(11-23-2013 08:07 AM)TripleA Wrote:  Where did anyone get the idea that if you support a program, you can't complain about it? I've been supporting the Tigers since 1952, and I sure as hell complained about Moe Iba, Wayne Yates, Charles Cavagnaro, Tic Price, Tommy West, Larry Porter and R.C. Johnson, among others. The program survived it.

I don't agree with those who are calling for Josh to be fired, but they have a right to express their opinions, just like anyone else. If people didn't care, they wouldn't complain. And in this age of social media, you better have thick skin.

Just not sure why each side cannot have an OPINION without denigrating the other side. Neither one is right or wrong. They are only OPINIONS, and they are just DIFFERENT.

Heck, a lot of people who are complaining about all the griping now are the same folks who were up in arms last year about Bowen messing with Madness, basketball and football scheduling, etc. Why is that okay to complain about, and this is not?

And therein lies the conundrum of message boards---so it seems.

If more of us would simply avoid threads [and posters] that do not appeal to us, we might have a bit less hostility.

(11-23-2013 09:00 AM)poppaslaw Wrote:  

Burns worse than hemorrhoids.

(11-23-2013 08:41 AM)TripleA Wrote:  LOL, J, if you knew some of Phil Robertson's views on women's rights, you wouldn't be posting his stuff.

"womens rights"

lol

Thats a laugh.

Womens rights use to be about REAL human rights issues like being able to vote and drive or even speak in public.

Now its about unfettered on demand abortions paid by the taxpayer and government funded birth control.

Oh yea, and government funded secret abortions for 12 years olds without telling their parents.

(11-23-2013 08:12 AM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(11-21-2013 10:00 PM)klkuhn30 Wrote:  If you don't like what is happening 2 games into the season, don't support it. Stay at home. There are plenty that do that for football. otherwise let this guy and his staff run this team. No amount of complaining from this web board is going to get anything done in the real world, ask GA.

Let this man run this program. If he fails, he fails. Then there will be a search for a new coach. If he succeeds, some will find something else to complain about.

Nobody is being forced to watch the games, attend the games, give donations to the program. If you don't like want is going on, just don't participate.

I wish Josh the best and feel that he will do the job to the best of his abilities. That is all we can ask.

Ding ding ding we have a new winner in the most asinine thread title of all times.

Either we will or we won't. "There is no try."

(11-22-2013 11:43 AM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  Tell that to the people who donate 20 grand a year just so they can buy season tickets.

What the man is saying is ... Then DO NOT donate 20K a year. Go, Leave, spend your bucks on something else. I gave up 2 lower bowl seats after last season because college sports (especially basketball) has become something I don't recognize. My life is still very full - I follow the Tigers, enjoy the games when I want to see them and hang aroung this board. Still making all the FB games and loving the apparent tunr around that's happening.

It's really not that difficult to just cut it loose.

(11-24-2013 02:00 AM)mem-x Wrote:  

(11-22-2013 11:43 AM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  Tell that to the people who donate 20 grand a year just so they can buy season tickets.

What the man is saying is ... Then DO NOT donate 20K a year. Go, Leave, spend your bucks on something else. I gave up 2 lower bowl seats after last season because college sports (especially basketball) has become something I don't recognize. My life is still very full - I follow the Tigers, enjoy the games when I want to see them and hang aroung this board. Still making all the FB games and loving the apparent tunr around that's happening.

It's really not that difficult to just cut it loose.

Just curious, why is college hoops becoming something u don't recognize?

(11-24-2013 11:33 PM)Joe1 Wrote:  

(11-24-2013 02:00 AM)mem-x Wrote:  

(11-22-2013 11:43 AM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  Tell that to the people who donate 20 grand a year just so they can buy season tickets.

What the man is saying is ... Then DO NOT donate 20K a year. Go, Leave, spend your bucks on something else. I gave up 2 lower bowl seats after last season because college sports (especially basketball) has become something I don't recognize. My life is still very full - I follow the Tigers, enjoy the games when I want to see them and hang aroung this board. Still making all the FB games and loving the apparent tunr around that's happening.

It's really not that difficult to just cut it loose.

Just curious, why is college hoops becoming something u don't recognize?

Crying about all the fouling last year...they changed the rule for him, but yet he still quit the team.

(11-23-2013 09:00 AM)poppaslaw Wrote:  

Hilarious!!

(11-25-2013 02:06 AM)TigerSeth Wrote:  

(11-24-2013 11:33 PM)Joe1 Wrote:  

(11-24-2013 02:00 AM)mem-x Wrote:  

(11-22-2013 11:43 AM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  Tell that to the people who donate 20 grand a year just so they can buy season tickets.

What the man is saying is ... Then DO NOT donate 20K a year. Go, Leave, spend your bucks on something else. I gave up 2 lower bowl seats after last season because college sports (especially basketball) has become something I don't recognize. My life is still very full - I follow the Tigers, enjoy the games when I want to see them and hang aroung this board. Still making all the FB games and loving the apparent tunr around that's happening.

It's really not that difficult to just cut it loose.

Just curious, why is college hoops becoming something u don't recognize?

Crying about all the fouling last year...they changed the rule for him, but yet he still quit the team.

A very oversimplified translation of what I've said about the evolution of the game in the 5 years I've been on this forum. Of course, elementary oversimplification of facts is a watchword for several on here so that's to be expected.

PS: Did kind of pizz me off when they announced the rule interpretation changes AFTER I let the seats go ...

But that's OK - God has blessed me with the capacity to see any game anywhere in the country if I choose to go.

