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Far-fetched? It's perfectly in line with that playbook so far. Inept AD, no program foundation, year 2, etc. Outdated? History repeats my friend.MrBug708 wrote:Putting your point of view into UCLA'S situation is silly. Most of that narrative is far-fetched or outdated. Most fans perception of UCLA is more outdated than ucla fans perspective actually is. So a healthy dialog, while appreciative, probably wouldn't really accomplish much other than a chorus of "heh's"
This. Romar makes a lot of sense. And more importantly, Miller > Romarcatgrad97 wrote:Not hiring Lorenzo Romar was the dagger now twisting in the ribs of UCLA basketball. Brad Stevens will be at Indiana after this season and no other Division I coach with NCAA tournament wins wants to touch the Bruins' job at this point.
Going after Romar now will be a day late and a dollar short.
Again. Outdated take. Arizona fans wanted KON out after one year. Sounds much worse than UCLA fans. See how I can make an overly simplistic take with whatever factors I wanted to use?Bosy Billups wrote:Far-fetched? It's perfectly in line with that playbook so far. Inept AD, no program foundation, year 2, etc. Outdated? History repeats my friend.MrBug708 wrote:Putting your point of view into UCLA'S situation is silly. Most of that narrative is far-fetched or outdated. Most fans perception of UCLA is more outdated than ucla fans perspective actually is. So a healthy dialog, while appreciative, probably wouldn't really accomplish much other than a chorus of "heh's"
UCLA fans are worse than any other fan base, they want their coach fired now. What support, in year 1.3.
He never had a chance from the beginning. Sad. But he did it to himself leaving NM after that 10 year contract and his excitement to be there for the long term. He had the full support of the AD, Fans, Community. Nice facilities, good assistants (Noodle), a philosophy in place, Etc. He's had good success there. He had a great team coming back.
Why did he leave?!?
The glitz and the glamor? CSA obviously did not do his due diligence and just said YES when asked.
Could be a career dagger IMO
Now you are just trolling me...lolcatgrad97 wrote:Not hiring Lorenzo Romar was the dagger now twisting in the ribs of UCLA basketball. Brad Stevens will be at Indiana after this season and no other Division I coach with NCAA tournament wins wants to touch the Bruins' job at this point.
Going after Romar now will be a day late and a dollar short.
MrBug708 wrote:Again. Outdated take. Arizona fans wanted KON out after one year. Sounds much worse than UCLA fans. See how I can make an overly simplistic take with whatever factors I wanted to use?Bosy Billups wrote:Far-fetched? It's perfectly in line with that playbook so far. Inept AD, no program foundation, year 2, etc. Outdated? History repeats my friend.MrBug708 wrote:Putting your point of view into UCLA'S situation is silly. Most of that narrative is far-fetched or outdated. Most fans perception of UCLA is more outdated than ucla fans perspective actually is. So a healthy dialog, while appreciative, probably wouldn't really accomplish much other than a chorus of "heh's"
UCLA fans are worse than any other fan base, they want their coach fired now. What support, in year 1.3.
He never had a chance from the beginning. Sad. But he did it to himself leaving NM after that 10 year contract and his excitement to be there for the long term. He had the full support of the AD, Fans, Community. Nice facilities, good assistants (Noodle), a philosophy in place, Etc. He's had good success there. He had a great team coming back.
Why did he leave?!?
The glitz and the glamor? CSA obviously did not do his due diligence and just said YES when asked.
Could be a career dagger IMO
But I do agree that both UCLA and New Mexico would have been better off had neither of them made the marriage.
lol, his domain @aol.com?MrBug708 wrote:I'll send DG an email
dantheman@prodigy.comMrBug708 wrote:Numbers @compuserve
Completely agree that Brad Stevens will be in Bloomington soon enough, and Steve Alford will lobby hard for the IU job just like he did during his time at Iowa.catgrad97 wrote:Not hiring Lorenzo Romar was the dagger now twisting in the ribs of UCLA basketball. Brad Stevens will be at Indiana after this season and no other Division I coach with NCAA tournament wins wants to touch the Bruins' job at this point.
Going after Romar now will be a day late and a dollar short.
Yikes.8. UCLA: This team is in an awful lot of trouble. The Bruins have dropped five in a row, and as I mentioned they're now 0-7 against top-100 teams. It seems like this team has some pretty major, fatal flaws on offense that probably can't be fixed mid-season. Bryce Alford is a solid collegiate point guard, but he's the only guy the Bruins can consistently count upon to create offensive looks in the halfcourt. Looney and Powell are probably going to get drafted this year, but Looney is still really raw and Powell still struggles handling the ball in tight spaces. Plus, they have absolutely no depth. With Wanaah Bail now suspended, the team only goes seven-deep regularly with another raw freshman, Thomas Welsh, and Noah Allen. The five departures from last offseason -- Kyle Anderson, Zach LaVine and Jordan Adams, along with the Wear twins -- have proved too much to overcome. It seems unlikely this team goes dancing unless they make a major overhaul.
I'm certainly not going to argue that with you!CatsbyAZ wrote: A) I agree that other programs have not picked up the slack for UCLA this year.
B) I agree that it's preferable to have UCLA as a top representative PAC 12 program, alongside Arizona.
