CHANGING of the Guards - Recruiting future Knights

[ESCALERA JR.]

NC Season86 could well be a mediocre campaign for the LetranKnights, landing a sub par 5th place overall standing.

The previous 8 seasons since Alas comeback in '02, the Knights were a regular fixture w 7 consecutive F4 outings, 3 Finals appearance and bagging 2 Titiles(plus 1 in '9. But since the departure of Jazul/Guevarra tandem last year, seems the horizon looks a bit hazy with no clear transition of continuity to the next generation of Blue/Red cagers.

What is happening right now on our recruitment program? Any one from inside the walls of Intramuros would like to share their 2 cents worth. Something must be done-FAST- lest the walls start crumbling on our leagues winningest record.

Its time to REGROUP!

[LION]

Escalera,


1. Poor recruitment = lack of talent, lack of manpower.

2. Letran pressure defense no longer a factor = Top NCAA teams have broken it with ease in the last 4 years. And it will continue to be a non-factor because top NCAA teams have the manpower and know how to break it. Letran scores a lot off steals and turnovers generated by the pressure defense. That's why Letran is doing poorly in offense nowadays. No more points off their pressure defense, aside from their lack of talents who can contribute offensively.

3. Letran's physical play backfiring = numerous fouls called, Knights always in foul trouble (and they don't have enough manpower to begin with) and opponents scoring a lot from the FT line.

Escalera is right. Time for the Knights to re-group.

[lekiboy]

Escalera,


1. Poor recruitment = lack of talent, lack of manpower.

2. Letran pressure defense no longer a factor = Top NCAA teams have broken it with ease in the last 4 years. And it will continue to be a non-factor because top NCAA teams have the manpower and know how to break it. Letran scores a lot off steals and turnovers generated by the pressure defense. That's why Letran is doing poorly in offense nowadays. No more points off their pressure defense, aside from their lack of talents who can contribute offensively.

3. Letran's physical play backfiring = numerous fouls called, Knights always in foul trouble (and they don't have enough manpower to begin with) and opponents scoring a lot from the FT line.

Escalera is right. Time for the Knights to re-group.

copy- paste!!!

[ESCALERA JR.]

Nahihimbing ata sa kampo natin... ??? nakakabingi ang katahimikan at masyado pang matagal ang S88.
Any updates bugle? ...who's coming in ...who's on the way out.? What preparations are being made?....i believe we will be hosting next season.

Gising mga kabalyeros!!!

[Joescoundrel]

Men's Quarterfinals ___

Saturday February 11 at Trinity - - -

10:00 - Lyceum v Letran
11:30 - NU v Fatima
1:00 - San Beda v FEU

Thursday February 16 at San Beda - - -

2:00 - Arellano v UE

[riou]

I hope magstep-up na sa recruitment program.

tama na ang bangayan between the admin and the alumni. Yan problema kasi parin namin sa letran, hindi padin united ang lahat ng benefactorers compare to other schools. Tapos ang sakit pa ng letran ay yung dahil nasanay kasi sila na hindi na kelangan magextra effort ng school at alumni para pumunta mga magagaling na players samin.

Ngayon It's all about recruitment wars, masyado na tayong napagiwanan.

Bout naman sa Letran's pressure defense I don't believe it's ineffective. It will be effective as ever basta we have the right players. Just to think of the 2005 champion team sobrang balanse ng team at maraming malalaki at agile na players and we executed perfectly many defensive and offensive plays. Last season kahit outmanned we took down the 2nd best team kaso dahil kulang sa talent wise mga players namin. Naubusan din kami ng gas.

We hope Letran will be much more competitive this coming season88 and hopefully we get that elusive 17th title


Arriba!!

[bugleboy]

@ESCALERA JR. -- I haven't been able to watch any of the FMC games lately so I only have box scores and FB updates. From these, it seems that McJour Luib has decided to stick it out with the Knights after his stint with the Squires. This is good news, of course, since Dysam will not be playing next year, and Taplah has all but disappeared. Luib is a serviceable combo guard with a good outside shot, and hopefully, if he gets his confidence up, will prove to be a more than adequate reliever for Mark Cruz and Kevin Alas.

Since we will also be losing Andrei Mendoza, we will need to beef up our 4/5 rotation. It would help if Aldrin Serafica from the Squires also decides to stay in Intramuros. However, since he was a Jrs. Mythical 5 member this past season, this kid may be too hot a prospect for us to keep (unless, of course, some alumnus or school official pulls off a miracle). Ang sabi-sabi ay gusto raw umuwi ni Serafica sa probinsiya. But of course, stranger things can still happen...

@riou -- The way I see it, the real problem before was that the Jrs. and Srs. program of Letran were not in sync -- leading to the rather unfortunate exodus of talent in recent years. With the coaching change in the Jr. ranks, hopefully, this negative trend has been reversed. Sana naman...

[riou]

Ayan isa pa yan. Buti ngayon wala ng ganyang rift between coaching staff ng Sr. at Jrs. very supportive na nga on each other sila nung last season. Nakakatawa pa nga noon san ka nakakita yung seniors naka Adidas tapos yunf Jrs. naka Converse. ;D