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(02-27-2021 12:27 PM)Hemond Wrote:  I will. I have never been to Red Robin.

Order the cheeseburger topped with a fried egg. YUM.

(02-27-2021 12:04 PM)Hemond Wrote:  Brannen is doing a good job.

When we were down 15 - 3 vs Tulsa the team refused to fold - on the road. The team showed character and heart.

I have no idea how Brannen’s tenure will ultimately end up. I know for certain the criticism this year prevalent here by some is simply unhinged.

Then there has been criticism of his recruiting. We closed out the Tulane game with 3 frosh and 2 sophs. Do we need help, yep, but 5 guys made a statement made me proud to be a Bearcat.

The Brannen story is yet to be written, but some here have defined themselves far more than Brannen has. Some here have defined themselves.

(02-27-2021 09:45 PM)Bcatbog Wrote:  

(02-27-2021 12:04 PM)Hemond Wrote:  Brannen is doing a good job.

When we were down 15 - 3 vs Tulsa the team refused to fold - on the road. The team showed character and heart.

I have no idea how Brannen’s tenure will ultimately end up. I know for certain the criticism this year prevalent here by some is simply unhinged.

Then there has been criticism of his recruiting. We closed out the Tulane game with 3 frosh and 2 sophs. Do we need help, yep, but 5 guys made a statement made me proud to be a Bearcat.

The Brannen story is yet to be written, but some here have defined themselves far more than Brannen has. Some here have defined themselves.

So, have stories been written about people here or have they simply defined themselves? And, do you need a story written in order to define yourself? I'm interested in a definition, but I'm not so sure that I have a full story in me.

(02-27-2021 12:27 PM)Hemond Wrote:  I will. I have never been to Red Robin.

I went once and for over an hour I listened to a 3 year old scream bloody murder at the top of his lungs. The parents needed to drop him on his head.

(02-27-2021 10:34 PM)doss2 Wrote:  

(02-27-2021 12:27 PM)Hemond Wrote:  I will. I have never been to Red Robin.

I went once and for over an hour I listened to a 3 year old scream bloody murder at the top of his lungs. The parents needed to drop him on his head.

For the life of me I do not understand why parents tolerate badly behaved kids in restaurants or anywhere else. I understand Red Robin is a family restaurant and some noise from kids is expected but that doesn't mean kids run wild and scream.

Take them out. In time they learn if the want to stay they have to behave. THat's how learned behavior works.

And the badly behaved child doesn't ruin every other paying customer's dinner.

Not to be that old guy, but millennials with kids in restaurants are often an awe inspiring phenomenon of the ability to ignore the rest of the world around them. Zero self awareness too often.

(02-28-2021 04:21 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Not to be that old guy, but millennials with kids in restaurants are often an awe inspiring phenomenon of the ability to ignore the rest of the world around them. Zero self awareness too often.

Rude, self-absorbed parents raising (or ignoring) their rude, self-absorbed children.

(02-28-2021 10:46 AM)mptnstr@44 Wrote:  

(02-27-2021 10:34 PM)doss2 Wrote:  

(02-27-2021 12:27 PM)Hemond Wrote:  I will. I have never been to Red Robin.

I went once and for over an hour I listened to a 3 year old scream bloody murder at the top of his lungs. The parents needed to drop him on his head.

For the life of me I do not understand why parents tolerate badly behaved kids in restaurants or anywhere else. I understand Red Robin is a family restaurant and some noise from kids is expected but that doesn't mean kids run wild and scream.

Take them out. In time they learn if the want to stay they have to behave. THat's how learned behavior works.

And the badly behaved child doesn't ruin every other paying customer's dinner.

You are spot on!

I can understand Brannen starting the seniors. That said after the first basket call a TO and bring in the real team. Today's loss is solely on JB's head!

But then a certain fan would rage that Brannen used his Timeouts wrong.

(02-28-2021 06:18 PM)doss2 Wrote:  I can understand Brannen starting the seniors. That said after the first basket call a TO and bring in the real team. Today's loss is solely on JB's head!

My view is that you foul on first possession on defense with a walk on and get them out. My preference is not to start seniors unless they are a big part of rotation.

It’s a real game and the other team is trying to make tournament, you have to play it like any other game.

He did it last year and almost cost them the Temple game. Started Koz and Chris McNeal. Temple started the game 15-5.

One year it might cost them the NCAA tournament, a conference championship, or a seed line.

It would help if UC actually had seniors that were studs but in my view you play senior day like you do any other game, with your best players.

Here is another thing, most fans would rather see UC beat Memphis or however they play next year than see walk on and bench guys play. The ceremony is where you honor the players.

Brannen isn’t going to get fired this year but next year is critical. You just can’t be making the same mistakes in year three you are making now.

(02-28-2021 10:45 PM)UCBearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  

(02-28-2021 06:18 PM)doss2 Wrote:  I can understand Brannen starting the seniors. That said after the first basket call a TO and bring in the real team. Today's loss is solely on JB's head!

My view is that you foul on first possession on defense with a walk on and get them out. My preference is not to start seniors unless they are a big part of rotation.

