(01-24-2017 04:44 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 03:44 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 02:25 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 02:21 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 01:26 PM)RekeHavoc Wrote:  ^ This. The Nichols never would have acquired a lawyer and none of the bad stuff would have ever come out if Josh would have just let Austin go to begin with.

Would Calipari have let him just go? I think he restricted where kids could transfer that left his program ...

What does this have to do with Calipari?

Why blame Pastner for the Nichols family and the lawyer ... He just did the same thing that Cal or any other coach would have done ... No more, no less .... Don't let the Josh bias get in the way with Nichols here ... Nichols created his own mess ... and continued to wallow in it at UVA ...

The way I understand it (from Parrish and Calkins talking about this at the time) is that trying to restrict him from Virginia went farther than was usual. Typical restrictions are conference members, non-conference rivals, and teams on the schedule the following year. Pastner tried to say that since we might play Virginia in a preseason tournament that Nichols should be restricted (although his real reason is because he thought, probably rightly, that Virginia was tampering). But that was farther than coaches usually go.

At any rate, coaches/schools should always just let a player go. If the player balks the coach is typically the one that ends up with egg on their face.

Thanks...most everyone knows the story, but some are intent on bashing a kid instead of the real problem.

(01-24-2017 04:47 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 04:44 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 03:44 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 02:25 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 02:21 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  Would Calipari have let him just go? I think he restricted where kids could transfer that left his program ...

What does this have to do with Calipari?

Why blame Pastner for the Nichols family and the lawyer ... He just did the same thing that Cal or any other coach would have done ... No more, no less .... Don't let the Josh bias get in the way with Nichols here ... Nichols created his own mess ... and continued to wallow in it at UVA ...

The way I understand it (from Parrish and Calkins talking about this at the time) is that trying to restrict him from Virginia went farther than was usual. Typical restrictions are conference members, non-conference rivals, and teams on the schedule the following year. Pastner tried to say that since we might play Virginia in a preseason tournament that Nichols should be restricted (although his real reason is because he thought, probably rightly, that Virginia was tampering). But that was farther than coaches usually go.

At any rate, coaches/schools should always just let a player go. If the player balks the coach is typically the one that ends up with egg on their face.

Thanks...most everyone knows the story, but some are intent on bashing a kid instead of the real problem.

Yeah, there is another solution.. This situation could and would have been worked internally, but they decided to hire Corey B Trots and go nuclear.

What I see is that he left the university late and left the school in a bind. I'm not a Pastner hater, but he did what he needed to do. Cooler heads would have eventually prevailed and he would have got his release.

He basically gave Memphis a big FU on the way out the door. Hopefully, he and his family learned a lesson about burning bridges...

Karma...

It doesn't matter, he doesn't like the basketball.

(01-24-2017 05:00 PM)fsquid Wrote:  It doesn't matter, he doesn't like the basketball.

Yea, obviously y the way he swats it oob.....fortunately, it's a commodity in this scenario

(01-24-2017 02:12 PM)mphsfan Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 03:51 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 03:44 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 02:25 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 02:21 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 01:26 PM)RekeHavoc Wrote:  ^ This. The Nichols never would have acquired a lawyer and none of the bad stuff would have ever come out if Josh would have just let Austin go to begin with.

Would Calipari have let him just go? I think he restricted where kids could transfer that left his program ...

What does this have to do with Calipari?

Why blame Pastner for the Nichols family and the lawyer ... He just did the same thing that Cal or any other coach would have done ... No more, no less .... Don't let the Josh bias get in the way with Nichols here ... Nichols created his own mess ... and continued to wallow in it at UVA ...

However you see it, amigo.

Josh tried to hold Austin hostage and the kid and his family did not play around. Some folks seem to have a problem with that.

Maybe other kids will get the message now and not let a coach hold them hostage...like Bo Ryan putting like 60 schools on the restricted transfer list for one kid - absurd

Whatever Calipari does is what he does. If Calipari tried to restrict my kid, I'd hire whoever the Nichols hired.

NEXT

ANY CHANCE HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP A.N.

(01-23-2017 06:29 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  Matter is interchangeable.
With _________?

I didn't see this until now. The energy bus?

(01-24-2017 06:39 PM)SayWhat? Wrote:  

(01-23-2017 06:29 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  Matter is interchangeable.
With _________?

I didn't see this until now. The energy bus?

hah. winner winner

(01-24-2017 05:50 PM)TIGER DENO Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 03:51 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 03:44 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 02:25 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 02:21 PM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  Would Calipari have let him just go? I think he restricted where kids could transfer that left his program ...

