Bear Down Wildcats

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It's been fun watching Ballo the last two games. Very fundamentally sound with his positioning and footwork. And presenting himself for the pass. It's how big men get buckets or head to the line. Make the FTs, and that's how you score in double digits two games in a row. Also like to see how Ballo a...

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Strange game statistically. We gave up 20 OR, but held Stanford to 30% shooting. Usually extra possessions will kill you, but our D was locked in for just about all 40 minutes. We gave up very few uncontested shots and had 8 blocks. Stanford had only 21 made buckets all game. We also put on another ...

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Cards need a reboot. But it's hard to reboot a team that keeps improving the win total year-over-year. Kingsbury isn't the guy, and the late season fades are both endemic and problematic. It's a pattern that can't be ignored. And the Cards would afford letting Kingsbury go. They have NFL money, plus...

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Wait, some are complaining about Fisch getting hired by a bigger P5 job? Hasn’t it been like three decades since that last happen? I would take that in a heartbeat. Means Arizona is sucking a little less. Utah had Urban Meyer for two years. He left for Florida but left Wittingham in SLC. Worked out...

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6 years at TAMU and Sumlin only had one class that didn't finish in the top 15 nationally. And that class was in the mid-20s if I remember correctly. Nobody did less with more talent than Sumlin at TAMU. And when Sumlin got to Tucson, he did less with less. Not a big surprise, but the hope was Suml...

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6 years at TAMU and Sumlin only had one class that didn't finish in the top 15 nationally. And that class was in the mid-20s if I remember correctly. Nobody did less with more talent than Sumlin at TAMU. And when Sumlin got to Tucson, he did less with less. Not a big surprise, but the hope was Sumli...

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Some crazy stats from the last game, for sure. 28 assists on 33 made buckets, but still only a 1.33:1 assist to TO ratio. We can get away with this against UW, but not against UCLA or other top teams. Cut the turnovers down to 14 and have 2:1 ATO ratio, and we likely win by 25+, and become nearly im...

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Stoops showed progress in year 3. 6-6, if I remember correctly, after two 3-8 seasons. Would have gone to a bowl game today, but there weren't 70 bowl games back then, so we were locked out. Year 4 was a disappointment, going 5-7, and Stoops' seat was warm entering year 5. But he went 8-5 with a Veg...

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28 assists on 33 made buckets is phenomenal. But even with 28 assists, we only had a 1.33:1 assist to TO ratio, because we also had 21 turnovers! We also gave up 12 offensive rebounds. Thankfully, we were playing UW, because against better teams, a combination of 33 TOs and Offensive Rebounds equals...

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While past results are no guarantee for future results, again Fisch's play calling resume at U. Miami, UCLA, and the Jags is a lot of meh. Sure, we had a talent issue last year, but it's not like Fisch made a lot of great calls. It was meh with little to no talent. Fisch had little say who we had on...

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UW game. Up 16-7 and driving. 5 straight run plays, for 40 yards (35 total because of false start penalty). 1st and 10 and the UW 28, and I know Fisch wanted to call a "safe" pass play, but why? We were running the ball down their throats, and in a positive position. If you call play action, you go ...

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Fisch has done well in the off-season, but there is plenty of reason to question his ability to coach. Nothing this year told me Fisch was a good play caller or head coach. Losing to NAU? Nothing in Fisch's past has jumped off the page either. His time as an O-coordinator has been a lot of meh. Tale...

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Get some fucking talent into the program first. Then if the only argument/concern is with Jeff’s play calling or game management great…I can live with that. Shit, I’ve been doing that since the Tomey era. Until that time who gives a shit if we were a a 1 win or 3 win team. First stop is becoming bo...

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Had we retained RR, I think we would've won at least 7 games and go bowling. Sumlin won 5 games with the same roster, while the offense sputtered early on to adjust. 7 wins and a bowl gets you another year at Arizona, and who know what might have happened with RR and a senior Khalil Tate. All water ...

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Nobody was going to confuse our roster with Alabama's, but we could've won 3, maybe 4 last year. Poor play calling and game management cost us a few victories. Not too a deal as there isn't much difference between 1 win and 3 wins. And hopefully these problems can be fixed between by year 3. But wha...

