buddha

copp has been good, compher was a big miss.  not replacing rasmussen was a miss.  not getting bigger up front was a miss.

dusty may mentioned for the unc job.  unsurprising.  he'll be mentioned for every big job now.

another year and another collapse.  and we dont even get a middling pick out of it this year.

this was the year they fixed the goalie.  this was the year they made a move at the deadline.  this was the year they traded the future for the present.

and it looks like theyre going to fail again.  if they do, they should make changes.  the careful plodding approach, taking low ceiling high floor guys, not overspending on high impact players, hasnt worked out.

time for a change.

good night, gracie.

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

The money cannon at UM isn’t any different in basketball than Kentucky, Kansas, and UNC.  

The difference is in the coach.  That’s the real special sauce. They’ve hit a home run with May.  

The other blue bloods I mentioned just figured the program was strong to enough to prosper with lesser guys because of the brand.  Turns out that doesn’t matter anymore now that other people have the cash.  Having a stiff like Mark Pope or Hubert Williams just because they’re an alum doesn’t work anymore.  

i agree, but they can compete now for players they had no chance at before.

kasper has been a massive disappointment.  danielson too, to a lesser degree.

those guys are both top ten picks and they havent come close to the impact of seider/raymond/edvinsson.

6 hours ago, RedTeamGo! said:

of course they are, but not as much 

getting rid of the money rules is the best thing to happen to michigan.  now they dont have to keep up this facade about not paying players.  now that its out in the open, michigan can unleash the money cannon of one of the richest, most sports obsessed fan bases in the country.

and they have.

8 hours ago, RedTeamGo! said:

I think this is true for some of the teams in the B1G (Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska, kinda MSU - but most of sparty players are homegrown) 

MSU and Purdue are pretty much homegrown players and Iowa's transfers all followed their coach from Drake (and some from his division 2 school). Michigan is basically the polar opposite, even to the point they tampered with a player from another big money big ten program - Illinois. Michigan is the poster child for big money NIL basketball team. 

As for the big ten "dominating" college basketball - lets see them actually win a natty for the first time in 26 years before saying so haha. 

you dont think those "homegrown" players are getting paid?

10 hours ago, GalagaGuy said:

Big 10 with 6 teams in the Sweet 16 and a chance for 7.  Hell of a showing!  

$$$$$

big ten is dominating basketball and football.

league does favor for the lakers?  no way!!!!!

9 hours ago, Deleterious said:

This kid has been moving up the draft boards lately.  Undersized guard who plays bad defense.  Some GM is going to lose his job over the pick.

I did learn he is from Detroit and played at Cass Tech for two years before transferring to IMG.  

I also learned Vanderbilt has a player named Chandler Bing.  

 

the nba does not care about defense.

1 hour ago, Deleterious said:

 

i'm shocked to see the wizards give a **** enough to fight.

sadness.

and there it is.

that goal is 100% seider.

copp so good.

seider just ****ed them.  oh boy.

1 hour ago, lordstanley said:

Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Columbus and Philadelphia all have won already today. I don’t care about Buffalo as so far ahead now and there still is a cushion over Philadelphia, but the Pens and Jackets victories keep the pressure on the Wings. 

the east does not lose.

21 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Less than half the amount of sacks and QB pressure too.

yup.

because he doesnt do what most teams loom for in a defensive end: consistent pressure.

the lions look for different abilities.  crush the pocket, set the edge.

one might say the lions are playing moneyball.

i woukd argue - and i think you would agree - that they need a pure pass rusher for third down and long.

why did he cost half as much as aqm?

how long until steve kerr quits?  when steph retires?

sure, but this rule wasnt instituted for cade.  cade is ACTUALLY INJURED.  everyone seems to forget why this waa put in: because too many players sit out for rest.

it was an attempt to give players an incentive to play.  but even with that incentive they dont care enough to play.

this is not a leahue problem, its a player problem.

if cade is out, it is going to be difficult to win in the first round, much less over boston, cleveland, or new york.

they played a team actively trying to lose.  please dont extrapolate anything from this game.

daniss jenkins is a 3rd string point guard.  its great for him.  he's got a contract.  that's wonderful.  he's not a playoff nba player.

phew!  huge win.

1 hour ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

But yet every time the Lions do get a third down pass rushing role player they seem to move on from them quickly. Houston, Muhammad as examples of that. So it is a role in the league that at least some teams value and will pay for. It doesn't seem we are one of those. Once this organization figures out how one dimensional a player is, they seem to move on quickly.

i thought the defense was much better when you had at least one "pure pass rush" guy they could put in on third and long downs.  like houston before he got hurt.

i get the need to want to crush the pocket and set the edge, but getting to the qb in some obvious passing downs can turn a game around.

time to step up, duren.