UCLA Basketball in trouble!

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 6:51 pm

Do we even care about UCLA? They are not relevant in the Pac-12.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 6:58 pm

15-16 for that team is hilarious. Got to win two tournament games to even finish 500

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:13 pm

Alford and Iham took 35 shots.

Guerrero is the highest paid AD in the PAC-12 at 1.1 million plus various 100k bonuses related to academics

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:20 pm

Pathetic.....but I love Alford being their HC (and the AD who hired them!)....God forbid they actually hire a good one to lead all the talent that naturally falls in their lap

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:45 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Players even gave up on Steve

In the last home game of the season.

Sad.....

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:22 pm

Ali is gone. Holiday might be transferring too. Dan wants another year for Alford

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:36 pm

Official attendance was 7940..............I'll wager that half of that sat home. Pauley looked like a morgue on a slow day

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:05 pm

Ucla uses turnstiles nor just talking aboutique Bryce either

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:16 pm

Heh! Ucla is a blue blood regardless!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:47 am

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:30 am

MrBug708 wrote:Ali is gone. Holiday might be transferring too. Dan wants another year for Alford

On the upside, at least Alford is a decent guy who isn't into nepotism or apologizing for rapists.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:20 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Ali is gone. Holiday might be transferring too. Dan wants another year for Alford
On the upside, at least Alford is a decent guy who isn't into nepotism or apologizing for rapists.

Oops!

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 1:30 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Ali is gone. Holiday might be transferring too. Dan wants another year for Alford
On the upside, at least Alford is a decent guy who isn't into nepotism or apologizing for rapists.

It's what happens with a bureaucratic AD with 100% job security. He really thought that he was getting a top 5 coach

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:41 pm

Maybe it's time UCLA fans just call it what it is. You're not a player in the modern game. All this crap about their AD and blah blah blah. And in the end, they're where they normally are: way back in the standings and completely irrelevant regionally and nationally. Keep chasing us, just like everyone else.

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 1:10 am

BC, dude, shut up. Last I checked there are a few teams NOT chasing us this year. Save your crap for a year where we're actually winning the conference, okay?

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 1:29 am

Puerco wrote:BC, dude, shut up. Last I checked there are a few teams NOT chasing us this year. Save your crap for a year where we're actually winning the conference, okay?

He's just trolling you guys. It's his thing. He likes to talk about how irrelevant ucla is to get you guys to defend it. It's a pretty brilliant plan. Occasionally he talk about how good programs experience Final Fours and UCLA is still stuck wishing for John Wooden. Or how good programs like Kentucky don't fire coaches as often as UCLA. It's what it is.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 7:41 am

It is what it is. UCLA missing the tourney and finishing 10th.

Heh.

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 7:52 am

'Keep chasing us. Just like everyone else.'

We're in 4th place.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:43 am

Puerco wrote:'Keep chasing us. Just like everyone else.'

We're in 4th place.

Actually this is incorrect, we are the 4 seed...not 4th place.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:34 am

Eh tied for 3rd.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:58 am

in an unbalanced schedule too. Would have been nice to return the favor to Utah at home and get another crack at Oregon. Fine line between 1 and 4 this year. Not a fine line between 1 and 10, or 12-6 and 6-12, or one win better than a 5-13 dogshit ASU team, depending on how you want to look at it.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:56 pm

TJ Leaf went off last night against a 7 ft junior center, Brandon Mc Coy, for 36 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 blocked shots. With his 4 blocked shots from his previous game, he has 10 blocked shots in hi last 2 CIF playoff games. While he is clearly a great offensive force, it is good to see that he can play a little defense. His opponent Brandon Mc Coy, , finished with 28 points and 6 rebounds. Mc Coy fouled out with just under 3 minutes to play

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 7:20 pm

https://medium.com/@68degreesPlz/nep-o- ... .pepz0wop2" target="_blank

The damage of Steve Alford and nepotism

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:18 pm

Stellar start

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:00 pm

Guerrero needs another year...lol

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:01 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Guerrero needs another year...lol

I think an extension is in order stat

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:05 pm

84Cat wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Guerrero needs another year...lol
I think an extension is in order stat

And/or hire Lisa Love as AD

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:08 pm

Loving every second of this.

Heh!!!

KaibabKat · Post by **KaibabKat** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:16 pm

When does that new reality TV show, Keeping Up With The Alford's, start?

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:20 pm

Not UCLA's super bowl. Blew their wad in January against us in pauley.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:29 pm

33% from the field, 22% from 3s

Woof

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:29 pm

84Cat wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Guerrero needs another year...lol
I think an extension is in order stat

Can't let an NBA team hire him away

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:11 pm

God, after this showing, u almost have to fire the guy. UCLA recruits got to be watching this and shaking their heads

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:16 pm

That kind of felt like the death of a program. I don't even think I want to make any jokes about it anymore.

