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You scared her one night; Skerry has horrified us in the conference tournament for 12 years. All things considered, you’ve gotten the worst end of the deal

Add another team in the CAA that’s now made it to the conference finals. And they’re only in their 2nd year in the conference. Makes our loss tonight even more galling, as we would not have had to play Hofstra in the finals

Kelsey should give half his salary to Skerry. After all, he couldn’t have done it without a big assist from Skerry

If I were the SB coach, I wouldn’t call Skerry for any tips on how to close out the game

Don’t you have him on speed dial?😆

I can only hope that whoever runs our collective is given a list of prospective donors to reach out to. Maybe there are some donors who voluntarily give, but we should aggressively pursue alums, particularly those who are well heeled

I have some plain bagels in my fridge, that I’m willing to toss into the NIL pot. If the player is good enough, I’d even be willing to up the ante to chocolate chip bagels (my personal favorite) and cream cheese

It’s 3 years…I think. End of 26-27 season

I doubt that info is available to the general public. We need some guardian angels with deep pockets in the worst way

I’m ok with going the D2, JUCO, NAIA route, provided we’re not talking Sylaa and/or Suliaman 2.0. Hasn’t C of C had great results going this route?

Makes no sense. It’s not that he’s a bad 3-point shooter, he’s never even taken a 3. I’ll assume not our plan A; hopefully not even plan Z. If we bring this guy in, it tells you we have no NIL to speak of

Ain’t nothing washing away the pain of last night. A whole jug of Tide detergent wouldn’t be enough

1 coach is a proven winner. The other wilts in big moments like a flower in a drought. Care to figure out which is which?🤔

If this is the case, just give him a lifetime contract and be done with it. Last night’s debacle had nothing to do with NIL, and a great deal to do with dubious coaching decisions. Change always brings concerns of the unknown, but change sometimes is necessary, even if it’s just for the sake of change itself. I’d rather take a risk than continue on the path we’ve been on. The bottom line is getting to the NCAA tournament. Anything short of that is just window dressing. Stony Brook, which I doubt is dripping with NIL money (maybe I’m wrong) is in the championship game in only its second year in the conference. Our coach has failed to make it this far in 13 years.

I wasn’t worried about Williamson possibly bolting, that is until he avg’d 15 or so ppg in the tournament. Hopefully, people don’t start whispering in his ear that he’s too good to stay here. Same concern with Tejada; not so much as to Lowery. The concerning part, aside from our “coach for life,” is that that our limited NIL has to be split two ways: (1) to buy portal players; and (2) to retain existing players.

Good analysis. I might catch some flak for this, but what the hell…yes, we won 20 games, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that 3 of those wins were over Concordia (no, maybe it was Arcadia. Concordia is my dental insurance); UMBC & Coppin. Let’s also keep in mind that our record vs the top 4 teams in the CAA (C of C, Hofstra, Drexel and UNCW) was a pedestrian 4-4. Other than DWill, the offensive stats in the tournament for the players who might be back next season are sobering. While I don’t know this for a fact, my assumption is we may not have enough assets to bring in an impact player via the portal. If we’re going to bring in more Sylla’s, Sulaiman’s, Rizzuto’s, Russell’s, then there’s not much hope. 2 questions as I see it: (1) can Skerry bring in any impact transfers; (2) can this coaching staff develop the players who are going to return? My opinion on these questions, based on the last 13 years, is probably obvious

You hit the nail on the head. We would have avoided Hofstra

He’s the captain for the foreseeable future

I don’t see Tarke as a PG. You may have a point about his season being sort of doomed from the beginning. If he comes back, I hope he’s coming off the bench. I’m a hard no on May coming back, and it goes beyond the airball. I think he scored 12 points in the tournament. Not 12 per game, but 12 total. Bottom line is they’ll probably both be back. Heaven help us if so, because it’ll take divine intervention for us to win with these 2 bricklayers

Look, I’ve posed this question before, and I’ll do so again now…who would we want back next year from this team? The list is dwindling. IMHO, it’s down to Lowery, Tejada and Williamson. Can anyone truly say they enthusiastically want May back? Jones? Tarke? Suliaman? Coleman? Cole? (This one pains me, because I held out great hope for him, but no longer, at least not here).

Agreed. He’s a kid and at the end of the day it’s just a basketball game. Having said that, I hope he has a good junior and senior season, and gets his degree…at another school. Skerry might want to bring him back, so he can work through any stigma associated with his air ball (I still can’t believe it), but I’m not sure how he does that by coming back. I guess you could say he shouldn’t run away from this & should face any demons he might have head on. I say a change of scenery and fresh start elsewhere would be best for all involved

Do you mean the year 2525 (Zager and Evans)?

I think it would be best for May if he had a change of scenery starting next season. It’s too simplistic to blame the loss on him, but his air ball epitomizes the futility of the Skerry era. What did he score in these 3 games, 10 points? And he was our leading scorer in the regular season. Look, it is what it is. We will NEVER beat C of C in the conference tournament. They have a million dollar NIL war chest; we maybe have 1/10th of that. Even if Kelsey leaves for greener pastures, we are saddled with Skerry in perpetuity. I’m reconciled to the fact we will not make the NCAA Tournament again in my lifetime

In fairness, this “us against the world” mantra has worked so far. I’d love for him to successfully go back to the well tonight

A grim vision of a dystopian future 😆. I for one am hoping for an alternate ending. Like a director’s cut, and I’m the director