UCLA Basketball in trouble!

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 6:52 pm

Loss to Rutgers? Oh Mick.....

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:01 pm

Chicat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 6:50 pm I hope they had the chance to enjoy New Jersey.

Come for the basketball, stay for the toxic waste.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:03 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:01 pm
Chicat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 6:50 pm I hope they had the chance to enjoy New Jersey.
Come for the basketball, stay for the toxic waste.

Oh did Mick have another press conference meltdown?

I didn’t realize Jay Bilas ripped the mickster a new one on Saturday. Good…

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:08 pm

OK, New Jersey jokes:

In a progressive move, Mattel is making a new boyfriend for Barbie who's a homeless man from New Jersey
Hobo Ken.

My body is in a disgusting, embarrassing, totally repulsive state right now
New Jersey, I'm in New Jersey.

What are two things you don't pick up in New Jersey?
The trash and the women.

Somebody stop me

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:11 pm

Chicat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:03 pm Oh did Mick have another press conference meltdown?

Too soon to know. Patience, Chi, foreplay is half the fun.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:16 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:08 pm OK, New Jersey jokes:

In a progressive move, Mattel is making a new boyfriend for Barbie who's a homeless man from New Jersey
Hobo Ken.

My body is in a disgusting, embarrassing, totally repulsive state right now
New Jersey, I'm in New Jersey.

What are two things you don't pick up in New Jersey?
The trash and the women.

Somebody stop me

Neg rep for such a poor performance…

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:19 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:16 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:08 pm OK, New Jersey jokes:

In a progressive move, Mattel is making a new boyfriend for Barbie who's a homeless man from New Jersey
Hobo Ken.

My body is in a disgusting, embarrassing, totally repulsive state right now
New Jersey, I'm in New Jersey.

What are two things you don't pick up in New Jersey?
The trash and the women.

Somebody stop me
Neg rep for such a poor performance…

Ok brother, your turn. Surely you've got a ton of better jokes.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:21 pm

Curious what Coach Tampon Applicator thinks of Jay Bilas’s comments…

“Coaches like to talk about accountability a lot — and rightfully so. Accountability’s important in everything, but I don’t think that’s what accountability looks like. That, to me, simply looked like blame. And I heard a lot of ‘I.’ You know, ‘I’m doing this.’ ‘I’m doing that.’ ‘And nobody else is doing.’ And, one, I don’t think that’s true, but that’s for him to decide, not me. But I didn’t care for it.

“And oftentimes when I hear something like that — and it’s not often — I think about what Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers says. And he says, ‘He loves coaches that resist the responsibility of coaching because they’re easy to beat.’ And when you talk negatively about your players, what you’re really doing is seeking comfort because your teaching is struggling.

“I get it. Coaches like to think they’re more passionate and they’re tougher than their players, but I happen to think this is true: Mick Cronin is not tougher than his players. When he was playing, he would not have gotten one loose ball, one rebound against the guys he’s got now; that would not happen. I don’t believe any of that, and I don’t think it’s productive.

“But, if he said the same thing in the confines of the locker room to his players — that’s fine. When you do that publicly, I don’t care for it. Maybe his players do. Maybe they’ll respond positively to it. I just don’t think it’s the right thing to do, but that’s his decision, not mine. I’m just saying what I think of that.”

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:22 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:19 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:16 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:08 pm OK, New Jersey jokes:

In a progressive move, Mattel is making a new boyfriend for Barbie who's a homeless man from New Jersey
Hobo Ken.

My body is in a disgusting, embarrassing, totally repulsive state right now
New Jersey, I'm in New Jersey.

What are two things you don't pick up in New Jersey?
The trash and the women.

Somebody stop me
Neg rep for such a poor performance…
Ok brother, your turn. Surely you've got a ton of better jokes.

Keep it simple.

You from Jersey? What exit?

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:36 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:22 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:19 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:16 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:08 pm OK, New Jersey jokes:

In a progressive move, Mattel is making a new boyfriend for Barbie who's a homeless man from New Jersey
Hobo Ken.

My body is in a disgusting, embarrassing, totally repulsive state right now
New Jersey, I'm in New Jersey.

What are two things you don't pick up in New Jersey?
The trash and the women.

Somebody stop me
Neg rep for such a poor performance…
Ok brother, your turn. Surely you've got a ton of better jokes.
Keep it simple.

You from Jersey? What exit?

Gotta admit, I was hoping for way better given your singular potential. Take one more stab at it and if that fails, you can neg yourself, just out of dignity.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:45 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:08 pm OK, New Jersey jokes:

In a progressive move, Mattel is making a new boyfriend for Barbie who's a homeless man from New Jersey
Hobo Ken.

My body is in a disgusting, embarrassing, totally repulsive state right now
New Jersey, I'm in New Jersey.

What are two things you don't pick up in New Jersey?
The trash and the women.

Somebody stop me

I was in the car with my girlfriend, she said “Kiss me where it smells,” so I drove her to New Jersey.

