NWALA Tiger

2 minutes ago, DAG said:

I will say I think the Clark vs Reese thing is more cultural base. It reminds me of the fab five vs Grant Hill situation. 

Bro, that's just it.. To me it was never about Reese vs Clark. They had a little dust up last yr. It happens in the heat of battle. 

I like the way Clark plays. She isn't a great defender. She has her detractors.  Every good player does.  AirJordan, the best to ever do it had his. It's no deeper than that to me. That was my post, no hidden agenda intended. I try to be objective with my posts.  Sometimes, I don't succeed. 

Just now, DAG said:

It’s not but then you can’t get upset when people make assumptions? Lol. You made a very vague post. Anybody would want clarification on that . Come on man. 

I'm not gonna go back and forth. Not worth it. The other poster basically accused me of being racist when I didn't mention every group in the faction. You laugh emojied his post., which I guess means u agreed with him. It's ridiculous. The other poster accused me of saying it was only Black people throwing shade. Never said or inferred it.  Him saying that to me is kinda ironic... Since I'm BLACK!!!  LOL

1 minute ago, DAG said:

Where before my post do you give these examples? And why not just say that initially? 

I didn't know it was a requirement.  Maybe cats shouldn't assume so much

Just now, DAG said:

Yes because we just wanted to know what faction of people you are talking about? lol. I think that would’ve been a very fair question to ask.

And I gave examples. WNBA over the Ice Cube deal. Sheryl Swopes is two examples. The exact same ones u listed after me. Your agreed with me then accused me of discrimination.  LOL

3 minutes ago, DAG said:

Do you know what discrimination means? Has nothing to due with solely race . But if you would’ve been a lot more open instead of passive aggressive that would diminish any unwarranted assumptions. 

Would I have gotten kick back if I said a certain faction of people hate on Angel Reese? They both get hated on. The OP mentioned black , not me

5 minutes ago, DAG said:

Do you know what discrimination means? Has nothing to due with solely race . But if you would’ve been a lot more open instead of passive aggressive that would diminish any unwarranted assumptions. 

Yep. The poster specifically said race. That's what I addressed.  It was a general statement.  I didn't realize I had to specifically post which groups I wasn't try to offend. I would still be posting the list if that was the case

3 hours ago, GTNupe11 said:

Inquiring minds would love to hear. We're listening... Since I'm not afraid to say it, are you saying BLACK people hated on her?

You understand what faction means...A group of people inside another group with dissenting opinions. Nothing mentioned about race or anything else. Race was never inferred, but, you and another poster took it there. Contrary to the other poster, who apparently thinks they can mind read, there was no intended reference to any particular group. Just a general statement.  You and another injected race into, not me.

1 hour ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said:

Would you mind expounding on the characteristics of that faction?

Hint... You won't have to look hard or far.

20 minutes ago, GTNupe11 said:

Hate? She's like the most beloved player to play, like ever. Lol. Media rode her like a dawg the past two years too. It'll be interesting to see how she does in the WNBA though. More people will be watching, that's for sure. 

She gets hate from a certain faction

57 minutes ago, Mikey said:

I get the Big Ten network in my TV package so over the past two years I've watched more than a few of Iowa women's games. They are more than just Clark. The rest of the team has some pretty good players and some excellent shooters. They earned their place in the championship game.

Now, can they beat USCe? Probably not. Nobody else has beaten them either. I think the goal of the other teams in the tournament was to be the ones who get whupped by Staley's crew.

I hope Iowa wins

8 hours ago, AURex said:

Mods, you can move this if you want.

Personally, I'm just tired of Auburn mediocrity. There is millions of dollars flooding into university Athletics. Auburn is in the top 10 of revenue producing schools. And yet --

Auburn swimming and diving (a program that was once a national powerhouse) - nuthin

Auburn track & field -- nuthin

Auburn soccer -- nuthin

Auburn softball -- nuthin

Auburn baseball -- nuthin

Auburn women's basketball -- nuthin

Auburn volleyball - nuthin

The only sports in which Auburn has actually showed a pulse is Men's Basketball and Equestrian (which is NOT an NCAA sport).

If I'm an Auburn Athletics donator, what am I getting for my dollars. If I'm an Auburn NIL contributor, where does my dollar go?

I'm not a negga nellie, I'm an Auburn supporter and I contribute to Auburn every year. And I love my Auburn athletes in every sport! I'm just not seeing where Auburn athletics millions are going.

Surely not to swimming and diving (my sport) or track & field, not to women's sports.

I'm sorry, IMO, the idea of a gazillion dollars flowing into the university from NCAA and NIL SHOULD be to fund all sports make ALL sports competitive. Instead. we've got buckets of money going to CHF and cups of money going to CBF, ans teaspoons of money going to a;; other sports.

Sorry, but IMO ....... FU. This is not what I contribute my money to the Athletic Dept for. NO MORE!

 

I mean.... You not wrong....

5 minutes ago, Bigtrain333 said:

No but he wanted more NIL and it wasn't offered. He didn't tell coaches he was leaving.

I guess no more NIL is a way to say for some one to move along

So, was he encouraged to move along?

