(02-03-2014 04:14 PM)Tanyaskees Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 02:18 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 02:02 PM)transitt Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 01:58 PM)450bench Wrote:  I appreciate Black Man's take. I also think some of those takes are right on. No sweet 16 this year, look out. No sweet 16 next year, it's over. And if you guys think his buyout wasn't approved by the the money guys who are actually gonna pay it, well, you're sadly mistaken.

Again, your opinion is appreciated Black Man. It's an emotionally charged time in Tiger fandom land.

You're generally reasonable. However, there's a group on here who I GUARANTEE that if we get to the Sweet 16 and lose will call for Pastner's head for not making the elite eight.

WE ARE RANKED AND WINNING AND SOME ACT LIKE THIS SEASON HAS BEEN A FAILURE! We finished last season ranked! We've been ranked all season this season! My God, we're having a good season and all some do is ***** and want Pastner fired!

As with most things in life, the truth is somewhere in the middle of two extremes.

I don't want to "cut bait" and I'm sure a lot of tiger fans feel the same way but the way regressed defensively at SMU is disheartening.

Of particular concern is a point that CBM and others have brought up - that players don't respect pastner. I remember coverage of a specific practice a few years ago where the players were calling pastner "the corniest coach in America" to his face.

And when we read that the players were clowning around and joking after being spanked in Dallas, that shows an intensity and attitude problem.

I just hope the tigers from ok state round 2 show up in the matchups we have remaining in the regular season - we're in a spot now where we've put a lot of pressure on ourselves to win those games.

Do you remember the players crying in the locker room after a loss? What happened? They got bashed here for crying in the locker room after a loss. Now they are goofing off too much after a loss? Can they do anything right? Apparently not.

I never said anything about them crying in the locker room after that loss.

They can do the Charleston at mid-court after the game for all I care if they put forth a decent defensive effort.

The Roger Dorn "oley" defense isn't going to cut it.

Mentally, we seem to be regressing as a team, at least defensively. That's disconcerting at this point in the season and it does not give one high hopes that it will change if the team is screwing around after an embarrassing loss.