time to go Al...

[Eagledom]

it just keeps getting more pathetic. Please pack your bags and take Rakim Sanders with you. Thanks.

[EaglesTalon]

congrats on the loss, OJ.

[eepstein0]

Josh Southern and Biko Paris, I demand you both transfer immediately. Right now.

Rakim Sanders, you can stay, I'm willing to at least see what you can do next season. On the other hand, for Southern and Paris, you guys both need to transfer to University of New Hampshire immediately. You actually probably won't be the best players on that team, but I can guarantee neither of you fit in the ACC.

Al Skinner =

[commavegarage]

I'm not about to get on OJ. Anybody who just sat through two hours of that atrocity that Al Skinner would like to call a basketball game should asked for a refund for the rest of their season tickets.

It's not time to go Al. It was time to go. Months ago it was time to go. This is just another piece in the mountain of evidence.

[Dirtywater]

Hey - go easy on New Hampshire - we have already lost to Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont. New Hampshire is the only second rate New England basketball program we haven't lost to yet. I recommend they transfer to someplace we could never play like say Weber State.

[Eagledom]

congrats on the loss, OJ.

some of us BC fans don't want to accept mediocrity (or less). Glad you enjoy it though.

[EaglesTalon]

congrats on the loss, OJ.

some of us BC fans don't want to accept mediocrity (or less). Glad you enjoy it though.

coming from the guy that used to lick TOB's taint, that's funny.

[Endless Mike]

[auggiebc]

My growing fear: How do they get better /more competitive next year? We're now approaching the end of year-3 for the core, and they are digressing, not improving.

We are playing in a ridiculously weak ACC this year with 4 returning starters from an NCAA tournament team a year ago, witht the core in its 3rd year together.....And we can't win a game.

Let that sink in for a minute. Scary.

[2008Eagle]

My growing fear: How do they get better /more competitive next year? We're now approaching the end of year-3 for the core, and they are digressing, not improving.

We are playing in a ridiculously weak ACC this year with 4 returning starters from an NCAA tournament team a year ago, witht the core in its 3rd year together.....And we can't win a game.

Let that sink in for a minute. Scary.

Next year does scare me. I mean, we all wrote this season off weeks ago and turned our focus to 10-11, but the more I think about it, the more I think next year might be similar to this one. I hope that's not the case, but it's going to be essentially the same group and therefore the same boneheads calling the shots, which doesn't exactly inspire me. If BC played this season the way they did last year, we'd be in the running for an ACC tourney bye right now, but instead we're fighting to stay out of the basement in a conference where most teams are quite beatable.

I'm still in shock at how big a step backwards this team took this season. There's so much shit to fix on this team, I wouldn't even know where to begin.

[Dirtywater]

My growing fear: How do they get better /more competitive next year? We're now approaching the end of year-3 for the core, and they are digressing, not improving.

We are playing in a ridiculously weak ACC this year with 4 returning starters from an NCAA tournament team a year ago, witht the core in its 3rd year together.....And we can't win a game.

Let that sink in for a minute. Scary.

It has sunk in. Nothing could really be scarier than losing to Maine and Harvard. I think we are beyond scared to the point where you just can't even get nauseous any more. Since I really do not see our program ever taking off with Skinner and staff, the scariest thing to me is for Al to have enough of a mediocre season next year to save his job indefinitely. Unless the next two recruiting classes turn out to be phenomenal (and how much faith do you have in that?), it could be much uglier for the first couple years after these juniors graduate because of Al's failure to bring in anybody new this year. In any event, the beauty of basketball is that you just need five guys and a good new coach can truly turn things around after a couple seasons. I think what is so frustrating is that a school like BC should really be excelling at this sport much more so than football where the scale and expense make it much more challenging.

[Eagledom]

congrats on the loss, OJ.

some of us BC fans don't want to accept mediocrity (or less). Glad you enjoy it though.

coming from the guy that used to lick TOB's taint, that's funny.

Interesting take, considering I hated TOB and often compare Al to him. Good try though. I guess you come from the HJS school of debate. If you can't beat 'em, make something up.

[chughes543]

You guys mean that you don't enjoy watching the offense this year? I mean it's not like the offense stands around for 30 seconds and then throws up garbage threes or anything. 47 points is embarassing.

[EaglesTalon]

congrats on the loss, OJ.

some of us BC fans don't want to accept mediocrity (or less). Glad you enjoy it though.

coming from the guy that used to lick TOB's taint, that's funny.

Interesting take, considering I hated TOB and often compare Al to him. Good try though. I guess you come from the HJS school of debate. If you can't beat 'em, make something up.

[eepstein0]

Nothing Skinner did or said in the huddle during timeouts seemed to matter.

“You have to give Florida State a lot of credit,’’ said Skinner. “They played great defensively, they made it very difficult for us.’’

But when Skinner was asked if the Seminoles did anything different after the first half, he shook his head.

“They did nothing different,’’ said Skinner. “It was the same defense from the previous game with us, and from the first half [last night]. We just didn’t maintain our concentration on offense, for whatever reason. Our shots in the second half were not particularly good. I thought we were anxious.’’

Al, wake up. Why do you think GDF hired you? You're supposed to actually coach the team, not just sit there and stare off into space. If they didn't change anything from the last game, how about you try a new offense/something else?

[DavidGordonsFoot]

Fire Gene.

[buconvict]

(Insert sarcastic comment about Paris being better for the TEAM than Tyrese Rice here)

(Insert stupid rebuttals below)

[Eagledom]

(Insert sarcastic comment about Paris being better for the TEAM than Tyrese Rice here)

(Insert stupid rebuttals below)

i will say that this team was better with Rice because he could actually score, but that's not high praise...its more of an indictment of just how bad that recruiting has been when you see how far this team has fallen after losing a pure scorer and horrible team player at PG. The Al apologists and the "we are what we are" crowds are eating their words now and seeing what I have been saying forever....Skinner sucks.

