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y'all still pay attention to basketball?
Need to go where the boys aren't.
I've been very critical of ray, but this crap tonight is on the players. 16-31 FT's tonight.
16-32Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Alright explain to me how any of the offensive play calls set up the team to succeed?Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
This is on everyone. Players.. coaches.. Hell I'm blaming the trainers too! They didn't provide Michael's Secret Stuff.
We could still get back in this if we (gasp) start making a few free throws.
Aren't even hitting the inside of the rim. From the free throw line. That's unacceptable and I don't care whose fault it is.
The offense makes Stanbury's look fast paced.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxedOutMaroon
We got to the line with a chance to score. How many of those misses were 1 and 1's? If we just shoot our normal 71% from foul line, we're in this game.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxedOutMaroon
Is Ray blameless? No, but the players shit the bed on the line tonight
I keep saying it, but there is no good reason why this team should be this bad. Something has caused them to quit already and I really want to know what it is. Keeping them focused and playing hard is the only thing Ray had going for him the first two years, so what's suddenly caused him to lose them now, before the season was even 1/3 over and they actually had the pieces to be decent?
Oh...and another missed FT?
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17-34 ft's
Exact same feelings here...Quote:
Originally Posted by thf24
Get that rebound and we have a shot.
"giving him a chance in conference play" ? you need "battered wife" therapyQuote:
Originally Posted by MaxedOutMaroon
-15 rebounds. Wow
Tennessee has 3 players fouled out and we're still down eight.
And under 50 points. We have shot nearly 40 free throws and only have 45 points lolololQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
Left w 8 minutes left bc we couldn't make a free throw. You know, the shot where no one covers you and you've been shooting from the same distance since middle school. Those
Hey jackass dont kill the ball out of bounds when we need possessions.. But you threw dat shit Roq didnt ya!
Made a 3 on the inbound hahahaha
This game is tougher to watch than the 3-2 auburn football game
We did nothing well tonight other than play defense for large portions of the game.
Or at the free throw line or from 3 point range!Quote:
Originally Posted by thedawg
That's the thing: we don't do anything well. We don't rebound, we don't box out, we don't pass, we don't shoot (2s, 3s, or FT's), we don't run any semblance of an offense, etc. etc. We have moments/bursts were we seemingly play good defense (probably having more to do with the shittiness of the SEC as a whole though; not a lot of shooters or handlers), but then we give up a huge run and look like total garbage.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
We suck.
Theres been more 3 points at the shot clock buzzer against us than against any team in basketball history.
God hates Rick ray. There's no doubt we suck, but we have just terrible luck bite us again and again every game
This is a shitttttyyyyyy TN team, though. They looked absolutely horrible, and I don't think it was because of our defense.Quote:
Originally Posted by archdog
Bottom line Stands should have never been fired.. Why? Because we didn't already have an adequate replacement lined up.
See: Ole Missus firing Cutcliffe
Stricklin deserves to be fired right now for this hire. this is not Ray's fault. Stricklin is not SEC AD qualified. Stricklin needs to go yesterday... his 17 ups are mounting and the bleeding needs to stop yesterday.
makes you wonder what the hell we do in practice, 'cause it sure ain't basketball shit....Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
This is another one of those games that make it pretty clear that Ray has no shot.
Couldn't agree more but kinda past this now. Just need to move on without rick ray hopefully sooner than later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smitty
20 missed free throws and 1 made 3 pointer pretty much sums up the evening
Yep, I think he's done. Time to start the search now.
Best post on this thread... he needs to be AD for women's sports and PR/fundraising..Quote:
Originally Posted by Bully13
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Originally Posted by Irondawg
the search should begin with a new AD....Stricklin needs to pack his bags... we don't need that dumbass making anymore decisions that have consequences.
Probably true, but Stricklin is Bailey Howell's son-in-law, and Howell more than likely has a good deal of influence with Keenum, and Keenum is probably reluctant to do anything. I think Howell was probably instrumental in getting Stricklin hired in the first place. Just my opinion. which could be totally wrong. Maybe Stricklin was better than anyone else that applied for the job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bully13
Oh, did we lose again? Maybe you guys should have done what I did several games ago....
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Under Stricklin's watch our football team reached #1 for the first time ever and had one of its 2 or 3 best seasons since integration.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bully13
Under Stricklin's watch our baseball team had its best season ever.
Under Stricklin's watch our women's basketball team is likely to have its best season ever.
Under Stricklin's watch our softball team has turned from a bottom-feeder to a legitimately good program.
Under Stricklin's watch our men's tennis team has turned from a bottom-feeder to a legitimately good program.
Under Stricklin's watch our women's golf team has turned from a horrendous bottom-feeder to a legitimately great program.
Under Stricklin's watch our track and field teams have consistently gotten better and better.
Under Stricklin's watch our women's soccer team still blows but it's not any worse than it was when he started.
Under Stricklin's watch our women's volleyball team still blows but it's not any worse than it was when he started.
Under Stricklin's watch our entire athletic stature has noticeably risen.
Even if Ray doesn't turn this around and gets fired, he made more us embarrassing on the court, in exchange for a lot less embarrassing off the court. And even if you don't like that trade, even if you absolutely despise it, the good far outweighs the bad under Stricklin. I'll gladly tank one sport that we weren't that good at anyway in exchange for a bunch of other ones getting much better.
Of course, I think for the main 2 on that list (football and baseball), the obvious rebuttal that people will have is that Stricklin didn't hire Mullen or Byrne. I'm not anti-Stricklin by any means, but that stands out immediately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking