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by Winger
Sun Nov 17, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

Also Dell Orso, who played mostly in his stead, is a huge defensive liability. Outside of the officials and Love this was story #3 for me last night. Arizona came in to this season with a bunch of questions, one of the most significant being outside shooting. So, ADO addresses that for sure. But, h...
by Winger
Sun Nov 17, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

It honestly looked like Tommy needed one more cream puff game to figure out our rotations. There were a few line ups that were head scratchers. Said this to my girl while I was at the game. Some weird rotations Stems from Lloyd’s roster being weird. Maybe he finds a way to work it out and maybe tha...
by Winger
Sat Nov 16, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

AZCatGirl wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 2:22 pm If there's one thing I learned from last night's game, it's that this board wont be very fun once Big 12 play starts.
Not if we’re getting blown out every night.
by Winger
Sat Nov 16, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

Also Dell Orso, who played mostly in his stead, is a huge defensive liability. Outside of the officials and Love this was story #3 for me last night. Arizona came in to this season with a bunch of questions, one of the most significant being outside shooting. So, ADO addresses that for sure. But, h...
by Winger
Sat Nov 16, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

ASU 21
KSU 0

Maybe the ninja move for DRF is to allow Brennan to coach vs the Devils knowing we’re going to get smoked.
by Winger
Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

If I were in charge and I was dead set on firing him I don't let him coach that ASU game. No way in hell. That is a great point. I get the point but I don’t know how you potentially fire a coach on a two game winning streak Whoops misunderstood. You were saying it’d be tough to fire him after UH an...
by Winger
Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

ChooChooCat wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:31 pmIf I were in charge and I was dead set on firing him I don't let him coach that ASU game. No way in hell.
That is a great point.
by Winger
Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

If Jason is right that DRF is raising money what Arizona did vs Houston and ASU can’t be material I don’t think. There is no way she can walk that far out on to the plank and talk her way back on to the ship. And, if it was me, I’d pull a Humberto/Kinerk and demand action in exchange for my $x mil p...
by Winger
Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

Also Dell Orso, who played mostly in his stead, is a huge defensive liability. Outside of the officials and Love this was story #3 for me last night. Arizona came in to this season with a bunch of questions, one of the most significant being outside shooting. So, ADO addresses that for sure. But, h...
by Winger
Sat Nov 16, 2024 8:58 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

It's early. Lots of adjustments to all the new personnel. yada, yada... But, Caleb is not playing anywhere near to expectations yet. Agree in general but what you got from Love in a big road/neutral game vs a quality opponent last night is exactly what you should expect. Not 100% of the time obviou...
by Winger
Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

That's the extent of my point; that there's currently a vacuum in our offensive coaching expertise that's death in modern college football. Agree completely. This is emblematic of why I was so irritated when Babers and Adkins were hired. A complete failure. What Brennan needed at Arizona was a youn...
by Winger
Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Given what's gone on w Brennan now is not the time to bag on Fisch but that QB whisperer never, not one time, could tell who the best QB on his team was and consistently had them on the bench until forced to play them as a last resort. And his recruiting outside of TMac's class was nothing to write ...
by Winger
Wed Nov 13, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Or did most of you just expect to look like a competent football team that won more games than we lost? This is the rub for me. It started with BB hiring his coordinator crew which depressed me beyond belief. I was nearly out the door with the Babers announcement on its own (Mike Luke favorite ther...
by Winger
Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

Watching Duke / Kentucky game- who are we primarily putting on Cooper Flagg? Me too. Need a Keshad Johnson, which we dont have, so guessing Townsend will get a go. Think Lewis will give it a go? Duke has length at every position Lloyd could try that but the dude is 6'9". Might work tho and Duke is ...
by Winger
Tue Nov 12, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

Alieberman wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 7:48 pm Watching Duke / Kentucky game- who are we primarily putting on Cooper Flagg?
Me too. Need a Keshad Johnson, which we dont have, so guessing Townsend will get a go.
by Winger
Tue Nov 12, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

So now that it looks like people are going to get what they want off the wallet of others, who would the next coach be that can not be a complete dumpster fire for the next two-three years I dont care how spoiled or big mad you are, firing Brennan without a significant upgrade in place or 98% of th...
by Winger
Tue Nov 12, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

For those looking for what Clip said in that post above: "I know Scheer has mentioned it is close, but I've heard they have the money. DRF was grinding last week." Wouldn't surprise me. I only talked with several people. But they are all in one way or another connected and 1 of the events I was at ...
by Winger
Tue Nov 12, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Lol Scheer referenced this site(not by name) and Winger today on Luke's podcast. lol, what did he say? Just that there's another site wildcats fans go to (this one) and that Winger brought up the fact that Scheer hated the Brennan hire as soon as his name got floated. Not sure how Scheer was alludi...
by Winger
Mon Nov 11, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

I generally find CBB's pressers to be excruciatingly boring and predictable, but it will be interesting tomorrow. https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1853229629513125944 https://twitter.com/ironmikeluke/status/1853242917642698842 https://twitter.com/JavierJMorales/status/1853084902897717688 Was ...
by Winger
Fri Nov 08, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