It’s a real game and the other team is trying to make tournament, you have to play it like any other game.

He did it last year and almost cost them the Temple game. Started Koz and Chris McNeal. Temple started the game 15-5.

One year it might cost them the NCAA tournament, a conference championship, or a seed line.

It would help if UC actually had seniors that were studs but in my view you play senior day like you do any other game, with your best players.

Here is another thing, most fans would rather see UC beat Memphis or however they play next year than see walk on and bench guys play. The ceremony is where you honor the players.

Brannen isn’t going to get fired this year but next year is critical. You just can’t be making the same mistakes in year three you are making now.

The game was not lost in the first minutes when he played the seniors. This is remarkably silly.

We could have started the game up 6-0 and we were still going to lose that one.

Give up 45 rebounds and 20+ assists, you aren’t winning. Memphis is one of the worst ball handling teams in the entire nation...allowing those numbers, leading to them taking about 15 more shots than you...that’s it in a nutshell.

The seniors stayed in the game too long.

When trying to remedy a problem, it's necessary to analyze and address each contributing variable separately. Each player is a variable, and substitution is a means to examine how the presence or absence of a particular player affects team performance. The one invariable in this year's effort has been the coach and his staff.

(02-27-2021 09:00 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  I hope some on here will excuse me if I'm not soiling myself over victories against Tulane and Temple.

My lack of patience with Brannen stems from the fact that he did not walk into a rebuilding situation. He walked into a pretty dang good team that had been performing at a very high level. The only things that he needs to rebuild is whatever it is that he tore down himself.

However, the fact that I can see that this team's defense is darn near lousy, they make waaaaay too may dumb turnovers, for whatever reason guys don't seem to want to play for him and the guys who do seem a little soft ... does not make me a very sick hater.

Come on, man.

Where are all Mick's players that transferred out playing? What do their stat lines look like? He was left Jarron Cumberland not a "Pretty Dang Good Team"

(03-01-2021 12:55 PM)arsenio_Billingham Wrote:  

(02-27-2021 09:00 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  I hope some on here will excuse me if I'm not soiling myself over victories against Tulane and Temple.

My lack of patience with Brannen stems from the fact that he did not walk into a rebuilding situation. He walked into a pretty dang good team that had been performing at a very high level. The only things that he needs to rebuild is whatever it is that he tore down himself.

However, the fact that I can see that this team's defense is darn near lousy, they make waaaaay too may dumb turnovers, for whatever reason guys don't seem to want to play for him and the guys who do seem a little soft ... does not make me a very sick hater.

Come on, man.

Where are all Mick's players that transferred out playing? What do their stat lines look like? He was left Jarron Cumberland not a "Pretty Dang Good Team"

Jarron and Tre Scott- with Tre taking a big leap in his final year in a new system.

Whether you want to blame the shoe deal, the arena, the conference, not restoring the locker rooms in 5/3rd for one season before we gutted it, or whatever- MC’s last couple recruiting classes were primarily a bust on the court.

Let’s say we never had a job opening, anyone who thinks a team lead by lowly Logan Johnson, Williams, and Nsoseme would not be exceeding the results of this team this year is kidding themselves. Say what you want, he grabbed guys he could get that worked in that system.

The issue is that the new guy’s system couldn’t utilize most of them and most of them didn’t want them to play for him.

Now the old coach is grabbing 5 stars in each cycle. Perhaps Clifton Heights is not the vacation destination some of us envision.

(03-01-2021 03:52 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Let’s say we never had a job opening, anyone who thinks a team lead by lowly Logan Johnson, Williams, and Nsoseme would not be exceeding the results of this team this year is kidding themselves. Say what you want, he grabbed guys he could get that worked in that system.

The issue is that the new guy’s system couldn’t utilize most of them and most of them didn’t want them to play for him.

Now the old coach is grabbing 5 stars in each cycle. Perhaps Clifton Heights is not the vacation destination some of us envision.

Come on now man...you can't honestly believe that. That's a .500 roster in a normal year regardless of coach, which is why Mick was looking, and I completely understand it. Yes this is disappointing, and yes there are DEFINITELY some rough edges that need to be rounded out in short order before I start calling for him to be held responsible too, but for the love of god, you've got to be somewhat objective about the guys you're naming there. The team we would've had on paper would not be performing all that much better than this one, and it would've been filled with upperclassmen instead of freshmen.

(03-01-2021 03:52 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Let’s say we never had a job opening, anyone who thinks a team lead by lowly Logan Johnson, Williams, and Nsoseme would not be exceeding the results of this team this year is kidding themselves. Say what you want, he grabbed guys he could get that worked in that system.

The issue is that the new guy’s system couldn’t utilize most of them and most of them didn’t want them to play for him.

Now the old coach is grabbing 5 stars in each cycle. Perhaps Clifton Heights is not the vacation destination some of us envision.

Because UCLA had been devoid of 4 and 5 star players until Mick arrived. Indeed, it was Mick who was the last piece of the puzzle for UCLA to finally start landing top tier talent.