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(01-29-2013 09:08 PM)Murph29 Wrote:  Ok so his schedule sucks now and the SEC is weak this year. Again, let go of the bias for just a second and give a little credit where it is due. He's 17-2 and ranked 16th. Hes also coaching in a somewhat dead end program where it is hard to recruit and compete with the sec powers. Look, the guy has his warts and I'm not some AK worshipper. But he is a very good game coach and he's having a very good season.

AK is exactly where UC was when they were ranked 8th and hadn't yet played anyone.

I didn't exactly diss the guy; rather, I think I gave a rather balanced assessment of his past and current situation. He's on the hot seat to make the tournament this year. He's got a good shot, but he's going to have to make the next several weeks count. He's playing Kentucky tonight, a team with problems of its own.

Talk to us in a few weeks.

"Now we get to the sleepers: To kick things off, check out my man next to Auburn pajamas girl. He's got the creepy sideways grin, like he digs Marshall Henderson's attitude, but can't have his friends find out"

I very nearly pissed myself after reading this and actually finding the guy in the gif. Most brilliantest article/gif analysis ever.

(01-29-2013 09:08 PM)Murph29 Wrote:  Ok so his schedule sucks now and the SEC is weak this year. Again, let go of the bias for just a second and give a little credit where it is due. He's 17-2 and ranked 16th. Hes also coaching in a somewhat dead end program where it is hard to recruit and compete with the sec powers. Look, the guy has his warts and I'm not some AK worshipper. But he is a very good game coach and he's having a very good season.

I think that is fair.

And even though I am very glad he isn't here. I don't wish him to fail.

This is really a perfect year for him to break out and make a name for himself and a brand of the team. UK is not very good. FL is very good. Every other team is incredibly beatable.

They lost to UK tonight at home. Florida is coming up at UF. They have very little chance in that game IMO.

Seems to me what matters is what they are able to do after that game.

(01-30-2013 12:42 AM)Eastside_J Wrote:  

(01-29-2013 09:08 PM)Murph29 Wrote:  Ok so his schedule sucks now and the SEC is weak this year. Again, let go of the bias for just a second and give a little credit where it is due. He's 17-2 and ranked 16th. Hes also coaching in a somewhat dead end program where it is hard to recruit and compete with the sec powers. Look, the guy has his warts and I'm not some AK worshipper. But he is a very good game coach and he's having a very good season.

I think that is fair.

And even though I am very glad he isn't here. I don't wish him to fail.

This is really a perfect year for him to break out and make a name for himself and a brand of the team. UK is not very good. FL is very good. Every other team is incredibly beatable.

They lost to UK tonight at home. Florida is coming up at UF. They have very little chance in that game IMO.

Seems to me what matters is what they are able to do after that game.

Agreed. Very fair. I think Florida is the best team in the country, that is a tall order.

You call people sand ni##ers and other terms of endearment and then use the legal system to attempt to abuse and threaten to bankrupt a guy who won't make your annual salary in his lifetime combined, you earn me rooting against your racist jerk self for eternity. Effing clown. He's the perfect bumpkin coach for that backwoods redneck state.

(01-30-2013 03:54 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  You call people sand ni##ers and other terms of endearment and then use the legal system to attempt to abuse and threaten to bankrupt a guy who won't make your annual salary in his lifetime combined, you earn me rooting against your racist jerk self for eternity. Effing clown. He's the perfect bumpkin coach for that backwoods redneck state.

Born March 13, 1968 (age 44)
Louisville, Mississippi

(01-30-2013 03:54 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  You call people sand ni##ers and other terms of endearment and then use the legal system to attempt to abuse and threaten to bankrupt a guy who won't make your annual salary in his lifetime combined, you earn me rooting against your racist jerk self for eternity. Effing clown. He's the perfect bumpkin coach for that backwoods redneck state.

People do stupid things when they are drunk. Like once when a UC fan made fun of my wife because she is from one of those so called bumpkin states and towns.

But there probably are lots of racist coaches out there which might explain why it is so hard to find a white player.

Aw man. Target rich environment.

The drunk doesn't cause the racist slurs, it just reveals the underlying bigot.

Have you ever called some stranger a ****** because you were just loaded? You know, boys being boys? Didn't think so.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5471353
Andy Kennedy settles lawsuit

"I would like to apologize to Mr. Kennedy and the court for any role I may have played in this unfortunate incident," driver Mohamed Jiddou said in court. "I am now ready to move forward with my life, and I hope that my apology will let Mr. Kennedy move forward with his.

The valet, Michael Strother, who witnessed the altercation, did not issue an apology but accepted Kennedy's apology from 2009.

"All matters between me and coach Kennedy have been resolved," Strother said after court.