TheCat wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:49 pm What message does that send his potential replacement?
That you have to do better than complete failure.
by Winger
Thu Nov 07, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Hard for me to be objective on Learfield. Too many close ties. Maybe DRF will get it handled in the end. What I have heard however is that things are off to a very rough start. My personal experience with the new Arizona AD is limited but would support that observation. I don’t know what BB’s rep is...
by Winger
Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:51 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Was unclear about what Winger was telling us about it being over. He said he can’t be gone unless the AD can get the money but didn’t hint that she had it? Or did he? Apologies for me posting opaquely. Posted a couple pages back "it's over". Intent being: imo this has gone so poorly Brennan at Ariz...
by Winger
Tue Nov 05, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

I generally find CBB's pressers to be excruciatingly boring and predictable, but it will be interesting tomorrow. https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1853229629513125944 https://twitter.com/ironmikeluke/status/1853242917642698842 https://twitter.com/JavierJMorales/status/1853084902897717688 Few ...
by Winger
Tue Nov 05, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

The true game tonight will be the Zags against Baylor Turns out that wasn't a game at all. It's very difficult to do preseason ratings in this era but Baylor brought in a lot of new pieces and accordingly lost a lot from last year's team. If last night was a true indication the Bears could be in tr...
by Winger
Sun Nov 03, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

CalStateTempe wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 7:29 am
Fishclamps wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 7:12 am The only one who's seemingly been able to adapt to what he has was Akina, until half his players tore their ACLs
What happened to our S and C this season? Seems like we fucked that up too in the spring and summer .
Bunch of parents feel the staff has worked the kids into the ground.
by Winger
Sun Nov 03, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Its over. You have to find the $9 mil and blow this up. Brennan was hired in 2 hours with the Arizona AD working out of a hotel room in Washington due to a grounded plane. No search, no due diligence, no competition, nada. He isnt qualified for the job and if you need a second opinion Scheer’s at t...
by Winger
Sat Nov 02, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Its over. You have to find the $9 mil and blow this up. Brennan was hired in 2 hours with the Arizona AD working out of a hotel room in Washington due to a grounded plane. No search, no due diligence, no competition, nada. He isnt qualified for the job and if you need a second opinion Scheer’s at t...
by Winger
Sat Nov 02, 2024 6:38 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Its over. You have to find the $9 mil and blow this up. Brennan was hired in 2 hours with the Arizona AD working out of a hotel room in Washington due to a grounded plane. No search, no due diligence, no competition, nada. He isnt qualified for the job and if you need a second opinion Scheer’s at t...
by Winger
Sat Nov 02, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 593
Views: 27926

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Its over. You have to find the $9 mil and blow this up. Brennan was hired in 2 hours with the Arizona AD working out of a hotel room in Washington due to a grounded plane. No search, no due diligence, no competition, nada. He isnt qualified for the job and if you need a second opinion Scheer’s at th...
by Winger
Sat Oct 19, 2024 5:31 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 851
Views: 67512

Re: 2024 Season Thread

Missing Mackovic? Oh my God we've sunk to an entirely new low. Guess I wasn't clear, I miss how Mackovic could run an offense. Made Jason Johnson into a record setting QB. He most certainly deserved to be fired. Mackovic was hired due for his offensive mind after Tomey refused to have an aggressive...
by Winger
Sat Oct 19, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 851
Views: 67512

Re: 2024 Season Thread

How many more games do we win this year? I see 1 to 2 possible wins. ASU will eat our lunch too Arizona under its season total was easy money and I wasnt nearly as high on the team as most but I am borderline shocked with how poor everything has been. Have been trying to put off coming to any concl...
by Winger
Sun Oct 13, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 851
Views: 67512

Re: 2024 Season Thread

What does Humberto and Click think of Brennan? His buyout if fired is 100% the first 2 seasons, and 70% the final 3 seasons. Being the lowest paid head coach in the B12 does have to account for something with the huge deficit the AD has to pay him off then hire someone at a huge increase. Obviously...
by Winger
Sun Oct 13, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

The Arizona AD is and was using the political event as cover for the failure that this event was from the jump.
by Winger
Sun Oct 13, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 851
Views: 67512

Re: 2024 Season Thread

Fifita should have sat midway thru the 3rd quarter. The coaching has been dreadful and CBB is starting to lose important people, 6 games in, as an insider Arizona good guy. He isnt the AD’s coach either. I guess its still early but its looking like Scheer was right.
by Winger
Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

Sounds like the event may be a political one.

That aside, if Arizona sold the place out what is the likelihood they could be bought out?

