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If we're ranking posters on the board, I'd put Dee way higher than Phil. At least Dee puts his opinion out there, and I don't always agree with it, but that's what message boards are for--debating stupid stuff. Phil, on the other hand,

(06-06-2016 10:28 AM)jthrashr Wrote:  If we're ranking posters on the board, I'd put Dee way higher than Phil. At least Dee puts his opinion out there, and I don't always agree with it, but that's what message boards are for--debating stupid stuff. Phil, on the other hand,

Let's not go there. Ranking posters in a thread is a slippery slope that would end badly for all concerned.

(06-06-2016 02:02 PM)blazerjay Wrote:  

(06-06-2016 10:28 AM)jthrashr Wrote:  If we're ranking posters on the board, I'd put Dee way higher than Phil. At least Dee puts his opinion out there, and I don't always agree with it, but that's what message boards are for--debating stupid stuff. Phil, on the other hand,

Let's not go there. Ranking posters in a thread is a slippery slope that would end badly for all concerned.

And now I'm left wondering if I'm good or bad a debating stupid stuff. And is that a good thing or a bad thing.

And which one do I want to be ?

Good at Stupid or Bad at Stupid ?

If we're ranking posters...I would consider myself unranked.

If Smallwood has progressed at all on the defensive end and/or gained any strength, I'd be Willing to give him a shot at starting or at least playing bigger minutes. His length could bother shots at the rim, plus we have good-very good defenders in Baxter, Lee, and Williams likely starting with him. He's already a better offensive player than mehinti. I am just very low on mehinti at this point. Probably the worst hands I've seen at UAB, and not a great rebounder. Also a bad offensive player in general. He's good at protecting the rim, but we already have Lee. Cokley has also improved defensively. Hopefully he blows me out of the water and proves me wrong. If he could just simply catch a pass, he would improve by leaps and bounds.

Just for fun - imagine a lineup of Norton, Williams, Lee, Cokley, and Smallwood. Outside of Norton - incredible height and athleticism at every position. Everyone can shoot (cokley to the freethrow line extended area), everyone can move, everyone could switc positions on defense, and pass.. My dream lineup

Hak will continue to start, but Mehinti need to come off the bench. Coke and Lee's games need to continue improve. I believe Hak can improve where Mehinti has already hit his ceiling, which is to bad, because he has a great basketball body...Now having said that I suspect, Mehinti to be very important to us winning, because the offense run through the position he plays more than any of the other positions...I say that not knowing what Eshan's offense will look like.

Regardless UAB won more games in 2015 with Mehinti playing than with Smallwood. Smallwood needs to improve with strength and conditioning..play defense, now if he can put on the pounds play inside out he could really stretch the floor for UAB. I believe his role will increase because today's games demand player who can stretch the defense..We have Lee and Williams, add Smallwood and the team becomes difficult to defend.

I'm going to let the coach make the decisions who starts and who doesn't. After all, we are paying him to be "big bucks" to make those decisions.

Lol the one great season Hak had wasnt here.

I hope Eshan goes back to a traditional lineup. I hope he scrap the fab five recruiting thing too. It didnt work for the God send named Haase. Hopefully we can pull in a few JuCos and/or transfers (like former AU C Trayvon Reed).

I expect the same rotation as last year with Dirk taking Brown's spot at the 3 with the first unit and Lavender to take Dirk's spot in the second unit. And I also expect the second line to be as formidable as the first, and both units to be better than last year.

This team has a chance to be the most dangerous UAB team every. There is talent everywhere. We could have 10 different guys lead a game in scoring by the time the season is over. The only thing this team doesn't have is an immovable force in the paint. 6'10" & 260 with good hands and a good foul shooter will be our undoing, again. (Tony Parker UCLA 2015)

How can anyone sane say Haase's lineup didn't work?

(06-07-2016 03:13 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  How can anyone sane say Haase's lineup didn't work?

How can any one say it did? Oh the nit got it.

(06-07-2016 06:37 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 03:13 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  How can anyone sane say Haase's lineup didn't work?

How can any one say it did? Oh the nit got it.

16-2 in conference. 10-2 out of conference. 26-7 overall.

(06-07-2016 06:52 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:37 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 03:13 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  How can anyone sane say Haase's lineup didn't work?

How can any one say it did? Oh the nit got it.

16-2 in conference. 10-2 out of conference. 26-7 overall.

5th seeded NIT team so your point is?