(11-24-2013 11:33 PM)Joe1 Wrote:  

(11-24-2013 02:00 AM)mem-x Wrote:  

(11-22-2013 11:43 AM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  Tell that to the people who donate 20 grand a year just so they can buy season tickets.

What the man is saying is ... Then DO NOT donate 20K a year. Go, Leave, spend your bucks on something else. I gave up 2 lower bowl seats after last season because college sports (especially basketball) has become something I don't recognize. My life is still very full - I follow the Tigers, enjoy the games when I want to see them and hang aroung this board. Still making all the FB games and loving the apparent tunr around that's happening.

It's really not that difficult to just cut it loose.

Just curious, why is college hoops becoming something u don't recognize?

The influx of huge TV money and overexposure of college sports has brought "ratings" and politics based on perception and market share/conference/network cashflow much more into the game. Games were/are being called to satisfy desired outcomes much more than actual effort on the floor. We've all seen it still has it's effect in some football games this year ... some have even begun to mention it on this board and on the call-in post game shows (which the hosts did not deny existed), by the way.

It happened to me as an offcial several years ago in an incident which I explained on here and I've watched the games with a different perspective ever since. Great example: I pretty much decided I was done with college sports as anyting other than a diversion (akin to a trip to an amuzement park), after the first 7 minutes of the 2nd half of UM/Louisville last year.

Thanks for asking.

Fortunately I get to keep supporting the Tigers b/c I really like what's going on.

(11-25-2013 06:32 PM)mem-x Wrote:  

(11-24-2013 11:33 PM)Joe1 Wrote:  

(11-24-2013 02:00 AM)mem-x Wrote:  

(11-22-2013 11:43 AM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  Tell that to the people who donate 20 grand a year just so they can buy season tickets.

What the man is saying is ... Then DO NOT donate 20K a year. Go, Leave, spend your bucks on something else. I gave up 2 lower bowl seats after last season because college sports (especially basketball) has become something I don't recognize. My life is still very full - I follow the Tigers, enjoy the games when I want to see them and hang aroung this board. Still making all the FB games and loving the apparent tunr around that's happening.

It's really not that difficult to just cut it loose.

Just curious, why is college hoops becoming something u don't recognize?

The influx of huge TV money and overexposure of college sports has brought "ratings" and politics based on perception and market share/conference/network cashflow much more into the game. Games were/are being called to satisfy desired outcomes much more than actual effort on the floor. We've all seen it still has it's effect in some football games this year ... some have even begun to mention it on this board and on the call-in post game shows (which the hosts did not deny existed), by the way.

It happened to me as an offcial several years ago in an incident which I explained on here and I've watched the games with a different perspective ever since. Great example: I pretty much decided I was done with college sports as anyting other than a diversion (akin to a trip to an amuzement park), after the first 7 minutes of the 2nd half of UM/Louisville last year.

Thanks for asking.

The "student athlete" hypocrisy is a concern of mine.

(11-25-2013 06:44 PM)cscottl1981 Wrote:  Fortunately I get to keep supporting the Tigers b/c I really like what's going on.

I hate what's going on, but it has nothing to do with the Tigers.

(11-21-2013 10:00 PM)klkuhn30 Wrote:  If you don't like what is happening 2 games into the season, don't support it. Stay at home. There are plenty that do that for football. otherwise let this guy and his staff run this team. No amount of complaining from this web board is going to get anything done in the real world, ask GA.

Let this man run this program. If he fails, he fails. Then there will be a search for a new coach. If he succeeds, some will find something else to complain about.

Nobody is being forced to watch the games, attend the games, give donations to the program. If you don't like want is going on, just don't participate.

I wish Josh the best and feel that he will do the job to the best of his abilities. That is all we can ask.

It's a little hard to watch sometimes.

(11-25-2013 08:58 PM)dan o Wrote:  

(11-25-2013 06:32 PM)mem-x Wrote:  

(11-24-2013 11:33 PM)Joe1 Wrote:  

(11-24-2013 02:00 AM)mem-x Wrote:  

(11-22-2013 11:43 AM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  Tell that to the people who donate 20 grand a year just so they can buy season tickets.

What the man is saying is ... Then DO NOT donate 20K a year. Go, Leave, spend your bucks on something else. I gave up 2 lower bowl seats after last season because college sports (especially basketball) has become something I don't recognize. My life is still very full - I follow the Tigers, enjoy the games when I want to see them and hang aroung this board. Still making all the FB games and loving the apparent tunr around that's happening.

It's really not that difficult to just cut it loose.

Just curious, why is college hoops becoming something u don't recognize?

The influx of huge TV money and overexposure of college sports has brought "ratings" and politics based on perception and market share/conference/network cashflow much more into the game. Games were/are being called to satisfy desired outcomes much more than actual effort on the floor. We've all seen it still has it's effect in some football games this year ... some have even begun to mention it on this board and on the call-in post game shows (which the hosts did not deny existed), by the way.

It happened to me as an offcial several years ago in an incident which I explained on here and I've watched the games with a different perspective ever since. Great example: I pretty much decided I was done with college sports as anyting other than a diversion (akin to a trip to an amuzement park), after the first 7 minutes of the 2nd half of UM/Louisville last year.

Thanks for asking.

The "student athlete" hypocrisy is a concern of mine.

Exactly, Bill.

As an extreme example not related to basketball, do any of us really think that the new football rules for "targeting" to help reduce concussions would have been implemented if there hadn't been discussions and threats of lawsuits against equipment manufacturers and universities for long term effects of hits to the head?