KansasTiger

3 hours ago, Auburn93 said:

You can't show me evidence that "blueblood coaches" discipline their players while Pearl does not. You are talking about coaching style, not whether a coach or not maintains discipline.

I dont know about blue bloods but...I know if BP is disciplining his players, it ain't enough. 

9 hours ago, Tiger720 said:

I think now you have to take a chance on Dior. Hopefully we can sign Anchor also. 

Yeah you thought that before this news broke, too...so...

1 hour ago, Lotto said:

I mean it’s definitely a bad situation, however it was two years ago and they’re just college kids if the staff has evaluated him and really done their digging and feel like he’s changed then I’m all for him coming aboard because people deserve second chances. I don’t think pearl would allow any funny business in the locker room in terms of dynamic.  That’s just mY unpopular opinion 

Player discipline doesn't really seem like a strong suit for pearl. Flannigan didn't have it when he was throwing punches at practice. Aden didnt seem to have any discipline with showing up high to practice. KD had his moments. Most of the players, including Broome talk back to Bruce and the refs. CBM certainly didn't have much discipline. And on top of all that, i couldnt see any visible punishments handed out for most of it. Not much holding them out or lost playing time. I dont think what I see on the court lines up with your statement.

25 minutes ago, Tiger720 said:

Yes, but do you hold that over his head forever? How do you know he haven't apologized for his actions and was accountable. We don't know if he showed remorse and regret. He could of been dealing with anger issues or mental illness. He may need some tough love and for someone to show that they care. He was 17 at the time. We all need people to show us grace.

Man. Some people's desire to win can cloud an overcome anything...

1 minute ago, GwillMac6 said:

We won 27 games and a championship this year. It was a successful season. No matter how much certain fans try to make it seem like it wasn’t just because we got upset vs Yale.  The most fun and exciting season we’ve had under Bruce besides the final 4 season. We absolutely obliterated teams in 26 of our 27 victories.

 I’m enjoying the ride Bruce has taken us on. I don’t base the state of the program and/or season just on tourney success. That’s just one piece of the puzzle. A lot of us don’t worry about what our rival has got going on but clearly there are a small few that are obsessed and bring it up any chance they get. I’m focused on AU.  And yes perspective needs to be had because just cause we are on a really good run of sustained bball success the past several years doesn’t mean we are a great bball program. We aren’t. We have a great coach. Not a great program. And it’s never more clear than what quality of recruit we can attract with our bball nil situation even with all our championships and 25 plus win seasons since 17/18. We can compete with anyone in recruiting in the country… for 1 recruit in our class. That’s why we almost always get a 5 star and McDonald’s all American a class. After that we have to recruit within the margins and depleted nil funds. It’s also why we don’t get the splashy power 5 transfers in the nil era and go after the mid major guys. At the end of the day I’m just enjoying the ride because our bball success is still equivalent to if vandy was winning conference titles in football. It’s a miracle. 

I think its ok to base the success of the season based on your view. Im not going to bash people too much for choosing to ciew it like that.

I think it's also ok, especially at this juncture of Bruce's tenure, to start to judge based on the main goal of any program that claims to be a 'top 20 program'. Success in the tourney. No one can remember who won the SEC reg season or tourney title ten years from now without looking it up. But I can name plenty of magical elite 8 and final four runs of plenty of teams. People remember the tourney cause it's thr main goal of the season.

3 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said:

He made his point. Over. And over. And over. It’s like we get it. It’s missionary. Just the same thing over and over every night with no change! 😂😂 

I nor others even disagree with his points. It’s constant regurgitation of those points on a AU message board. Comes across as a bama bball fanboy.  He and he’s not alone admit-tingly go out of their way to praise bama bball.  AU fans don’t want to see that constantly. We are just here to have fun. Barn hard and sunshine pump for the most part. The negativity towards the bball program is completely unjustified and Un warranted. I get folks being negative about AU football. It’s warranted. Not Bruce ball.

Clearly, not everyone is here to just sunshine pump, I think therin lies some of the problem. Bruce made plenty of mistakes over the last few years that frustate many fans. He's been here like a decade, it's time to quit telling everyone to just be happy we just don't suck and actually make progress toward more sustained NCAA tourney success. 

Bama made a final four the year after getting a 1 seed. They should be getting praise. Do I like it? Not really. 

2 hours ago, GwillMac6 said:

I am begging you to please stop defending oats and bama. Like my God we get it. I promise you we do after the 84th time. Can you really not understand as you were asking why I’m chirping at you? We are sick of the constant love being displayed on a AU message board to our rivals. FFS. It’s nauseating. I don’t know why you see the need to always defend them any chance you get. It’s like you are obsessed with complimenting them at every turn…. 

What @Dual-Threat Rigby is saying isn't false. He doesn't have to stop sharing his viewpoint cause you don't like facing the truth just because it's our rival.

Can't handle critical viewpoints, still.

