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by ChooChooCat
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

Like Lloyd said himself last night, players were just standing around. That's on you coach. I've gone back and forth with Lloyd. I appreciate the way he has revitalized the program, but there are problems that need to be addressed now and into the future. From my perspective, he committed one the o...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

Like Lloyd said himself last night, players were just standing around. That's on you coach. It is, but it isn't. It's ehhhh. I mean I guarantee Lloyd barked orders to move and has covered as much how to run his offense. Prior to the USC game in LA this team has had zero issues whatsoever handling a...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:57 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

What’s going to be more surprising over the next few weeks? Losing in the first round or reaching the FF? The latter by far. We’ll have to see what our region looks like tomorrow. If UNC is the 1 in our region, that’s not exactly an unbeatable opponent. I love our chances to win 2 games in this yea...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

What’s going to be more surprising over the next few weeks? Losing in the first round or reaching the FF? The latter by far. We’ll have to see what our region looks like tomorrow. If UNC is the 1 in our region, that’s not exactly an unbeatable opponent. I love our chances to win 2 games in this yea...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:13 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

Beachcat97 wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:59 am What’s going to be more surprising over the next few weeks? Losing in the first round or reaching the FF?
The latter by far.
by ChooChooCat
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

The percentage of students comes from College Factual (https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/university-of-arizona/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html#google_vignette). They use IPEDS information, which is a standard database for college students by school. Seattle is home to s...
by ChooChooCat
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:43 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

Better competition in men's basketball? Yes. Football and all other sports? Debatable. We're also going to be competing with schools making nearly 2X from TV deals than us and other BIG12 schools. How long can we compete against that? TBD. More eyeballs? Also debatable. Arizona Basketball is alread...
by ChooChooCat
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

I'm very interested in seeing how we look out of the gate vs USC. Hungry... or Satisfied? Caleb said last night that they'll celebrate tonight, but they came to Sweep LA. That sounds pretty damn hungry to me. This team seems to have a killer instinct that the last two Arizona teams did not. That’s ...
by ChooChooCat
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: MLB
Topic: Las Vegas A's?
Replies: 37
Views: 2626

Re: Las Vegas A's?

Irish27 wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:44 pm
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being that the stadium will 100% end up looking like that and 1 being it won't look remotely like that whatsoever, that rates at least a -100000000000000000.
by ChooChooCat
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:10 am
Forum: Wildcat Baseball
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 123
Views: 4825

Re: 2024 Season Thread

threenumberones wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:16 pm So Cam Walty has 3 of our 5 wins. A 1.84 ERA. Basically came out of nowhere..as I recall last year he was pretty modest. Has anyone seen him throw what has changed?
He was literally our ace last year until injuries started getting in the way.
by ChooChooCat
Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:32 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Arizona AD- Desiree Reed-Francois
Replies: 61
Views: 2022

Re: Arizona AD- Desiree Reed-Francois

What was the conflict of interest? I have missed that detail in all of this. He used to do work with a company that worked with/for universities and that was over 5 years ago. So it's a shoddy accusation needless to say. IMNSHO, in any corporate structure, whenever a board member (especially and of...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:39 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Arizona AD- Desiree Reed-Francois
Replies: 61
Views: 2022

Re: Arizona AD- Desiree Reed-Francois

Postmaster wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:08 pm What was the conflict of interest?
I have missed that detail in all of this.
He used to do work with a company that worked with/for universities and that was over 5 years ago. So it's a shoddy accusation needless to say.
by ChooChooCat
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:39 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Let's talk '25
Replies: 105
Views: 9869

Re: Let's talk '25

So one says he’s class of ‘w5 and currently a junior, the other has him in the 2025 NBA draft. Is he considered a reclass lean? I'm pretty sure Givony is projecting him to reclassify based on NBA potential and nothing more. We're currently also projecting two juniors in high school -- Canadian play...
by ChooChooCat
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:12 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Let's talk '25
Replies: 105
Views: 9869