Reason for the switch feels like gloss to me.
by Winger
Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

Sounds like they shouldn't bother if they're just going to use Ticketmaster. https://twitter.com/ArizonaMBB/status/1840885147832631433 Couldn’t sell tickets. Possibly partially because historically R-B tix in tucson are what $10? Allegedly they were trying to get $200 for good seats in PHX. I am pa...
by Winger
Mon Sep 30, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 851
Views: 67512

Re: 2024 Season Thread

So what does Brent do? Glad handing at meet and greets? Kind of reminds me of campus presidents, whose main job now is fund raising. Let the provost deal with day to day administrative work. Meanwhile love to see this. And I liked Chief more than most posters here, and I hated Chief! (apologies to ...
by Winger
Mon Sep 30, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 851
Views: 67512

Re: 2024 Season Thread

CalStateTempe wrote: Sun Sep 29, 2024 7:08 pm How does this end/blow up winger?
One league/division only for the elite football programs and everything/other sport goes back to regional conferences.
by Winger
Sun Sep 29, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 851
Views: 67512

Re: 2024 Season Thread

https://twitter.com/JustinESports/status/1837973073200648579 Pretty disingenuous post. Two good wins among them. Classic homer-media misdirection. That take didn’t last very long either. The XII is a very mediocre football conference, and that is with the addition of the Pac’s detritus which upped ...
by Winger
Sun Sep 29, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Let's talk '25
Replies: 212
Views: 27935

Re: Let's talk '25

I think all the nil money that C Love is getting this year will go to Koa next year My understanding is that Love’s $$$ came from a single booster. I’d have to ask around a but but I think you can safely assume that this won’t apply to a potential recruit. Lloyd could find money elsewhere but Love’...
by Winger
Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 851
Views: 67512

Re: 2024 Season Thread

https://twitter.com/JustinESports/status/1837973073200648579 Pretty disingenuous post. Two good wins among them. Classic homer-media misdirection. That take didn’t last very long either. The XII is a very mediocre football conference, and that is with the addition of the Pac’s detritus which upped ...
by Winger
Sun Sep 29, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona at Utah discussion thread
Replies: 34
Views: 1528

Re: Arizona at Utah discussion thread

I would say, 4 games in, that I have no clue what Arizona is. Still getting used to the free transfer NIL era, but this team is as schizophrenic as anything I can remember seeing. Alabama v. Georgia aside. Good thing DraftKings doesn’t work in So Cal lol. Big time win for Brennan imo.
by Winger
Sat Sep 28, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Why Arizona got Lucky
Replies: 38
Views: 2552

Re: Why Arizona got Lucky

Imo getting out from under Fisch as quickly and painlessly as Arizona did is lucky regardless of whatever BB ends up becoming.
by Winger
Sat Sep 28, 2024 5:36 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Why Arizona got Lucky
Replies: 38
Views: 2552

Re: Why Arizona got Lucky

Bumping because I am a bad person. Ftr otos I told Husky Fan this shortly after Fisch took the job. The spin will be 1-11 to 10-3 in 3 seasons but that ain’t real.
by Winger
Sat Sep 28, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 855
Views: 73272

Re: 2024-25 Arizona Basketball

It is almost October and we still don't have a conference schedule? God espn is so fucking awful. Fuck them The issue is that Fox and ESPN share the basketball rights, so they have to pick and choose what games they want. Negotiations take time. If only ESPN owned the rights this would've been done...
by Winger
Sun Aug 18, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: The Big 12 Thread
Replies: 129
Views: 19808

Re: The Big 12 Thread

Personally, I think the whole superconference idea is going to fall apart much like it did in Europe. No one for a big name brand team wants to see them go six and six over season when they’re playing other big namebrand teams only I hope youre right. Imv so much of what makes college sports specia...
by Winger
Sun Aug 18, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: The Big 12 Thread
Replies: 129
Views: 19808

Re: The Big 12 Thread

Winger-domus…where do we land? We’re not football enough for the sec and not “smart blue blood moneyed” enough for the B1G. So where does Arizona go? Dunno. Maybe football gets sectioned off on its own and we go back to regional conferences for everything else and we end up in a Pac 10-12-14. That ...
by Winger
Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: The Big 12 Thread
Replies: 129
Views: 19808

Re: The Big 12 Thread

I don’t see the value add. Two schools in the middle of nowhere will just add travel expenses to the rest of the conf without a big brand to help the conf profile. Yay, we just added the scraps of the P12! I could be wrong, but that’s how I see it. Agree with you on the travel piece. But the B12 al...
by Winger
Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: The Big 12 Thread
Replies: 129
Views: 19808

Re: The Big 12 Thread

I don’t see the value add. Two schools in the middle of nowhere will just add travel expenses to the rest of the conf without a big brand to help the conf profile. Yay, we just added the scraps of the P12! I could be wrong, but that’s how I see it. Agree with you on the travel piece. But the B12 al...
by Winger
Sat Aug 17, 2024 1:30 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: The Big 12 Thread
Replies: 129
Views: 19808

Re: The Big 12 Thread

Anyone else heard, or is it otherwise out there, that the B12 is adding WSU and OSU? I heard this past week that that was going down and to expect an announcement within the next couple months. Sourcing is difficult for me to attest to however. If it happens I don't think it happens until 2026. Rea...