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A P6 school can 3x his salary so if he wants one last pay day then no one should fault him for that regardless of how bad the other job might be. He also deserves it since our NIL is apparently crap, the AD is mid, and the student support is only there for Memphis. If he does leave then I 100% thank him for leaving here in a much better place than before

The trapping full court defense definitely still works, just look 3 miles down the road

The trapping full court defense definitely still works. Look at our own team when we extend the zone to full court or 3 quarters court - that is oftentimes when we look our best. We are super disruptive defensively when we play like that.

It’s intellectually lazy to just blindly say trapping full court Basketball doesn’t work anymore.

This thead is …. Sigh.

(02-23-2024 02:32 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  The trapping full court defense definitely still works. Look at our own team when we extend the zone to full court or 3 quarters court - that is oftentimes when we look our best. We are super disruptive defensively when we play like that.

It’s intellectually lazy to just blindly say trapping full court Basketball doesn’t work anymore.

We simply don’t have a Quan Jackson who is the hustle guy and emotional leader when applying the said defense.

Long, did I want EG to be the 6th man, and be the guy to lead the defense in the same fashion. He just don’t have the mental attributes for it.

Toney is the only guy that hustles enough for that style of play.

Serious question, did anyone really believe when Mark Ingram said there was no contact with AK and WVU?
I don't think anyone dislikes AK as a coach at all, as he's been pretty successful here but if anyone thought he would be our coach for a long period of time is kidding themselves

Unless there's a tweet from AK himself and/or DePaul about the new coaching job, I'm just going to

(02-23-2024 03:19 PM)UABrandon Wrote:  Serious question, did anyone really believe when Mark Ingram said there was no contact with AK and WVU?
I don't think anyone dislikes AK as a coach at all, as he's been pretty successful here but if anyone thought he would be our coach for a long period of time is kidding themselves

I do not believe it for a second

(02-23-2024 02:17 PM)DuelingDragon Wrote:  This thread is .... well ... sigh.

This

No way in hell I could be a coach in today’s world of social media. If I were AK and saw this board, I’d start retweeting everything from the DePaul Men’s Basketball Twitter account, even though I had no interest in the job.

I’d probably do worse but I digress.

(02-24-2024 10:37 AM)Frank Grimes Wrote:  No way in hell I could be a coach in today’s world of social media. If I were AK and saw this board, I’d start retweeting everything from the DePaul Men’s Basketball Twitter account, even though I had no interest in the job.

And no student-athlete should ever discover this board. Ever. There would be absolutely no good to come of it.

Players and coaches should have the mental fortitude and common sense to avoid this type of board and sport-related social media related to their teams.

You see guys like KD that obviously do not have that common sense...

Nothing is said on here or anywhere else that the coaches don't drill into to the players heads 100x more.

No one is making personal attacks, etc.

(02-24-2024 12:47 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Players and coaches should have the mental fortitude and common sense to avoid this type of board and sport-related social media related to their teams.

You see guys like KD that obviously do not have that common sense...

Nothing is said on here or anywhere else that the coaches don't drill into to the players heads 100x more.

No one is making personal attacks, etc.

If I had a nickel for every time you called players dumb and lazy I could fund the NIL by myself. Wording counts. Tone counts. But I know you will never understand this.

(02-24-2024 01:18 PM)1BLZR1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2024 12:47 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Players and coaches should have the mental fortitude and common sense to avoid this type of board and sport-related social media related to their teams.

You see guys like KD that obviously do not have that common sense...

Nothing is said on here or anywhere else that the coaches don't drill into to the players heads 100x more.

No one is making personal attacks, etc.

If I had a nickel for every time you called players dumb and lazy I could fund the NIL by myself. Wording counts. Tone counts. But I know you will never understand this.

I'm going to come to Answer's defense and say I've never seen him call a player dumb or lazy. Maybe something they do on the court or field that's dumb or lazy, but not the person themselves. There's a difference. What happens on this message board likely happens on every other fan message board in America, if not the world. Actually, it probably happens less here than a lot of others. You guys that get on your moral high horse over stuff said on a message board need to chill. It's not that deep.

This message board is incredibly tame compared to every other message board i've ever visited. But the only one where ive seen so much complaining about how other people should or shouldnt be talking about the team. Its eye opening sometimes how small the number of hardcore uab fans trully is with the echo chambers on either side of the hyper 'critical' or hyper 'loyal' rhetoric and anyone in the middle just staying out of the discussion not wanting to deal with the vocal minority on both sides. Still better than the delusional facebook group by a country mile.

(02-24-2024 10:37 AM)Frank Grimes Wrote:  No way in hell I could be a coach in today’s world of social media. If I were AK and saw this board, I’d start retweeting everything from the DePaul Men’s Basketball Twitter account, even though I had no interest in the job.

The ole Lane Kiffen route.

(02-24-2024 01:32 PM)BlazintheAtl1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2024 01:18 PM)1BLZR1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2024 12:47 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Players and coaches should have the mental fortitude and common sense to avoid this type of board and sport-related social media related to their teams.

