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  1. 8 hours ago, Pancho said:

     

    I’m not even sure where this is from. It’s not on ESPN or CBS, and in fact, CBS has us missing the tournament as of this morning. 

    Florida is sneaky good. Depending on their path, they could be a S16 team.

    Jerry Palm sucks at his job. 

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  2. 4 hours ago, DixonHur said:

    Quick question.  I'm assuming you're white.

    But if you where black in which country would want to be born?  IE, statistically which country gives you the best chance at attaining wealth?

    You point out negative extremes but think about the question rationallly.  The US has about 4% of the world's black population, yet 53% of the world's black billionaires.

    For all of America's racial flaws, its still arguably the best place to live as a black person.

    Such a weird question. What race is this not true for? 

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  3. I was under the impression that a lot of the NIL stuff for basketball players is through other means outside of school collectives and stuff like that. Like for instance someone like Tre Johnson may get a significant deal through a money manager due to the salary potential he could have down the road in the NBA. That's why playing in a city like Austin vs podunk college towns tends to be a better play for basketball players. Even a guy like Dillon Mitchell forecast to be a 7 figure player overseas so even if you're not a surefire NBA player there still significant potential for entities like the above. 

  4. 25 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    But the same issues probably would have occurred at Texas. 18 year olds are rarely ready to play at this level. 

    It depends. Given the talent level of Holland he'd probably be hitting his stride at this point in the season. He'd probably be eating into Cunningham and Shedrick's minutes and Horton wouldnt be on the roster. We would've probably ran even more than we do now. Johnson on the other hand, mostly likely would've been disappointed with his minutes, but there is the small chance that his talent would've shown through and he'd help us mitigate Hunter's lapses in play. 

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  5. The number one roster issue with this team is not getting adequate defensive size on the wing to pair with Abmas. Hunter lacks the necessary size to be a consistent hindrance on the defensive end. A non rapey Arterio Morris to go alongside of Weaver would've helped a lot. Ron Hollad and AJ Johnson had the potential to cause havoc on the wing as well, but relying on freshmen for defensive consistency would've been a fool's errand. That being said that lack of defense consistency is the primary trait that makes this team schizophrenic and our lack of length on the wing is the ultimate cause of it. Wing size can mask a lack of athleticism. Nobody would mistake guys like Jabari Rice, Timmy Allen, or Brock Cunningham for athletic marvels but their size made us switchable on the wings and made initiating the offense more difficult. Most people like to harp on the offense regardless of how good or bad it is, but offense is nowhere close to being this team's issue. 

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  6. 3 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

    3 of 6 openings filled with black candidates, and Bienemy didn’t get an interview unless he was the commanders Rooney qualifier. He is a raging asshole with some DV history. He kinda proved he was Reid’s assistant principal, the asshole to counter his captan Kangaroo and do the dirty work. But not calling plays. Or making them.

    The media used him as the poster child for black coaches not getting a shot. There’s a reason that has nothing to do with his color.

    No OC under Reid has ever called plays. The fact that it was made a narrative about him and not any other Andy Reid OC (Nagy, Pederson, Mornhinweg, or Childress) over the years is telling. People should've just said he's an asshole and that was preventing him from getting traction, but going on and on about him not calling plays when no other Reid OC called played was ridiculous. 

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  7. Why is the hiring of Kliff Kingsbury being reported as the firing of Eric Bienemy? Since when is a new head coach hiring a new OC reported as him firing the old OC who never worked for him? Seems like they're going out of their way to claim that Eric Bienemy was fired.  Didn't all of the newly hired head coaches essentially fire the staffs of the previous head coaches?

  8. Hunter just lacks composure at times and his handle has always been sketchy. Sometimes he's just seems to be a slight beat off. Like he'll make a really good look, but the pass will be just off or come in too hot. He'll still have his games where he's really impactful we just have to do a better job of maintaining when he's off his game. The addition of Weaver as major contributor will help to weather those moments as we progress during the season. 

  9. I'm actually higher on Mitchell than I was last year. He's displayed more skill over the past 2 games than he had over the previous year and half. He's been a bit more aggressive on the offensive end and he's started to knock down that 15 to 17 ft shot fairly consistently.  When he makes quick decisions, without hesitation, especially off of that fake ball handoff action, he's going to have openings to go strong to the basket. If we can start utilizing his quickness off of that action, especially with how aggressively teams guard Abmas, his passing ability is going to open things up. He seems like the kind of player who is going to improve significantly once he becomes a pro and can completely dedicate himself to improving. Plus you can tell he's a coachable player. Compare his willingness to play within himself to someone like Greg Brown who basically had a similar skillset. 

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  10. 8 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

    Our inability to get Abmas better looks in the flow of these big games is puzzling. He's one of the best catch-and-shoot guys out there, but he's having to settle for so many highly contested shots. I know other teams are focused on him, but still. Just one or two extra open looks per game could alter our season. 

    They ran a double pick action to him multiple times throughout the game and he missed one wide open shot and decided not to shoot it 2 other times. 

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  11. 17 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    Shedrick and Horton were mega whiffs in the portal. Sigh.

    Shedrick was actually pretty good to start the season.  He had a 20+ point game early on,  but the injuries have clearly taken a toll.  

  12. On 1/22/2024 at 3:26 PM, kevwun said:

    If teams can squint and convince themselves they see Aaron Donald, it's gonna get him drafted really early.

    I've always thought short, but long-armed DTs are a market inefficiency in the NFL, but Murphy is both short and has short arms. He'd truly be an anomaly if he became as dominant as Aaron Donald. 

  13. 4 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

     

    It will be good to take another look 3 weeks from now at which teams fall within those constraints. Most teams have only played about 4 or 5 conference games.

  14. I think the gutting has to due with financial issues.  According to the Buf Elliot and some of thr guys on the Saturday's Down Podcast the stuff coming out about how much of an NIL discount having Saban as their coach got Bama is shocking. And as a result their NIL budget is severely lacking now that they have to operate on equal terms with everyone else. 

  15. 42 minutes ago, Nivek said:

    I think I also fall into this a bit.  I prefer my kids to socialize and be around children of like minded parents who give a damn and do not treat schools like daycares, but that comes with the access to time/healthcare and more importantly, money.   Heck, one of the administrators talked with my wife and I, and basically said in code for us to keep our kid in the Vanguard program and do not let him take gen ed classes with the majority.  

     

     

     

     

    As far as I'm concerned,  that's pretty much modus operandi for any public school regardless of the quality of the district .  When we started looking into the schools around the area I immediately started looking into GT testing and prepping my oldest (4 yrs old at the time) for it. I figured it would be easier to test into GT the earlier he did it and I was correct in my assumption. My son got in which wasn't surprising for him but that early exposure to testing (especially with the abstract nature of GT tests at younger ages) was definitely critical for my daughter who also qualified for GT when she was 4. I believe HISD recently changed their protocol for GT testing and don't allow for it in preK anymore, but I could be wrong. 

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