Re: Let's talk '25

So one says he’s class of ‘w5 and currently a junior, the other has him in the 2025 NBA draft. Is he considered a reclass lean? I'm pretty sure Givony is projecting him to reclassify based on NBA potential and nothing more. We're currently also projecting two juniors in high school -- Canadian play...
by ChooChooCat
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:15 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Arizona AD- Desiree Reed-Francois
Replies: 61
Views: 2022

Re: Arizona AD- Desiree Reed-Francois

GlobalCat wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:03 am Conflicts of interest with certain ABOR members and Robbins are being investigated. A search firm is already chatting with new President candidates.
Who hired the search firm?
by ChooChooCat
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 4315
Views: 2724523

Re: Conference Realignment

Big 12 stans are wild I am not happy being in permanent 3rd of 4th place but you stans do you So you were happy being permanent 5th out of 5th place prior to now? These latest posts have nothing to do with the Big 12, but rather how fucking worthless an all AppleTV deal for less money than the Big ...
by ChooChooCat
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 4315
Views: 2724523

Re: Conference Realignment

Every day there seems to be media news that suggests Apple could have worked. Arizona had to move once Washington and Oregon did. But damn maybe the PAC-12 could have survived and done pretty well This will forever be the funniest damn post in this entire thread. "Every day there seems to be media ...
by ChooChooCat
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:27 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 4315
Views: 2724523

Re: Conference Realignment

Every day there seems to be media news that suggests Apple could have worked. Arizona had to move once Washington and Oregon did. But damn maybe the PAC-12 could have survived and done pretty well This will forever be the funniest damn post in this entire thread. "Every day there seems to be media ...
by ChooChooCat
Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:13 am
Forum: Wildcat Baseball
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 123
Views: 4825

Re: 2024 Season Thread

Arizona batters striked out 19 times in two games in a row now.
by ChooChooCat
Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:12 am
Forum: Wildcat Softball
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 74
Views: 19515

Re: 2024 Season Thread

Frybry02 wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:38 pm In the 14th, does anyone know what the umpire ruled on the play Mannon scored the tying run?
Outside of ruling her safe, I have no idea wtf else he was signaling lol.
by ChooChooCat
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:05 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Tommy Lloyd
Replies: 3478
Views: 427858

Re: Tommy Lloyd

Not sure if Tommy's buyout out is known, but Scheer said during his newest podcast today that Tommy's buyout is $20 million. So unless Kentucky gets tired of Cal and wants Tommy we're safe. Though even then Tommy seems so happy in Tucson I'm not sure he'd leave. Yeah Scheer doesn't know for sure, b...
by ChooChooCat
Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:02 am
Forum: Wildcat Softball
Topic: 2024 Season Thread
Replies: 74
Views: 19515

Re: 2024 Season Thread

Is Perezchica injured too? I can’t find any info and haven’t seen her in the lineup I am not aware that she is hurt. She played yesterday. It's not uncommon during the first month to see multiple line-ups to see what the young players can do. Altmeyer has been very impressive, as well as Shockey. P...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 4315
Views: 2724523

Re: Conference Realignment

Every day there seems to be media news that suggests Apple could have worked. Hahahahaha what? What media news out there has suggested that Apple would have worked for the Pac-12? The most irrelevant streamer for the most irrelevant power 5 conference. A match made in a pile of shit. Nothing has ch...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 4315
Views: 2724523

Re: Conference Realignment

Quite frankly I don't think the SEC/BIG can breakaway from college football and make as much money. They are the big boys now but the rooting interest is less than 1/3 of the country. If other conferences froze them out in all sports for out of the conference games who would really be interested in...
by ChooChooCat
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: UCLA
Replies: 234
Views: 16982

Re: UCLA

lol…are the uw boards in fire? Nah, they're in the denial phase. Jedd isn't going to get the job, it'll cost UCLA too much to make it happen, but he'll interview for every job opening with a pulse from this point on and UW fans will have to learn to accept it. Schools don't pay buyouts, boosters so...
by ChooChooCat
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:22 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: UCLA
Replies: 234
Views: 16982

Re: UCLA

CalStateTempe wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:46 am lol…are the uw boards in fire?
Nah, they're in the denial phase.