What does this have to do with Calipari?

Why blame Pastner for the Nichols family and the lawyer ... He just did the same thing that Cal or any other coach would have done ... No more, no less .... Don't let the Josh bias get in the way with Nichols here ... Nichols created his own mess ... and continued to wallow in it at UVA ...

However you see it, amigo.

Josh tried to hold Austin hostage and the kid and his family did not play around. Some folks seem to have a problem with that.

Maybe other kids will get the message now and not let a coach hold them hostage...like Bo Ryan putting like 60 schools on the restricted transfer list for one kid - absurd

Whatever Calipari does is what he does. If Calipari tried to restrict my kid, I'd hire whoever the Nichols hired.

NEXT

ANY CHANCE HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP A.N.

Funny Post of the Day!



Good One

And if I remember correctly, besides waving one of his large middle fingers at the school on the way out - didn't he also pile on in an interview for the UVA school paper about his last school "doing things on the cheap"?

Kid needs to get his ish together, unless he's going to live off daddy the rest of his life. Besides - how much eligibility can he have left? One year? Big whoop!

Like others have said; I think he is enjoying life too much to want to buckle down and commit to working on his game.

Mind boggling that a now 72 post subject on this trash and mods haven't moved it but other semi Tiger related get moved in hours.

(01-23-2017 02:15 PM)HometownTiger Wrote:  

(01-23-2017 02:10 PM)fsquid Wrote:  damn some of you guys are obsessed with the guy.

We have a dude from Egypt who we know nothing about and a guy who hasn't been healthy in 6 years.

I'm obsessed with any talented big we could potentially have a shot at for next year.

I want to win basketball games.

We are winning basketball games. KY has all those bodies, 5 star recruits, and hs all Americans and it didn't win against TN tonight

Tonight's game is a biggie. Gotta get a win at Temple.

(01-24-2017 11:41 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  

(01-23-2017 02:15 PM)HometownTiger Wrote:  

(01-23-2017 02:10 PM)fsquid Wrote:  damn some of you guys are obsessed with the guy.

We have a dude from Egypt who we know nothing about and a guy who hasn't been healthy in 6 years.

I'm obsessed with any talented big we could potentially have a shot at for next year.

I want to win basketball games.

We are winning basketball games. KY has all those bodies, 5 star recruits, and hs all Americans and it didn't win against TN tonight

Stuff happens - give me a roster full of talent all day.

if Dedric leaves early (I dont think he should) we may want a super talented big man on the roster. All I'm sayin'

(01-24-2017 11:41 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  We are winning basketball games. KY has all those bodies, 5 star recruits, and hs all Americans and it didn't win against TN tonight

Let me know where both programs finish the season.

(01-25-2017 03:05 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 11:41 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  We are winning basketball games. KY has all those bodies, 5 star recruits, and hs all Americans and it didn't win against TN tonight

Let me know where both programs finish the season.

Probably the same - not winning the national championship.

(01-25-2017 04:03 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  

(01-25-2017 03:05 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 11:41 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  We are winning basketball games. KY has all those bodies, 5 star recruits, and hs all Americans and it didn't win against TN tonight

Let me know where both programs finish the season.

Probably the same - not winning the national championship.

RRR

(01-25-2017 04:03 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  

(01-25-2017 03:05 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 11:41 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  We are winning basketball games. KY has all those bodies, 5 star recruits, and hs all Americans and it didn't win against TN tonight

Let me know where both programs finish the season.

Probably the same - not winning the national championship.

I mean - it's essentially the same lol

(01-25-2017 04:43 PM)HometownTiger Wrote:  

(01-25-2017 04:03 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  

(01-25-2017 03:05 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 11:41 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  We are winning basketball games. KY has all those bodies, 5 star recruits, and hs all Americans and it didn't win against TN tonight

Let me know where both programs finish the season.

Probably the same - not winning the national championship.

I mean - it's essentially the same lol

If that were true, Josh would still be the head coach...lol.

(01-25-2017 04:48 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-25-2017 04:43 PM)HometownTiger Wrote:  

(01-25-2017 04:03 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  

(01-25-2017 03:05 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 11:41 PM)HobosHeroesStCornerClowns Wrote:  We are winning basketball games. KY has all those bodies, 5 star recruits, and hs all Americans and it didn't win against TN tonight

Let me know where both programs finish the season.

Probably the same - not winning the national championship.

I mean - it's essentially the same lol

If that were true, Josh would still be the head coach...lol.

No one would ever be fired. Except Tic Price...he would've still been fired.