College Bball Thread

[Scotty R 2,803]

Did any other f you actually have ake time to watch the podcast. Most of it is just stating that they need to shorten the time of the portal. They want to have it start after the National Championship game and end in the.middle if May.  This is for all transfers including grad transfers. They said that the night before the championship game that the UCONN coaches were on zoom calls with transfers. I feel that is not right do I agree they need to change the dates of the portal.

[Stuhoo 85,485]

1 hour ago, Scotty R said:

Did any other f you actually have ake time to watch the podcast. Most of it is just stating that they need to shorten the time of the portal. They want to have it start after the National Championship game and end in the.middle if May.  This is for all transfers including grad transfers. They said that the night before the championship game that the UCONN coaches were on zoom calls with transfers. I feel that is not right do I agree they need to change the dates of the portal.

I watched it. And I've seen this nonsense before.

When Wes Miller says he hasn't had time to clean his own house yet this summer?!!? That's a tell that he's full of sh!t. 

1. He makes about $3 million a year. If he had unlimited time he'd still be hiring a cleaning service.
2. Stop going out to fancy restaurants all the time Wes. You'll have time to spend 45 minutes a week cleaning.

And then, he says it ruins the family lives of his assistants; it's not about him ... that's who he's worried about and cares about.

1. You're the boss Wes; you have three or four assistants - give them each enough days off so that you always have work coverage.

I've seen this in my own professional life; people with unlimited travel, job transfer and promotion opportunities. Some people, recognizing that this can be a strain take their families with them as much as humanly possible and turn down as many fancy-pants dinners and golf outings as possible, so that when work has travel demands (including the required social events), they are not over-extended away from their families already.

Finally, I would have LOVED to have seen Mike and Terri Woodson on that podcast. I strongly suspect they would have provided some much needed perspective and some mentoring.

[Scotty R 2,803]

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I watched it. And I've seen this nonsense before.

When Wes Miller says he hasn't had time to clean his own house yet this summer?!!? That's a tell that he's full of sh!t. 

1. He makes about $3 million a year. If he had unlimited time he'd still be hiring a cleaning service.
2. Stop going out to fancy restaurants all the time. You'll have time to send 45 minutes a week cleaning.

And then, he says it ruins the family lives of his assistants; it's not about him ... that's who he's worried about and cares about.

1. You're the boss Wes; you have three or four assistants - give them each enough days off so that you always have work coverage.

I've seen this in my own professional life; people with unlimited travel, job transfer and promotion opportunities. Some people, recognizing that this can be a strain take their families with them as much as humanly possible and turn down as many fancy-pants dinners and golf outings as possible, so that when work has travel demands (including the required social events), they are not over-extended away from their families already.

Finally, I would have LOVED to have seen Mike and Terri Woodson on that podcast. I strongly suspect they would have provided some much needed perspective and some mentoring.

It wasn't just about them getting time off from the job. The main thing about the portal was about being able to know your roster in time for summer school and workouts.

[Stuhoo 85,485]

9 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

It wasn't just about them getting time off from the job. The main thing about the portal was about being able to know your roster in time for summer school and workouts.

That's a different discussion and not what I criticized. Wes Miller advocates for a shorter portal season to get to know his own players? Sure ... why not.

But the stuff from that three minute clip is absolute nonsense, and Wes reveals himself as willing to justify bad decisions when necessary during that clip.

Because you know what truly resonates with high-quality recruits and their parents? A text stating "I'm not gonna be at your AAU tournament games this weekend because it's my anniversary/child's 5th birthday party, and me and the head coach decided I should be home for that. We'll be sending a different assistant this time."

[Scotty R 2,803]

22 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

That's a different discussion and not what I criticized. Wes Miller advocates for a shorter portal season to get to know his own players? Sure ... why not.

But the stuff from that three minute clip is absolute nonsense, and Wes reveals himself as willing to justify bad decisions when necessary during that clip.

Because you know what truly resonates with high-quality recruits and their parents? A text stating "I'm not gonna be at your AAU tournament games this weekend because it's my anniversary/child's 5th birthday party, and me and the head coach decided I should be home for that. We'll be sending a different assistant this time."

I just remember the flack that Woodson got when he didn't go to the state finals the year because he went on vacation.

[HoosierHoopster 7,630]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

 

I've seen this in my own professional life; people with unlimited travel, job transfer and promotion opportunities. Some people, recognizing that this can be a strain take their families with them as much as humanly possible and turn down as many fancy-pants dinners and golf outings as possible, so that when work has travel demands (including the required social events), they are not over-extended away from their families already.

Whoa, don't mess with my fancy pants dinners!

[Stuhoo 85,485]

39 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I just remember the flack that Woodson got when he didn't go to the state finals the year because he went on vacation.

Yup.

And I'm pretty sure that Mike Woodson didn't give a flying fig over that criticism. Because he knows what his priorities are, and how to be a well-rounded, squared-away, successful, grown-@$$ man.

[RaceToTheTop 28,423]

54 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I just remember the flack that Woodson got when he didn't go to the state finals the year because he went on vacation.

And yet IU got a pretty darn good set of recruits during the portal time — two burger boys, a double digit scorer from the MAC and a rotational player from a final four team.  IU did better in the portal period than they did in the nine months of recruiting leading up to it.

[ziggyiu 718]

57 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I just remember the flack that Woodson got when he didn't go to the state finals the year because he went on vacation.

Wasn't that the vacation in FL were he--unbeknownst to fans, media, etc.--he communicated with Malik and began reeling him in? 

[RaceToTheTop 28,423]

16 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Yup.

And I'm pretty sure that Mike Woodson didn't give a flying fig over that criticism. Because he knows what his priorities are, and how to be a well-rounded, squared-away, successful, grown-@$$ man.

Yep.  I was concerned that he would miss out on players because of his surgery, but the bottom line is schools with attractive opportunities and NIL are going to sell themselves.  It’s not a surprise that it’s going to be tougher to bring in a top quality class at Cincinnati….

[Stuhoo 85,485]

5 minutes ago, ziggyiu said:

Wasn't that the vacation in FL were he--unbeknownst to fans, media, etc.--he communicated with Malik and began reeling him in? 

Yes, and I'm pretty sure that Mrs. Woodson went with him.

That is a smart guy that analyzes his personal priorities and balances his work requirements into them.

[Stuhoo 85,485]

 

Ohhhhh...boy:

 

 

[Hovadipo 59,445]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Ohhhhh...boy:

 

 

Kentucky is back.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,840]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Ohhhhh...boy:

 

 

Can we post more Gangsta memes with Calipari and his mafia brethren? 

[Stuhoo 85,485]

13 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Can we post more Gangsta memes with Calipari and his mafia brethren? 

 

1. Apparently we won't need to because John "The Don" Calipari will do it for us.
2. "We move in silence like lasagna" is likely the single worst gangster description of someone moving silently ever created.

[bigrod 2,962]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

"We move in silence like lasagna" is likely the single worst gangster description of someone moving silently ever created.

I know, right? Spaghetti is WAYYY more quiet.

[Demo 21,804]

You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding.

[Stuhoo 85,485]

28 minutes ago, Demo said:

You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding.

[Josh 12,908]

I HATE that we are talking about Lasagna and Kentucky basketball together.  One is damn near the best thing of all time and the other is Kentucky

[lillurk 4,384]

4 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

"We move in silence like lasagna" is likely the single worst gangster description of someone moving silently ever created.

Okay some pedantry here, the line is

”real Gs move in silence like lasagna,” a play on the silent consonant in the word.