(01-27-2017 02:56 PM)MTigerBlue Wrote:  It's kind of like talking about a movie after you've seen it. There's sort of a U-shaped curve that depicts how much talk it gets -- bad movies on the left, average in the middle, good ones on the right.

If the movie's great, it generates a lot of talk. That's the right side of the U. If a movie is average, people don't talk about it. That's the middle of the U. You get the drift? Josh was on the left side of the U chart to most Tiger basketball fans. Not all, but most. And they voted with their feet, if you're in need of metrics.

Yes sir, good post, you have it figured out.

(01-27-2017 01:16 PM)Tampa Bay Tiger Wrote:  Because he was polarizing. Some posters loved him and buried their heads in the sand for 7 years. Some knew he was going to be a flop after year 2. Both sides dug their heels in.

I agree. I was one that knew he wasn't going to do crap here in year 2. I'm extremely happy he's gone.

(01-27-2017 03:37 PM)Penny Lane Wrote:  If Pastner were performing as expected, I think there would be even more "told you so" and that "Pastner's fault for not developing players, takes a while to re coach players, etc" posts about him than we are seeing now.

There's still time for your dreamboat to perform "as expected".

Your posts suck.

(01-27-2017 02:30 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

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(01-27-2017 12:26 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  He's the ex-coach. People interested in the Tigers are going to talk about him. Not much use in worrying about it.

This ^

Not worried about it, just curious as to why the obsession?

I'm not sure talking about an ex coach not even a year removed qualifies as obsession?

Maybe if it was every other thread or post or whatever, you might be getting near a point.

What I have noticed though is that most of the Josh lovers consider any and all posts to be obsessing.

Not sure which camp you are in though, but no worries. You just may be overthinking things right now.

People still post about Calipari and that was nearly a decade ago.

I was on the fire him side. The night he took the GT job was a good night for me. I felt that he underachieved here. I knew we could do better than him and felt that his hire was rushed (although like most people I looked at everything when he got hired and at the time liked it, now I know different)

(01-27-2017 02:56 PM)MTigerBlue Wrote:  It's kind of like talking about a movie after you've seen it. There's sort of a U-shaped curve that depicts how much talk it gets -- bad movies on the left, average in the middle, good ones on the right.

If the movie's great, it generates a lot of talk. That's the right side of the U. If a movie is average, people don't talk about it. That's the middle of the U. You get the drift? Josh was on the left side of the U chart to most Tiger basketball fans. Not all, but most. And they voted with their feet, if you're in need of metrics.

Very true and good point. Didn't think of it like that.

I don't see it as an obsession at all. He coached the Tigers for seven years and moved on. It's totally natural to be curious about how he's doing. Same goes for former players. I routinely google names of guys who wore the uniform. No big deal.

Length of time aside, I really don't get why so many people care about Calipari. He left for the absolute best job there is for a basketball HC.

Pastner's situation was toxic and divisive.

All the transfers were killers...Nichols the last straw....hope he does well.

We used to talk a lot more about him. We are getting better.

(01-27-2017 10:53 PM)ItsDude Wrote:  All the transfers were killers...Nichols the last straw....hope he does well.

That was a really bad chapter. After threatening legal action and and insult by his attorney, Austin played what, 1 game at VA before being suspended then kicked off the team? Heard he doesn't want to play basketball anymore. Reminds me of the NFL seminar for rookies....choices, decisions, consequences.

(01-28-2017 01:08 PM)Penny Lane Wrote:  

(01-28-2017 01:03 PM)TallTiger Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 10:53 PM)ItsDude Wrote:  All the transfers were killers...Nichols the last straw....hope he does well.

That was a really bad chapter. After threatening legal action and and insult by his attorney, Austin played what, 1 game at VA before being suspended then kicked off the team? Heard he doesn't want to play basketball anymore. Reminds me of the NFL seminar for rookies....choices, decisions, consequences.

Coach K could not have kept him at Memphis after teammate betrayal-hard for anyone to deal with.

99

Josh does it again. 62-60 over Notre Dame.

(01-28-2017 01:47 PM)oldmangrizz Wrote:  Josh does it again. 62-60 over Notre Dame.

Great week for coach Pastner! Very happy for him.

THANKS AGAIN MEMPHIS

'Wonder Boy' just pulled off two big wins in a row: #6 FSU and #14 ND

You're welcome Tech Savy. There aren't many here that miss him...

(01-28-2017 01:03 PM)TallTiger Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 10:53 PM)ItsDude Wrote:  All the transfers were killers...Nichols the last straw....hope he does well.

That was a really bad chapter. After threatening legal action and and insult by his attorney, Austin played what, 1 game at VA before being suspended then kicked off the team? Heard he doesn't want to play basketball anymore. Reminds me of the NFL seminar for rookies....choices, decisions, consequences.

Yep.

The battle of character in that one was not close.

It was unfortunate seeing such impatience and nastiness.

Maybe Memphis plays GT in the NIT...would pull for Memphis to win by 50. Or will one or both schools make the NCAA? Starts today, must beat ECU.

He could turn into John Wooden. It doesn't change the fact that it was NOT working HERE. I don't really care what he does at GT.

We will always take notice b/c he's our former coach. Nothing weird about it.

(01-28-2017 02:22 PM)Penny Lane Wrote:  

(01-28-2017 02:12 PM)memphissince86 Wrote:  He could turn into John Wooden. It doesn't change the fact that it was NOT working HERE. I don't really care what he does at GT.

We will always take notice b/c he's our former coach. Nothing weird about it.

You can act cool about it but the fact remains he was constantly belittled (me included) on this forum for 3-4 years and gets fired (basically what happened due to GT assuming most of his contract) and takes a depleted roster, picked last in his conference and has 3 Top 15 wins before February.

THAT'S WEIRD!!!

Think how fun this discussion would be if we'd paid $10 million to buy him out.

Memphis GT NIT match up