Bear Down Wildcats

I've been critical of Coach Miller in the past, but there is no one I want to coach this program except coach Miller. I want him here for life and I hope the support the fans ans boosters showed help make that a reality. Ride or die Coach Miller 4 life

Guy you are all totally wrong. Hansen said Ua would be really really bad next year and Miller wouldn't coach a team like that. When I think trust I think Greg Hansen.

What's the story on Miller V. ESPN/Slabach/Hansen defamation lawsuit? what's the holdup?

RiseAndFire wrote:What's the story on Miller V. ESPN/Slabach/Hansen defamation lawsuit? what's the holdup?

I'll have my people get right on that.

RiseAndFire wrote:What's the story on Miller V. ESPN/Slabach/Hansen defamation lawsuit? what's the holdup?

It’s gonna take a little time. Miller is about to do something he's never done before and swore he would never do.

He's implementing a zone lawsuit

RiseAndFire wrote:What's the story on Miller V. ESPN/Slabach/Hansen defamation lawsuit? what's the holdup?

I have given you the benefit of the doubt before but come on now. You think Miller should be getting on these lawsuits now instead of focusing on the PAC12 and NCAA tournaments?

PHXCATS wrote:I have given you the benefit of the doubt before

Wait, seriously?

I’m glad Rise&Fail was never banned and he’s had the opportunity to reveal just how much he hates Miller and how it has nothing to do with scheme, results, or personnel.

Chicat wrote:

PHXCATS wrote:I have given you the benefit of the doubt before

Wait, seriously?

I’m glad Rise&Fail was never banned and he’s had the opportunity to reveal just how much he hates Miller and how it has nothing to do with scheme, results, or personnel.

A lawsuit will probably never happen. A libel/defamation claim against a public figure is a low probability of success. Add in that ESPN can always go back to the claim that they reported accurately on what sources said, and....

Chicat wrote:

PHXCATS wrote:I have given you the benefit of the doubt before

Wait, seriously?

I’m glad Rise&Fail was never banned and he’s had the opportunity to reveal just how much he hates Miller and how it has nothing to do with scheme, results, or personnel.

The benefit of the doubt expired a long long time ago

RiseAndFire wrote:What's the story on Miller V. ESPN/Slabach/Hansen defamation lawsuit? what's the holdup?

Whats the story on this guy being banned. I know he provides comedic entertainment but at some point you operate on anal fissures. We should cut him out

Just mute him, turn him into a foe and problem solved.

azcat49 wrote:

RiseAndFire wrote:What's the story on Miller V. ESPN/Slabach/Hansen defamation lawsuit? what's the holdup?

Whats the story on this guy being banned. I know he provides comedic entertainment but at some point you operate on anal fissures. We should cut him out

Comedic entertainment? I've never seen that. Agree with ODogg, put him on foe and hope no one quotes him.

prh wrote:

azcat49 wrote:

RiseAndFire wrote:What's the story on Miller V. ESPN/Slabach/Hansen defamation lawsuit? what's the holdup?

Whats the story on this guy being banned. I know he provides comedic entertainment but at some point you operate on anal fissures. We should cut him out

Comedic entertainment? I've never seen that. Agree with ODogg, put him on foe and hope no one quotes him.

Yea I get that but I would rather bring the pain. Posting here is not a right its a privilege IMO.

RiseAndFire wrote:What's the story on Miller V. ESPN/Slabach/Hansen defamation lawsuit? what's the holdup?

Seems like a lot of your time is spent trolling. There's nothing wrong with having a different opinion, but doing it with the intent to stir things up without actually contributing seems like a waste of time. I would hope you have better things to do with your time but you consistently prove me wrong. Get out from in front of your monitor and go do something productive. If everything works out and (god forbid) you decide wasting your time is not in your best interest, you may even be able to move out someday.

azcat49 oh yeah I'd prefer a ban but I know the board is categorically hesitant to do that

You have to keep him, and don't put him on ignore. It helps you remember just how enduringly weird some people are. That's good for when you're at work or the DMV or stuff like that.

Miller is never going to sue, ever. If he was fired he likely would have, but as long as he's a coach he'll never do it. Too much to risk people don't factor in. Discovery & cross examination could be even worse to someone who isn't clean.

He could always file a lawsuit for the headline and then withdraw it. Perhaps he wants to move on (currently) and focus on the season, but the recruiting damage has to piss him off the most.

Listening to Bill Simmons podcast...unsurprisingly, he's on Team Arizona, says ESPN report and whole FBI investigation has major holes. Basically they are saying the whole investigation is based on what somebody said they paid - with no receipts, no bank trail, etc which won't hold up in a court of law. Also, that everyone knows best college basketball players get paid and that all coaches have a system in place to keep it ever from coming back to them.

Also, lots of parallels to Deflategate for the Pats and ESPN's rush to judgment on that which was totally bogus.

cpt wrote:Listening to Bill Simmons podcast...unsurprisingly, he's on Team Arizona, says ESPN report and whole FBI investigation has major holes. Basically they are saying the whole investigation is based on what somebody said they paid - with no receipts, no bank trail, etc which won't hold up in a court of law. Also, that everyone knows best college basketball players get paid and that all coaches have a system in place to keep it ever from coming back to them.

Also, lots of parallels to Deflategate for the Pats and ESPN's rush to judgment on that which was totally bogus.

Which is why many experienced attorneys said this thing likely gets tossed at some point. They have wire taps but it's all around what the hustler dawkins did with the money. He's not credible.

I put Rise & Fire in the Walmart category. When I'm feeling down about myself I either go to Walmart or read Rise & fire. Both make me feel infinitely better about myself within minutes.

