UCLA Basketball in trouble!

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:35 pm

MrBug708 wrote:
Bosy Billups wrote:I don't think the Buyout was Dan's idea.

DG *HAD* to give that to lure even a coach of Alford's caliber over. He just signed a 10 year extension. He wasn't moving without assurances.

The scary thing is, if not Alford, then who? (no, not Marshall)
No

Yes

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:40 pm

Watching Stanford @ UCLA this morning here in Bangkok. I can't believe how lame and devoid of atmosphere Pauley is! Sounds like they are playing in a High School gym

Pathetic and not good for the Pac12....

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:41 pm

Bangkok Wildcat wrote:Watching Stanford @ UCLA this morning here in Bangkok. I can't believe how lame and devoid of atmosphere Pauley is! Sounds like they are playing in a High School gym

Pathetic and not good for the Pac12....

That's how pretty much every ucla home game has been for 4 years unless a couple thousand Arizona fans buy tickets

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:54 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:
Bangkok Wildcat wrote:Watching Stanford @ UCLA this morning here in Bangkok. I can't believe how lame and devoid of atmosphere Pauley is! Sounds like they are playing in a High School gym

Pathetic and not good for the Pac12....
That's how pretty much every ucla home game has been for 4 years unless a couple thousand Arizona fans buy tickets

Man, how frickin' lame UCLA fans are.....you see all these dynamic home environments at other 'Blue-Blood' programs vs. 'Pathetic Pauley'......I am starting to really dislike them for this main reason alone.

I take back my previous assertion that we don't need a strong UCLA program though....the more programs that succeed in the P12, the better off we are IMHO.....currently it looks like us, Utah as the only Top 25 Teams this year

SCCat · Post by **SCCat** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:15 pm

It seems like there seems to be a fairly concerted effort to keep the ball out of Alford's hands and/or Alford has been told to give it up when he has it.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:15 pm

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:33 pm

By the time Alford's run out of town, it's going to be really hard deciding which Bruin coach I liked more, Lavin or SA.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:30 pm

Double OT. Wish our game wasn't on so I could watch the end of this.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:48 pm

Ucla pulls it out in double ot. Guess they aren't dead yet.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:02 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:Ucla pulls it out in double ot. Guess they aren't dead yet.

Oh no. I assure you: they're dead.

Heh.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:09 pm

Did all 42 fans rush the court?

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:26 pm

Funny knowing that will be a bad loss on Furd's resume...

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:34 pm

Olsondogg wrote:Funny knowing that will be a bad loss on Furd's resume...

Oh, it's worse than that. Just having to play UCLA weakens our strength of schedule, which in turn negatively impacts other key metrics/indices.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:09 am

Surprised we got nearly 8k in the arena

Bosy Billups · Post by **Bosy Billups** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:39 pm

Gotta give CSA some props, he is one positive optimistic guy after the game and losing streak. He sounded genuine, but don't think many could be that encouraging after such a streak. Whether he stays or not, gotta support the team and him while they're there (if UCLA fan).

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:57 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Surprised we got nearly 8k in the arena

Paid attendance. Looking at the pictures and watching the game it was no more than 5k

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:51 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Surprised we got nearly 8k in the arena
Paid attendance. Looking at the pictures and watching the game it was no more than 5k

UCLA uses turnstiles for attendance numbers

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:52 pm

MrBug708 wrote:UCLA uses turnstiles for attendance numbers

Coaches too.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:13 pm

MrBug708 wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Surprised we got nearly 8k in the arena
Paid attendance. Looking at the pictures and watching the game it was no more than 5k
UCLA uses turnstiles for attendance numbers

Looking at the pictures and watching the game it was no more than 5k

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:30 pm

3k fans walked through the turnstiles...and immediately turned around and walked out.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:41 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Surprised we got nearly 8k in the arena
Paid attendance. Looking at the pictures and watching the game it was no more than 5k
UCLA uses turnstiles for attendance numbers
Looking at the pictures and watching the game it was no more than 5k

Hopefully your estimation is a bit better on attendance than it was on players height

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:36 pm

UCLA hoops: unranked and irrelevant. And this means Bug's got even *more* sand than usual in that vajayjay. Enough to fill an Arizona desert!

Heh.

Post by **UAdevil** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:43 pm

So why is Looney punching himself in the sac?

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:10 pm

Surprised by the crowd with the rain. Checked out stubhub before to try and go but tix were starting at 40

SCCat · Post by **SCCat** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:17 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Surprised by the crowd with the rain. Checked out stubhub before to try and go but tix were starting at 40

And that's just ridiculously too much for a Los Angeles area worker to pay for a UCLA game?

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:41 pm

I I don't pay more than 30 for any sporting event when I can watch it for free.