[claver2010]

The Al apologists and the "we are what we are" crowds are eating their words now and seeing what I have been saying forever....Skinner sucks.

Someone has been absent for a while.....

[Eagledom]

The Al apologists and the "we are what we are" crowds are eating their words now and seeing what I have been saying forever....Skinner sucks.

Someone has been absent for a while.....

well TWB has been wrong about so much its comical....no wonder he doesn't post about hoops anymore (you know, because Southern will we a star, Sanders is 1st team All ACC, etc).

but yes, and so were convict, cadillac, and Eagle talon -- coincidentally the 4 biggest "al is the best coach BC could ever get" proclaimers

[GreenvilleEagle]

The Al apologists and the "we are what we are" crowds are eating their words now and seeing what I have been saying forever....Skinner sucks.

Someone has been absent for a while.....

well TWB has been wrong about so much its comical....no wonder he doesn't post about hoops anymore (you know, because Southern will we a star, Sanders is 1st team All ACC, etc).

but yes, and so were convict, cadillac, and Eagle talon -- coincidentally the 4 biggest "al is the best coach BC could ever get" proclaimers

Do you sell used golf clubs as a profession?

[eepstein0]

The Al apologists and the "we are what we are" crowds are eating their words now and seeing what I have been saying forever....Skinner sucks.

Someone has been absent for a while.....

well TWB has been wrong about so much its comical....no wonder he doesn't post about hoops anymore (you know, because Southern will we a star, Sanders is 1st team All ACC, etc).

but yes, and so were convict, cadillac, and Eagle talon -- coincidentally the 4 biggest "al is the best coach BC could ever get" proclaimers

Cadillac loves Al. Not sure what his deal is.

I think, and I could be wrong here, but TWB is beginning to come over to our side of this argument that Skinner is a mediocre coach.

[Eagledom]

i'm fairly certain teddy's admitted he was wrong about sanders and surprised by how soft southern is.

i'm also not sure there's anyone left in al's camp.

that said, i don;t see what you folks expect from them - hourly apologies and admissions of mistake? this team sucks, the outlook is bleak, and we're all learning to deal with it. congratulations - you got your wish

I didn't get my wish until Al is gone. And I have yet to hear any of them say they were wrong about any of the above. In fact, its just the opposite. They all either stop posting on the hoops board almost completely, and when they do, they still think Al is great, sanders is a future NBA star, and Southern just needs more time.

Its actually pathetic how long it took for some of these idiots to realize how mediocre of a coach Al is ad how bad his recruiting has been.

[EaglesTalon]

how mediocre of a coach Al is ad how bad his recruiting has been.

how does a shitty coach who sucks at recruiting not finish in dead last in the two best conferences year after year after year? This year has definitely been a disappointment, but over his history, Al is either a good recruiter and a bad coach or a bad recruiter and a good coach.

[Eagledom]

how mediocre of a coach Al is ad how bad his recruiting has been.

how does a shitty coach who sucks at recruiting not finish in dead last in the two best conferences year after year after year? This year has definitely been a disappointment, but over his history, Al is either a good recruiter and a bad coach or a bad recruiter and a good coach.

see?

[EaglesTalon]

how mediocre of a coach Al is ad how bad his recruiting has been.

how does a shitty coach who sucks at recruiting not finish in dead last in the two best conferences year after year after year? This year has definitely been a disappointment, but over his history, Al is either a good recruiter and a bad coach or a bad recruiter and a good coach.

see?

see what? the fact that you constantly evade the point that if Al Skinner was a bad coach and a bad recruiter, BC never would have finished above last place in the Big East or the ACC.

He must have done something right over his tenure.

[Eagledom]

how mediocre of a coach Al is ad how bad his recruiting has been.

how does a shitty coach who sucks at recruiting not finish in dead last in the two best conferences year after year after year? This year has definitely been a disappointment, but over his history, Al is either a good recruiter and a bad coach or a bad recruiter and a good coach.

see?

see what? the fact that you constantly evade the point that if Al Skinner was a bad coach and a bad recruiter, BC never would have finished above last place in the Big East or the ACC.

He must have done something right over his tenure.

WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!! we don't finish in dead last every year!!!!!!! Bring back TOB in football!!!!!!!! Nice expectations.

[EaglesTalon]

how mediocre of a coach Al is ad how bad his recruiting has been.

how does a shitty coach who sucks at recruiting not finish in dead last in the two best conferences year after year after year? This year has definitely been a disappointment, but over his history, Al is either a good recruiter and a bad coach or a bad recruiter and a good coach.

see?

see what? the fact that you constantly evade the point that if Al Skinner was a bad coach and a bad recruiter, BC never would have finished above last place in the Big East or the ACC.

He must have done something right over his tenure.

WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!! we don't finish in dead last every year!!!!!!! Bring back TOB in football!!!!!!!! Nice expectations.

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[commavegarage]

It's not that Al hasn't EVER done something. He has had regular season success for long stretches of time. But he is past his time now, and has been for at least 2 or so years. It's time to part ways.

[EaglesTalon]

It's not that Al hasn't EVER done something. He has had regular season success for long stretches of time. But he is past his time now, and has been for at least 2 or so years. It's time to part ways.

And if Al parts ways with BC, are you going to be happy with Tim O'Shea, who can't even coach Bryant to a single victory? Because Gene won't hire anyone he thinks might be good enough to get a better job offer.