C) The beef is twofold - 1) I've never been a fan of rooting for rivals because it helps the conference or whatever. That's something the SEC has gone way overboard with starting in 2006 and everybody else decided to likewise follow them off the conference banter cliff. 2) Whether it's for the conference or not why oh why should I ever be compelled to root for UCLA??? Please don't tell us to root for UCLA just to get the indirect effect it has on AZ. I'll take rooting against UCLA at the expense of the conference most any day.
Da fuq? Stevens to Indiana? Why the hell would he want to do that? If there was a college program in that area, it would be duke. Not little short hoosier town. Are there sources?CatsbyAZ wrote:Completely agree that Brad Stevens will be in Bloomington soon enough, and Steve Alford will lobby hard for the IU job just like he did during his time at Iowa.catgrad97 wrote:Not hiring Lorenzo Romar was the dagger now twisting in the ribs of UCLA basketball. Brad Stevens will be at Indiana after this season and no other Division I coach with NCAA tournament wins wants to touch the Bruins' job at this point.
Going after Romar now will be a day late and a dollar short.
I dont think ucla fans think they'll get him. It would take the right storm of him being unemployed and ready to go back to college and ucla having an opening and Duke or another East program not having an opening.Bosy Billups wrote:Da fuq? Stevens to Indiana? Why the hell would he want to do that? If there was a college program in that area, it would be duke. Not little short hoosier town. Are there sources?CatsbyAZ wrote:Completely agree that Brad Stevens will be in Bloomington soon enough, and Steve Alford will lobby hard for the IU job just like he did during his time at Iowa.catgrad97 wrote:Not hiring Lorenzo Romar was the dagger now twisting in the ribs of UCLA basketball. Brad Stevens will be at Indiana after this season and no other Division I coach with NCAA tournament wins wants to touch the Bruins' job at this point.
Going after Romar now will be a day late and a dollar short.
Also, what makes everyone think he's going to either get fired or bolt from the Celtics? If he gets the train going, he ain't leaving.
Besides, UCLA thinks they'll get him after Alford.
Was there a realistic shot at Marshall? He seems like a "good 'ol boy" happy in mizzura. He would be great in the Pac-12 and have the personality to handle the job.MrBug708 wrote:I dont think ucla fans think they'll get him. It would take the right storm of him being unemployed and ready to go back to college and ucla having an opening and Duke or another East program not having an opening.Bosy Billups wrote:Da fuq? Stevens to Indiana? Why the hell would he want to do that? If there was a college program in that area, it would be duke. Not little short hoosier town. Are there sources?CatsbyAZ wrote:Completely agree that Brad Stevens will be in Bloomington soon enough, and Steve Alford will lobby hard for the IU job just like he did during his time at Iowa.catgrad97 wrote:Not hiring Lorenzo Romar was the dagger now twisting in the ribs of UCLA basketball. Brad Stevens will be at Indiana after this season and no other Division I coach with NCAA tournament wins wants to touch the Bruins' job at this point.
Going after Romar now will be a day late and a dollar short.
Also, what makes everyone think he's going to either get fired or bolt from the Celtics? If he gets the train going, he ain't leaving.
Besides, UCLA thinks they'll get him after Alford.
I'd said Marshall would be the top realistic guy. If only DG hadn't been so lazy and waited a week
WTF!?!?!Merkin wrote:Alford's buyout is over $10M.
He's not going anywhere.Merkin wrote:Alford's buyout is over $10M.
I'm sure Alford will adopt the late-Howland-era approach of coaching up exactly 3 (or in this year's case 2) games a year, all of which happen to be against us.salim'sheadband wrote:All I know is if we lose to the steaming pile of dogshit that UCLA purports to call a basketball team this year I'm going to lose my motherfucking mind.
We're only guaranteed to play UCLA once. Too soon to tell if we'll get them in Vegas.legallykenny wrote:I'm sure Alford will adopt the late-Howland-era approach of coaching up exactly 3 (or in this year's case 2) games a year, all of which happen to be against us.salim'sheadband wrote:All I know is if we lose to the steaming pile of dogshit that UCLA purports to call a basketball team this year I'm going to lose my motherfucking mind.
Just as long as you are here to spew your brilliance for us, we will all be alright...MrBug708 wrote:I have no doubt that if the unfathomable happens, the Arizona faithful will have someone to blame
Ed Rush? If Arizona loses to UCLA, I'm blaming Steve Alford's mother who lays out his lucky game-day trousers out for him.MrBug708 wrote:I have no doubt that if the unfathomable happens, the Arizona faithful will have someone to blame
He touched the ball.MrBug708 wrote:I have no doubt that if the unfathomable happens, the Arizona faithful will have someone to blame
HEH!MrBug708 wrote:Free shirts on sunday. Which is saying something because the AD doesn't give anything for free.
MrBug708 wrote:Free shirts on sunday. Which is saying something because the AD doesn't give anything for free.
I agree about Guerrero. I just can't fathom that, with UCLA at a triple digit rpi at about the halfway point of a season, there aren't death flames coming out of the AD's office directed at Alford.azcat34 wrote:How is Dan Guerrero still an AD?
That's the most incredible thing out of the whole Alford/UCLA BBall situation this year.
All I know, if UCLA loses tonight's game... 6 game streak. #WOWASUHATER! wrote:What will the attendance be for the Stanford game tonight? Tipoff is at 6 so you know traffic will be an issue. My guess is 4000
NoBosy 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)
Why would he do it then? Was Alford's agent Gordon Gecko?MrBug708 wrote:NoBosy 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)