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Derka

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  1. great ball movement leads to the wilcher three. 🤘🏼
  2. weaver comes in and suddenly the game is a track meet and we’ve taken the lead. big impact from him.
  3. big time. our team was wildly greater than the sum of its parts. it was pretty immediately evident that beard was the real deal, and was changing things overnight. we finished 26th in AdjO and 14th in AdjD and won our first tourney game in 6 years. and we did that with a 6-man rotation of lesser talented guys. head coaching is more important in cbb than any other sport, and beard showed that right away. tre mitchell quit the team and dylan disu got hurt and we finished 15th in kenpom in the toughest league in america. that team was *so* much better than shaka’s previous team that had way more talent, experience, athleticism, and shooting. beard was the difference.
  4. says the reactionary vagina who can’t handle anything that isn’t blind sunshine pumping. i keep posting 10 years of data to back up my takes. this is anything but “reactionary” (you mean reactive). miller lost his fastball a long time ago and is a david pierce level hire at best. imo, obviously. if you’re going to cry about it every time i post then just put me on ignore.
  5. mccasland and oats (and beard) are younger coaches on their way up. miller has been past his prime for a decade now. and unlike those coaches miller doesn’t have a set coaching philosophy, all of his best teams have had different looks. it’s a lot easier to enjoy a crappy first year with an up and coming coach with a concrete identity than it is when you have a guy who’s past his prime and whose best days came when he was cheating.
  6. 14/1 G/D is 😍😍😍.
  7. carragher just told declan that he’s the best midfielder in europe.
  8. in the last five tourneys alabama has been to two sweet 16’s, an elite 8, and a final four.
  9. you don’t have to qualify it like that, oats is easily a top 5 coach in america. it’s maddeningly simple too: when asked about his offensive philosophy oats said, “the three best shots in basketball are a catch and shoot three, a dunk, and a free throw; so that’s what we take.” as painfully obvious as that sounds, it doesn’t occur to most coaches to play this way and recruit to this style. it certainly never occurred to shaka or RT to implement “take good shots” as part of their philosophies or game plans.
  10. hell, chris beard was maybe the biggest name in coaching, was at an in-state rival, had just signed a long term extension that made him the 4th highest paid coach in america, with a huge buyout, and we got him no problem. yes, he’s an alum, i’ll give you that. that doesn’t change how appealing this job is. rick barnes turned down kentucky to stay here 15 years ago. this has been a destination gig for a long time now.
  11. no high level coach is scared of any job, and definitely not this one. UK, Duke, Indiana? sure. there’s a ton of pressure to perform there, right away. not at Texas. budget, city, recruiting ground, expectations, athletic department, the brand, the salary- this is a top 5-10 job in america and has been for a long time. the shaka smart hiring/extension and the chris beard fiasco have made people forget that, but it’s still true. no other job even comes close to having this many perks with such low expectations. it’s a dream job for most coaches.
  12. super subs!! we are the deepest team in europe! COYG!!! 🔴⚪️
  13. that’s how you make an impact calafiore!!! COYG!! 🔴⚪️
  14. noni is surprisingly strong, his hold up play is excellent.
  15. i cannot believe we haven’t scored again.
  16. looks like a calf injury, which usually means 1-2 months. hope im wrong, or that it’s very minor.
  17. kenpom has us losing 80-78
  18. trossard injured, madueke coming on.
  19. well fuck.
  20. TIMBEEEERRRRR!!!!!
  21. COYG!! 🔴⚪️
  22. i just do not like this team. nothing personal against any of the players, but this is a poorly constructed roster that’s full of holes that will not be filled by any amount of growth or familiarity. sec play will be brutal, and i honestly don’t even want to play in any postseason tourney that isn’t the big dance. i haven’t been this resigned this early since shaka’s 11-win team. this will be a lost year that is very tough to enjoy.
  23. i’ve been harping on this all year with Vok, every single time he touches the ball he brings it down below his waist for no reason. i’ve benched middle school kids for that. he drives me nuts.
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