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  1. The complete lack of confidence by Roach and Osetkowski was startling. Box score only shows 3 TO's by DO, but someone must have hedged the numbers, because he had four in a row in a key stretch of the game. When it's the two seniors who are the better players on the team and have no confidence, then you've got to look in the coach's direction. Sims, Hayes and Coleman did ok last night, but VCU got offensive rebounds every time that Sims and Hayes went for a block. I like the way Hepa on offense is always in attack stance, but he needs to improve his footspeed on defense and coaches need to line him up on someone who is as slow as he is. Ramey had such confidence in his shot and game at the beginning of the year and against decent defensive teams like Arkansas. I wonder if the coaching staff has coached that out of him. Will have to see if he has bounce-back games. What this team needs is someone with the character of TJ Ford who will tell the coaches to back off. Shaka should be gone at the end of the year, but buyouts may keep him on the floor.
  2. Is that because DO will be gone?
  3. What a horrible coaching job last night. The lack of communication between players and players and coaches was shocking. New strategy to fix this team is to get DO and Sims in foul trouble early, so Hepa and Hayes (the guys with basketball IQ) play more minutes. Ramey should already move Febres to spot minutes. I'll give Coleman a pass from last night, but him being foul friendly was very similar to last year. Long will help there to close out games. Lineup should be Coleman, Ramey, Roach, Hepa and Hayes. Use DO, Sims, Long, Febres as backups. No more 39 minutes for DO. No more 5 minutes for Hepa. No more standing around the perimeter watching guys get trapped. Play the 5 smartest players and damn the consequences. If Shaka runs off Hepa for lack of playing time, then he needs to be fired immediately.
  4. The team needs to run, because their half court offense is largely ineffective. Too many times DO popped when he should have rolled. Player has to read what the defense is doing and EIU was playing the pop. They did do a decent job of moving the ball around for three pointers. The addition of Long and Ramey will help Coleman. I like the possibilities of guys catching the ball and attacking. Coleman did that with a nice assist. And I especially liked that DO wasn't trying to initiate offense on the perimeter. Will get a better microscope when they play Arkansas and with Roach back.
  5. I'm not looking for any team tendencies tonight, but want to see what type of players the new faces are and see what growth there is from the old faces.
  6. Any news on the aggie scrimmage?
  7. Any details on closed scrimmage loss to LSU? 67-62 score with LSU down by 4 at half per LSU boards. And no Roach correct.
  8. I tend to think of songs standing on its own ground, but this one kicks me in the gut and reminds me of the movie. " frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
  9. So the disappearance of the 6-8 Germans while spending time in a foreign country is not going to raise any questions from their relatives? And they are not going to involve the German government to find out what happened to their boys?
  10. I agree that I’d rather have Coleman as leader but they showed those timeouts in crucial moments last year with DO talking to the team like he was a coach or captain.
  11. So the question on the table was whether he is fat and lazy. Losing 20 lbs may not counter the first part but does the second part in my opinion.
  12. Are you talking full, 3/4 or half? Who protects the rim when there is a breakdown? I agree at times and depending on the opponent. On offense, I'd like to see solid picks and effective rolls and not the half-hearted crap from last year. This goes for off the ball screens too. Do this and we'll have better spacing. We should have better ball security with three point guards, but that's never been a point of emphasis with Shaka. The key will be the last three minutes of the game and can we score when the game gets ugly. Better FT shooting will go a long way here and some effective bigs may sit out. Hepa could be instrumental here if he is an effective FT shooter. Use the nonconference to get better and build a rhythm because conference teams will have scouted all the weaknesses and tendencies and Texas better be ready.
  13. And thanks to all who sent the updates.
  14. Damn CT for an over the rainbow fan you sure did take a shit on DO. If reports are true that he did lose 20 pounds in the offseason, maybe he's gained some maturity and discipline while losing the lbs. I didn't like what I saw of his basketball IQ last season, but maybe he can learn not to bite on every fake and learn to play positional defensive. Regardless of the criticisms, he did average 13 and 7 last year. I think his range is only about 18 feet and he shouldn't take threes unless he has worked on his range. Having lost lbs at least makes him not fat and if he's worked on his game then that would make him not lazy.