1 hour ago, TigerOne said:

This,  and explains Bruce’s “firey rant”

your son got caught and dad has to take responsibility.

Its great that he loves his players no doubt but he has let them down at the same time…along with Auburn 

I believe part of that fiery rant was to try to deflect attention away from an embarrassing defeat. BP is a great salesman 

2 hours ago, NWALA Tiger said:

I agree. BP got out coached. AU got outplayed by Yale. BP can disect it how he wants.  His failure to address certain needs the last 5 years continues on. So, when he tried to adjust to CBM being out. He had no one to turn to other than Denver (his words). That's BPs fault.  BP is not above criticism,  esp. When it's 5 years in the making. Everything goes back to that. It's not hard really.  We'll see if he has learned his lesson and gets an experience PG out of the portal. Being candid is one thing. Not fixing it for 5 yrs is mind boggling .

Facepalm away Auburn93. It's all facts

4 hours ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said:

To me, an excuse is when you’re trying to shift blame off of what happened. If you open with saying, we should’ve won regardless, we didn’t adjust in the game, etc, and then you explain what specifically happened in the game that you didn’t adjust to/for, I don’t see how that’s an excuse. 

I agree. BP got out coached. AU got outplayed by Yale. BP can disect it how he wants.  His failure to address certain needs the last 5 years continues on. So, when he tried to adjust to CBM being out. He had no one to turn to other than Denver (his words). That's BPs fault.  BP is not above criticism,  esp. When it's 5 years in the making. Everything goes back to that. It's not hard really.  We'll see if he has learned his lesson and gets an experience PG out of the portal. Being candid is one thing. Not fixing it for 5 yrs is mind boggling .

31 minutes ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said:

I'm turning the presser on, but to me, Bruce has just explained what happened. I dunno if it was him or a media guy, but they've explained that their 6'6 shooter went crazy, and he would've likely been defended by CBM, who's really the only guy on the roster that matchups with a 6'6 wing player well. That's not an excuse, that's just a fact.

I've gotten to the Chad part of it, and that's all he's said. Their main defender would've been on Chad, which took our point guards off their game, and that's what left Denver as their best lead guard option. He doesn't say that is why they lost, but admits that it was going to get them in trouble.

I'm not gonna make this a long winded post, but you could've just watched these last few games (esp the Georgia one), and those would tell you that this team really valued Chad if for nothing more than to avoid having to run our PGs as lead ball handlers. I personally view that as good insight for people who would like to know more about Auburn's style of play and why Chad specifically brought so much to the team

You say one defender took both PGs off their game. You agreed with BP on that. Why is that? Why don't our PGs dictate what happens in the game. Our PGs had 5 points combined and probably 10 turnovers.  Our PG's can't compete with Yales 1 defender? I'm shocked BP said it to be honest.  It's embarrassing 

34 minutes ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said:

Just wondering, but how do you feel when Hugh Freeze is candid about what is occurring on the coach level in a game? When he breaks down what actually is occurring from the intention and scheme perspective? 

He don't need to break it down for me. If we only have 1 person who can guard someone for Yale. That's a problem. And when 1 defender shuts down both our PG's (BPs words) that's also a problem. Not sure what Freeze  has got to do with it.

On 3/28/2024 at 3:01 PM, aubiefifty said:

 

I see BP saying when we lost CBM it put us in a bind.  Their main defender could now guard our PG. Is this cat serious. We have no business losing to Yale with/without CBM. We should be able to trot Mikey out in place of CBM and still beat Yale going away.

Just now, TigerOne said:

Plus it was sooo far to Spokane.

was Bruce/ Auburn the only coach in the tournament that whined about the location? Probably the most vocal. Well that was solved pretty quick wasn’t it?

Yeah,  didn't stay long enuf for the faucet water to get hot.

16 minutes ago, KansasTiger said:

Well in that case let me take it all back...

My criticism is not unfair. And if fair critique and criticism pushes him to retire, than it probably is time for him to do so. Auburn will be fine if makes a quality hire after the foundation BP built.

Just pray to God that his son doesn't replace him.

Also, remember in the middle of the year he posted a video mentioning the fans complaining.  He needs to get in the portal and address the teams needs and quit worrying about what the fans say. 

18 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

for those of you not listening he told you haters to kiss his ass. HIS words...............

Not a good look IMO...

The fact that Oats has cobbled together a bunch of transfers and has Bama in elite 8 don't help nine other.

3 sweet 16s in last 4 years for him

31 minutes ago, AuCivilEng1 said:

He just wants everyone to leave him alone so he can collect his paycheck and whine about how everyone hates Israel on twitter😂

I've got blasted on here for questioning BP. But, like u said 1 sweet 16 in 10 yrs for a cat that we give a lifetime contract to is kinda underwhelming to me. I'm not asking for Nattys. But , get past the 2nd week end every once in a while. I'm not interested in firing him. Just gimme more production in Ncaa tourney 

9 hours ago, AuCivilEng1 said:

There is just something about his team makeup since the Okeke team. That team was very well rounded and the guard play way elite. It cost us Jabari’s year and it cost us this year. 

Be careful,  Bruce will "call you out". Just be satisfied with the SEC Tourney Champ.