Jedd isn't going to get the job, it'll cost UCLA too much to make it happen, but he'll interview for every job opening with a pulse from this point on and UW fans will have to learn to accept it.
by ChooChooCat
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: UCLA
Replies: 234
Views: 16982

Re: UCLA

MrBug708 wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:58 am He has long wanted the job but I don't want him near the UCLA job. I would rather just kick the tires on Tom Herman
There's not a world that he leaves a place he has numerous connections to at this point in time for UCLA either way.
by ChooChooCat
Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: UCLA
Replies: 234
Views: 16982

Re: UCLA

Lot of smoke with Fleck but there are a lot of red flags going off with him. I think money is less of an issue than a coach wanting to leave in February with no portal help but UCLA vulnerable to portal pickoffs. People think Fleck is trying to escape the firing line in a year or two. Maybe Tony Wh...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: UCLA
Replies: 234
Views: 16982

Re: UCLA

After 2024 they should be able to offer the starting QB spot to any transfer QB spot they want. I suspect Garbers will finish this up coming season as a senior and NIL will kick in money for someone elite to come back home. What's the word on the primary target? Is it Fleck? Do you guys have the mo...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:05 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: UCLA
Replies: 234
Views: 16982

Re: UCLA

I know we were pissed about Fisch leaving but imagine if he had quit to take an assistant position at another school. Ouch We're very fortunate Jedd got the UW job, because he 100000% would've taken the UCLA job at this point in time and we'd be ridiculously screwed infinitely more so than we were ...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 4315
Views: 2724523

Re: Conference Realignment

This is the same person who posted realignment leaks before, and has recently been tweeting about the ACC issue along with some other wild sounding rumors. https://twitter.com/mhver3/status/1738008989118636186 FWIW he's also been talking about something I've heard about, which is the involvement of...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:30 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Dave Heeke
Replies: 355
Views: 22059

Re: Dave Heeke

Well that will give ABOR some pause. You have a financial crisis partly caused by your AD and you terminated him and now you are paying him through 2025? That sir is questionable decision making at best and covering your own tracks at worse. Time for Bobby to go. Arizona finally stopped paying Kevi...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Jan 27, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

The last 2 years, we seemed to peak in late January and February. I hate how we're struggling too, but there was a team last year that went 2-6 from Christmas to January 25 and had a good tournament run, so I'll just hope we're getting the shit out of our system now instead of in March. That team y...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

The last 2 years, we seemed to peak in late January and February. I hate how we're struggling too, but there was a team last year that went 2-6 from Christmas to January 25 and had a good tournament run, so I'll just hope we're getting the shit out of our system now instead of in March. That team y...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:58 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

The last 2 years, we seemed to peak in late January and February. I hate how we're struggling too, but there was a team last year that went 2-6 from Christmas to January 25 and had a good tournament run, so I'll just hope we're getting the shit out of our system now instead of in March. That team y...
by ChooChooCat
Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

This might get some pushback, but I'm gonna say it. I'm not sold on Lloyd. These performances make me embarrassed to be a Wildcat fan. Gonzaga has historically been terrible with their three point defense and Lloyd has made sure that it's traveled to Tucson. You can't go into every interview saying...
by ChooChooCat
Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Dave Heeke
Replies: 355
Views: 22059

Re: Dave Heeke

Better to let Heeke do the hiring process than Candrea? Just my feeling I don't think Robbins planned to fire Heeke when Brennan was hired Again just a feeling I have Although Robbin’s did not attend the Brennan news conference. Heeke said he wasn’t felling well. Interesting. Robbins had COVID.
by ChooChooCat
Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:18 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Dave Heeke
Replies: 355
Views: 22059

