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My post mortem..........

Seneca_Valley

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Jun 30, 2005
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1. This is the kind of season that got Evans and Wanny fired Not suggested the same, but I don't expect marked improvement next year unless we get big time play from individuals not currently on the team. Get more of the same in 2016 and I will be beating the drum for a change. Just saying if we tread water for a few more years the capital Dixon had will be used up, at least for me. Didn't like the his huge extension then and a lesser fan of it now.

2. Artis and Young have improved their offense this year, but are woefully short on the rest of their game. We desperately need help on the front line. I hold out hope Durand fixes some of our problems in the backcourt.

3. I wish Cam the best of the world, but I will not miss him in Panther uniforms next year.

4. Newkirk in better situated at a mid major. Anywhere but here.

5. Not that it matters, bur the so-called "jackals" had in right in January. A great two weeks in February doesn't define a season.

6. Wish I could be more positive, but this season ending crash wiped out any optimism I had.
 
the jackals are always there. they will eventually be right from time to time.
 
zero toughness or physicality...

Young is a decent player with some talent but he's a creampuff--and he's the strongest interior player we have. Not good.

Unfortunately, being physical and aggressive is a character trait. You either have it or you don't.
 
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I laugh every time I read about jackals on the Lair. Who came up with that name and why? Hopefully people know that jackals are generally scavengers and only come out when there has been a kill or a dead body to pick up some scraps from. So if in fact there are jackals here....that is a horrible sign for the Pitt basketball program...as it means there are dead bodies to pick over. Don't blame the jackals...they are just eating to sustain life...they never make the initial kill. Hail to Pitt!
 
zero toughness or physicality...

Young is a decent player with some talent but he's a creampuff--and he's the strongest interior player we have. Not good.

Unfortunately, being physical and aggressive is a character trait. You either have it or you don't.
 
Re: zero toughness or physicality...

As soft as they are physically, I am afraid that they are far more soft mentally. I have absolutely zero faith in this team improving next year. They have no character and take no pride in their performance. What we saw tonight was a team who embarrassed themselves and their coach. They packed it in and quit on Jamie! That was simply pathetic!
 
Agreed.....................


Which is why I don't believe this team will get markedly better unless the newcomers make a real difference.
 
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No idea who came up with it, but is a heck of a lot better than Jiggers. But one thing for sure, jackals gonna jackal.
 
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No idea who came up with it, but is a heck of a lot better than Jiggers. But one thing for sure, jackals gonna jackal.
 
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LOL...perhaps. I'm not the guy that came up with JIGers....but at least it has some relationship to Pitt and is/was kind of funny. Traffic must be bad tonight...as the JIGers have not made it back to the Lair yet:) Hail to Pitt!
 
Re: zero toughness or physicality...

Agree-that's the lack of toughness I'm talking about. It isn't just physical. These guys don't seem to have the want-to, and they never seem to play with the level,of urgency required to won some of these tight games down the stretch.
 
Not 100% sure but I think the term "board jackals" was coined by ....

Gary77.
 
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