At the risk of being ridiculed by exposing too much of my private life, but having bought a house that isnt in a terrible location, living on two teacher salaries, and expecting the first kid over the summer, I chose to stay home and work around the house until game time.

Hope that's cool with you

SCCat · Post by **SCCat** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:34 pm

MrBug708 wrote:I I don't pay more than 30 for any sporting event when I can watch it for free.

At the risk of being ridiculed by exposing too much of my private life, but having bought a house that isnt in a terrible location, living on two teacher salaries, and expecting the first kid over the summer, I chose to stay home and work around the house until game time.

Hope that's cool with you

Of course it's cool with me.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:38 pm

MrBug708 wrote:I I don't pay more than 30 for any sporting event when I can watch it for free.

At the risk of being ridiculed by exposing too much of my private life, but having bought a house that isnt in a terrible location, living on two teacher salaries, and expecting the first kid over the summer, I chose to stay home and work around the house until game time.

Hope that's cool with you

Actually that's quite commendable where teachers can actually afford a home and in a nice area.

splitsecond · Post by **splitsecond** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:11 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Surprised by the crowd with the rain. Checked out stubhub before to try and go but tix were starting at 40

If tickets at McKale were ever $40 on StubHub I would go to almost every game. But your situation and choice make perfect sense to me.

SCCat · Post by **SCCat** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:16 pm

splitsecond wrote:If tickets at McKale were ever $40 on StubHub I would go to almost every game. But your situation and choice make perfect sense to me.

$40 in LA is more like $20 in Tucson, so a more apt corollary would be tickets to the U of A game are $20 and the arena is still only 1/2 full.

splitsecond · Post by **splitsecond** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:25 pm

SCCat wrote:
splitsecond wrote:If tickets at McKale were ever $40 on StubHub I would go to almost every game. But your situation and choice make perfect sense to me.
$40 in LA is more like $20 in Tucson, so a more apt corollary would be tickets to the U of A game are $20 and the arena is still only 1/2 full.

Even in the worst years that wouldn't happen.

SCCat · Post by **SCCat** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:01 pm

splitsecond wrote:Even in the worst years that wouldn't happen.

No, no it wouldn't. But then again, Arizona fans care about their basketball team. So you got one pretty big difference right there.

Bear Down Vegas · Post by **Bear Down Vegas** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:09 am

Nothing about not-the-OSU handling them last night? I know we lost to the Beavers too but I figured this thread would've been bumped for that. So I'll do it.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:19 am

I don't think tinkle out coaching another pac 12 is much of a surprise anymore

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:43 am

MrBug708 wrote:I don't think tinkle out coaching another pac 12 is much of a surprise anymore

I don't think Alford being outcoached by another Pac-12 coach is much of a surprise anymore.

Meanwhile, Bryce had another stellar night of being a point guard (it's what he does) needing 15 shots to score 18 points.

SCCat · Post by **SCCat** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:10 pm

Agree that as much as it is not being surprised by Tinkle it's not being surprised by Alford and UCLA as well.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 2:47 pm

Alford rocking the Tennis shoe/Suit look.

I'm waiting for Powell and Looney to just quit on the team.

Bosy Billups · Post by **Bosy Billups** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 3:00 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Alford rocking the Tennis shoe/Suit look.

I'm waiting for Powell and Looney to just quit on the team.

Alford is the new JT

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 3:13 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Alford rocking the Tennis shoe/Suit look.

Coaches Against Cancer benefit or something like that, right? Miller did it Thursday night.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 3:51 pm

UCLA is pathetic. Is Alford really a better coach than Howland?

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:41 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Alford rocking the Tennis shoe/Suit look.
Coaches Against Cancer benefit or something like that, right? Miller did it Thursday night.

Should do it every game with as much time as he spends on the court.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:43 pm

Irish27 wrote:UCLA is pathetic. Is Alford really a better coach than Howland?

Bill Walton really likes what he's doing. Defense and toughness are boring. This is precisely what they requested in changing coaches.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:45 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:29 am

Irish27 wrote:UCLA is pathetic. Is Alford really a better coach than Howland?

Absolutely not. Not even sure he's a better program manager at this point which I thought was his strong suit when he was hired.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:16 pm

Steve Alford: certainly no worse than UCLA's seventh top choice for coach. Okay, maybe eighth.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:47 pm

Am I really rooting for the Ruins tonight?

Heh...

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:56 pm

Just is sad watching ucla home games. Hosting the #11 team and the arena is half empty and the arena is lifeless

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:59 pm

Just get the W

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:40 pm

Bring on kentucky

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:45 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Bring on kentucky

Didn't you already play them? And wasn't it like 41-7 at halftime?

Heh.

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