Your immediate reaction to the Maine loss

[BCEagles25]

Maybe it was the snow outside. Maine is used to snow and has the upper hand.

[claver2010]

Write in vote: Maine is a good team.

[1981Eagle]

My immediate reaction is that I want everyone at EO to take the day off Monday and we go in as a group and do a Coup of Yawkey. We throw everyone out except York and Gallup and take the place over. I mean I am really angry at what I see happening to our athletics. Short of this, nothing will happen.

[BCMcG]

Posted my reaction in another thread:

I have been a staunch supporter of Al for years. I think he's been great for BC. However, I think it might be time for him to gracefully step down at the end of the season. As a matter of personal pride, when you lose to Harvard two years in a row and lose to Maine, you're embarrassing yourself and the school. The only way to save face is to make the NCAA tournament and that is not going to happen because it will require BC to win the ACC.

I don't think anything will come of it. It'll be more of the same (empty Conte, decent but not great seasons) until Al retires in 5-10 years.

[commavegarage]

My immediate reaction is Rakim and Reggie may have twice the natural basketball talent Dudley has, but care and work 1/100th of what he did.

[twballgame9]

My immediate reaction was that I must have missed it when Joe Trapani transferred out of BC and some guy that can't play took his number.

[claver2010]

I love how you put this on Trapani when Rakim didn't light it up either.

Trapani in 31 minutes FG: 7-18 (39%) 3FG: 3-9 (33%) 17 points
Rakim in 29 minutes FG: 3-10 (30%) 3FG: 2-6 (33%) 9 points

[auggiebc]

My immediate reaction is that this loss is unacceptable. I was able to look past the Virgin Island losses, the Harvard loss, and the URI loss. I can't look past this one. There are no excuses considering the talent gap in the two teams and the dire necessity of a win today. And they still lost.

Al should be embarassed. The players should be embarassed. Unfortunately, the fans are probably the only ones embarassed b/c I don't think Al or the players care enough to be embarassed. If they cared, they wouldn't have lost today.

[claver2010]

And trust me I know Trap has sucked this year but this wasn't him today.

[Heights]

I don't think this is a news bulletin, this roster stinks. Rice carried these stiffs to the tourney last year on his back.

Sanders is a dog. He was a dog last year, he is back to his old tricks this year. He either falls asleep or he gets mad at Skinner (alot) or the players out there with him and he just stops playing. The last play on offense epitomizes his career. He goes baseline, gets blocked and then stops and puts his head down and stands still instead of fouling the Maine rebounder and saving a few seconds so BC gets the ball back with only 1.1 on the clock.

Even with all the lazy play, Skinner goes back to the starting lineup with 12:00 remaining and BC up a few points, exactly where the starters should put away Maine and they don't, good luck in the ACC. Your starters can't put Maine away?.

This pains me to say but even Reggie did not have his usual intensity, must be hanging around some of the other guys too much.

I still like Al as the coach, but these are not Al-type guys. Al has to answer for this one though.

[twballgame9]

I love how you put this on Trapani when Rakim didn't light it up either.

Trapani in 31 minutes FG: 7-18 (39%) 3FG: 3-9 (33%) 17 points
Rakim in 29 minutes FG: 3-10 (30%) 3FG: 2-6 (33%) 9 points

Trapani has been shooting poorly all season. His point have been all about volume. He made back to back threes to open the half to turn a downright horrible night into a just terrible night.

Sanders hasn't played most of the season, has been shooting well from 3, and had 25 the other night. He didn't play well today.

[BCEagles25]

Their season depending on it wouldn't be enough. It would have to be their lives. Then maybe they'd try.

[twballgame9]

I don't think this is a news bulletin, this roster stinks. Rice carried these stiffs to the tourney last year on his back.

Sanders is a dog. He was a dog last year, he is back to his old tricks this year. He either falls asleep or he gets mad at Skinner or the players out there with him and he just stops playing. The last play on offense epitomizes his career. He goes baseline, gets blocked and then stops and puts his head down and stands still instead of fouling the Maine rebounder and saving a few seconds so BC gets the ball back with only 1.1 on the clock.

Even with all the lazy play, Skinner goes back to the starting lineup with 12:00 remaining and BC up a few points, exactly where the starters should put away Maine and they don't, good luck in the ACC. Your starters can't put Maine away?.

This pains me to say but even Reggie did not have his usual intensity, must be hanging around some of the other guys too much.

I still like Al as the coach, but these are not Al-type guys. Al has to answer for this one though.

