Bear Down Wildcats

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Jason Terry told KOLD News he slept in his old school blue shorts and socks, so we have that going for us.

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Just curious, do any of her post-season awards from the last two years qualify her for the ring of honor or anything? Because she certainly deserves having her name somewhere in the rafters of McKale.

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I see David Fitzsimmons posted “the boob touch picture” on his Facebook page today. I’m mostly simpatico with Fitz, but that was bullshit. I will admit, defending Benn against this crap and hope for a Wildcat’s Final Four is all that’s keeping me from completely falling apart after having to put th...

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I totally disagree. I have an issue with this, provided this quote was not taken out of context. I've been rooting for UofA for a very long time (long before any player on this team was born), and one thing I know for sure is that the UofA name and brand is bigger than any one person, season, team ...

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From today’s press conference (and honestly, why is this the first question someone asked these guys?): Earlier today Sean Miller was announced that he was taking the Xavier job. Your thoughts on your former coach getting a new opportunity? DALEN TERRY: Man, that's great for him. We're all proud of ...

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I’m thrilled for him, but I’m going to miss his podcasts.

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Overcoming that kind of poor shooting, bad turnovers, and abysmal officiating to pull out a win against a top 10 team is a great experience for them.

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Lev said that the refs gave UL free throws when they weren't in the bonus yet? They called a shooting foul even though the foul occurred three steps before the shot and was intentionally made because we had a foul to give. It was ridiculous. Sean Miller would have torn his shirt off Hulk-style if t...

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Best part of the off season is reading the countdown! Thank you!

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I freaking love Donta’. I wish him (and the others) the best.

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Well, it is unclear if losing Miller was a step back. The program was damaged, and as long as he remained the head coach, the national narrative surrounding the program was going to continue to be negative, ultimately impacting recruiting and credibility. If Lloyd is a bust, then it becomes a step ...

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2) Completely agree with this and I hope we all can rest on this whether we like it or not. Yeah, we took a step back losing Miller. No, we don't know what the long-term future will hold. But this is our guy for the next few seasons and there's no sense in getting worked up, looking backwards, or e...

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Think you are vastly underrating the challenges Miller faced. 3 coaches in two years and no real idea if a coach from Xavier could recruit the West Coast, or coach at this level period. He just out worked everyone till he was fired. I don't think he came up with a top 15 team I think that was the m...

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I haven’t even gotten into hiring Dave Lawn to coach pitching again. Good luck… This right here is my biggest issue. As a pitching coach, Lawn was demoted to defense whatever title they gave him, and we promptly rocketed to last place in the conference in fielding percentage. I am having a hard tim...

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My biggest concern (and I have many) about this hire is that objectively Lawn sucked so bad as pitching coach that he was demoted and we hired Yeskie. Our pitching staff was brutal for 2 years under him. So of course, let’s go back to that. Yes, I care a ton about baseball, going back to my days on...

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UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:06 am Jedd Fisch actually was head coach for UCLA for two games after Mora was fired. Record: 1-1

Carry on

Sorry - I completely overlooked that impressive record.

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My biggest concern (and I have many) about this hire is that objectively Lawn sucked so bad as pitching coach that he was demoted and we hired Yeskie. Our pitching staff was brutal for 2 years under him. So of course, let’s go back to that. Yes, I care a ton about baseball, going back to my days on ...

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Gil Luna and Tony Bullard joining in the sticking around crew.

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Irish27 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 5:39 pm Have a favorite player for next year.

Along with Nic McClaughry who responded with “See you at Hi C”.

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Irish27 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:47 am

Does this lift the curse?

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JJ is allegedly making 1.5 at LSU. Interesting situation with NC State and Vandy. They are missing a ton of guys for Covid protocol. They are playing today with 13 guys, 9 position players and 4 pitchers. They had the option of forfeiting today, and would then play again tomorrow in a true semifina...

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JJ is allegedly making 1.5 at LSU. Interesting situation with NC State and Vandy. They are missing a ton of guys for Covid protocol. They are playing today with 13 guys, 9 position players and 4 pitchers. They had the option of forfeiting today, and would then play again tomorrow in a true semifina...

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I’m also not going to get all upset over him leaving for more than double the money with no Robbins/Heeke clown show to deal with. Also - Yeskie is getting paid significantly more at A&M than we paid our head coach. I’d jump on that too. Where are you coming up with these? We paid Jay Johnson over ...