Grow up instead of poorly attempting to bully your viewpoint on to everyone else.

On 4/19/2024 at 2:35 PM, abw0004 said:

Transferring to George Mason.  Wish him nothing but the best.

 

 

This kind of confirms my thoughts that while KD was a great spark plug for energy, he wasn't a very smart or efficient basketball player. There's alot of teams between Auburn and George Mason that would have taken a flier on you, otherwise.

12 hours ago, TexasTiger said:

Classless and childish. At least you’re consistent. Can’t wait for you to finish middle school. Your behavior is worse than that you’re whining about.

I came back here just to say @GwillMac6is a claseless douchebag. Has been for a while. Glad to see he's still making friends. 

@Dual-Threat Rigby, if you say something GWill disagrees with strongly enough, he takes it like he's 3 and follows you everywhere you go on the board and harasses you to feed his vendetta. I know from personal experience. 

He signs on and posts "LFG babyyyyy" when auburn does well, but avoids the forum for days after a loss cause he can't handle the critical viewpoints. has the emotional intelligence of a middle schooler, like Texas said. He sounds like one of those idiot frat guys that peaked back in high school, can't get a better job than a home depot salesman, and comes on here to feel big about himself.

2 hours ago, WillMunny said:

At UK, CBP would have a team that CBM couldn't make, except maybe as a walk-on.

That stokes the flames, and increases the pressure.  And CBP revels in pressure.

I'm worried.  Until I hear that someone other than CBP has been hired at UK, I'm worried.

Sentiment on the UK boards seems to be that their AD doesn't want to go near any coach with a hint of scandal on his resume. They say that's why he didn't push for Oats too hard (Miller scandal) and why he won't call CBP, much to the chagrin of most of their fans. We'll see how many people have to say no before Barnhart bends that rule.

2 hours ago, WillMunny said:

Yes, Drew has withdrawn.  Apparently, so have Hurley and Oats.

How many more "no" responses does the UK AD need to hear before he calls Bruce?

Make no mistake: if he calls, I think Bruce would say "yes" before even hearing the contract terms.

The longer this draws out, the closer we come to returning to the SEC cellar.

Someone (before Bruce), please say "yes".

I agree with most of what you said, except I don't think losing Bruce has to mean a return to the SEC cellar. Maybe a setback, but if Auburn can make the right hire to replace Bruce if that were to happen, we could recover and build on the foundation Bruce put in place.

3 hours ago, WillMunny said:

I wonder how many "no" responses the UK AD must get before he calls Bruce.  Hopefully a lot, but even UK publications are calling for Bruce to be seriously considered.

I think Bruce would be crazy to turn it down if offered.  He's definitely a championship coach, but with no championships.  And he could recruit the guards to UK that he hasn't been able to recruit to AU.

I have a bad feeling about this...

UK boards are under the impression that BP should be next up after Drew. They also seem to unanimously agree that BP would jump at the opportunity, and that he wants it so bad that maybe he even takes a short term deal just to get the chance to coach there (UK arrogance?).

I'm not sure I ever got that same impression of BP's desire for UK, but I might be missing something.

Their boards seem less uniform if their AD Barnhart would accept a coach with a show cause on his resume. And half their board thinks he's a sleezy cheater.

24 minutes ago, arein0 said:

Dusty May just agreed to be Michigan's new coach

Well I see I'm a bit behind. Thanks! 

7 hours ago, aubaseball said:

CSP or Bucky?   Who would be the better hire based on credentials?  It shows that some on here don’t have a clue if they believe CBP should be able to decide if CSP should be the coach.   

I mean, of those two choices it's not even close. You take Bucky literally 10 out of 10 times.

I think there may be better choices out there than Bucky, but I'll be honest, I'm not all that familiar with Bucky Ball outside their one game with Kansas. Auburn doesn't need to sell itself short. 

I'd target KSU's Jerome Tang. I like how he recruits and gets transfers (very BP like, but recruits better guards). I'd make Dusty May at FAU say no (even after his final four run is only making $1.25M). And if there's a chance in hell we talk Todd Golden into taking over for BP, you make that hire in a hearbeat.

36 minutes ago, cole256 said:

Imagine that, the thug behavior phrase! How did I predict that without you saying it? I'm just lucky 🍀 

Whats wrong with that phrase?

27 minutes ago, Tiger said:

Don't even put that in the universe. This needs to be a 25 point bloodbathin favor of Uconn

Bloodbath lol

32 minutes ago, DAG said:

That DJ Burns is something else .

He is definitely one of the most unique big men I've seen. Very effective.

3 minutes ago, cole256 said:

Still can't answer any questions huh? Ok we'll pretend we don't see what you do 😂. Don't spell it out, then you might accidentally say it

Keep carrying that grudge. I'm sure CBM will apologize to you

I dont have a grudge. And I dont need CBM's apology. If I could pick one thing to improve in this whole situation, it would be BP learning better accountability. This all really falls on him. CBM's thug behavior is just an down stream effect from that root cause. But I'm not pretending I have any effect on Auburn. 