You see guys like KD that obviously do not have that common sense...

Nothing is said on here or anywhere else that the coaches don't drill into to the players heads 100x more.

No one is making personal attacks, etc.

If I had a nickel for every time you called players dumb and lazy I could fund the NIL by myself. Wording counts. Tone counts. But I know you will never understand this.

I'm going to come to Answer's defense and say I've never seen him call a player dumb or lazy. Maybe something they do on the court or field that's dumb or lazy, but not the person themselves. There's a difference. What happens on this message board likely happens on every other fan message board in America, if not the world. Actually, it probably happens less here than a lot of others. You guys that get on your moral high horse over stuff said on a message board need to chill. It's not that deep.

Exactly. I couldn’t have said it better myself, but I will still try to lol.

I’ve never said any UAB player is dumb off the court, insulted their intelligence, their character, talked about them personally, etc. I definitely don’t think I’ve called anyone lazy. Again, maybe some stuff they’ve done on the court is lazy, but being lazy is absolutely antithetical to being a D1 athlete. It shouldn’t be that hard to understand. The small group of UAB fans on here collectively has very thin skin, and a lot of people can’t handle any negativity towards the athletics programs, even when it is 1000% warranted.

I’ve praised EG and AK and others when it’s warranted. I’m man enough to admit when someone does well and deserves praise, even though I tend to be more negative on the board.

Yes this board is so much tamer than basically any other board I’ve ever seen, but the people on here clutch their pearls and complain about it more than any fan base I’ve seen.

For example: AK had been coaching pretty damn well for the last 15 games or so, and for the last 5-6 games EG had been playing very well. I gave both their flowers.

All that came to a grinding halt against rice. I don’t blame anyone for saying damn near anything after that collective sh!t show.

(02-24-2024 01:32 PM)BlazintheAtl1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2024 01:18 PM)1BLZR1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2024 12:47 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Players and coaches should have the mental fortitude and common sense to avoid this type of board and sport-related social media related to their teams.

You see guys like KD that obviously do not have that common sense...

Nothing is said on here or anywhere else that the coaches don't drill into to the players heads 100x more.

No one is making personal attacks, etc.

If I had a nickel for every time you called players dumb and lazy I could fund the NIL by myself. Wording counts. Tone counts. But I know you will never understand this.

I'm going to come to Answer's defense and say I've never seen him call a player dumb or lazy. Maybe something they do on the court or field that's dumb or lazy, but not the person themselves. There's a difference. What happens on this message board likely happens on every other fan message board in America, if not the world. Actually, it probably happens less here than a lot of others. You guys that get on your moral high horse over stuff said on a message board need to chill. It's not that deep.

I’m not interested in hiding behind semantics games. Like I said, words and tones matter.

It’s not taking a moral high horse to recognize and call out overly negative ranting against our student-athletes. I don’t care what happens in other dark corners of fandom. I’d like to think we can be better than that.

But maybe that’s too much to expect.

(02-24-2024 02:10 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  

(02-24-2024 01:32 PM)BlazintheAtl1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2024 01:18 PM)1BLZR1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2024 12:47 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Players and coaches should have the mental fortitude and common sense to avoid this type of board and sport-related social media related to their teams.

You see guys like KD that obviously do not have that common sense...

Nothing is said on here or anywhere else that the coaches don't drill into to the players heads 100x more.

No one is making personal attacks, etc.

If I had a nickel for every time you called players dumb and lazy I could fund the NIL by myself. Wording counts. Tone counts. But I know you will never understand this.

I'm going to come to Answer's defense and say I've never seen him call a player dumb or lazy. Maybe something they do on the court or field that's dumb or lazy, but not the person themselves. There's a difference. What happens on this message board likely happens on every other fan message board in America, if not the world. Actually, it probably happens less here than a lot of others. You guys that get on your moral high horse over stuff said on a message board need to chill. It's not that deep.

Exactly. I couldn’t have said it better myself, but I will still try to lol.

I’ve never said any UAB player is dumb off the court, insulted their intelligence, their character, talked about them personally, etc. I definitely don’t think I’ve called anyone lazy. Again, maybe some stuff they’ve done on the court is lazy, but being lazy is absolutely antithetical to being a D1 athlete. It shouldn’t be that hard to understand. The small group of UAB fans on here collectively has very thin skin, and a lot of people can’t handle any negativity towards the athletics programs, even when it is 1000% warranted.

I’ve praised EG and AK and others when it’s warranted. I’m man enough to admit when someone does well and deserves praise, even though I tend to be more negative on the board.

Yes this board is so much tamer than basically any other board I’ve ever seen, but the people on here clutch their pearls and complain about it more than any fan base I’ve seen.

Again, you’re hiding behind semantics. If you think you’ve never insulted a UAB player or coach, well, I can’t help you. There’s a difference between justified criticism and overly repetitive insults. You’ve got major blind spots. But I know I’m speaking into the void here.