Sanders is a dog that saved the two games that got BC into the tournament last season. Christ, he had 25 the other night. And he missed three of the bad losses entirely. He had a bad night tonight. Talk to me about Trapani forgetting how to shoot, and where the FUCK was Raji today?

[Eagledom]

I don't think this is a news bulletin, this roster stinks. Rice carried these stiffs to the tourney last year on his back.

Sanders is a dog. He was a dog last year, he is back to his old tricks this year. He either falls asleep or he gets mad at Skinner or the players out there with him and he just stops playing. The last play on offense epitomizes his career. He goes baseline, gets blocked and then stops and puts his head down and stands still instead of fouling the Maine rebounder and saving a few seconds so BC gets the ball back with only 1.1 on the clock.

Even with all the lazy play, Skinner goes back to the starting lineup with 12:00 remaining and BC up a few points, exactly where the starters should put away Maine and they don't, good luck in the ACC. Your starters can't put Maine away?.

This pains me to say but even Reggie did not have his usual intensity, must be hanging around some of the other guys too much.

I still like Al as the coach, but these are not Al-type guys. Al has to answer for this one though.

Sanders is a dog that saved the two games that got BC into the tournament last season. Christ, he had 25 the other night. And he missed three of the bad losses entirely. He had a bad night tonight. Talk to me about Trapani forgetting how to shoot, and where the FUCK was Raji today?

sanders is a waste of talent. no heart. no character.

[Heights]

I won't argue that, somethings going on with Raji, he's in Al's doghouse now and he's clearly not happy about it. He's been flat out benched the last two games.

[twballgame9]

I won't argue that, somethings going on with Raji, he's in Al's doghouse now and he's clearly not happy about it. He's been flat out benched the last two games.

He was on the floor for 32 minutes tonight. You just didn't notice.

[ChipsAndSalsa]

Maine lost to 1-11 Norfolk State, providing their only win.

[Shredder]

These junk losses have to be on the players. While Al does (or should) influence his players' intensity, eight of our players should be able to beat Maine, URI and Harvard without a coach. The team has shown that it can beat good teams. They just need to start playing them. I still think 10 ACC wins and a good showing in the conference tournament are attainable. At least eight ACC games are on the road and two home games are against Duke and UNC so there will be some crowd energy.

[BCDF22]

Reggie, Rakim and Raji were awful today. No effort whatsoever from any of them. we lost the game when we were up 8 with 6 mins left when Al took out Biko and put Reggie at point, and he immediately coughed it up a couple times. Trap didn't shoot well, but hell, he was basically all we had out there. Southern actually got some rebounds. Watching Rakim sulk reallly pisses me off. Raji was invisible. This team has no heart at all, none. It was an embarrasment out there today. I haven't missed a game all year, but Im not going on Tuesday. Won't support this crap.

Ive always been an Al supporter, but this was another awful effort. Couldn't come up with anything to deal with the zone. team came out of TO with no idea there was only 10 secs on shot clock and turned it over. couldnt draw anything up on last possession. can't motivate the guys. This has been a brutal season

[eepstein0]

These junk losses have to be on the players. While Al does (or should) influence his players' intensity, eight of our players should be able to beat Maine, URI and Harvard without a coach. The team has shown that it can beat good teams. They just need to start playing them. I still think 10 ACC wins and a good showing in the conference tournament are attainable. At least eight ACC games are on the road and two home games are against Duke and UNC so there will be some crowd energy.

I'd like to think we could beat Maine with '74 coaching the team. The problem is leadership. There's no leadership on the floor, the coahces provide absolutely no leadership, etc. If you think this team is going to win 10 games in the ACC you're nuts. After we get pasted by Clemson and Duke, the team will mail it in for the season.

[Eagledom]

These junk losses have to be on the players. While Al does (or should) influence his players' intensity, eight of our players should be able to beat Maine, URI and Harvard without a coach. The team has shown that it can beat good teams. They just need to start playing them. I still think 10 ACC wins and a good showing in the conference tournament are attainable. At least eight ACC games are on the road and two home games are against Duke and UNC so there will be some crowd energy.

I'd like to think we could beat Maine with '74 coaching the team. The problem is leadership. There's no leadership on the floor, the coahces provide absolutely no leadership, etc. If you think this team is going to win 10 games in the ACC you're nuts. After we get pasted by Clemson and Duke, the team will mail it in for the season.

yup, shame that this season is over before the 2nd week of January.

