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(01-24-2020 02:58 PM)CourtsideBlazer Wrote:  Threads like this are the direct result of the 24-hours sports talk cycle. There is no basis in reality and is perpetuated by those with no real knowledge of how the business of college athletics at a school such as UAB works.

The reality of life in the Athletic Department of any SEC school is worlds away from UAB. Howls of protest from "fans" decrying our lack of advertising & promotion, insulting our sports information/media relations department and questioning the commitment to athletics because of our support of less-than-championship-calibre coaches would be ashamed if they saw just how miniscule the budget is for UAB Athletics is compared to their perceived benchmark.

It really is ALL about the money. and we don't have enough. If you would like to be part of positive change, it is going to cost you.

Yep.

(01-24-2020 04:14 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  I haven't a clue what the RPI of the Ohio Valley Conference is. Couldn't even tell you which teams are in it.

We are in Conference USA.

Explain to me how any CUSA school could get a high enough rpi to get an at large bid.
Mention the last school in CUSA to do this if you wish as well as how they got an at large bid.

Stop worrying about at-large bids. Worry about consistently winning CUSA. Finishing 2nd or even 3rd occasionally will help rebuild the brand in the eyes of the PTB. Think Murray State and Belmont of the OVC. Neither wins the conference every year but they are well-regarded and at least get the benefit of the doubt as quality programs that other quality teams will play. Winning the conference and consistently being a dominant team in CUSA is what we should focus on. Let everything else take care of itself.

(01-24-2020 04:14 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  I haven't a clue what the RPI of the Ohio Valley Conference is. Couldn't even tell you which teams are in it.

We are in Conference USA.

Explain to me how any CUSA school could get a high enough rpi to get an at large bid.
Mention the last school in CUSA to do this if you wish as well as how they got an at large bid.

So no clue what you’re talking about, thought so

(01-24-2020 02:58 PM)CourtsideBlazer Wrote:  Threads like this are the direct result of the 24-hours sports talk cycle. There is no basis in reality and is perpetuated by those with no real knowledge of how the business of college athletics at a school such as UAB works.

The reality of life in the Athletic Department of any SEC school is worlds away from UAB. Howls of protest from "fans" decrying our lack of advertising & promotion, insulting our sports information/media relations department and questioning the commitment to athletics because of our support of less-than-championship-calibre coaches would be ashamed if they saw just how miniscule the budget is for UAB Athletics is compared to their perceived benchmark.

It really is ALL about the money. and we don't have enough. If you would like to be part of positive change, it is going to cost you.

LFG!!!! I ponied up for football to come back. I’m ready again for basketball.

(01-24-2020 05:25 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 04:14 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  I haven't a clue what the RPI of the Ohio Valley Conference is. Couldn't even tell you which teams are in it.

We are in Conference USA.

Explain to me how any CUSA school could get a high enough rpi to get an at large bid.
Mention the last school in CUSA to do this if you wish as well as how they got an at large bid.

Stop worrying about at-large bids. Worry about consistently winning CUSA. Finishing 2nd or even 3rd occasionally will help rebuild the brand in the eyes of the PTB. Think Murray State and Belmont of the OVC. Neither wins the conference every year but they are well-regarded and at least get the benefit of the doubt as quality programs that other quality teams will play. Winning the conference and consistently being a dominant team in CUSA is what we should focus on. Let everything else take care of itself.

Yep, Ehsan can’t even beat the worst teams in this conference

(01-24-2020 08:40 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 07:41 AM)blazr Wrote:  

(01-23-2020 10:39 PM)Blazing Saddles Wrote:  It is isn’t our top program. It founded our athletic department. Changes have to be made.

This. Taking nothing away from basketball, sincerely, but football has taken us to a place we couldn’t have reached. Just in the recent case, CUSA was more than prepared to revoke our membership without football. Where do we end up? This applies all the way back to the time the football program went 1-A. Look around and tell me what conference, here in the south, we would play in without football.

