Bear Down Wildcats

Hank of sb

Interesting thanks. Memory feels the same to me during the Miller years as well, however. But maybe memory fails. Seems like every off season its “Arizona expects him back” or “he is in or he is out”, then things start to unravel, Scheer pivots a bit, but it takes a poster (used to frequently be ...

Hank of sb

Fair enough. Last time I looked there were two wings in the portal that fit the bill but they may want $2Mil.

So you're right. There's that.

Dame Sarr may be worth every bit of $3mm given how much free pub---during the entire basketball season-- he's going to give that university.

Hank of sb

However, I agree that it's time to revisit with the family, especially if there is a proven American 4* wing/guard that has been damn good waiting in the portal AND wants to come to Arizona for 1.25 Mil.

It could be this 4* player is all the team really needs.

I'll have what he's having ...

Hank of sb

However, I agree that it's time to revisit with the family, especially if there is a proven American 4* wing/guard that has been damn good waiting in the portal AND wants to come to Arizona for 1.25 Mil.

It could be this 4* player is all the team really needs.

Hank of sb

I just wish he would get with Tracey Chapman and make a decision.

He's got a fast car?

Can someone give him one reason to stay here?

If he really wants all the experiences that come with playing another season at Arizona and is willing to put off hoops as a cutthroat isolating ...

Hank of sb

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My fear is that we just get developmental prospects from here out and we roll with a Bradley, Burries, ADO, Awaka, Krivas starting lineup and our 3/4 matchups just fucking kill us early in the season until Aristode and Peat start getting some ...

Hank of sb

Yeah man Sarr would be fun to have, but we're not gonna pay what he wants.

Yes. And whoever gets him becomes top-4 all year long (whatever that's worth).

And then he'll advance his team in the tourney. For sure, Duke didn't win with their studs, but they won the eye test.

That said, I like ...

Hank of sb

After watching Dame Sarr's mixtape he looks like he'd be the best player on Arizona's squad.

Seriously.

Further, Kansas and North Carolina are now contacting Sarr so I imagine he'll get close to his requested money. He's also draft eligible but I don't know if it's too late for that.

He's ...

Hank of sb

Again, are we even on Sarr at this point?

I dont think so.

For one, he is going to be expensive. Allegedly would take a booster step up for Arizona to be able to afford him, like 3 times + the booster step up for Love last season. Some folks still believe that he is NBA bound. Some ‘mo ...

Hank of sb

ADO was a defensive liability last year. But, in my opinion, he improved from awful to start the season to bad by the end. I think he has never been in a position where he had to play D that hard every possession, and ADO had to learn. If he can improve from bad to serviceable over the offseason ...

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Formal visits are paid for by the school. And must be reported. Informal are paid by the player, who just may be visiting.

Rumor has it there's a player in the portal waiting for Bryant's decision. If Bryant declares, the player is ours. If Bryant stays, the spot is his. Either way, we should ...

Hank of sb

How is Aristode on defense?

If he gets 15 minutes (means he'd have to be producing!!) - that leaves 185.

Apparently Aristode's ticket has been his defense. His coach at his impressive private school--one with one of the better high school bb programs in the country--as becoming "his 9th player ...

Hank of sb

But 7 is enough IF, and only if, Krivas' feet ore OK. For me, it's that simple. (For now, last year's preseason hype on Krivas was ridiculous.)

Fwiw it wasn't and isn't his feet and the issue has been fixed. I think it is pretty safe to assume that he will be ok physically this season ...

Hank of sb

Tucson Clip:

The major issue is this scenario is ADO is your 7th man, and I no world is that good enough. Perhaps Aristode shows out and he's legit good. We still have a 7 man rotation which isn't good enough to support a FF worthy core ...

Hank of sb

Tucson Clip:

The major issue is this scenario is ADO is your 7th man, and I no world is that good enough. Perhaps Aristode shows out and he's legit good. We still have a 7 man rotation which isn't good enough to support a FF worthy core ...

Hank of sb

I will keep my thoughts a bit more tame here, as I went to war elsewhere. However, here was my scout on Nelson before he committed.

Games watched: @ Colorado, didnt need/want to watch more

I will keep this one short...

If the plan is to recruit a back up PG, then I guess he can work. He reminds ...

Hank of sb

Not bad for a school that can't compete in the NIL era.

Maybe it’s Clutch (who reps all of these guys) but assuming it isn’t a 1 off this class is very reassuring to Arizona fans in a few different ways. It helps to justify Lloyd’s recruiting philosophy (which heretofore at Arizona hadn’t ...

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 ...

Hank of sb

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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Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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......)

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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.

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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.)

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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 ...

Hank of sb

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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