Acker is NOT a BE caliber player

[thanooj]

go.

[MU B2002]

big fracking deal.  Even sampson had a weakness.

Jimmy is like 1.5 BE players, so it all averages out.

[IAmMarquette]

this again?

[Markusquette]

please just close this

[mviale]

go.

Do you work for Palm?

[TJ]

His 8 for 9, 23 point outing has you questioning your convictions so you decided to come here and bash him to show everyone how cool you are before your whole world gets turned upside down.

Am I close?

[Jam Chowder]

go.

*yawn*

[foreverwarriors]

go.

If 6-6 from 3 in a conference game indicates a non-Big East player, I would hate to have to play in the Big East...

oh wait...

[ATWizJr]

go.

do you work for gomarquette.com?

[bilsu]

He is more of a Big East caliber point guard than Fulce is a Big East caliber center. That is not a knock on Fulce, who is playing out of position. They both have the toughness we need. They have Big East toughness and team dedication and do whatever it takes to win. We know we cannot say that about Maymon, who had more talent.

[StillWarriors]

I took this as someone eating crow....no???

[Blackhat]

One game isn't going to change anything on my opinion about a player and points is not the end all be all of a basketball player, there's this thing called defense.  

Acker averaged 5 ppg against the 4 good BE teams we've played so far.   In 22 mpg.   And we're talking about a 5th year senior here. 


Do I have to start a thread trashing Acker everytime he's dropping 5-8 points and playing bad defense?


Anyway, he had a great shooting night and I hope he keeps it up.   I'll be happy to be wrong and I'm not going to root against a player on my team.  

[willie warrior]

I have been a proponent that Acker is not a BEast caliber PG. Nothing against him. He is just short and thin and that is a liability against the bigger and stronger points in the Beast.

he has been a pleasant surprise this year, but we are only 5 games into the conference season, and his performance against Providence was great, but let's see how he does against other opponents.

A bigger criticism is that there should be no reason to have Coobi and Acker in there at the same time---yet they still play 10 plus minutes together each game. We have enough other talent to stop doing that. DJO will be a stud, and should be getting at least 30 minutes a game. Let Cooby and Acker split time at the Point, not play together.

[Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup]

Ummmmm......unless I'm missing something even more obvious, I'm pretty sure the title was meant sarcastically, perhaps calling out people who had previously issued said statement. Some people need to take themselves less seriously.

[DJO's Pump Fake]

The sky is blue

[LA]

Give it a rest already people.

We get it....Acker is undersized and is therefore limited on defense, but others admire his toughness and shooting ability. Must we have the same thread every two weeks trashing our player for no apparent reason???

[Skatastrophy]

We get it....Acker is undersized and is therefore limited on defense, but others admire his toughness and shooting ability.

There's a reason that Rudy didn't start for the team in his own movie.

[Blackhat]

Give it a rest already people.

We get it....Acker is undersized and is therefore limited on defense, but others admire his toughness and shooting ability. Must we have the same thread every two weeks trashing our player for no apparent reason???

The person who started the thread was trying to mock those who have called Acker not BE caliber.


Are people really this clueless?

[LA]

One game isn't going to change anything on my opinion about a player and points is not the end all be all of a basketball player, there's this thing called defense.  

Acker averaged 5 ppg against the 4 good BE teams we've played so far.   In 22 mpg.   And we're talking about a 5th year senior here. 


Do I have to start a thread trashing Acker everytime he's dropping 5-8 points and playing bad defense?


Anyway, he had a great shooting night and I hope he keeps it up.   I'll be happy to be wrong and I'm not going to root against a player on my team.  

Yet this was your response....

[Blackhat]

Yet I didn't start this thread. 

[96warrior]

"The person who started the thread was trying to mock those who have called Acker not BE caliber.Are people really this clueless?"

There have been so many posts continually bashing Acker and Cubillian that I wouldn't have put it past someone to post this for real. I'm proud of those guys. They might not be the "marquee" players that James, McNeal, Matthews, Hayward, Butler, DJO were/are but they play their hearts out for this team. They've played their roles and played them well. It doesn't irritate me to see sh!t like this, it flat out pisses me off. Even if it's a joke.

This year's team is better than last year's in the sense that they play as a cohesive unit and they all are out there looking out for each other. The ball movement these guys put together on Sunday made me dizzy. McNeal and James, while could be forgiven for doing so since they had the goods to back it up, showboated A TON on the court last year. Very rarely do you see any of the guys this year play for themselves. I'm proud of every single one of these players, and am very proud of our seniors - ALL of them.

Off the soapbox. Random question: how do you put previous post in the blue boxes...!??!

[LON]

"The person who started the thread was trying to mock those who have called Acker not BE caliber.Are people really this clueless?"

There have been so many posts continually bashing Acker and Cubillian that I wouldn't have put it past someone to post this for real. I'm proud of those guys. They might not be the "marquee" players that James, McNeal, Matthews, Hayward, Butler, DJO were/are but they play their hearts out for this team. They've played their roles and played them well. It doesn't irritate me to see sh!t like this, it flat out pisses me off. Even if it's a joke.

This year's team is better than last year's in the sense that they play as a cohesive unit and they all are out there looking out for each other. The ball movement these guys put together on Sunday made me dizzy. McNeal and James, while could be forgiven for doing so since they had the goods to back it up, showboated A TON on the court last year. Very rarely do you see any of the guys this year play for themselves. I'm proud of every single one of these players, and am very proud of our seniors - ALL of them.

Off the soapbox. Random question: how do you put previous post in the blue boxes...!??!

The "Quote" button at the top right of their posts (and make sure you write your post after the [/quote] brackets.

[77ncaachamps]

delete this thread

[96warrior]

The "Quote" button at the top right of their posts (and make sure you write your post after the  brackets.

AHA! Thank you!

[NersEllenson]

There have been so many posts continually bashing Acker and Cubillian that I wouldn't have put it past someone to post this for real. I'm proud of those guys. They might not be the "marquee" players that James, McNeal, Matthews, Hayward, Butler, DJO were/are but they play their hearts out for this team. They've played their roles and played them well. It doesn't irritate me to see sh!t like this, it flat out pisses me off. Even if it's a joke.

Well said, +1.  Not sure of the history of this topic on MU Scoop, but agree with above poster.  Acker and Cubiallan get the most out of their ability, work their tails off, and have generally always had good attitudes.  This makes them winners in my book.  Though not prototypical Big East players, due to their size - they have a ton of heart, and for that we should give them their due, and our respect.