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https://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2019/4/5/18294855/uclas-dead-end-search-basketball-john-wooden I completely agree on this article While Dixon is not a true retread as Pitt didn't fire him, he basically is. And you never hire a retread at a Major job. You should never hire a retread period, it ...

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2019/04/04/ucla-basketball-gets-reality-check-failure-hire-elite-coach/3365640002/ Of particular interest: 1. Expectations are out of control It would be inaccurate to suggest UCLA fans believe another Wooden-like run of 10 national...

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I am not sure the Browns analogy is a good one. Browns fans are excited because they have a new coach, new players, and young players that should be together for a while. The future appears bright. Will it result in a super bowl I don’t know but I can totally see why a browns fan would be very optim...

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You don’t think Tony Bennett is a better coach then Miller

That is not being anything close to sensible

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Lawn definitely getting fired as Jay will use that to buy time

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Appreciation of the program shouldn’t waiver from year to year just because we have gotten accustomed to better results. Perhaps then you could better explain/define for me what you mean with this. How are the fans not appreciative of our basketball program? We have by far, the best support of any ...

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CalStateTempe wrote:Don’t know where to put this, but what is going on at the Santa Ana racetrack?

23 horses euthanized since 12/26? And after a one month closure?

Yikes...

You mean Santa Anita?

That’s in LA

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I really don’t think average fan thought Lute sucked. I think they were disappointed in first round exits after such great regular season performances But by that point Lute had made two final fours too and done the miracle work of turning Arizona into a legit program. If a fan said they wanted to ...

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Always amazes me how well city of Tucson will support all U of A athletics

Really awesome and hope they bring home the title!

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The Terry Francona hitting center seems to be working pretty well. Now we need a Scott Erickson pitching center and maybe a Kenny Lofton/Trevor Hoffman fielding center...........something, jeepers.... What did they give up, 14, 15 walks to ASU today? Unbelievable! Here's the problem. Nobody on the ...

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He rehabs his national image and he’s gone. Don't you think it would have to be the right job, though? Like, I can't see him leaving for any old second or third tier program, just because he wants out of Tucson. But if, say, UNC or Pitt or Texas or UVA were open -- and I expect all of those to be o...

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Miller doesn’t leave Arizona unless fired or forced out which is basically the same thing. I don’t think either one of those is going to happen. Miller would for sure leave if as good a job opened up on the east coast and they would hire him I think you are confusing what you want with what he want...

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MC1983 wrote:Miller doesn’t leave Arizona unless fired or forced out which is basically the same thing. I don’t think either one of those is going to happen.

Miller would for sure leave if as good a job opened up on the east coast and they would hire him

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I also strongly believe even if he takes us to a final four next year he is leaving us to head back east. I don’t see a scenario where is our long term coach. Just too much shit has gone down Who knows and at least will be interesting to see how it all plays out If we're in the Final Four one year ...

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I really don’t think average fan thought Lute sucked. I think they were disappointed in first round exits after such great regular season performances But by that point Lute had made two final fours too and done the miracle work of turning Arizona into a legit program. If a fan said they wanted to f...

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This team just sucks and is very poorly coached

We can’t field or pitch

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Then why settle for Luke Walton? Seems we could get a proven coach no matter the situation I personally don’t think Luke is settling. Just me. I personally think he is a good coach in a shit situation with the Lakers and LAbron. Having met and hung out with him multiple times he is very personable ...

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If Purdue makes a FT, Virginia doesn’t win. If Purdue gets a rebound on a intentionally missed FT, Virginia doesn’t win. If Virginia doesn’t hit a desperate jumper to force OT, Virginia doesn’t win. That is not coaching. You’re damn right it’s luck. Miller has two Final Fours if open 2 shots in the...

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for reference, IMO, taking Virginia to the Final Four is not a miracle, it’s a damn good job by Bennet, the entire staff, and team, but not a miracle - just wanted to add that to the conversation. Miracle might have been very strong but Arizona is a way better job then Virginia Virginia is a good j...

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Tony Bennett is now considered a better coach than Sean Miller because Purdue couldn’t get a defensive rebound on a missed FT. If the Boilermakers simply secure the ball, Bennett is considered “a choker.” March is cruel. Tony is considered a better coach because he is a better coach. I think a way ...

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ChooChooCat wrote:I will say that if Sean Miller was coaching during Lute's era he'd have somewhere near 4 final fours at Arizona already.

But he is not

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I think one big thing is doing what they do for ncaa baseball and softball First top 4 seeds host NCAA tournament at their gym. Therefore top four seeds get home court advantage first two rounds It would cut down on upsets but make it so teams would be fighting hard for those top four seeds Just an ...

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Chris Beard being a great coach doesn’t make Sean Miller a bad coach. Tony Bennett lost to a 16 seed. And the game wasn’t even close. He’s in the Final Four because Purdue couldn’t get a rebound on a missed FT and they got a miracle to go their way. That isn’t great coaching, that’s great luck. Ton...