But this does confirm that changes have to be made pronto. AAC is interested in our program, especially with the recent positive publicity and new stadium. But we don’t need anything to give them pause. If basketball is back to even 80% of what it was that just eliminates a hurdle.


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The Southern Conference, which looks a hell of a lot better than whatever version of CUSA we are in.

I wasn't going to say anything but it isn't like this current version of CUSA Basketball is anything to brag about. Any conference UAB would have ended up at without football would be either an even trade off or better than CUSA right now.

Now I would like to know if Blazr would enlighten us on the AAC being interested in UAB Football. This is news to me.

(01-24-2020 04:14 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  I haven't a clue what the RPI of the Ohio Valley Conference is. Couldn't even tell you which teams are in it.

We are in Conference USA.

Explain to me how any CUSA school could get a high enough rpi to get an at large bid.
Mention the last school in CUSA to do this if you wish as well as how they got an at large bid.

OVC Places 2 teams in the 2019 NCAA Tournament

If the OVC can do it, CUSA can do it.

(01-24-2020 07:30 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 04:14 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  I haven't a clue what the RPI of the Ohio Valley Conference is. Couldn't even tell you which teams are in it.

We are in Conference USA.

Explain to me how any CUSA school could get a high enough rpi to get an at large bid.
Mention the last school in CUSA to do this if you wish as well as how they got an at large bid.

OVC Places 2 teams in the 2019 NCAA Tournament

If the OVC can do it, CUSA can do it.

Hurray! I see the way now. Thanks guys. Just win every game up until the championship game and also make sure you get 6 or 7 tournament bids in the previous 10 years.

(01-24-2020 03:24 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 03:06 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 02:39 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 02:33 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 02:22 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  The fans have been voting with their feet since the Davis days. Nothing new there.

Most of those posting negatively on twitter and facebook and Blazertalk wouldn't account for 10% of the boosters.

I'm sure you can throw together a poll on twitter and have it come out to your liking.

Wouldn't make a hill of beans of a difference in what actually happens.

I suspect that Ehsan will be given 2 more seasons at most to show improvement.

"Fans" yelling and whining and kicking their feet when they don't get their way isn't helpful to the program.

Since the Haase era, Davis actually played tough schedules. Fans showed up and we got a bubble bid out of Davis. How about that special 2014-15 season? And the best team in the history of uab basketball that 2015-2016 team.

Davis had the luxury of being in a league where you have 3 or 4 bids to the tournament. Certainly a bonus. He also had a couple of great players in AJ & Cam Moore. The league as a whole was tougher, but the OOC conference schedule wasn't that much better than today's.

Sure he did, when’s the last time four teams made it from cusa? I would say it was a two bid league so Memphis got in if they slipped. Also it’s funny that those are the two players you chose (R.I.P. Cam), when Davis actually had NBA players here. The last guy who had a shot at the league from here was Chad Frazier (whom some still crap on til this day).

You lost me with the OOC schedule, Davis didn’t played 4-5 D2s like Haase ehsan. Also find it funny when you start to crap on the program you start with Davis but Ehsan who’s the worst coach I’ve seen here you say nothing but good things about.

I never saw either Bartow coach.

Answering your first question - certainly during the Anderson years but 2 or 3 teams made it during the Davis years (with UAB getting an at large 1 year)

In regards to Frazier, it matters not what one does on the court if you don't do things correctly off the court.

There hasn't been much change in OOC scheduling from Davis to Ehsan. Sure Davis might have had 1 or 2 or so bigger name team come in but in the overall scheme of things it is irrelevant.

Davis' years were some pretty good years on the court (mainly due to AJ) but he couldn't help but recruit players with bad grades, etc. along with the Cousins fiasco.

I actually attended more games when Davis was coach than I have since Haase & Ehsan have been coaching. I am more selective on which games I attend due to conflicts.