  15. Juliet Naked - Would have been better if Linklater directed it. Has Linklater directed a Hornby novel, before? Margin Call - watched to commemorate the ten year anniversary of the recession and this is still a great movie. Standouts all, but especially Irons. Loved that he picked up the lion doll when talking to Moore.
  16. Question is who does Shaka trust? Shaka is big on his players making decisions on the court. A lot of time at Texas that has lead to fucking up at end of game situations. He obviously trusts Coleman. Does he have more players this year he trusts over prior years? Yeah, that's why I'm excited to see the team. Does the team have holes? Yeah, big ones like being able to shoot and defend especially the rim. If Shaka is a student of the NBA game, then I hope he sees what Utah is doing with a poor shooting secondary point man. See Rubio section in Lowe's espn article. Ramey can do that. I don't really give a fuck about the last three years, it's all about now. Can Shaka and the team do it this year? By doing it, I mean play good, smart ball.
  17. Leonard Cohen and Richard Thompson belong as nominees. And although I rated him as middling talent, I was blown away when I found out John Denver wrote Leaving on a Jet Plane.
  18. Ramey in the starting lineup is a surprise. Will have to see if rothsteins projection is correct. Ramey is going in to a better situation than Coleman last year as he won’t have to do heavy liftin at pg. agree with rothstein tha finishing 6th or worse would be a huge disappointment. Still see ku KSU and wva as top three.
  19. Nothing says Texas like wanting to fire the coach before the season begins. The arguments put forth for wanting to fire SS are as tired as listening to a Partridge Family record. The counterargument is not any more appealing. Come up with some new insights if you are going to tackle this topic, or better yet save it for when they play a fucking game.
  20. “Dublin Blues”. Guy Clark. Earlier one “Bastards of Young” Replacements Let the products sell themselves, fuck advertising, commercial psychology, psychological methods to sell should be destroyed
  21. dogbreath

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    Life is a sucking swirling ebb of despair. (barfly) Success leads to the greatest failure, which is arrogance and pride. Failure can lead to the greatest success, which is humility and learning. (David Brooks)
  22. Sorry to Bother You. What a weird ass and ambitious film. I can see where some likened it as a companion to Idiocracy, but where Idiocracy was logical in its vacuity, this movie was more traditional, villainous, problematic and at times reflective. Certainly not a film with a lcd.
  23. And yet, I enjoy reading these type of articles, because I'll take the excitement of having an Andrew Jones or Daniel Gibson any day. And I don't really care about the Mike Williams or Dion Dowells, because nothing is promised and the disappointment belongs to them and not me. Nothing more disappointed me than PSJ losing in the final. Not because I was a UH fan, but because I played against most of those guys in high school and they were a representation of me and the quality of basketball then. And I'd agree with you on loathing the multiple articles overstating the promise of our players, but I haven't found any besides this one and the two related ones. We ain't KU or Duke or UT football--frankly in the grand scheme of things no one gives a shit about the program. Check out how many fans show up at home games. Check out how many articles on UT basketball there are in the pay sites. Frankly, I am joyful when an article comes along. It beats looking at my own dick.
  24. Missed this article. I was high on Ramey having a significant role and this article doesn't dissuade me. Perimeter touch, playmaking will allow Texas PG Courtney Ramey to cement role in rotation "He’s really shot the ball well in our skill workout; probably better than any of our other guards. His work ethic has been terrific,” Smart said of Ramey, adding that he was in the gym at 6:00 a.m. ahead of a 6:45 a.m. workout"
  25. Hope this works out as Richards two years ago was spotted on a ODP team from Alabama by a DA coach (Houston Texans). He played part of year on HT's U16 team before moving to U18s. U18s then won DA championship for 17. Two best players left HT to play for FCD DA's for 17-18. ODP to non-MLS DA to MLS DA to Germany. Let's keep the pathways open. http://www.americansoccernow.com/articles/fc-dallas-homegrown-chris-richards-aiming-high-on-loan-at-bayern-s-u-19s
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