For anybody who's interested. Black has been cleared by the NCAA & will be on campus for the 1st day of the Fall semester Aug 18th. That will be all signees for the 2014 class eligible, on campus, & ready to go.
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For anybody who's interested. Black has been cleared by the NCAA & will be on campus for the 1st day of the Fall semester Aug 18th. That will be all signees for the 2014 class eligible, on campus, & ready to go.
Dawg61 will be relieved
Turn around year is upon us
I think we are gonna make the NIT this year. We should be much improved depth wise as long as the injury bug stays away.
Give Ray a lifetime extensionQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Now if he can teach how to attack that tricky ass 1-3-1 defense. And get one of those height extenders for his smurf guards
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe Ray struggled against that 1-3-1 defense not because he doesn't know how to attack it, but due to the facts that he lacked consistent shooters and had exactly one player who could match up in the post (neither of which are a problem any longer)? You can put those roster deficiencies on him if you want to, but let's see how he does against the zone now that he actually has the means to exploit it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcdog70
Good point. Let's also not reward Ray for having a player he signed get qualified. Not saying you specifically are.Quote:
Originally Posted by thf24
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Originally Posted by thf24
Isn't that what I just said?
Maybe I'm wrong, and if so I apologize, but haven't you accused Ray before of not knowing how to break a 1-3-1 zone from a coaching standpoint?Quote:
Originally Posted by tcdog70
If he knows how He is keeping it a secret. but now that He has finally recruited some players maybe he will Show us he really knows how.
You aren't wrong. And you explained it nicely. Just another thinly-veiled Ray bash in a thread that should be nothing but happiness that he got in...Quote:
Originally Posted by thf24
No. Your clear implication is that he doesn't know how, not that he didn't have the players to be able to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcdog70
Last time we saw it isn't helping your cause here. We had a double digit 13 point lead on Ole Miss and then 1-3-1 comes out and we lose by 12. A 25 point swing to our biggest rival. The team that had crackhead on it that got Ray to say "fu@k you" to him the previous time we played. So since Ray did this http://cdn2.sbnation.com/assets/3853...-Ray-Dance.gif after beating Ole Miss we have since lost by 19 to Ole Miss in the regular season and then lost to them again by 12 after leading by 13 in the SEC tournament. This is just kinda a reminder that when you do this http://cdn2.sbnation.com/assets/3853...-Ray-Dance.gif you better be ready for a fight next couple times you see that same team. We were not ready last two times we played Ole Miss.
Since when do we reward our coaches for getting 3* players that they signed to actually qualify to be able to play? Setting the bar a little low aren't we. HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY. Why would you sign a 3* player that isn't eligible?Quote:
Originally Posted by engie
No one is arguing we handled the 1-3-1 well. Some are saying we don't know how, others are saying we couldn't due to personnel. We're discussing WHY we couldn't counter it, because we all know exactly what you just posted.
Why did this thread ever have anything to do with Ray? No one mentioned him or even alluded to him until you and tcdog. Nobody rewarded him or praised him. They were just happy Black got in because Black is better than the absence of Black (woah). So there was no need for analysis; just all-around good news.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
Unless you are rooting for Ray to fail, then you twist it into an argument over how it isn't good news and no one should be happy because the coach didn't do anything special...
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
I'm beyond sick of this shit. Can always count on those two to ruin EVERY SINGLE basketball thread. Was not about Ray at all until they came in with axes to grind basically shitting on a player thread in order to inform everyone Ray still sucks..
Boy we have come a long way.Quote:
Originally Posted by trob115
If y'all would stop trying to fluff the balls of a coach that has won 4 games and 5 games in the SEC every chance you can get I will stop having to come in and throw out tough love.Quote:
Originally Posted by engie
Because y'all are missing the other side to this. The side that I see. What happened with Quantrel Denson a player Ray signed? What happened the first year with Daniels and Ndoye? Two players that Ray signed. What happened with Applewhite his first season? A player Ray signed. What happened with Davis? A player Ray signed. So Black got qualified. GREAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE. Why does Ray keep signing question marks? I get signing a player like Newman that might be a question mark (not saying he is) but we are signing no name guys that aren't getting cleared till August going into year 3 still. Come on man we are a fu@king SEC team with pretty decent basketball tradition. Sign good players that aren't grade issues. Period.