1 minute ago, cole256 said:

 

So I guess this is what you are talking about..... And I'm supposed to feel that's you quoting a rule? Mind you, you also wrote this randomly when I'm talking to someone else but you wanted to start an argument. 

Now you are so hurt you are insulting and starting another argument.... Where you still just keep repeating nothing substantial, just you don't like the way he has played in the past so you think he deserved it, because you feel Pearl should not allow him to yell and push and elbow people..... We get it, you don't like it. Oh well..... Maybe we'll get a bunch of players like the Yale guys and you'll be happy. That's all I can tell you. 

And LMAO the elbow was dangerous or harsh..... The elbow that didn't knock the guy down. Didn't even make him stumble...... Good thing he loves thru it 😂. It was touch and go there for a second! Lucky nobody died!

I used two of the four listed keywords in the rule that i felt fit the situation. I assumed you were familiar with it and would pick up on that after all your bravado on knowing the rules better than the rest of us. Guess I'll spell it out for you next time 😂.

1 hour ago, cole256 said:

Are you saying you are familiar with all of his fouls?

And don't lie, the only thing you have saw me argue is that was a b.s. call and I'm the only person that actually went and found what the rule says. The rest of you added a bunch of stuff thats not in the rule book. I'm the only person on here with a position that's backed by anything other than opinion.

Dude, you asked me about the rule and I practically quoted part of the rule back to you in my response. I told you I would classify it has brutal or harsh. You just ignored that part of my response and went on telling everyone your opinion is fact and youre the only one that knows the rule.

Scream it loud enough Cole, maybe it'll come true for you.

2 minutes ago, cole256 said:

If you can understand a ref doing it then you can understand a player reacting to getting pushed in his face.... But I don't know what to tell you. 

 

And here we go, no you didn't say it you just facepalmed when I said it..... But there goes that disingenuous you didn't say anything..... It's bulletproof in debate huh? 

I also haven't forgot that none of you has really shown all of these techs that you all couldn't stand where he was out hurting people. I looked up one where someone brought up and it was a tech he got for talking to a guy after he hit a 3. This guy was talking to him when he missed it first. I wasn't surprised that the tech was that as opposed to him hurting someone...... And yes you are right, I think it's perfectly fine to talk playing basketball. But I know many in here would find that hard to understand.

I'm open to go down a list of ALL of these of so many flagrant fouls he's had. I would love to look at them individually. 

Only time I recall facepalming you on this topic was after our discussion when you admitted to another poster you weren't even that familiar with CBM's previous fouls. I found it odd you'd argue so hard his play was appropriate then admit that. Doesn't seem to back up your position well.

While I'd love to go find these fouls and run down them with you, I don't have that kind of time with a 2 week old baby.

7 minutes ago, cole256 said:

Only thing ridiculous is you not being able to see that you aren't a rule maker in basketball. Just because you say his previous play was inappropriate doesn't mean it is..... But you don't like it so it must be right? 

And if the refs didn't treat it on a case by case incident you know that is also against the rules right? Of course you don't because you hate seeing a guy push somebody back right? Those kids running around out there being this and such???

Well not the Yale kid, he's fine right? But I don't want to start up only you can come to conclusions, you somehow make a bunch of posts without actually saying anything in the post so you can reply with the I didn't say that line. 

I learned something today though, now it's ok to call foul on players because they fouled a bunch previously. I can't even count the times I was told the reason I was called for a foul was because of the fouls the week before

And just because you say his play was appropriate doesn't make it that way, either. In fact, I'd say his foul record of techs and flagrants seem to disagree with you. Unless those fouls were designed to be called for 'appropriate play'.

I've never once said the Yale kid was fine. The reason I have to constantly say I didn't say something when discussing with you is you have a horrible habit of making s*** up.

If you think previous play that draws constant techs and flagrants doesn't affect how a ref calls a player, I don't know what to tell you. Against the rules or not.

43 minutes ago, cole256 said:

I wasn't going after that but to be honest I pulled you in a disagreement you weren't even having with me and I apologize for that. I'm sorry. No disrespect. 

I guess my point is I feel that many Auburn fans are hell bent on how they don't like his aggressive style that they are giving a pass to the bs call. Hardly anybody is standing up for that call and you haven't seen anything close to anybody being kicked out of a game, and there's been a bunch of elbows

 

I.e. whitewashing his previous play as 'aggressive' and not innappropiate, and disregarding the fact that the refs probably took prior history with CBM into consideration for the call and didn't treat it as an isolated incident. All while calling Auburn fans that don't agree with him relics of a bygone basketball era that want slow white guys who pass the ball 50 times a possession. 

I think I encapsulated most of your previous ridiculous arguments there.

2 minutes ago, DAG said:

If we couldn’t find a way to figure out Yale , I have a hard time believing we would get through UNC. 

Or even Charleston the way we played

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