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Oriole4Life

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  1. If McKenna makes the roster over Stowers, Cowser, or even Kjerstad I'll be fairly upset. It is time to say goodbye to Ryan McKenna. Don't care about his defense. Watch him drop another fly ball like last year vs. Boston.
  2. Probably a longshot to make the roster, but hard to overlook what he is doing. I hope he makes it as deep bench guy.
  3. Who knows? That's why I was asking when he got hurt. Was it literally like two days ago? Or was it during the off-season? In general pitchers get hurt a lot because they put so much stress on their joints. Throwing a baseball over and over with tons of velocity takes a toll. It happens often.
  4. Get real. I hardly think straining your body and doing grueling exercise regiments is the key to athletic excellence either, particularly as a pitcher, whose shoulders and elbows go through an incredible amount of wear throughout their careers. Training is fine, but not in excess. Bodies need to rest and heal.
  5. I don't get it, did he get hurt on the first day? How do you get injured during the off-season? Training? I saw Gunnar was injured too. Dudes need to relax and save their bodies for the season.
  6. After watching Maryland lose at home to Rutgers a couple of days ago, I am sure this is a wasted season. Offense is so putrid to watch, no one can create shots, and when guys do get open shots they either pass them up or brick. Gonna have to win 3 out of the next 4 to even be remotely in the conversation for the tournament, and that is highly unlikely.
  7. They definitely are way better scoring 2s than 3s, they showed a stat yesterday on the broadcast yesterday indicating that Maryland was one of the best "scoring 2 point basket" teams in the nation, or something along those lines. Reese was getting position in the paint and Young was feeding him. Once Reese gets space and momentum going to his left he is hard to stop. Even Swanton-Rodger had a nice score under the basket. I'd like to see him get some more time and develop, cuz Reese in our only consistent big. Outside shooting is indeed terrible. You are correct in that the set-up pass should be crisp enough so the shooter can gather and shoot in a fluid motion, that is not something I noticed. Oddly enough, I though two of the biggest buckets in the second half were 3s by Harris-Smith and Geronimo. Gonna need contributions like that if the Terps want to go anywhere this year. Young, Scott, and Reese can only do so much.
  8. Huge win! Young and Reese were marvelous. Harris-Smith hit a big 3 late which was nice to see. Biggest win of the season by far. Gotta keep the momentum going and beat Northwestern on the road.
  9. While I am disappointed with this year so far, I would like to remind you that this is Willard's second season with the team. He made the tournament in his first year and even won a game. I feel like a new coach needs at the very least three full seasons to have a decent sense of how he is doing developing talent. Home game Thursday vs. Michigan, chance to get back on track. Terps need to string together 4-5 wins in order to get back into the tournament conversation. Beating Illinois on the road on 1/14 would be nice.
  10. I don't like it all that much either. Gonna need Rodriguez to develop into the ace we all hope he can be. Also hoping there will be no regression from Bradish. Any chance Hall becomes a starter?
  11. Terps got Palmer, who is AAU teammates with Queen.
  12. Nice win last night, flying out west and winning on the road is never easy. Young was brilliant. I liked seeing Harris-Smith play with a little more confidence. Traore got on the court, he has tons of size but needs lots of work with his fundamentals. Also needs to bulk up cuz he was getting out-muscled in the paint. Transferring out is mostly about playing time. Harris-Smith, Kaiser, and Lamothe will be the main guys next year, assuming Reese moves on, which also isn't guaranteed. I don't see any of them transferring, unless for some reason they just hate the culture.
  13. I would rate Turgeon as a fairly good recruiter actually. As far as coaching and developing talent, average. Then preparation and in-game coaching is where he failed the most. Need to give Willard time. It's difficult to bring in top 50 recruits every year, only a few blue chip programs like Duke, Kansas, etc. do that on a consistent basis. That being said it is critical if you want to truly compete year in and year out. And the transfer portal has added a whole new dimension. Don't undervalue Queen, if he could get him that would be major, would be the highest recruit Maryland has had since Jalen Smith. There are a couple other possibilities, Bryson Tucker, SF from Bishop O'Connell being the main target, and Malachi Palmer a combo guard from Mt. Zion Prep and also the highest ranked player from the state of Maryland. I watched some of the game tonight. Hard to evaluate against a scrub team like Alcorn State, but the whole team played way better. Nice to see Harris-Smith and Kaiser hit some long-range shots. Even Batchelor hit a couple. Gonna need that from them not just this year but their entire careers at Maryland.
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