First question you didn’t answer. We know Davis bubble didn’t burst guess he played 4-5 D2s that year. What big names we brought in of late Auburn and Memphis? Yeah it’s irrelevant because nobody has played as soft a schedule as Haase Ehsan.

Not true, but continue. Chad is still the best player we’ve had in a long time.

AJ wasn’t a top ten player of the Davis era, but was still pretty good. Davis was the coach that fixed APR issues started by Anderson lol. Or it was a better product back when Davis coach but whatever excuse you can find lmaoooooo

(01-24-2020 02:58 PM)CourtsideBlazer Wrote:  Threads like this are the direct result of the 24-hours sports talk cycle. There is no basis in reality and is perpetuated by those with no real knowledge of how the business of college athletics at a school such as UAB works.

The reality of life in the Athletic Department of any SEC school is worlds away from UAB. Howls of protest from "fans" decrying our lack of advertising & promotion, insulting our sports information/media relations department and questioning the commitment to athletics because of our support of less-than-championship-calibre coaches would be ashamed if they saw just how miniscule the budget is for UAB Athletics is compared to their perceived benchmark.

It really is ALL about the money. and we don't have enough. If you would like to be part of positive change, it is going to cost you.

Please enlighten us.

Basically UAB isn't in the SEC and can't throw money around hiring and firing coaches.

The money at UAB comes mainly from big boosters (same as the SEC) however we don't have as many.

Are the boosters satisfied with Ehsan and his progress? If so, then he certainly will remain at UAB.

After putting out a ton of money on football (by the boosters) would they really want to put out extra money right now on basketball?

So we should just focus on what we can do right now to improve the programs via facility upgrades, etc.

And just to remind everyone, MTSU got left out a few years ago with a pretty good RPI in the 30's so you need that extra back door push by those determining who gets the at large bids.

(01-24-2020 07:18 PM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 08:40 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 07:41 AM)blazr Wrote:  

(01-23-2020 10:39 PM)Blazing Saddles Wrote:  It is isn’t our top program. It founded our athletic department. Changes have to be made.

This. Taking nothing away from basketball, sincerely, but football has taken us to a place we couldn’t have reached. Just in the recent case, CUSA was more than prepared to revoke our membership without football. Where do we end up? This applies all the way back to the time the football program went 1-A. Look around and tell me what conference, here in the south, we would play in without football.

But this does confirm that changes have to be made pronto. AAC is interested in our program, especially with the recent positive publicity and new stadium. But we don’t need anything to give them pause. If basketball is back to even 80% of what it was that just eliminates a hurdle.


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The Southern Conference, which looks a hell of a lot better than whatever version of CUSA we are in.

I wasn't going to say anything but it isn't like this current version of CUSA Basketball is anything to brag about. Any conference UAB would have ended up at without football would be either an even trade off or better than CUSA right now.

Now I would like to know if Blazr would enlighten us on the AAC being interested in UAB Football. This is news to me.

Ok. They we are on the shortlist for an all-sports invite. That’s enlightening.

And, as I said, conference affiliation is not just sports. You want our profile to completely tank? Get us lumped together with Samford, The Citadel, Furman, & Chattanooga. If you think Bham sports fans thought UAB was a joke before...


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(01-24-2020 02:27 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 07:49 AM)blazr Wrote:  Does anyone know if Ingram has a history of, or is the kind of AD, a midseason firing? It would at least show that our leadership will not tolerate basketball tanking this bad. I wish he would go ahead and relieve Shoop of baseball duties as well. He is a very religious, moral man teaching our young men how to live life that way, but we have just been putrid for too long.

(And I swear to god if BAMABLAZER jumps in to mention college tuition paid by lottery in other states I will commit hara kiri)


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I didn’t threaten you with harm. It’s my sword and I can fall on it when I like. I will, however, include you in my death poem. It won’t be nice.



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(01-24-2020 05:25 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 04:14 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  I haven't a clue what the RPI of the Ohio Valley Conference is. Couldn't even tell you which teams are in it.

We are in Conference USA.