Re: Dave Heeke

The audit happened. Now the heads are rolling. I want Robbins gone. Based on what??? Yoiu don't know that an outside audit was conducted, and by who. And if the audit shows the CFO royally screwed up and then covered it up then she should be fired. On the podcast Scheer was on it did sound like Rob...
by ChooChooCat
Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Dave Heeke
Replies: 355
Views: 22059

Re: Dave Heeke

WTF with all of this drama. Was Robbin’s waiting until the football coach was hired? Too coincidental. The audit report is going to be released Thursday, and it is not good. Robbins had to fire Heeke. Robbins literally approved any thing and every thing Heeke proposed, so yeah I guess he had to fir...
by ChooChooCat
Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan
Replies: 169
Views: 7073

Re: Arizona Head Coach Brent Brennan

Merkin wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:53 pm Hopefully Cecil and Hunley can get positions since Fisch abandoned them both.
Let them be analysts and not coaches please.
by ChooChooCat
Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

enfuego wrote: Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:03 am
dovecanyoncat wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:56 pm
enfuego wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:26 amOuch.
Don't clench. Just relax. Let it happen and try to enjoy it.
Is that what Purdue, or was it FAU?, said to Arizona this past week? Ouch.
That's what Marquette said before they lubed you up. Last I checked they're ranked lower in Kenpom than Purdue & FAU. Merry Christmas Jayhawk.
by ChooChooCat
Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:12 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

It's not what anybody wants to hear but the better team won today and they did so with fundamental TEAM basketball. Boswell has to learn when to hold em and when to fold em. The confidence a point guard shows affects the entire team. What concerns me is now we enter conference play in a weak confer...
by ChooChooCat
Sun Dec 24, 2023 7:26 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

It's not what anybody wants to hear but the better team won today and they did so with fundamental TEAM basketball. Boswell has to learn when to hold em and when to fold em. The confidence a point guard shows affects the entire team. What concerns me is now we enter conference play in a weak confer...
by ChooChooCat
Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:13 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Lets Talk '24
Replies: 563
Views: 80641

Re: Lets Talk '24

Beachcat97 wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:37 pm Choo, this is decision week for Zoom. What's in the tea leaves? Is it still a total mystery?
Yup, one of the very few recruitments with less than zero leaks. I’d still expect it’s either Arizona or UW.
by ChooChooCat
Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:58 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2180
Views: 5048788

Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

Chicat wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:12 pm Was there any explanation for Kylan’s benching? If there’s anyone on the team who heats up the more minutes they get, it’s him.
He couldn't defend anyone for shit. He also apparently banged up one of his knees a bit. Don't think it's overly serious, but likely impacted him defensively for sure.
by ChooChooCat
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:09 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Indy Classic
Replies: 96
Views: 8918

Re: Indy Classic

AZCatGirl wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:14 am Hopefully anyone who wants to watch either took advantage of the $2 Peacock deal, or is fine illegally streaming.
If you're not illegally streaming your sports then are you even really a fan?
by ChooChooCat
Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: UofA Miscalculated $240M, Athletics in Jeopardy
Replies: 124
Views: 14745

Re: UofA Miscalculated $240M, Athletics in Jeopardy

UAEebs86 wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:46 am
Catintheheat wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:41 am
UAEebs86 wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:28 am
That isn't official. Sounds more like clickbait.
I think the first story was probably clickbait as well.
It's all been clickbait. The next reporter to accurately report this story will be the first.
by ChooChooCat
Sun Nov 26, 2023 6:03 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Jedd Fisch- Traveling Used Car Salesman / Coach For Hire
Replies: 1427
Views: 395404

Re: Jedd Fisch

My A&M friend was saying that Jedd had a video interview and he was the front runner. Then they changed course and went after Mark Stoops. Now Stoops is out of the picture so maybe Jedd is the front runner again. I hope not. He was the frontrunner, not frontrunner, now frontrunner again. If so then...
by ChooChooCat
Wed Nov 15, 2023 4:21 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Lets Talk '24
Replies: 563
Views: 80641

Re: Lets Talk '24

Welp seems like he's putting it off until Spring. Makes his recruitment a complete wildcard.