Bear Down Wildcats

Hank of sb

If CTL isn't going to use more players for real minutes, then the S/C program needs a major overhaul. You can't just tell the players to suck it up in March.

The problem is ADO and Trey were useless, not S/C. Tommy needs to get more selective with recruits.

ADO was a *ridiculous* mistake ...

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I like this coach. At the end he handles Bruce similarly to Tommy. Also, our players should give a listen to his description of our D, because a respectful opponent who isn't making excuses for his own team will likely tell you the truth about yourself.
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dmjcat wrote:

"Recruit like Lute" is not particularly realistic. The world of recruiting has changed, and pretty drastically, with the inception of NIL.

I don't know if Townsend/Awaka were "All we could afford". Most coaches have kept their NIL compensation pretty quiet. We do know from a ...

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Tommy has one more season to prove he has a clue.

He should start thinking 'now' about next year because if next year's team is bad as this year's, Arizona's bb legacy will fade away.

The fans will disappear.

Lol excuse me? He has one more year? Yeah fuckin right like we're gonna get rid of ...

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Winger:

I mean at this point I have to believe that this — stupidly taking Love back and signing a gaggle of bum transfers and Martinez — is the best we can afford.

Because the alternative — Lloyd has no fucking clue what he is doing — is too depressing.

His pressers are a hoot. Everything ...

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We severely struggle with it, especially when things tighten up in the 2H.

Cincy did a gre job of applying a ton of it throughout the game, and at varying degrees. Top locking, denying the DHOs, jumping passing lanes, piss poor reversals on our end, ect. The opportunity was there all day to hit ...

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The team showed some bright spots for about 24 minutes yesterday (last 12 of 1st half; first 12 of second half)
Henri played the best he ever has, and showed promise for fulfilling the need to replace Oumar; he sucked from three; he looked like Oumar at the FT line; good ibnterior play on both O ...

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I've said this before, he needs help with recruiting. He needs to revamp his staff and coaching style or we're going to be the laughingstock in both money sports.

Bullshit.

The only thing CTL needs is $5-6M more in NIL every year.

With sufficient NIL Ballo is still our starting center ...

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I've said this before, he needs help with recruiting. He needs to revamp his staff and coaching style or we're going to be the laughingstock in both money sports.

Bullshit.

The only thing CTL needs is $5-6M more in NIL every year.

With sufficient NIL Ballo is still our starting center ...

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Warning:

Texted rant I sent to my people below. Dont read if you cant handle the truth (lol, joke there):

If you are one of my people I just outed myself I guess.

I am pissed. Love fucking sucks.
Townsend sucks. DelOrso sucks. Awaka sucks. Lewis is maybe mid. Ditto Veesaar and Krivas. Martinez ...

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Does it bother anybody else how many of our incoming sophomores under Miller we always root for "hopefully having resolved confidence issues" from their freshman year?

Akot, Barcello, PJC, Daniel Bejarano, Solomon Hill...the beat goes on.

Why?

Completely normal. Stanley and Gordon also dealt ...

Hank of sb

The most meaningful statement addendum would be adding a $5 or even $10mm buyout clause. That insures the university in case needed to buyout an existing top tier coach, and deters others from pursuing Miller, and Miller agreeing to it would say he is in for the long haul.

The buyout thing you ...

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Over the past month things that made sense, arn’t making much sense anymore.

I wanna go back to pre-feb 23.

There’s my emo post for the week.

What made sense a month ago, made sense five months ago, and clearly this thinking makes sense to a growing majority now.

Arizona would be better off ...

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No one can recruit to us right now. If anyone can, it is this guy.

I don't agree with that at all. I think if we ended up with a new coach he'd have a much easier time recruiting to Arizona than Sean Miller would bar none. The sole reason Arizona is remotely seen as a tainted place is because ...

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Ignore all the casual fans that are griping tonight. Your just fine. The whole program has been through the ringer this year so much that most others would already be gone, but not you. You stood up for us and we will stand up for you. We are Arizona.

Recruiting may get tough for a while but it ...

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Longhorned wrote:Should I respond here or in the other Sean Miller thread?

Wherever you feel it is allowed. (I think this thread, though, is part of the ''public park'' whereas others......)

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That’s some dandy ass shit right there!