Strother's attorney, Philip Taliaferro, said he was very satisfied with the settlement.

Kennedy accepted Jiddou's apology but had not sought one from Strother. Kennedy had apologized in court to Jiddou and Strother in April 2009. He had denied punching and taunting Jiddou in 2008 after his arrest on an assault charge in the altercation but pleaded guilty in April 2009 to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct and issued the apologies at that time.

"This has been an arduous process, one in which ends on a positive note as I expected," Kennedy said. "Jiddou's apology in open court now gives me an opportunity to move forward."

Kennedy and his attorney, William Posey, would only say that Kennedy had sought an apology.

"He came for his [Jiddou's] apology, and he got his apology," Posey said.

(01-30-2013 04:41 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Aw man. Target rich environment.

The drunk doesn't cause the racist slurs, it just reveals the underlying bigot.

Have you ever called some stranger a ****** because you were just loaded? You know, boys being boys? Didn't think so.

While I don't agree with the tone, I do agree with your message. Alcohol is a truth serum.

I don't buy the alcohol argument; it actually drives me crazy. As if having too much to drink is a free pass to do stupid or illegal things. Drunk or not, you still did it and you're still responsible.

In college I worked as a bartender for a couple years. Dealing with drunk people is not fun nor are they funny.

(01-29-2013 12:02 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-29-2013 11:47 AM)levydl Wrote:  That kid can shoot and I like his edgy attitude, but that team is a product of the SEC being terrible this year. They did beat Missouri at home (I think Missouri is a bit overrated too), but they lost to two mid-majors or worse and had a bunch of close games against mediocre-to-bad teams in the SEC. Their resume isn't top 15 material. Bracketology (for whatever that is worth) has them as a 7 seed right now.

As far as UC players acting like they've been there before, they jump up in the student section and stuff like that after some wins. Not taunting like Henderson did, but not Barry Sanders flipping the football to the ref either. I like the enthusiasm.

Ole Miss lost to MTSU RPI of 35, and Indiana St. RPI of 50.
2 of the best RPI games Ole Miss will have this year, better RPI than UK.
SEC is ranked #7, just a hair behind MWC.

I didn't realize just how bad the SEC is. Perusing the latest RPI, Mississippi will face SEC opponents Auburn (#211), Mississippi State twice (#231), and South Carolina (#199). That's 13 games on the schedule around 200 or below. Wow. Arkansas, LSU, Vandy, and Georgia are all ranked below 100.

Since we began this discussion, Ole Miss has gone 4-5 with seven games left, leaving some doubt in my mind whether they make it to the tourney even if they win out.

Of the remaining games, only Alabama (60) and Texas A&M (66) are in the Top 100. LSU and Georgia are ranked just below 100, and S. Carolina, Auburn, and Miss St. are all ranked below 200.

Fortunately, the games against Alabama and A&M are at home. Both of course are must-wins. Actually, lose any more games and Ole Miss is NIT bound and Kennedy is probably looking for a job.

This is what he has done every year since he got there. Got fat on OOC cupcakes and then is very average in a very average SEC. This year the SEC has some awful teams so very average might just be enough to get by.

(01-30-2013 11:01 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(01-30-2013 12:42 AM)Eastside_J Wrote:  

(01-29-2013 09:08 PM)Murph29 Wrote:  Ok so his schedule sucks now and the SEC is weak this year. Again, let go of the bias for just a second and give a little credit where it is due. He's 17-2 and ranked 16th. Hes also coaching in a somewhat dead end program where it is hard to recruit and compete with the sec powers. Look, the guy has his warts and I'm not some AK worshipper. But he is a very good game coach and he's having a very good season.

I think that is fair.

And even though I am very glad he isn't here. I don't wish him to fail.

This is really a perfect year for him to break out and make a name for himself and a brand of the team. UK is not very good. FL is very good. Every other team is incredibly beatable.

They lost to UK tonight at home. Florida is coming up at UF. They have very little chance in that game IMO.

Seems to me what matters is what they are able to do after that game.

Agreed. Very fair. I think Florida is the best team in the country, that is a tall order.

A loss to a South Carolina team last night that has no chance at an NIT bid.

They had to get a few quality wins in this stretch and they are coming up very short.

I think they win 3 out of their next 4 (with a loss to Alabama) and ANY hope of an NCAA bid comes down to beating LSU in their final game.