I would be highly surprised if we see any kind of lawsuit.

azgreg wrote:I put Rise & Fire in the Walmart category. When I'm feeling down about myself I either go to Walmart or read Rise & fire. Both make me feel infinitely better about myself within minutes.

When I'm down I watch Hoarders or Intervention but maybe I should try the R&F route you suggested.

There will be no lawsuit, but I did notice today that the front page of Espin no longer has any links to Mark Schlabachs article...

There is a possibility that Espn and SchlaNOTbach knew immediately they got the story wrong after 247/et al pointed out the obvious hole in the timeline...but "legal" at the network said "No malice" you can always stand by your story that some source told you "X"...

Schlabach made it clear that the wiretaps were under seal and either outed his source or borderline admitted he did not hear them...

But what if ESPN realized within a few days that the story was a fucking trainwreck if they admit any fault?

Admitting it was erroneous DOES open up the possibility of lawsuit...(not a big possibility but some)...

So the plan of action is leave the story intact wait for the dust to settle, quietly shutter it off the front, and send Mark Schlabach to cover doping scandals in curling players from Siberia...

He hasn't tweated in over a week...his social media presence is ghosted...

Story went from greatest possible scandal to a non story with a ton of fallout for UA...

But ESPN survives regardless...

If the ncaa allows players to get money like Olympic athletes starting next year. Agents and sponsors. Will that ruin the feds case? Being how the victims are the universities in the case?

Miller should be Pac COY. He got absolutely ambushed by ESPN, had the entire country question his integrity and character, and still won his league.

Beachcat97 wrote:Miller should be Pac COY. He got absolutely ambushed by ESPN, had the entire country question his integrity and character, and still won his league.

I love Miller but I don't know how it could go to anyone other than UW's coach. What he did is a borderline miracle.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:Miller should be Pac COY. He got absolutely ambushed by ESPN, had the entire country question his integrity and character, and still won his league.

I love Miller but I don't know how it could go to anyone other than UW's coach. What he did is a borderline miracle.

I like what Stanford's coach did as well, but I'd award it to Hopkins for sure.

Winning the conference pretty much excludes you from COY, especially when you were picked to win the conference. Injuries don't seem to matter, and scandals never help. And "Coach" in the sense of "Coach of the Year" doesn't refer to recruiting success, only to team development.

YoDeFoe wrote:

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:Miller should be Pac COY. He got absolutely ambushed by ESPN, had the entire country question his integrity and character, and still won his league.

I love Miller but I don't know how it could go to anyone other than UW's coach. What he did is a borderline miracle.

I like what Stanford's coach did as well, but I'd award it to Hopkins for sure.

Stanford laid a good groundwork for a resurgence. I like what they did, but UW was such a shock. The fact that they're anywhere around the tourney...I would have laughed at that in the preseason.

No doubt it should be Hopkins.

I would bet a lot of money miller is coach of the year next year when we are not as bad as all the pundits will have us at

Omg, Irish. Legendary.

It’s like we signed the Ayton of messageboard posters.

Damn dude. That was legit. Specially the Diaper Dandy reference.

Excellent!!!



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IrishAzCat wrote:

This post needs to be pinned! Irish making a quick trip to a Legendary Poster Status....Dude, you need your own thread! BTFD.

IrishAzCat wrote:

Iconic. I have emailed this to the very corners of the world.

edit: South Africa; Scotland; Italy; Portugal; Chang Mai; (the furthest of all) Montana.

Hey Dove, have you ever been to Chiang Mai? Cool place.

Bangkok Wildcat wrote:Hey Dove, have you ever been to Chiang Mai? Cool place.

Sorry for the misspelling. Chiang Mai was a pivotal and foundational moment in my youth, if one is allowed to so define one's own youth. I have a friend there to this day, and friends who reside elsewhere whose meaning to me were founded there.

I nominate IrishAZCat as the official graphic artist of BearDownWildcats

Thanks everybody - I can do a lot cooler/better quality things with adobe after effects, but the gif files would be huge - I guess I could make them video files and put them on a free server that allows it - or just make a youtube channel...

dovecanyoncat wrote:

Bangkok Wildcat wrote:Hey Dove, have you ever been to Chiang Mai? Cool place.

Sorry for the misspelling. Chiang Mai was a pivotal and foundational moment in my youth, if one is allowed to so define one's own youth. I have a friend there to this day, and friends who reside elsewhere whose meaning to me were founded there.

That’s very cool Dove, Vietnam War era?...I can’t believe I’ve really only done the town once right before I got married a long time ago....got to ride the elephants on those steep mountain trails....my badass Mom (RIP) insisted on riding her own bull elephant while taking pics of me and my fiancée on the other bull...only problem was our two elephants were getting irritable with each other and that was a pretty damned scary time...only had some small Thai Dude in between keeping them from fighting. Lol, 55.

CalStateTempe wrote:It’s like we signed the Ayton of messageboard posters.

Just don’t ask what kind of extra benefits we had to fork over to get him to sign here.

Chicat wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:It’s like we signed the Ayton of messageboard posters.

Just don’t ask what kind of extra benefits we had to fork over to get him to sign here.

Free premium?

Merkin wrote:Excellent!!!



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I scrolled down and just saw the title and didn't see who it was and thought "nice Sean Elliott or Miles are publicly backing Miller " saw it was Staf and just busted out laughing

I like how they called staf an “Arizona legend”

Chicat wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:It’s like we signed the Ayton of messageboard posters.

Just don’t ask what kind of extra benefits we had to fork over to get him to sign here.

Well, those questions are best fielded by experts. By the way, what exactly is Condoleeza Rice doing with this committee?