I miss Brooks

Well- of we are carrying the theme here. DJ was never on a team able to defeat an AP top 25 team...while this year's team has done that twice- and I believe both may have been top ten teams at the time.

Look- I get the self flagellation, but the non-sop pining for others as a backwards way of disparaging these current kids is a fatiguing method. I wish Thomas was on the team this year...may be 18-3 instead of 16-5.

Worst 10 minute stretch really ..ever...on the heels of a 4 game win streak.

It happens. The one thing I agree with is that it is possible it will happen again. At the wrong time.

Or it will not.

Enjoy Rutgers and Gonzaga. What will help the team- and our university, is if the mantra is closer to- man we played a real stinker and SMU played really well, but we will beat their a$$ next time and we will bash this week's opponents. Or- geee Wally we loooooost so I will not enjoy anything and even if the team wins their next many games all I will do is moan about SMU.

Note- SMU lost to South Florida!!! And their crowd looked like they took the attitude that yeah we lost a stinker but here is another chance. They did not apologize, but supported their kids, the very same ones who lost to the worst team in the league.

Try it here. It helped them.

(02-03-2014 01:59 PM)GrindForth Wrote:  I miss Brooks

That's because you have him on ignore.


#snicker

(02-03-2014 11:44 AM)Stammers Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 11:00 AM)450bench Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 10:48 AM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 10:46 AM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 09:55 AM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  Not to piss on the parade, but exactly when have we had "good coaching"? Is this just selective memory? Cal certainly wasn't known for "good coaching". He was a talent jockey who'd get the best recruits, line 'em up and our'n would beat their'n.

Am I mistaken? So who are we "missing" here? Finch? Kirk? Bartow?

Cal was a great defensive coach. His teams generally held opponents under 40% shooting. His teams also did pretty well in rebounding margin. Not much offensive coach I'll give you that. But there's more to coaching than Xs and Os. Two hands on rebounds, diving on the floor for loose balls.... That's just as much a part of coaching as anything IMO.

He coached and demanded supreme effort and defensive intensity. If you didn't bring it, you sat.

Absolutely to both and that's good coaching. Cal was a master motivator too and that's a HUGE part of coaching.

What happened last year?

Kentucky failed. It happens. Cal has had a tremendous career obviously and having a really bad year is something that he's probably earned the right to have.

I miss Nathaniel Root

Is DJ still kicking tail in Greece?

with DJ's work ethic, wouldn't you be surprised if he wasn't?

I made the point last year we would miss DJ terribly. By my count, he was worth 10 defensive points game with 2-3 blocks and 2-3 more altered shots.

Add that to the possessions where he got these easy high percentage lobs due to his jumping which probably added another 3-4 points/game.

(02-03-2014 01:59 PM)GrindForth Wrote:  I miss Brooks

Oh boy. Cue the lawyers.

(02-03-2014 06:07 PM)fsquid Wrote:  Is DJ still kicking tail in Greece?

Doing very well.

The Greek to English translation is pretty funny.

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/Greece/...ard/350746

Stephens' double-double lands him Player of the Week award - Feb 3, 2014

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23-year old swingman D.J. Stephens (198-G/F-90, agency: Norton Sports Management) had an amazing evening in the last round for Ilysiakos and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 16.

He had the game-high 7 points adding twelve rebounds and three assists for Ilysiakos in his team's victory, helping them to beat Panelefsiniakos (5-11) 84-75. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on the top of the standings. Ilysiakos is placed at 11th position in Greek league.

Ilysiakos is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 5-11 record. It was one of impressive evenings for Stephens as usually he does not deliver so high stats. University of Memphis graduate has very impressive stats this year. Stephens is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 8.6rpg) and averages solid 2.5bpg and 58.2% FGP.

I meant Garth Brooks

(02-03-2014 08:02 AM)Tigerbluesky Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 07:51 AM)Tanyaskees Wrote:  

(02-02-2014 11:30 PM)Joe1 Wrote:  I'm not to blame for any of that. The mods said not to discuss a person that is no longer here. Now I know how George W. Bush felt, he got blamed for everything and anything. Mods is there any way possible that this can stop?

Of course you're not. Defensive much?

Up all times of the day with the same spill. She's not here and choose not to be here. I wish people would give it a rest. Now back to DJ. I miss the fact that he saved our guards many times after they overplayed on the defensive end.

I think that's "spiel."

(02-03-2014 08:52 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 06:07 PM)fsquid Wrote:  Is DJ still kicking tail in Greece?

Doing very well.

The Greek to English translation is pretty funny.

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/Greece/...ard/350746

Stephens' double-double lands him Player of the Week award - Feb 3, 2014

POSTED BY:
EUROBASKET NEWS


23-year old swingman D.J. Stephens (198-G/F-90, agency: Norton Sports Management) had an amazing evening in the last round for Ilysiakos and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 16.

He had the game-high 7 points adding twelve rebounds and three assists for Ilysiakos in his team's victory, helping them to beat Panelefsiniakos (5-11) 84-75. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on the top of the standings. Ilysiakos is placed at 11th position in Greek league.

Ilysiakos is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 5-11 record. It was one of impressive evenings for Stephens as usually he does not deliver so high stats. University of Memphis graduate has very impressive stats this year. Stephens is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 8.6rpg) and averages solid 2.5bpg and 58.2% FGP.

Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger. No Coke. Pepsi!

(02-02-2014 10:06 PM)Bluebeard Wrote:  I miss good coaching. I miss good defense. I miss a coach who preaches that we may have an off night shooting the ball but we should never have off night on defense. I miss toughness. I miss hardnosed players who would knock a guy into next week to not give up alley oop after alley oop. Did I mention, I miss good coaching?

Amen brother.

(02-03-2014 09:56 AM)georgiatiger Wrote:  I miss Dana.

I miss the color magenta.

I miss Dinno Daniels

(02-03-2014 08:44 PM)Bluebeard Wrote:  

(02-03-2014 01:59 PM)GrindForth Wrote:  I miss Brooks

Oh boy. Cue the lawyers.

I bet he's a Jewel