Man

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:22 pm

rgdeuce wrote:God, after this showing, u almost have to fire the guy. UCLA recruits got to be watching this and shaking their heads

They aren't signing because of Steve. It's because it's UCLA

FightWildcatsFight · Post by **FightWildcatsFight** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:22 pm

"All of their girlfriends are hanging out with football players tonight" - Quote from P12N post game show on UCLA

az91 · Post by **az91** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:23 pm

rgdeuce wrote:God, after this showing, u almost have to fire the guy. UCLA recruits got to be watching this and shaking their heads

Maybe Fallen Leaf will switch his commitment back to us, LOL.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:44 pm

Alford didn't even show up to the post game presser. He sent Schilling

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:53 pm

Man, how much more embarrassing is our last second loss at UCLA now? Seriously, as much as I don't want them to hire a great Coach, I don't like seeing them this pathetic either.

Having said this, when USC is hitting their 3's, they scare the shit out of me.....we'd better be ready for them.....we need JJ too

FightWildcatsFight · Post by **FightWildcatsFight** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:05 pm

Bangkok Wildcat wrote:Man, how much more embarrassing is our last second loss at UCLA now? Seriously, as much as I don't want them to hire a great Coach, I don't like seeing them this pathetic either.

Having said this, when USC is hitting their 3's, they scare the shit out of me.....we'd better be ready for them.....we need JJ too

Nah, don't think it's embarrassing. Our game will get the same treatment as their win against Kentucky - a fluke.

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:17 pm

FightWildcatsFight wrote:
Bangkok Wildcat wrote:Man, how much more embarrassing is our last second loss at UCLA now? Seriously, as much as I don't want them to hire a great Coach, I don't like seeing them this pathetic either.

Having said this, when USC is hitting their 3's, they scare the shit out of me.....we'd better be ready for them.....we need JJ too
Nah, don't think it's embarrassing. Our game will get the same treatment as their win against Kentucky - a fluke.

Ok,my bad, you're right Fight.....how about exchange 'embarrassing' for 'painful' instead....this was our 'down' year

. Next year, I expect to kick their butts at Pauley

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:18 pm

no heart, no coaching. Showed up for Marquee opponents, then got buried by marginal teams and couldn't even scare up a care for their in-city rival in Vegas. Sad.

Just don't get how Alford and his awesome flame out in the first round as a 3 seed was UCLA worthy. His Iowa days were OK, basic decency aside. But his time at UNM was nothing but being a leader in a mediocre conference and never living to their seeding when the big boys showed up. UCLA running Ben Howland, I don't care how many high school coach/player handler and shoe pimps he pissed off, dude could coach....to get that?

It's almost like Guerrero was in on some fix

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:36 pm

http://www.bruinsnation.com/2016/3/9/11 ... s-ucla-edu

Brutal, just brutal....but entertaining to read.

PS. UCLA looks screwed for the foreseeable future, lol.....Not sure why you'd trust DG to hire a better HC after his lame Alford hire (a Hail Mary hire to me after all the rejection from good coaches)....the UCLA job with all of its natural advantages, is a dangerous job right now for any good coach IMHO.

Lol at Alfraud (their name, not mine but it's seems apropos) doing just enough to make a quick firing decision very difficult. He negotiates a huge contract, makes two sweet 16s (last year didn't even deserve being in the tourney but got there by playing us tough in the P12 Championship and on UCLA name recognition), has an absolutely awful third season with no NCAA tourney, BUT has a great recruiting class coming in next year.

Will be a real soap opera at UCLA next year as he tries to showcase Baby Alford at PG while having the #1 PG, OND, recruit coming in......I can't wait to watch!

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:38 pm

Worst loss to USC in 71 years and Alford thinks it's not so bad yet

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:52 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Worst loss to USC in 71 years and Alford thinks it's not so bad yet

Sorry Mr. Bug, not trying to rub it in but I've disliked Alford since long before his UCLA days.......I do want UCLA to be good (not better than us of course) but your AD and unreasonable fanbase (poor attendance included) has turned the once proud program into a disaster......starting most recently with the quick souring/firing of Howland.

Seriously, there must have been some way to have turned that around......am I wrong? At the very least, before firing him, couldn't y'all have had a decent 'sure thing' waiting rather than the desperate Alford hire?

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:54 pm

One more thing living in Buddha-land has taught me....karma is a real bitch at times

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 11:22 pm

“Bad year’s probably an overstatement. It was a bad two-and-a-half months, bad league play. And that’s what it was."

-Steve Alford's delusion

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 11:26 pm

Jeez. He is the worst

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 11:51 pm

Spoken like a man who knows he can't be fired.

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:17 am

Wow, just watched Alford's comments as opposed to reading them.....'I've (and we've) done a poor job of getting the message to these guys...' Wow, sounds like he's actually blaming the players as opposed to really accepting responsibility himself. He sounded arrogant while 'acting' contrite.

How/why would a player be motivated by a guy like this.....also seen him on the sidelines acting unemotional many times...almost apathetic compared to the intensity of CSM.....Man, I'm so happy we are blessed to have CSM!!! Hope we never lose this future HOF'er...,only a matter of time before he breaks through the FF and more.

Back to Alfraud, what a mess he's made of the program......with all the talent they get easily to choose from with so little effort and they have this Dbag as HC.....love it! Will be so fun to watch next year's inevitable meltdown.....just hope they let DG hire his replacement as well

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