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CalStateTempe wrote:
loomer wrote:Chris Beard just made the Final Four with two top-100 players in his rotation and one of them is a transfer.
Chris beard is gonna kill it at UCLA

Is that the front runner now? Haven’t been following it

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Agree with a lot of Coach K’s comments here

https://sports.yahoo.com/coach-k-calls- ... 51154.html" target="_blank

The game to me outside of the tournament is a shell of its former self

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Why would John insult Larry Scott that way

I mean Larry was worried about getting back to his private Jet to fly home and not answering some dumb questions like “Why are you using PAC 12 funds to constantly fly on a private Jet”

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Sean Miller doesn’t have to worry about Chris beard or Tony Bennett anymore competing with him for best coaches to never make a final four

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Well Lopes would have been fired then before he got us ttgst fourth ship. I do question JJ’s ability to identify and develope a Friday night guy. In 4 years he hasn’t done that do I am concerned. I think more JUCO help would be the way to go but I do think he has a shorter rope due to what you said...

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Part of making AZ an attractive place to coach is to allow the coaches time to build their program and one would expect some ups and downs in a sport where you get 11.7 scholarships a year. Missing one tourney (soon to be two) In his tenure is not enough to pull the plug. Given we do need to see an...

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When in your estimation should have ASU had fired Tracy Smith considering now that his team only has 1 loss on the season at this point. After consecutive shit seasons prior. Tracy Smith was a far more accomplished head coach then Jay Johnson is first off You want to give coaches five years, fine b...

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And oh look getting our asses kicked again tonight

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Rubio? Best coach we have ever had in an ultra competitive volleyball league. That would be a terrible move. You would hire a former player like Rosie Wegrich. Oops, she was terrible and buried the program only to have Rubio dig it out from the abyss Fuck yes, would have fired him a long time ago a...

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When in your estimation should have ASU had fired Tracy Smith considering now that his team only has 1 loss on the season at this point. After consecutive shit seasons prior. Tracy Smith was a far more accomplished head coach then Jay Johnson is first off You want to give coaches five years, fine b...

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To give this some basis, Newport is the guy they would chase Miller yesterday and replace him with a guy who hasn’t coached 1 game in college :) (luv ya, just don’t agree) Yes for sure I would I would have also fired Niya about 4 years earlier I would have fired Rich Rod after we went 3&9 I would h...

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People here have such short memories. Even though Johnson got the Cats to the final game of the World Series with mostly Andy's recruits, he still got them there. There was no guarantee if Lopez was the coach of that team, they would of made it that far. Johnson has won everywhere he has been, incl...

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ChooChooCat wrote:Jay's going nowhere.

Yeah because we stupidly extended his contract

He sucks and his staff sucks

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Just fire Jay and his staff at the end of the season and move on

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The best was originally Yahoo ran a story that stated something like "Avenatti shows payment to Ayton to get him to come to Arizona" They got killed by Arizona fans on twitter for it and rightfully so and changed the article headline as there is zero link between Nike paying Ayton $10K and him going...

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Question: If someone like Bol is looking at schools how does this work? If he is choosing between Oregon and AZ is the Nike money the same? Or do the shoe guys make offers and then once he picks a brand then he chooses between their affiliated schools? Remember these players don't just get shoe mon...

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Nike sure didn't get a good investment in their money since Ayton signed with Puma. But then again, Nike is severely underpaying UA, so maybe it's a wash. True but its throwaway Money for Nike. Deandre also helped to alleviate Arizona brand which helps Nike too while he was here $150K (I heard what...

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First off fuck attorneys Secondly fuck Michael Avenatti Third, Nike did pay Deandre Ayton and his family. He did not come to Arizona for free. But this is not really news Fourth, Nike DEFINITELY paid Bol Bol to go to Oregon. Zero question there I don't care if NIKE or any shoe company throws money ...

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First off fuck attorneys Secondly fuck Michael Avenatti Third, Nike did pay Deandre Ayton and his family. He did not come to Arizona for free. But this is not really news Fourth, Nike DEFINITELY paid Bol Bol to go to Oregon. Zero question there I've said it once and I'll say it 1000 times. Arizona'...

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First off fuck attorneys

Secondly fuck Michael Avenatti

Third, Nike did pay Deandre Ayton and his family. He did not come to Arizona for free. But this is not really news

Fourth, Nike DEFINITELY paid Bol Bol to go to Oregon. Zero question there

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Jay is in over his head as is his staff

Whole sale changes are needed

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CalStateTempe wrote:It will be telling if Miller drives next years ferrari like it’s a dodge caravan.

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I understand what you are saying. At the end of the day we all want the same things. For Arizona to win. All of us want Arizona to make a final four, win a national championship etc. shit even Rise and Fire would be happy then...maybe We just have different ideas on how to get there My personality i...

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I'm a little surprised by how many here are ready to see Miller leave. Spiff has pointed out the obvious: the only thing he hasn't done is reach a FF. That's it. He meets and exceeds every other conceivable success metric. League titles? Check. Stellar recruiting classes? Check. Significant tourney...

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Zone, IMO, is better for a smart, physically limited team. It places less stress on the individual defender because the entire setup is to have constant help from the other zones. That's why I have always loved college ball over the NBA. With zone, a smart unathletic team has a chance to beat a sup...

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ya the mediocrity take is not only curious is stupid - Miller has been a lot of things, including stubborn and maybe even careless, but the results on the floor have not been mediocre - NOT even close. in fact, it’s the high level results on the floor thats saved his ass through all this self infli...

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Arizona's profitability ultimately just subsidizes sports that operate at a loss. I mean, I think we're a very good job, but our revenue advantage on UCLA isn't a great reason to claim we are better than UCLA. Their main advantages are location and prestige True, but one could argue that AZ has as ...

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