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On LSU’s boards many, many people have called that columnist out for his lack of credibility, to put it mildly. Early on, he went all in on Pat Casey, than wrote a ton about how Mike Bianco had the job. This column today screams bitter because the hire wasn’t who he proclaimed it to be. So I’m not g...

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I can't imagine many p5 programs losing 2 coaches from a tournament team. How many guys are we going to lose now? 22 players are draft-eligible. And the portal is wiiiiiiiiiiiide open. So if Robbins hires a former batboy with no experience, a crony that he knows from a surgery, or Chip Hale, all of...

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I wouldn’t mind if Yeskie stays, but beside him Checketts I think would be good. West coast guy that’s had a lot of success. I doubt Waz comes back, but would be interesting and wouldn’t mind it since he’s had a long run here before. Not sure he would leave Oregon though…worked hard to get there I ...

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azgreg wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:27 pm
scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:23 pm Pretty amazing we are getting new softball, baseball, basketball, and football coaches all at the same time. I wonder how often that has happened at a D1 program.
Don't forget soccer and cross country.

At least we’re retaining the swim/dive coaches named in the NOA though.

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Irish27 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:05 pm This is not premium information.
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Not going to lie, after the first two, I kind of hate that list. Although, after Stanky said no to assu, it would be amusing if he came here.

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Seriously half of me wants to cry and the other half says why bother? Investing my time, energy, (money when I could and didn’t hate the administration) etc. isn’t working out so well. 5 new head coaches in major sports. But we wrapped up an extension for men’s golf today. There’s not a lot here mak...

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I really, really like Andrew Checketts. So, I’m going to assume he won’t be the hire.

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I can’t decide if I’m numb, or slowly dying. In my lifetime of fandom, dating back to the ‘70’s, I can’t remember this kind of coaching upheaval. And I almost don’t care who the idiots hire to replace him, after seeing who they hired for football, basketball, and soccer. I’m giving softball a pass b...

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https://sports.yahoo.com/yahoo-sports-exclusive-dossier-reveals-extent-of-ncaa-allegations-against-arizona-state-football-055252113.html I find it interesting that based on my perusal of social media, assu fans are still in denial, and think, after reading this, that Jayden Daniel’s mom’s credit car...

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They get 11.7 athletic scholarships that in the normal times they can split between 27 players. For COVID times, they can split that same 11.7 between 35 players. (this year and next.). That’s why schools like Vandy have an advantage because their endowments allow for money for academic scholarships...

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For Stanford to lose that way is heartbreaking for the trees.

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Maybe Andy Lopez will do us all a solid and remind him what it’s like to leave the west coast for the SEC, and why he came back.

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I’m thoroughly depressed at the news today. And I can’t even pretend that I have faith in the administration to not screw this up somehow.

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Did the UofA President get involved? https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1407741584649572357 I don't follow Arizona baseball that closely, but we gave up 36 runs over our last four games so was he doing that much? Obviously I am simplifying things over a short sample size, but it's not like our ...

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I’d like to see Kobe Kato and Nic stay for sure. Tanner O’Tremba would be awesome as well. Just because they’re eligible doesn’t mean they will go. And hopefully they’re happy enough they don’t feel the need to jump in the portal. We just need some arms. And an extension on the coach’s contract.

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There’s a lot more draft eligible players than I thought. No wonder Coach Johnson said what he said about being hard to say goodbye. Not all of them will leave, but holy cow. I’m gonna need to see Nic McClaughry’s Birth certificate before I believe he’s 21. He looks 16 to me. :) https://www.azdesert...

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Tough day. Now already people saying good bye to coach JJ What? Why would anyone be saying goodbye? Rumor is LSU is about to throw a boatload of cash at him. Him leaving would be more depressing than the loss today. Especially after all the coaching upheaval. We already have 4 brand new, never coac...

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azcat49 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:32 pm Tough day. Now already people saying good bye to coach JJ

What? Why would anyone be saying goodbye?

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Might as well root for the Tree to carry it for the PAC.

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I still love Donta Williams though. Absolutely. He is a player I would pay to watch play baseball. It will be interesting to see where he ends up. He’ll be up there with Bobby Dalbec on players I’ll always follow. Side note, Ryan Holgate is draft eligible. I wouldn’t hold my breath on him coming ba...

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I still love Donta Williams though.

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I think the Vandy game sucked all the life out of them.

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I’m feeling quite ill.

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Jesus Christ, this is not going well.

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Damn.

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Nice double play!

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