TheWatShot

If we don't hear anything by the end of the day, I'm going to assume it's all nothing and our echo chambers have worked their magic once again.

I couldn't believe how much chatter there was on this board when Beard got arrested and I can't believe there's this much back and forth about it now. Incredible, really.

Damn, I click on this thread for juicy rumors about our next coach and how close we may be to getting rid of our current one...not to read all this morality mumbo-jumbo about Chris Beard. Don't get me wrong, I could get behind him if he became our coach. But this reminds me of when his big incident went down while he was at Texas and for a solid week, it was all anyone talked about on the College Bball thread. Day after day I'd click on the thread, and it was just post after post discussing the incident and the legalities of what he did. It was a slow time of the season (week before Christmas) so there weren't a ton of games going on, but I remember feeling annoyed because I simply did not care about any of it. Now...back to searching for more bread crumbs that will eventually lead me to Woodson's dismissal.

I can't remember if I said this when Crean was here, when Miller was here, or if perhaps I said it with Woodson. But imagine what it's going to feel like when we have a coach that actually coaches in a way that gives his team the best chance of being successful. We're going to think he's a savant when really he's just doing what countless other coaches would do.

He's about 4th or 5th on my list, so it'll probably end up being him.

Along with bewilderment about why we're so upset since we only lost by 12.

I think we get drilled. We got up for the last game because it was a rivalry game...nothing significant about this one. I expect an emotional letdown that could get out of hand quickly if we let it.

If what Chris told us a few weeks ago was true, I still can't believe we let one of our trustees tag along and nuke the whole meeting with his asinine comment.

Of all the times we've been homered beyond belief on that court, that one may have been the worst. We outplayed them for most of the game and I think we were up in the second half, then the refs do what they always do when Wisconsin needs help: start calling fouls away from the ball late in the shot clock. We were down a couple in the last minute and needed a stop, they missed, and Zeller got thrown to the floor. No whistle, we had to foul, we go on to lose. Wisconsin fans then brag about how their style allows them to get calls.

Pretty crummy birthday for this thread. The wrong school announced its geriatric coach is stepping down after the season. Post after post from a Woodson apologist crapping on the fanbase. And I had to be careful reading this thread while at work because somebody posted a picture of some random coach and his wife and the damn thing got quoted like 20 times. Hopefully extending our losing streak in Madison to 20-something tomorrow night brings us some new material.

We're always a step slow with everything we do and we have to watch someone else do it first. Hopefully this gets something going here.

This thread turns a year old tomorrow. May it be filled with juicy rumors that keep me from getting anything done at work.

Iowa upsets USC. Purdue gets its first conference win by beating Wisconsin.

Very nice win against a likely tournament team. Rutgers at home Thursday night should be a win.

Remember a few weeks ago at Iowa, when Garzon hit the 3 while a foul was called away from the ball, the refs looked for any reason to wave off the shot, and eventually did? The same exact thing just happened.

Second half has been non-stop whistles every time Nebraska gets the ball into the post. We aren't guarding them any differently than we did in the first half.

We love to shoot with 5-6 seconds left and give our opponent just enough time for the last shot. Luckily that one was late.

Everything was going great until the refs decided to start hunting moving screens.

20 wins and a tourney appearance in year 1 isn't even asking that much; I mean, Mike Woodson managed to do it.

Purdue dropped a spot on Kenpom. At least we dinged their metrics in some way.

The last 25 seconds perfectly represented where each program is right now.

If Kathy is reading this thread (and this goes for any other ivory tower elitist board members affiliated with our program in any way), this is what it looks like when a well-coached team responds to adversity. Painter probably reamed them at halftime, they manned up and got after us. It's been a bit since we had a coach who could do that. That's what we're craving here. Does that make sense to you?

Depends on what that coach does prior to his first loss. If he starts off like he was shot out of a cannon, lands high-level players, kills the press conferences, preaches toughness and accountability and has a fun style to watch, fans will be more lenient. If he's like Archie Miller and gets zero roster additions his first 3 months, looks scared every time he's interviewed, doesn't have any kind of clear plan, and his team can't score...well, you get the idea.

Virginia was #1 overall with the #2 offense and #5 defense. You have to remember it's points per possession, not points per game.

Smith was offered by Purdue a month after we hired Woodson and committed just 3 days later. I think it's fair to wonder if Woodson even knew Smith existed.