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Assistant Coach |
This was a done deal and no brainer for UMass a long time ago. I suppose they had to interview other cats but the job was Kellogg's from the jump, Calipari saw to that with his connects to the school. Good experience for Nick to get the look but please don't think he was seriously considered. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Success is not an Accident... Prepare Yourself!!! |
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I can't believe that you have the nerve to come at me like that!!! Of all the people on this board OUTSIDER you have the balls to say I don't know my team. I know my team better then you know the palm of your hand. I know that the players have been prop. 58. I also know that there was no plan at all to play Morgan this year. So no matter what he was going to sit out this year. Now Molta-Charles the center is a red-shirt and there was no plan to play him this year. Chris Tolson was the only one that the team wanted and expected to play this year that didn't. Thank you. Don't ever tell me I don't know my team. Until you have all of their cell phone numbers in your phone don't speak to me. |
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All-American |
A finalist, huh? Anyhow, maybe Nickleberry thought that "Hampton magic" would work for him as it did for Merfeld, who at least got bigger bucks--if nothing else--by moving on to Evansville. The big difference: Merfeld punched his ticket by bagging MEAC tournament championships and winning something at the national level.
The jury is still very much out on Nickleberry, who, in interviewing for the UMASS opening, may have wanted or expected no more than to get his name out there for future reference, maybe. I can't be mad at'em for that, because he apparently understands better than many that you should always "Let your reach exceed your grasp, or what’s a heaven for?" Just think of all the millions of people out there who spend their entire life simply marching in place...the same place they started from ... afraid or incapable of reaching, on the one hand, and, consequently, never grasping with the other. Rhetorical question: Does your reach exceed your grasp? Jus' askin'!   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  Hampton U...Dreaming no small dreams...and making them real...GO PIRATES! Where there is no vision there is no hope. George Washington Carver |
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This is getting good. Getting my popcorn ready.
The rumors I heard is that Kwame Morgan and Chris Tolson did not qualify. Trust me, Molta-Charles needed a redshirt. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Time can be your best friend or worst enemy. |
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It's prop 48 genius, and the NCAA doesn't even use that distinction anymore. Guess it wouldn't matter what info you Hampton insider had about who was or wasn't going to play, if they didn't qualify, it's a moot point and you don't need to be patting Nickelberry on the back for a 'good move' that the NCAA made for him.
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All-American |
DAMN, DAMN, DAMN......I WANTED HIM TO GET DAT JOB
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Wow. If you have them, I guess that really puts the "  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Success is not an Accident... Prepare Yourself!!! |
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You know me. What other reason would UMASS would have to interview Nick for other than to fill-in the race check box - saw and interviewed one Kneegrow. He hasn't won chit or proved he can coach his way out of a Crackjack Box. Oh by the way, I will give Nickleberry credit for one thing - he can F--k up good talent. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I owe Morgan a debt I can never fully repay. |
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Besides, Derek used to play for UMass (and was asst at Youngstown and George Mason).
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First of all maybe how we see the MEAC outsiders see it a little differently. The bottom line is we have improved in the win column the last two years. Have the talent won anything yet, NO but they have played count it two years of basketball. Name other schools where on our level where after to years young talent won anything? The program which was in bad condition has been transformed. He has improved their GPA! He is a hell of a recruiter. Outside of the jealous ones on this board he is held in high esteem nationally. He has been a top notch assistant for 17 years for winning programs. He practically rebuilt Clemson's program where they were successful this year. His out of conference wins at HU in the l;ast two years have more than doubled what Collins did. This wasn't based off of rumor, this was based off of performance. The facts, not your opinions is what matters and bottom line he has produced. Ford lost for five years before he left UMASS by the way. He wasn't that successful from the outset. The standards we set for our coaches are unreal. Many of you talk like we are the ACC and SEC but the reality is we are the MEAC. You have to judge our programs in a different manner, mot just by wins and losses. Apparently other schools are doing that. He is in year two of rebuilding this program and in my opinion is building it in the right manner. sure we have a lot of talent but talent takes years to develop to build a team. Generally it's the third year you see the realization of a talented recruiting class breaking through.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ No sense in fighting it. Hampton is better and you all know it that's why you all are always trying to tear us down. |
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Finally, someone gets it!!!!!  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O Hampton, we never can make thee a song Except as our lives do the singing,In service that will thy great spirit prolong, And send it through centuries ringing!  |
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if he sees the future so well, explain to me the overall good hampton university gets from him interviewing? especially since his "job" hasn't produced any fruit yet. i see the personal benefit$, but not the institutional.
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People move up in the corporate world because they have sponsors. There is somebody out there with influence promoting this guy. Otherwise there is no way his body of work warrants being ranked among the top "up and coming head coaches in Division I". Nor has he accumulated sufficient accolades to be a finalist for the UMASS job. This guy has connections.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Some people see things as they are and ask why. I dream things as they never were and say why not."...RFK |
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Okay. I will wait with baited breath for the end of this year. I don't think things are going to be much different under Nickleberry. Like I said, this guy reminds me of what an old hunter use to call a catch dog. 'He can catch 'em but he don' know wit ta do wit 'em.' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I owe Morgan a debt I can never fully repay. |
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OL SPORT IS RIGHT.....DID I JUST SAY THAT  |
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Point of accuracy- there is no Div. I-AA in Basketball. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Diamonds are forever pal, and so are the Hampton Pirates! WHOOOO! http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j33/soonerfan32/n9618022_3878.jpg |
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^^^^Correct and point made. I still think of basketball in football tersm . D-1AA/Subdivision etc. What I meant to say was mid-major I think?
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The benefit is that people are taking note of what Hampton is doing and the progress we are making. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ No sense in fighting it. Hampton is better and you all know it that's why you all are always trying to tear us down. |
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All due respect BUT, what progress (in basketball) are you making? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  Jackson State's cut from the SCG |
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of course i observed nickleberry from a distance, so obviously i'm no authority on the guy. but from what i could see from a distance, his problems are not recruiting and i don't think its x's and o's. to me, his problems are his interpersonal skills with his players. clearly his players are talented and when they're motivated, they can beat just about anyone at the mid-major level. but the key is "when they're motivated". early in the season they played motivated basketball but they were very "uninspired" during the second half of the season. the players' body language said they don't like the coach and won't play their hardest for him. a tell tell sign to me was that i noticed when his players come out of the game, there was zero eye contact with the coach, much less the customary hand touch. if the players won't play hard for the coach, that's a very serious coaching flaw, albeit a correctable one. from a distance, it appeared that something went wrong interpersonally between the coach and players during the second half of the season. if i'm umass looking to hire a new coach, that would be a major concern for me…
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