-Gilbert Gottfried

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:47 pm

Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

*How many sets of steak knives can one man use?

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 8:58 pm

Cronin was far more muted in his post game presser tonight. I guess he may have learned something from the fallout from his last press conference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv0EURXsVQk

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:19 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:36 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:22 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:19 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:16 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:08 pm OK, New Jersey jokes:

In a progressive move, Mattel is making a new boyfriend for Barbie who's a homeless man from New Jersey
Hobo Ken.

My body is in a disgusting, embarrassing, totally repulsive state right now
New Jersey, I'm in New Jersey.

What are two things you don't pick up in New Jersey?
The trash and the women.

Somebody stop me
Neg rep for such a poor performance…
Ok brother, your turn. Surely you've got a ton of better jokes.
Keep it simple.

You from Jersey? What exit?
Gotta admit, I was hoping for way better given your singular potential. Take one more stab at it and if that fails, you can neg yourself, just out of dignity.

Isn’t it bad enough I have to travel there for work?

Why did Rutgers change their field from grass to artificial turf?
To keep the cheerleaders from grazing the field at halftime.

Why do geese fly over New Jersey upside down?
Because there’s nothing worth shitting on.

What do they call a polite driver in New Jersey?
Lost.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:22 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:19 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:36 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:22 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:19 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:16 pm

Neg rep for such a poor performance…
Ok brother, your turn. Surely you've got a ton of better jokes.
Keep it simple.

You from Jersey? What exit?
Gotta admit, I was hoping for way better given your singular potential. Take one more stab at it and if that fails, you can neg yourself, just out of dignity.
Isn’t it bad enough I have to travel there for work?

Why did Rutgers change their field from grass to artificial turf?
To keep the cheerleaders from grazing the field at halftime.

Why do geese fly over New Jersey upside down?
Because there’s nothing worth shitting on.

What do they call a polite driver in New Jersey?
Lost.

The second week of July is National Be Nice To New Jersey Week.

Every other week is National Go Fuck Yourself New Jersey Week.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:42 pm

Chicat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:22 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:19 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:36 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:22 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:19 pm Ok brother, your turn. Surely you've got a ton of better jokes.
Keep it simple.

You from Jersey? What exit?
Gotta admit, I was hoping for way better given your singular potential. Take one more stab at it and if that fails, you can neg yourself, just out of dignity.
Isn’t it bad enough I have to travel there for work?

Why did Rutgers change their field from grass to artificial turf?
To keep the cheerleaders from grazing the field at halftime.

Why do geese fly over New Jersey upside down?
Because there’s nothing worth shitting on.

What do they call a polite driver in New Jersey?
Lost.
The second week of July is National Be Nice To New Jersey Week.

Every other week is National Go Fuck Yourself New Jersey Week.

Props to you both. It just took my lame copy and paste to get youse to come out of the corner.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 3:27 am

dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:42 pm
Chicat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:22 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:19 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:36 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:22 pm

Keep it simple.

You from Jersey? What exit?
Gotta admit, I was hoping for way better given your singular potential. Take one more stab at it and if that fails, you can neg yourself, just out of dignity.
Isn’t it bad enough I have to travel there for work?

Why did Rutgers change their field from grass to artificial turf?
To keep the cheerleaders from grazing the field at halftime.

Why do geese fly over New Jersey upside down?
Because there’s nothing worth shitting on.

What do they call a polite driver in New Jersey?
Lost.
The second week of July is National Be Nice To New Jersey Week.

Every other week is National Go Fuck Yourself New Jersey Week.
Props to you both. It just took my lame copy and paste to get youse to come out of the corner.

And I tripled rep’d you for being such a good sport.

Jersey just plain old sucks…

U.P. Zona Fan · Post by **U.P. Zona Fan** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 3:55 am

dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:19 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:16 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:08 pm OK, New Jersey jokes:

In a progressive move, Mattel is making a new boyfriend for Barbie who's a homeless man from New Jersey
Hobo Ken.

My body is in a disgusting, embarrassing, totally repulsive state right now
New Jersey, I'm in New Jersey.

What are two things you don't pick up in New Jersey?
The trash and the women.

Somebody stop me
Neg rep for such a poor performance…
Ok brother, your turn. Surely you've got a ton of better jokes.

I liked 'em

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:30 pm

Looks like Imodium Mick ate a piece of Ex-Lax the size of his head.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:15 am

Looks like Mick is not a fan of being in the Big-10. I don't feel sorry for him since UCLA and USC are the reasons the Pac-12 is basically no more.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:24 am

Hahaha suffer you lollipop guild motherfucker.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:25 am

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:59 am

He's not wrong... but UCLA created this fucking mess you fucking idiot

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:49 am

I dare him to call out UCLA and USC for chasing the money.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Sat Jan 25, 2025 3:09 pm

Hey Mara has actually played really well in the last two games. Happy for him. Even had 7 rebounds which I think is the top of his career. Playing within himself and putting up some points. Glad to see he is not wasting away on the bench. The guy could be good especially on the defensive end.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Thu Jan 30, 2025 9:15 pm

Mara has been a guy I watched for a long time. He is finally getting some time and has made a lot of progress. Someone has been working with him on his running. Before it was very slow and look labored/unnatural. Much more fluid now. He could be a defensive force with a little weight .

