was a disorganized team. Now if you aren't familiar with the antics of Greivis Vazquez, I assure you, he isn't one of Mayrland's best and brightest. If he can figure this out, one has to imagine any coach who plays us can easily game plan for the X's and O's master Karl Hobbs.
Step 2-Next year (My junior year)
Hire a new guy, but have a terrible rebuilding year.
If you think this is bad, just wait. Wait till we fire Hobbs Magic and hire some inept assistant manager at Maryland Eastern Shore. On the off chance we hire a coach with a shred of competence, a horrific rebuilding year is still necessary. There will be an exodus of recruits and current players, some will of course stay, but the team will be devastated. The A-10 tournament is a possibility, but the best one can hope for is a 89-41 first round exit at the hands of X. GW puts up 12 points in the first half.
Step 3-My senior year
Respectability?
Maybe. The general rule of thumb is that the minimum amount of time a coach can rebuild a program back to where it once was is three years. Now, "where it once was" is a debatable term for GW, but for sake of argument let's say a winning A-10 record and 18 wins in a season as the bar, with a tournament birth every 3 years. Now I don't think that is an achievable mark in a new coach's second year at a mid major program, but as of now GW does have some young talent. By this time Tony Taylor, Travis King, and Joe Katuka will all be more experienced and potentially well coached. I don't think a winning A-10 record is possible, but maybe 15 wins and a plus .500 record.
I'd take that. At least Longwood would seem beatable again.
The next year and beyond.
It would likely take longer than a three year period for a coach to reach his maximum expectations at a school like GW, but with the new Smith Center, which will bring the arena up from poor to somewhat respectable, although still nothing special, things could look up.
Monday, February 16, 2009
We Like Sportz
For my first blog post, I'd like to give a shoutout to all of the diehard sports fanatics out there. I think this video captures the spirit of what I'm trying to say:
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Half Jewish Sports Episode 16
After a week of mega-sports news tune in to Half Jewish Sports today at 4PM to hear us discuss the A-rod situation, Favre's retirement, the baseball hot-stove and the college basketball rivalries.
We also will be joined by James Beale of the Philly City Paper to discuss his article yesterday on Karl Hobbs' inability to coach his team properly all while continuing our ongoing discussion of the GW Men's and Women's basketball teams.
Tune in by going to gwradio.com and clicking listen live.
We also will be joined by James Beale of the Philly City Paper to discuss his article yesterday on Karl Hobbs' inability to coach his team properly all while continuing our ongoing discussion of the GW Men's and Women's basketball teams.
Tune in by going to gwradio.com and clicking listen live.
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