(11-05-2017 05:32 PM)pesik Wrote: in my very next post, i said the ncaa tourney want as common, but a few did say it..
"a lot of AAC teams are bragging on how good they are". a lot is not all
i also listed usf an said they think they'll be horrible..
"we are going to be a NIT caliber, maybe a bubble team"...notice the "maybe". did you notice the definitive confidence i put in everyone elses comment... that there was uncertainty in Memphis but optimism
"Pesik, there are 250+ posts in that thread. The great majority talking about our prospects are NEGATIVE, or at best, apprehensive."
i just skimmed through the first 20 pages..it was almost all positive, i saw 5 predictions all over 17 wins, the average was over 19
on page 16 they are even attacking a bandwagon guy who is now hyped up about memphis who was once negative.. in page 20 someone says he is naturally negative, so he doesnt want to get his hopes up becuase everything is looking up. but hopes his negative feelings are wrong...
you attacked me for straw manning when that is exactly what you are doing..did you think i wouldnt go back and actually check that forum..it is overwhelming positive and optimistic...wheres the " The great majority talking about our prospects are NEGATIVE"
not sure why you are getting like this...if anything advice for you in your social life, all because you feel some way doesnt mean everyone feels the same as you. and blowing up on people and name calling them because you don't like their points is not a good way to interact with people..you're welcome..ps you can put me back on ignore if i bother you that much..
Look, I overreacted , and for that I apologize. I have had a couple of rough days, and I took it out on you. Then I got into a stupid argument that, as CB said, looks like the dumbest internet argument ever, arguing about one stupid thread on another board. That's my fault, to a large extent.
So now I've had a good night's sleep, and I will start over.
Here is what I was trying to say, short form. You characterize the Memphis fan base as bragging about how they are maybe going to the NIT, or be an NCAA bubble team, and be way better than everybody thinks. That's just wrong, man.
You can't read one thread and make that assumption. That was the game thread for our exhibition game. We played much better than most people expected, so there was a lot of relief about it.
But trust me, most Memphis fans are apprehensive about this season. In fact, in that thread, there was a link to an article by a local sportswriter saying that right now, half the fan base wants to fire Tubby, and the other half thinks he hasn't had quite enough time to make that decision, yet.
You would have to be a Memphis fan over this entire off season to understand that. Sure, some people think we will finish higher than the 9th we are projected. I'm one of them, just b/c I think, surely we can't be THAT bad, lol. Not b/c we really know what we have, with only 2 returning players on scholarship.
But there aren't many Memphis fans who think we are going to be an NCAA team, or even NIT for that matter. We just hope we are better than everybody else predicts. And by that, I mean, with a few exceptions, most of us are thinking maybe our ceiling is 5th to 7th, rather than 9th.
Your impression from reading that one thread is just way off base, that's all. Sorry for making it into something more than that.