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:11 pm

It's a real shame Mick wasted a lot of the non-conference not playing Mara but reasons only known to Mick.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:29 pm

Did Oregon forget how to play bb? 29th in KenPom & 34th at EvanMiya but ranked 18th. Maybe these voters need to watch the games

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Fri Jan 31, 2025 7:24 am

Not a typical Dana team. Can't shoot well and not that athletic in spots.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:08 am

I love not paying attention to either of those teams. I’m a Big XII stan now.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:47 pm

Mick to Nova?

https://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/20 ... ening.html

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:52 pm

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:01 am

Good. Maybe they can hire a coach with the balls to give us a home and home series.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 11:10 am

Merkin wrote: Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:47 pm Mick to Nova?

https://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/20 ... ening.html

No chance. Villanova wants an offense and enjoyable style of play. Buyout not feasible. Vill needs to really look in the PRO ranks with the list of candidates I saw. Really average or below.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:32 pm

Go Bruins!

Frybry02 · Post by **Frybry02** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:38 pm

MrBug708 wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:32 pmGo Bruins!

Looked really good tonight

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:40 pm

Frybry02 wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:38 pm
MrBug708 wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:32 pmGo Bruins!
Looked really good tonight

They sure handled business.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:54 pm

Not so good today. Mid guard play caught up with them

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sat Mar 22, 2025 10:41 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 6:37 am

Mick Cronin, UCLA Head Coach/Human Hemorrhoid -

Q: At what point do you start looking forward rather than backward?

Mick: Right now guys, it’s 12:40am and our season just ended. That’s it. You’re going to ask me about next year. Right now my biggest concern is how bad the seats are on the Allegiant flight, that terrible plane we’re going on to fly home tomorrow.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 6:50 am

That B1G money really paying off!

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:51 am

Chicat wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 6:37 am Mick Cronin, UCLA Head Coach/Human Hemorrhoid -

Q: At what point do you start looking forward rather than backward?

Mick: Right now guys, it’s 12:40am and our season just ended. That’s it. You’re going to ask me about next year. Right now my biggest concern is how bad the seats are on the Allegiant flight, that terrible plane we’re going on to fly home tomorrow.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:52 am

I still can’t believe this guy has a job coaching basketball. He’s such an entitled, humorless, whiny twat.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:09 am

Beachcat97 wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:52 am I still can’t believe this guy has a job coaching basketball. He’s such an entitled, humorless, whiny twat.

Can you imagine being a major booster and having to spend time with this schmuck while he badly pretends to want anything to do with you outside of your money? Barf

Fishclamps · Post by **Fishclamps** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:22 am

UAEebs86 wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 6:50 am That B1G money really paying off!

Coffee is for closers

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:27 am

Goddamn I love this guy!!! And youse guys too. I was gearing up to post the clip and y'all did it for me. Few things in life are this satisfying. Don't you just want to rub his little head and give him a biscuit?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:30 am

dovecanyoncat wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:27 am Goddamn I love this guy!!! And youse guys too. I was gearing up to post the clip and y'all did it for me. Few things in life are this satisfying. Don't you just want to rub his little head and give him a biscuit?

He's adorable

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:28 am

I just want to recruit the same guys as he does and show them an offensive tape of each team and a press conference with the head coaches. To me it is sad to see guys like Mara just wasting away. He has some defensive strengths but he is up and down in minutes. You got to give him time to make mistakes in the heat of battle. He will be a senior next year (I think) and has the experience of a freshman.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:14 am

Chicat wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:09 am
Beachcat97 wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:52 am I still can’t believe this guy has a job coaching basketball. He’s such an entitled, humorless, whiny twat.
Can you imagine being a major booster and having to spend time with this schmuck while he badly pretends to want anything to do with you outside of your money? Barf

I cannot. He’s got the charm of a developmentally stunted, enraged uakari.

Mick Cronin as ucla’s choice is one of the more inexplicable developments in recent years. He couldn’t do anything noteworthy at Cincy, so that makes him a good fit for a slightly better program? Okay…

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:39 am

I want drones following him around 24/7. The Mick Show could run for a decade. Build him an enormous dome city to live out a simulated life built by audience-chosen inputs to: his recruits, win/loss record, injuries, ref encounters, technical foul ejections, airline seats, presser questions, player DUIs .... all by vote. And then everyone could bet on outcomes.

Bet on Season 3 episode 9 as Mick recovers at home from a brainstem stroke while his assistant coaches lead the Bruins to the National Championship victory. Following an invitation to the Whitehouse the bus is hijacked en route to LAX. Mick has forgotten to pack his bi-polar meds, but brings his conceal-carry weapon, and hilarious hijinks ensure.

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