Do this check the record for all UAB head basketball coaches win or loss after their first three seasons. Lol

(06-07-2016 09:04 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:52 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:37 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 03:13 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  How can anyone sane say Haase's lineup didn't work?

How can any one say it did? Oh the nit got it.

16-2 in conference. 10-2 out of conference. 26-7 overall.

5th seeded NIT team so your point is?

Do this check the record for all UAB head basketball coaches win or loss after their first three seasons. Lol

Isn't the season about winning games ? Lol

We should somehow find a lineup that goes 0-16 in conference play but just blows teams out in the C-USA tournament to get us to the NCAA's.

(06-07-2016 09:48 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 09:04 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:52 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:37 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 03:13 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  How can anyone sane say Haase's lineup didn't work?

How can any one say it did? Oh the nit got it.

16-2 in conference. 10-2 out of conference. 26-7 overall.

5th seeded NIT team so your point is?

Do this check the record for all UAB head basketball coaches win or loss after their first three seasons. Lol

Isn't the season about winning games ? Lol

Lol thought it was making the big dance silly me. Well Haase second season is a great one too winning record. Aw shucks he's the second best coach in Blazers history.

(06-07-2016 09:48 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 09:04 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:52 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:37 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 03:13 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  How can anyone sane say Haase's lineup didn't work?

How can any one say it did? Oh the nit got it.

16-2 in conference. 10-2 out of conference. 26-7 overall.

5th seeded NIT team so your point is?

Do this check the record for all UAB head basketball coaches win or loss after their first three seasons. Lol

Isn't the season about winning games ? Lol

I'm not sure why you are arbitrarily fixated on each coach's 1st three seasons, but here it is:

First 3 Seasons
GB 56-32 (.636)
MB 59-38 (.608)
MA 65-34 (.657)
MD 60-39 (.606)
JH 54-46 (.540)

All 5 coaches are in the same neighborhood in their first three seasons.

First 4 Seasons
GB 81-38 (.681)
MB 73-52 (.584)
MA 89-41 (.685)
MD 85-48 (.639)
JH 80-55 (.593)

However, extending that to their first four seasons, the stats tighten up even more. From looking at this we can see that 4 of the 5 teams improved from year 3 to year 4:

Winning % Improvement/Decline (Year 3-4):
JH (.053)
GB (.045)
MD (.033)
MA (.028)
MB (-.024)


Looking at these stats shows how fortunate as a program to have had compitent coaches along the way. There is not one single complete failure on the list and that is a rare accomplishment.

(06-08-2016 09:58 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 09:48 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 09:04 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:52 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:37 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  How can any one say it did? Oh the nit got it.

16-2 in conference. 10-2 out of conference. 26-7 overall.

5th seeded NIT team so your point is?

Do this check the record for all UAB head basketball coaches win or loss after their first three seasons. Lol

Isn't the season about winning games ? Lol

Lol thought it was making the big dance silly me. Well Haase second season is a great one too winning record. Aw shucks he's the second best coach in Blazers history.

It is, but making the NIT does NOT make it an unsuccessful season. A disappointing end to the season, sure. But not unsuccessful.

The fact that last year's team did not make the tourney rests more with the craptastic conference we currently find ourselves stuck in than our coaching, schedule or on-court performance. Put last year's team in ANY of our previous conference alignments and 26 wins would get an at-large nearly every time. You have to look at the whole picture.

Yeah 54% is in the 60 percentile, a low 54 at that. The guy in his third year was a .500 coach.

(06-08-2016 10:06 AM)blazerjay Wrote:  

(06-08-2016 09:58 AM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 09:48 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 09:04 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 06:52 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  16-2 in conference. 10-2 out of conference. 26-7 overall.

5th seeded NIT team so your point is?

Do this check the record for all UAB head basketball coaches win or loss after their first three seasons. Lol

Isn't the season about winning games ? Lol

Lol thought it was making the big dance silly me. Well Haase second season is a great one too winning record. Aw shucks he's the second best coach in Blazers history.

It is, but making the NIT does NOT make it an unsuccessful season. A disappointing end to the season, sure. But not unsuccessful.

The fact that last year's team did not make the tourney rests more with the craptastic conference we currently find ourselves stuck in than our coaching, schedule or on-court performance. Put last year's team in ANY of our previous conference alignments and 26 wins would get an at-large nearly every time. You have to look at the whole picture.

Excuse after excuse after excuse the season was a failure we only won the regular season. So what Davis great he went to three of them.