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RE: Scheduling needs to change
(03-19-2016 04:35 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-19-2016 01:33 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: (03-19-2016 12:12 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-18-2016 09:58 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: We played at Wichita State a few yrs ago under Davis. It was a one game series. Wasn't a buy game. Davis just wanted his team to play in a hostile environment
Thats coaching.
It was very effective. Always had Davis teams ready for the postseason.
I agree.
You have non conference, cconference,and tournament games some none conference tournaments. They all require a certain amount of preparation and energy.
Except we consistently tanked the postseason. Damn, Dee. Do you listen to yourself?
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
Heard we might play at Hiwassee next season. In all seriousness, I would love a home and home with Wichita State or Northern Iowa. Also wouldn't mind playing one buy game on the road.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
I have no problem playing road games against high profile teams. We aren't in a position to bargain right now given our conference affiliation. Our best shot in terms of getting home and homes is to look at those programs from places like Northern Iowa, St. Mary's, Creighton, Dayton, etc. Some of those might not give us a home and home, but we'll have more luck pursuing those type games for home and home in my opinion.
If we have to go on the road to play ACC-caliber teams, I'm okay with that right now. Win those games and we get national attention, RPI boost, and resume win. Lose and it's not such a shock yet still helps with SOS and RPI. I'm not going to say the staff didn't try. I think this last year's schedule had potential, but alot of things didn't work out and it really did hurt any shot of getting an at-large. The teams we played in the Florida tournament didn't do that well (outside of Iowa State who we didn't even play).
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
(03-19-2016 06:06 PM)Smaug Wrote: (03-19-2016 04:35 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-19-2016 01:33 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: (03-19-2016 12:12 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-18-2016 09:58 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: We played at Wichita State a few yrs ago under Davis. It was a one game series. Wasn't a buy game. Davis just wanted his team to play in a hostile environment
Thats coaching.
It was very effective. Always had Davis teams ready for the postseason.
I agree.
You have non conference, cconference,and tournament games some none conference tournaments. They all require a certain amount of preparation and energy.
Except we consistently tanked the postseason. Damn, Dee. Do you listen to yourself?
Well direct your statement to MB, troll 2.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
(03-19-2016 06:06 PM)Smaug Wrote: (03-19-2016 04:35 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-19-2016 01:33 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: (03-19-2016 12:12 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-18-2016 09:58 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: We played at Wichita State a few yrs ago under Davis. It was a one game series. Wasn't a buy game. Davis just wanted his team to play in a hostile environment
Thats coaching.
It was very effective. Always had Davis teams ready for the postseason.
I agree.
You have non conference, cconference,and tournament games some none conference tournaments. They all require a certain amount of preparation and energy.
Except we consistently tanked the postseason. Damn, Dee. Do you listen to yourself?
Also Davis wasnt in the 21st rank conference when he lost to WKU in bham
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
I figure that the coaches don't get to choose what conference UAB is in, nor do they get to pick the other teams in the conference. I figure that by the end of next season Haase will have a better win percentage then Davis, but that will still be meaningless because conference.
We get it, you don't like Haase. Hell, I liked Davis. I still think that Haase is going to be a better head coach. Just remember that Davis was HC at Indiana for six years before he came to UAB. You're comparing apples and oranges.
(This post was last modified: 03-19-2016 07:25 PM by UAB Band Dad.)
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
(03-19-2016 07:14 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-19-2016 06:06 PM)Smaug Wrote: (03-19-2016 04:35 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-19-2016 01:33 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: (03-19-2016 12:12 PM)Big Dee Wrote: Thats coaching.
It was very effective. Always had Davis teams ready for the postseason.
I agree.
You have non conference, cconference,and tournament games some none conference tournaments. They all require a certain amount of preparation and energy.
Except we consistently tanked the postseason. Damn, Dee. Do you listen to yourself?
Well direct your statement to MB, troll 2.
I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm, King Troll.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
(03-19-2016 07:16 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-19-2016 06:06 PM)Smaug Wrote: (03-19-2016 04:35 PM)Big Dee Wrote: (03-19-2016 01:33 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: (03-19-2016 12:12 PM)Big Dee Wrote: Thats coaching.