I thought Bordercat's thesis surmised the University of Arizona's conundrum, i.e., the President's office thinking (per Bordercat) and the President's attorneys representing the interests of the UofA's executive branch.

I support Bordercat's thoughts on ...

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I am basically new around here but is there a thread somewhere that I can connect the pseudonyms with actual posters?

Machina I now believe to be PHXCATS...

How or why that is true I have no idea...there should be a sticky somewhere explaining names and histories...

Maybe after this battle for ...

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I've said it before, my daughter a DA writes wiretaps, they must be renewed every 10 days before a judge because believe it or not the USA legal system still has laws in place to protect our privacy...

Everytime they come before a judge evidence must be presented to convince a judge to invade ...

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Yes Hank, but I don't get pleasure out seeing a man's career destroyed to save a freaking malignant disgusting criminal enterprise ran for profit under the facade of amateurism.

Sean Millers career has been irrevocably harmed and he is being singled out. You're hatred for the man blinds you to an ...

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Look we're going to have to go the route that USC did after Tim Floyd got busted for paying OJ Mayo and sign a sacrificial lamb for a few years to weather the shit storm and nobody is better for that than Lorenzo Romar. After every thing has blown over then you fire Romar and go all out for the ...

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ESPN and its executives and commentators are rabid attack dogs that are fully compromised and their shameful actions are a coordinated effort to look official on news matters and try to maintain or expand a declining market share. What a bunch of lying, contemptible disgusting vipers and sharks ...

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BibbysTowelDude wrote:Canning an innocent man is not a standard I'd want to set.

Nor me.

But with Book's firing, he's not innocent.

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As the university will need more help than ever, my first choice would be to throw booster money at the problem. If Arte Moreno would help out (I assume this is a big if), I'd throw a $25 mm, 5-year contract at Chris Beard; then I'd throw a $20 mm 5-year contract offer at Matt Painter. My feeling is ...

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What ever happened to win and vacate?
Only a tactic if the administration has "deniability"

Miller (stupidly) lost any and all deniability by directly dealing with the agent and being recorded

The AD lost deniability with the disclosure of the wiretaps yesterday

By now Heeke knows if Miller ...

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CalStateTempe wrote:Wow the hank in sb post was bananas!

First time in awhile that live laughed out load! In an elevator with people no less!

Don’t ever stop hank!

I'm on it. I work on something tonight.

(I think there are more dead bodies.)

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http://tucson.com/sports/greghansen/the-wildcast-episode-greg-and-ryan-talk-ua-asu-and/audio_ae40dade-1111-11e8-b313-9b4afef8abbb.html

Have a listen to this AZ Daily Star podcast discussing the possibility that Sean Miller leaves Arizona in light of the FBI investigation. Tons of negative ...

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Nobody want to go through the anxiety of a coaching search. And you'd be crazy and stupid to wish for Miller's departure because you aren't going to find a better replacement. But suit yourself. Tim Floyd is available and I'm sure that would make you happy.

What! "Nobody," you suggest.

I don ...

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Exceptional post, zonagrad... I could not agree more with everything you posted.

I find it ironically amusing that those on this board calling for Miller's head are the ones who have likely never excelled in a meaningful way in any endeavor they have pursued. And they are generally the same ones ...

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Just putting this out there: any chance Miles Simon could ever be our coach? He’s currently an assistant for the Lakers and has already been an assistant for us as well. He’s also arguably one of the most legendary players in program history. He’d recruit well. Just not sure he’s ready to be HC of ...

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Wasn't Archie, then Whitford, then Pasternak, now Romar (or Phelps?) the main recruiting assistants anyway?

Pasternak and Book were and we lost them both in the same offseason.

Pasternak is 19-5, starting from scratch. Three of his 5 losses: @Texas A&M, @ PITT, @ USC. Pretty impressive.

Should ...

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Wasn't Archie, then Whitford, then Pasternak, now Romar (or Phelps?) the main recruiting assistants anyway?

Pasternak and Book were and we lost them both in the same offseason.

Pasternak is 19-5, starting from scratch. Three of his 5 losses: @Texas A&M, @ PITT, @ USC. Pretty impressive.

Should ...