[uconnite]

my immediate reaction is that you suck

[eepstein0]

These junk losses have to be on the players. While Al does (or should) influence his players' intensity, eight of our players should be able to beat Maine, URI and Harvard without a coach. The team has shown that it can beat good teams. They just need to start playing them. I still think 10 ACC wins and a good showing in the conference tournament are attainable. At least eight ACC games are on the road and two home games are against Duke and UNC so there will be some crowd energy.

I'd like to think we could beat Maine with '74 coaching the team. The problem is leadership. There's no leadership on the floor, the coahces provide absolutely no leadership, etc. If you think this team is going to win 10 games in the ACC you're nuts. After we get pasted by Clemson and Duke, the team will mail it in for the season.

yup, shame that this season is over before the 2nd week of January.

It sucks because my favorite sport at BC is actually basketball. Unfortunately, this team is headed down faster than the Titanic.

[h2o]

My immediate reaction was good teams don't lose to the likes of St. Joe's, URI, or Maine. or Harvard. Even more egregious is they lost them at home. Al is Toby in a turtleneck.

My next reaction was will anybody show up for the NJ Tech game next week? Anybody on the team.

[Shredder]

If you think this team is going to win 10 games in the ACC you're nuts. After we get pasted by Clemson and Duke, the team will mail it in for the season.

Have you not followed BC basketball before? As frustrating as it is in the early goings, these stupid losses are not new. 2004-05 and 2005-05 were great starts but that team of Louis, Craig and Dudley is gone. Now we're stuck with this Jekyll and Hyde team until something shakes up. Even the 20-straight win opening to 2004 had overtime wins over Holy Cross and Yale.

2006-07: losses to Providence, Vermont and Duquesne
2008-09: SLU, Harvard (followed by three straight ACC losses; two at home)

After we get off to a good start in the ACC, you'll still be in Fire Al mode because the Maine-RI-Harvard losses outweigh beating conference opponents and will cost us tournament time.

I am concerned with the team's lack of a reliable post player because Southern is out of the starting lineup (and may very well be labeled a bust at this point) and Dunn and Ravenel have been non-factors so far. Trapani is a good enough scorer but is not a center or power forward who can muscle is way inside.

[eepstein0]

If you think this team is going to win 10 games in the ACC you're nuts. After we get pasted by Clemson and Duke, the team will mail it in for the season.

Have you not followed BC basketball before? As frustrating as it is in the early goings, these stupid losses are not new. 2004-05 and 2005-05 were great starts but that team of Louis, Craig and Dudley is gone. Now we're stuck with this Jekyll and Hyde team until something shakes up. Even the 20-straight win opening to 2004 had overtime wins over Holy Cross and Yale.

2006-07: losses to Providence, Vermont and Duquesne
2008-09: SLU, Harvard (followed by three straight ACC losses; two at home)

After we get off to a good start in the ACC, you'll still be in Fire Al mode because the Maine-RI-Harvard losses outweigh beating conference opponents and will cost us tournament time.

I am concerned with the team's lack of a reliable post player because Southern is out of the starting lineup (and may very well be labeled a bust at this point) and Dunn and Ravenel have been non-factors so far. Trapani is a good enough scorer but is not a center or power forward who can muscle is way inside.

You don't need a good post-player to be Maine. The fault goes to Al partially because he's supposed to be the leader. The rest of it goes to the players who play some of the most uninspired basketball to ever grace the NCAA. It's very hard to get behind a team who jogs around and shows no energy or heart. This team is pathetic, they're everything BC doesn't stand for.

[RegalBCeagle]

I won't argue that, somethings going on with Raji, he's in Al's doghouse now and he's clearly not happy about it. He's been flat out benched the last two games.

Al doesn't have a "doghouse." He has a Horse Barn. Apparently he stores his teeth, certain players, and accumulated timouts in there.

[RyanBC]

my immediate reaction is that you suck

Yukon sucks, worst school ever. go die .

[1981Eagle]

I won't argue that, somethings going on with Raji, he's in Al's doghouse now and he's clearly not happy about it. He's been flat out benched the last two games.

Al doesn't have a "doghouse." He has a Horse Barn. Apparently he stores his teeth, certain players, and accumulated timouts in there.

I hope it's the same place they put Adam James and Al gets fired because of it.

[RyanBC]

I won't argue that, somethings going on with Raji, he's in Al's doghouse now and he's clearly not happy about it. He's been flat out benched the last two games.

Al doesn't have a "doghouse." He has a Horse Barn. Apparently he stores his teeth, certain players, and accumulated timouts in there.

I hope it's the same place they put Adam James and Al gets fired because of it.

that was actually funny kind of. Adam James sucks.