It was very effective. Always had Davis teams ready for the postseason.
I agree.
You have non conference, cconference,and tournament games some none conference tournaments. They all require a certain amount of preparation and energy.
Except we consistently tanked the postseason. Damn, Dee. Do you listen to yourself?
Also Davis wasnt in the 21st rank conference when he lost to WKU in bham
Sure, that's one on Haase. Now, about Davis...
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Scheduling needs to change
Who cares about Davis? Like him or hate him, that ship has sailed.
Haase is a good coach who is still learning.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
Hes in the nit like Haase. Hes been twice
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
Who cares? I mean besides the good people at Texas Southern and you?
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
(03-19-2016 09:45 PM)Big Dee Wrote: Hes in the nit like Haase. Hes been twice
Took UAB there three times.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
I tell you, I hate that we couldn't hold on to him. But he was bound to make the jump to a big time program like Texas Southern eventually whether we fired him or not.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
Indiana
UAB
Texas Southern
Given his career trajectory, his next gig will be a middle school girls' team in Idaho.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
(03-20-2016 07:31 AM)Smaug Wrote: Indiana
UAB
Texas Southern
Given his career trajectory, his next gig will be a middle school girls' team in Idaho.
It's sad that your frustration with certain posters on here has caused some of you to rip into Mike Davis. Mike Davis' records and success at UAB, still has him ranked as the 3rd best (or 3rd worst) coach in UAB history. Until Haase passes that, it wouldn't be wise to minimize his ability. I think many insiders on here have said that Davis was not let go for on the court performance, not sure if that's true or not, but that's what they said.
Haase, if he stays may end up being being the 2nd or even greatest coach in UAB history, but belittling Davis does not prove that point. Win, losses and NCAA tournament appearances does.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
Fair enough.
I'll give Davis credit for the things I think he was quite good at.
-We rarely failed to score after a timeout. He seemed better at that than a lot of people.
-He cobbled together the players he DID sign and keep eligible pretty well.
That said, my prevailing memory of Mike Davis is having vapor lock when it mattered most, a lazy recruiter, and indifferent to academics.
I don't hate the guy, and you're right, I shouldn't let Dee bother me, but using Davis as a cudgel against Haase is both unfair and absurd.
I don't know if he actually believes what he's peddling or if he's trying to usurp MB's gig as resident contrarian.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
(03-20-2016 08:02 AM)ICB Wrote: (03-20-2016 07:31 AM)Smaug Wrote: Indiana
UAB
Texas Southern
Given his career trajectory, his next gig will be a middle school girls' team in Idaho.
It's sad that your frustration with certain posters on here has caused some of you to rip into Mike Davis. Mike Davis' records and success at UAB, still has him ranked as the 3rd best (or 3rd worst) coach in UAB history. Until Haase passes that, it wouldn't be wise to minimize his ability. I think many insiders on here have said that Davis was not let go for on the court performance, not sure if that's true or not, but that's what they said.
Haase, if he stays may end up being being the 2nd or even greatest coach in UAB history, but belittling Davis does not prove that point. Win, losses and NCAA tournament appearances does.
Mike Davis deserves to be ripped. He wasnt fired because he was doing things the right way.
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RE: Scheduling needs to change
Haase is here because he wanted to be, chose to be. A guy with his credentials could have gotten a lot of mid-major jobs, but he saw potential at UAB. He has improved with each season. He has recruited well. His players graduate. He's not had to deal with any scandals, not had players in jail, not drawn negative attention. Indeed, the team is a positive for the school and in the community.
As an on the floor coach he's still learning. He has gotten better, and so have the teams he has coached. No, he's not an elite coach, but I don't think that many are four years into head coaching. Maybe Pitino and Calipari were, but I don't think that was entirely about coaching.
I like his career arc, and I think that it is to the benefit of UAB. We are all sick over how this season ended. I'm not kidding myself about how much luck it took for this team to get 26 wins, but they did. There were weak points and failures, and I bet that Haase knows what they were as well or better than any of us do. You can bet that he'll be working on how to correct them. He does not strike me as the kind of guy to be happy with the wins, not with how bitter the season's end must have been.
I think he's a rising young coach and I'm happy to have him. I'm excited about what we have coming back next year.
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