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Kingsbury needs to be fired. He'll be 0-5 in games the Cards needed to make the playoffs. Can't win the game to get you into the playoffs, then you don't deserve to be an NFL coach. Offense has broken down. D isn't much better, and the mistakes are an embarrassment. This game alone, 2 missed FGs, mi...

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This game is over already. We have more turnovers and UTenn has more rebounds than we have points. If I'm Lloyd, I let the assistants talk from now and give the team the silent treatment. Nothing anyone can say that can help. Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too early to say that. You eat an elephant one bite at a...

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This game is over already. We have more turnovers and UTenn has more rebounds than we have points. If I'm Lloyd, I let the assistants talk from now and give the team the silent treatment. Nothing anyone can say that can help.

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My oldest is a junior in college. And while we live in Gilbert, she has no desire to stay home and go to ASu. We visited the Bay Area and she fell in love with Berkeley. If she gets accepted, which is about 50/50, we'll try and make it work. If not, she jokes UArizona is her safety school!

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We need to show progress next year. Even if it's just 3 wins and a few close losses, that's progress. Pull in another great class next year, and win 6 and go bowling in 2023, then the sky is the limit. I question whether Fisch has the coaching chops to get there. But at least there is a defined path...

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Phelps did pay a player. Pinder, who got $500 to fly family over to see him. It's one of the Level 1 violations, but it's something we self reported and punished already. Pinder paid back every cent and was suspended a couple of games. If you're looking at what Book did versus NC State, their allega...

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Hurley hasn't elevated the program at all. Sendek was a NIT top seed a few times when the tournament was 65 teams. Hurley made the First Four how many times? Hurley certainly benefited from the tournament expansion. Hurley upgraded the schedule, but that's about it.

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Boring friendly with Bosnia Herzegovina tonight. We played an all domestic lineup and already had the run of play the first 40 minutes until a BH player got a red card. BH went into a shell in the 2nd half, playing 9, sometimes 10 guys behind the ball. We broke through, finally, 89th minute for a 1-...

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Teams coming into a place like McKale react in one of two ways. One, the lights and crowd overwhelm. The game is never a contest. Wyoming reacted this way. Two, the opposing kids are pumped to be playing in a place like McKale, and don't miss a shot early. But it's not sustainable, and Arizona makes...

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Half-assed effort, opponent with career high, against a team that shot 43% from 3, and we still win by 25. Yeah, we're spoiled, but that's because we're very good. But this type of game against UCLA or USC, we certainly don't win by 25. Probably don't win at all.

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I think Tommy will succeed at Arizona. This year's team might have been mostly Miller's guys, but it's made up of players similar to what Gonzaga has every year. Overseas projects like Koloko and Ballo, Euros who can shoot, like Kerr and Tubelis, and athletic wings like Mathurin and Terry. Play pres...

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Arizona Basketball has 4 Level 1 violations. The fifth is for Swimming and Diving. Of the four we have, the 1st one is Book. Guilty, and if you compare it to what happened at Auburn, should be less punishment. Person took 3.5X the amount of money and funneled it to players. Book took less and kept i...

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Spiff is spot on in my opinion. If the IARP comes down harder than what the NCAA has already issued, no school will ever use it in the future. The IARP could come down lighter, but it's not like these punishments have been a little more than a slap on the wrist. Hard to see our punishment be worse t...

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Heeke/Robbins had made five hires this past year. Football, men's basketball, baseball, women's soccer, and softball. Two coaches have completed their seasons, and each notched 1 conference win. Not exactly a good start. Lloyd has been great so far, but the season is only 1/3 over. Baseball and soft...

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During the game last night, they showed a pic of Koloko the day he signed with Arizona versus a recent picture. The change was obvious. More muscle on every inch of his body. Stronger legs have allowed Koloko to play better position D, and get where we wants to go on the floor on O. And stronger arm...

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Ballo can't shoot FTs anymore? Pretty poor all around today Ballo didn't have a great game, but his two buckets came when we needed them. Started our run and we never looked back. I'll take 5 points and 5 boards from Ballo every game. And while Ballo needs to work on his ball screens, he did a good...