Explain to me how any CUSA school could get a high enough rpi to get an at large bid.
Mention the last school in CUSA to do this if you wish as well as how they got an at large bid.

Stop worrying about at-large bids. Worry about consistently winning CUSA. Finishing 2nd or even 3rd occasionally will help rebuild the brand in the eyes of the PTB. Think Murray State and Belmont of the OVC. Neither wins the conference every year but they are well-regarded and at least get the benefit of the doubt as quality programs that other quality teams will play. Winning the conference and consistently being a dominant team in CUSA is what we should focus on. Let everything else take care of itself.

I agree!

(01-24-2020 08:17 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  And just to remind everyone, MTSU got left out a few years ago with a pretty good RPI in the 30's so you need that extra back door push by those determining who gets the at large bids.

And they got left out because they played absolutely nobody

(01-24-2020 08:05 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 03:24 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 03:06 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 02:39 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 02:33 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  Since the Haase era, Davis actually played tough schedules. Fans showed up and we got a bubble bid out of Davis. How about that special 2014-15 season? And the best team in the history of uab basketball that 2015-2016 team.

Davis had the luxury of being in a league where you have 3 or 4 bids to the tournament. Certainly a bonus. He also had a couple of great players in AJ & Cam Moore. The league as a whole was tougher, but the OOC conference schedule wasn't that much better than today's.

Sure he did, when’s the last time four teams made it from cusa? I would say it was a two bid league so Memphis got in if they slipped. Also it’s funny that those are the two players you chose (R.I.P. Cam), when Davis actually had NBA players here. The last guy who had a shot at the league from here was Chad Frazier (whom some still crap on til this day).

You lost me with the OOC schedule, Davis didn’t played 4-5 D2s like Haase ehsan. Also find it funny when you start to crap on the program you start with Davis but Ehsan who’s the worst coach I’ve seen here you say nothing but good things about.

I never saw either Bartow coach.

Answering your first question - certainly during the Anderson years but 2 or 3 teams made it during the Davis years (with UAB getting an at large 1 year)

In regards to Frazier, it matters not what one does on the court if you don't do things correctly off the court.

There hasn't been much change in OOC scheduling from Davis to Ehsan. Sure Davis might have had 1 or 2 or so bigger name team come in but in the overall scheme of things it is irrelevant.

Davis' years were some pretty good years on the court (mainly due to AJ) but he couldn't help but recruit players with bad grades, etc. along with the Cousins fiasco.

I actually attended more games when Davis was coach than I have since Haase & Ehsan have been coaching. I am more selective on which games I attend due to conflicts.

First question you didn’t answer. We know Davis bubble didn’t burst guess he played 4-5 D2s that year. What big names we brought in of late Auburn and Memphis? Yeah it’s irrelevant because nobody has played as soft a schedule as Haase Ehsan.

Not true, but continue. Chad is still the best player we’ve had in a long time.

AJ wasn’t a top ten player of the Davis era, but was still pretty good. Davis was the coach that fixed APR issues started by Anderson lol. Or it was a better product back when Davis coach but whatever excuse you can find lmaoooooo

You really think AJ wasn't a top 10 player in the Davis era? Name 10 players in the Davis era who had more productive careers than he did?

(01-24-2020 10:14 PM)busch Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 08:05 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 03:24 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 03:06 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 02:39 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Davis had the luxury of being in a league where you have 3 or 4 bids to the tournament. Certainly a bonus. He also had a couple of great players in AJ & Cam Moore. The league as a whole was tougher, but the OOC conference schedule wasn't that much better than today's.

Sure he did, when’s the last time four teams made it from cusa? I would say it was a two bid league so Memphis got in if they slipped. Also it’s funny that those are the two players you chose (R.I.P. Cam), when Davis actually had NBA players here. The last guy who had a shot at the league from here was Chad Frazier (whom some still crap on til this day).