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You are clueless. The play was called to have a 7 foot Dusan at the top of the key to throw over the top to a 7 foot Ayton, who had his man pinned for an easy layup/dunk. Watch again and you will see why Miller was pissed. I would much rather have the ball go to the block than to have Dusan ...

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You are clueless. The play was called to have a 7 foot Dusan at the top of the key to throw over the top to a 7 foot Ayton, who had his man pinned for an easy layup/dunk. Watch again and you will see why Miller was pissed. I would much rather have the ball go to the block than to have Dusan ...

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That's the point of my post, that whether a shot goes in or not doesn't impact if it is a good shot or not. Bad shots fall, good shots miss. You maximize your effectiveness by taking good shots because they are the most likely to benefit and go in.

I don't think anyone can declaratively call ...

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Forget the refs, we got out worked in the second half last night,

Just got down watching the game.

Also Dusan nailed that three, twice earlier in the game, Miller’s reaction is out of line . Would rather have him taking that shot in that game then trier, he tried his own three a few second later ...

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Lute was no different. It was always his way or the highway. What's disappointing is that Trier, as much as he's lauded as a gym rat, doesn't give great effort on every play when the ball is not in his hands. And his defensive effort has always been so-so at best. And the only way to have a player ...

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When Miller says the loss was on him, that he didn't have his team prepared, that he isn't reaching his players and it's his fault, he is not calling himself out. He's calling his players out in front of everyone by saying they aren't willing to bust their ass on every possession. When he says he ...

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ChooChooCat wrote:Honestly remember this game well guys, our loss in the NCAA tournament will be a replay of this game.

"Let's win and vacate."

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I wrote a response and when I hit reply, connection was lost. Sucks. Hopefully this time it works. In essence I said I acknowledge your view and that I didn't say I believed they were squeaky clean. I was just asking you to put yourself in his SM or their UA shoes in a hypothetical situation of ...

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Why act now apparently we have no other players in question and book was fired asap. They can't take this year away from us if that's the case. Finish the year then impose something in the off season when all is quiet.

As for this year and 'players in question,' well that's the point.

The NCAA ...

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Why act now apparently we have no other players in question and book was fired asap. They can't take this year away from us if that's the case. Finish the year then impose something in the off season when all is quiet.

As for this year and 'players in question,' well that's the point.

The NCAA ...

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I'm half serious on self-imposing, FWIW. I don't think there are a whole lot of certanties right now, but I do think it is a reasonable strategy not to commit to being able to work with a full scholarship allotment given the Book situation.

I have always felt we have to take some hit over Book ...

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Found this blurb interesting. I didn't realize Arizona was the only school in the FBI probe who isn't sitting anyone.

10. Arizona hasn't officially suspended a player. Subscribers to our CBS college hoops pod are familiar with a discussion Gary Parrish and I had back in November. We suspected that ...

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I think some here are over complicating the packline defense. It really isn't rocket science. It has the same principals as a traditional man to man defense for the off-ball defender - "ball you man" (if you put both your hands out and make your hands into handguns, you should be in a position ...

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I rewatched some of last night - can see why Miller was pissed.

I really enjoyed this post. I rolled back a lot of the plays (I don't do halftime and timeouts), and you're right. I remember the Randolph play. I'm like, why are you in the paint? There are three Wildcats in the paint. Why are you ...

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It's a compiler issue. Everything is running on javascript and should have been compiled.
So "the compiling problem" is why it only seems you are screaming, swearing and cursing the intelligence of all posters that see things differently than you do but in reality when you proffer: This is the ...

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I would be fine keeping him or firing him. There is definitely better coaches out there and I don't think it is too hard to recruit here.

You. Are. Dreaming.

There may be SOME better coaches out there.. they don’t grow on trees and they are not lining up for this job.

Lute & Miller both ...

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azpatnca said:

"But this weekend combined with the FBI investigation and the impact it has already had and will continue to have on recruiting, man, I went from "stand by your man" to thinking it might have been better to fire him back when they let Book have it.

Either Miller had no idea what was ...

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With Alkins, I'd start with the car and go backwards. I think the car alone is enough to say to him we will honor your scholarship but court time is out. Or, if he prefers, they can just release Alkins (legally) with no restrictions. They could do this simply because they do not know and they ...

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