Looking bad for them

Ole Miss tournament resume:
Record: 19-7 (8-5 in the SEC)
RPI: 57
SOS: 136 (non-conference 282)
Best wins: Missouri (#34) [1-4 vs RPI top 50]
Worst losses: at South Carolina (#193)
Road/neutral record: 6-6

Remaining schedule:
Auburn (#233)
Texas A&M (#72)
at Mississippi St (#225)
Alabama (#58)
at LSU (#103)

**They are going to need to win out, or at the very least avoid losing to Auburn or MSU, in the SEC tournament they will likely need to reach the finals by beating one of the two NCAA caliber teams (Florida and Missouri). Without that, they are the classic case of a team with a horrible SOS, who feasted on bad teams in a very weak SEC (12 of 19 wins over teams with 150+ RPI's).**

(02-21-2013 10:41 AM)Riptsa Wrote:  Ole Miss tournament resume:
Record: 19-7 (8-5 in the SEC)
RPI: 57
SOS: 136 (non-conference 282)
Best wins: Missouri (#34) [1-4 vs RPI top 50]
Worst losses: at South Carolina (#193)
Road/neutral record: 6-6

Remaining schedule:
Auburn (#233)
Texas A&M (#72)
at Mississippi St (#225)
Alabama (#58)
at LSU (#103)

**They are going to need to win out, or at the very least avoid losing to Auburn or MSU, in the SEC tournament they will likely need to reach the finals by beating one of the two NCAA caliber teams (Florida and Missouri). Without that, they are the classic case of a team with a horrible SOS, who feasted on bad teams in a very weak SEC (12 of 19 wins over teams with 150+ RPI's).**

I'm more worried about our own resume at this point. We are in much better shape but if we don't win a few here we could have our own bubble probs.

(02-21-2013 10:41 AM)Riptsa Wrote:  Ole Miss tournament resume:
Record: 19-7 (8-5 in the SEC)
RPI: 57
SOS: 136 (non-conference 282)
Best wins: Missouri (#34) [1-4 vs RPI top 50]
Worst losses: at South Carolina (#193)
Road/neutral record: 6-6

Remaining schedule:
Auburn (#233)
Texas A&M (#72)
at Mississippi St (#225)
Alabama (#58)
at LSU (#103)

**They are going to need to win out, or at the very least avoid losing to Auburn or MSU, in the SEC tournament they will likely need to reach the finals by beating one of the two NCAA caliber teams (Florida and Missouri). Without that, they are the classic case of a team with a horrible SOS, who feasted on bad teams in a very weak SEC (12 of 19 wins over teams with 150+ RPI's).**

Unless there's a crazy run in the SEC tournament, I don't see how Ole Miss goes to The Dance with 1-4 record in the Top 50 and no wins in the Top 25 and no power with the rest of the schedule to change that.

At this point, I'm not so much fascinated by Ole Miss, but with just how OMG awful the SEC is. Poor Kennedy got stuck with an overabundance of "can't lose" games when he got to the SEC portion of the schedule, many of which do nothing for his resume should he win.

With regards to Murph's comments about UC, yeah, I'm afraid we are a bubble team, and hopefully not worse than that. The defense of UC is that all of their losses have been close and against decent quality opponents. Providence may be an exception, but they just beat Notre Dame, so they must have something.

(02-21-2013 12:11 PM)BearcatsUC Wrote:  

(02-21-2013 10:41 AM)Riptsa Wrote:  Ole Miss tournament resume:
Record: 19-7 (8-5 in the SEC)
RPI: 57
SOS: 136 (non-conference 282)
Best wins: Missouri (#34) [1-4 vs RPI top 50]
Worst losses: at South Carolina (#193)
Road/neutral record: 6-6

Remaining schedule:
Auburn (#233)
Texas A&M (#72)
at Mississippi St (#225)
Alabama (#58)
at LSU (#103)

**They are going to need to win out, or at the very least avoid losing to Auburn or MSU, in the SEC tournament they will likely need to reach the finals by beating one of the two NCAA caliber teams (Florida and Missouri). Without that, they are the classic case of a team with a horrible SOS, who feasted on bad teams in a very weak SEC (12 of 19 wins over teams with 150+ RPI's).**

Unless there's a crazy run in the SEC tournament, I don't see how Ole Miss goes to The Dance with 1-4 record in the Top 50 and no wins in the Top 25 and no power with the rest of the schedule to change that.

At this point, I'm not so much fascinated by Ole Miss, but with just how OMG awful the SEC is. Poor Kennedy got stuck with an overabundance of "can't lose" games when he got to the SEC portion of the schedule, many of which do nothing for his resume should he win.

With regards to Murph's comments about UC, yeah, I'm afraid we are a bubble team, and hopefully not worse than that. The defense of UC is that all of their losses have been close and against decent quality opponents. Providence may be an exception, but they just beat Notre Dame, so they must have something.

We have to finish well, but we are definitely not a bubble team at this point in time.

They lost to freaking South Carolina last night? LOL. Typical.

Martin will get them there but that team is abysmal.