You lost me with the OOC schedule, Davis didn’t played 4-5 D2s like Haase ehsan. Also find it funny when you start to crap on the program you start with Davis but Ehsan who’s the worst coach I’ve seen here you say nothing but good things about.

I never saw either Bartow coach.

Answering your first question - certainly during the Anderson years but 2 or 3 teams made it during the Davis years (with UAB getting an at large 1 year)

In regards to Frazier, it matters not what one does on the court if you don't do things correctly off the court.

There hasn't been much change in OOC scheduling from Davis to Ehsan. Sure Davis might have had 1 or 2 or so bigger name team come in but in the overall scheme of things it is irrelevant.

Davis' years were some pretty good years on the court (mainly due to AJ) but he couldn't help but recruit players with bad grades, etc. along with the Cousins fiasco.

I actually attended more games when Davis was coach than I have since Haase & Ehsan have been coaching. I am more selective on which games I attend due to conflicts.

First question you didn’t answer. We know Davis bubble didn’t burst guess he played 4-5 D2s that year. What big names we brought in of late Auburn and Memphis? Yeah it’s irrelevant because nobody has played as soft a schedule as Haase Ehsan.

Not true, but continue. Chad is still the best player we’ve had in a long time.

AJ wasn’t a top ten player of the Davis era, but was still pretty good. Davis was the coach that fixed APR issues started by Anderson lol. Or it was a better product back when Davis coach but whatever excuse you can find lmaoooooo

You really think AJ wasn't a top 10 player in the Davis era? Name 10 players in the Davis era who had more productive careers than he did?

Two clueless people talking to each other

AJ is among the top 10 and maybe even top 5 players ever at UAB.

(01-24-2020 10:14 PM)busch Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 08:05 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 03:24 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 03:06 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(01-24-2020 02:39 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Davis had the luxury of being in a league where you have 3 or 4 bids to the tournament. Certainly a bonus. He also had a couple of great players in AJ & Cam Moore. The league as a whole was tougher, but the OOC conference schedule wasn't that much better than today's.

Sure he did, when’s the last time four teams made it from cusa? I would say it was a two bid league so Memphis got in if they slipped. Also it’s funny that those are the two players you chose (R.I.P. Cam), when Davis actually had NBA players here. The last guy who had a shot at the league from here was Chad Frazier (whom some still crap on til this day).

You lost me with the OOC schedule, Davis didn’t played 4-5 D2s like Haase ehsan. Also find it funny when you start to crap on the program you start with Davis but Ehsan who’s the worst coach I’ve seen here you say nothing but good things about.

I never saw either Bartow coach.

Answering your first question - certainly during the Anderson years but 2 or 3 teams made it during the Davis years (with UAB getting an at large 1 year)

In regards to Frazier, it matters not what one does on the court if you don't do things correctly off the court.

There hasn't been much change in OOC scheduling from Davis to Ehsan. Sure Davis might have had 1 or 2 or so bigger name team come in but in the overall scheme of things it is irrelevant.

Davis' years were some pretty good years on the court (mainly due to AJ) but he couldn't help but recruit players with bad grades, etc. along with the Cousins fiasco.

I actually attended more games when Davis was coach than I have since Haase & Ehsan have been coaching. I am more selective on which games I attend due to conflicts.

First question you didn’t answer. We know Davis bubble didn’t burst guess he played 4-5 D2s that year. What big names we brought in of late Auburn and Memphis? Yeah it’s irrelevant because nobody has played as soft a schedule as Haase Ehsan.

Not true, but continue. Chad is still the best player we’ve had in a long time.

AJ wasn’t a top ten player of the Davis era, but was still pretty good. Davis was the coach that fixed APR issues started by Anderson lol. Or it was a better product back when Davis coach but whatever excuse you can find lmaoooooo

You really think AJ wasn't a top 10 player in the Davis era? Name 10 players in the Davis era who had more productive careers than he did?

Maybe not if careers lol but overall better players sure start with three with NBA connections. Then find seven more. Not saying AJ wasn’t a good player but we had a lot of talent back then.