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Talent alone does not win football games. If it did, USC would not have had to replace Helton. Talent certainly helps, but Don Brown had arguably less talent on D than we did last year with the transfers, and improved the D significantly. That's coaching. And now, we've replaced him with a guy who h...

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Fisch's first year reminded me of Stoops' first year in Tucson. Improvement in effort and nice to see a team not quit. But lack of talent and poor coaching was obvious. And at least Stoops beat NAU. There will be a talent upgrade, but what concerns me is coaching. Stoops and Stoops improved the D si...

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12 games and making the same mistakes they did in game 1. Nice to see us play hard for 60 minutes. But I saw no improvement game to game, and that is a bad sign. All the summer gimmicks in the world mean squat when you are 1-11, and the team looks just as bad in game 12 as it did game 1.

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ASu played the most uninspired, unmotivated, undisciplined game at Oregon State. Something like 8 false start penalties. It was like Utah winning the South sucked the life out of ASu. One would think both teams would be up for the match up, but we saw last year, that's not always the case. Especiall...

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Most improved player maybe ever at Arizona. Frye went from ham sandwich to NBA regular. Jason Terry showed great improvement with intangibles, from shy freshman to team leader. Never thought Justin Wessel would play significant minus at Arizona, but he proved me wrong. But Koloko? From tall, fish ou...

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Nice when you have a game where there's plenty to work on, and you still win. Tommy's first big game, and he waited too long to call a TO. Can't let a scrappy team like Wichita State keep that momentum going. Call the TO. You can't take them with you. Teams are going to press us. With Kerr in there,...

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84Cat wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:45 pm Why did Tommy take so long to call a time out?

No bleeping clue. Needed to change the momentum minutes ago. Stupid to wait so late.

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This game had disaster written all over it. Tough trip, bad weather, motivated WSU team, and an Arizona team due for a let down.

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It's not a comedy of errors watching Arizona Football. It's a comedy of stupidity.

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I like going for it on 4th there, but I didnt like the qb sneak call D played well in first series. Give WSU a short field and momentum could shift. Which is exactly what happened. Punt the ball, pin 'em deep, and keep momentum on our side. Going for it early and not getting it around midfield is a...

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I've never seen soccer played in the snow before. The US played a qualifier in Denver against Costa Rica in 2014. The game is called the Snow Classico. US won 1-0 on a Clint Dempsey goal. It was wild, and game probably should have been suspended. But both teams and team coaches agreed to continue. ...

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Ugly 1-1 tie at Jamaica yesterday. But a point on the road is a point on the road. I'll take it. Another interesting development is Canada beat Mexico 2-1 up in the Canadian Frozen Tundra yesterday. This puts Canada atop the World Cup Qualifying table at the moment, with the US 1 point behind, and M...

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Not to kick RichRod, but his recruiting tailed off, and some of our struggles getting pushed around in the lines so much the last few years (and during his own tenure) are his responsibility. Sometimes, there's a shelf-life for a coach and his pitch. You can sell "the big dream" early on, but after...

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Wasn't that game incredible? The USMNT literally dominated Mexico the entire match. And it had to be Pulisic that scored the lead goal. And to think the USMNT isn't at full strength. No Dest or Reyna because of injuries. The midfield is incredible. Steffen played great and should be the top GK. Zim...

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When Mike Stoops took over, the team played hard through two 3-8 seasons. D looked much improved over the Macko-disaster, but the O? A delay of game coming off a tv timeout was the Canales special! After two years, Stoops had enough, hired Sonny Dykes, and the team went 6-6 the next year. Well, Mac...

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When Mike Stoops took over, the team played hard through two 3-8 seasons. D looked much improved over the Macko-disaster, but the O? A delay of game coming off a tv timeout was the Canales special! After two years, Stoops had enough, hired Sonny Dykes, and the team went 6-6 the next year. History is...

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Can't argue with the results. Dos - a - Cero!

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COVID depleted CAL vs Arizona. Turning the clock back for offense 100 years. 1921 football fans would feel right at home at Arizona Stadium today.

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Ballo is still very raw. But what I saw last night was an improvement over his limited play with the Zags. I can see Ballo getting 5 minutes a half to play defense and lean on the opponent's bigs to wear them down a bit. Any points and rebounds we get are plusses. Mathurin reminds me a lot of Dicker...

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