Kingsbury
Junior
Sadly, no longer in the "Fear 42" Fan Club!!!
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Post by Kingsbury on Jan 30, 2005 14:24:02 GMT -6
Just got back into Milwaukee and here is my thoughts on the game and T-shirts. 1. If the some students want to make shirts like that, I don't care. The problem that I had is that they walked around handing the shirts out to 10 year old kids. I was sitting in the second row behind the Panther bench and somebody was handing out to the section behind us. I asked the guy handing out the shirts if it was appropriate to hand the shirts to small kids and the guy told me to f#ck myself - class act in my book . 2. Does the "fundamentals" chant need to be done 30 times durning a game, good lord think of something original. 3. UWGB deserves credit, they played well in the second half and 64%, you're usually not going to win if the team is shooting at that clip. Thant being said, UWM still had an opertunity to win the game. 4. The crowd was great, there are always going to be a few that are jags, like the guys behind me screaming at Wimmer that he was a F#cking disapointment, but for the most part it was a fun atmosphere. 5. UWM never could get on their run in the second half, it didn't help that Tucker had 4 fouls and had to sit for a long period of time in the second half, but good teams fiind a way to play though troubles like that 6. Only six fouls in the second half doesn't help also - J/K the refs didn't lose this game for us.
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Post by Spike1057 on Jan 30, 2005 14:27:22 GMT -6
Zima yuk, ill take a millerlite any day over a zima, but ill agree the shirts sound really stupid, but if it makes their fans feel more united thats cool with me. Your right that the shirts are only going to be used about 3 times a year, which is sad for whoever payed for them. However, Ill never understand how its ok for you to chant your sh*t but you take offense to GB wearing a stupid shirt. Just let it go, your still in first and your going to run away with this league.
Dunz I think you might lose to WSU, but I cant see us coming into the cell and winning this one. You should have a ton of students there, waiting for a little revenge from last year, but it should be a ok game, i just dought we have what it takes right now to knock you guys off. The rest of your games should be easy after these next two. CSU is playing well but their no match for UWM.
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Post by dunzz on Jan 30, 2005 14:35:46 GMT -6
for the last time, i thought it was class less to wear that over your school colors. Thats what makes if tasteless. I wasnt offended. I just think there are better things to do . I wasnt offended.
Dam straight you will take a miller lite over zima. If thats a jab at miller beer lets not go there. Wright St will be tough, but GB just gurantee our guys will be pissed and ready to play and trample over someone to feel better about this GB loss. My feelings are, the game will be a come from behind win like much of our road wins.
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Post by Ron Diaz on Jan 30, 2005 15:32:26 GMT -6
Just got back from Green Bay. Dissapointing loss, but nonetheless a very exciting game. I was impressed by the crowd in GB, but only heard them get loud at the end. I was in the front row with Dunz, others and my roommates, and we all saw how pathetic some of the people in the GB student section were. Yeah shirts were stupid, but that kinda sh*t happens. I would be surprised to see anyone wear that ever again without someone asking what the hell does that mean. At halftime we saw the infamous ex packer Larry McCarren, and started calling his name. After he finished his interviews with GB fans he came over and talked to us. Basically he told us how impressed he was with all of us coming to the Resch, and how good it is for the conference. An all around nice guy. His finger was awesome!!!! (its his pinky he broke back when he played for the Packers for anyone who doesnt know). So all in all I would have loved to have won, but I keep thinking about how impossibly hard it is to beat a team 3 times in one season, so maybe this is for the better. I would also imagine that it should fire up the team for Wright St. on Wed. Go Panthers!!
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Post by Big D on Jan 30, 2005 16:09:49 GMT -6
I'm sorry, but it's time for UWM fans to chill out and enjoy some of their own medicine. You guys have no place in complaining about another school having no class. Your fans go around doing the most offensive of things, i.e., chanting rapist in front of kids, chanting "boring" when kids participate in time-out events, and on one occasion at the Pavilion, your adult fans (in their 40s and 50s maybe) told me that if I want to root on UIC, I should move to the other side of the Pavilion. The fact of the matter is, you guys have a year of success and you walk around like your !@#$ doesn't stink. You even question your own attitudes sometimes on this board....you can't deny that.....
Now I agree that those "bite me" shirts aren't classy, and I would hope UIC fans would never wear shirts like that, but you have to expect it. It appears to be a direct response to what you own assistant coach did....otherwise, why make up "bite me" shirts? Do you really think they'd make up the "bite me" story just so they can then spend all that money and go through all that effort to make those shirts? I doubt it. In which case, it appears that this lack of class runs through your entire organization....from the bottom (you fans) to the top (assistants to the man with the tape recorder, and possibly even above that).....
And, dunzz....please, it's funny to hear you say that the "bite me" shirt idea is lame. But it's no more lame than bruceismyhomeboy t-shirts. Why is one idea lame and not the other? Because the bite-me shirts weren't in team colors? C'mon....I think it was pretty creative if you ask me....not that I agree with it.....but creative.
In my own opinion, college basketball is slowly getting out of control....fans continue to embarrass themselves and chant nasty things....can't we all just support our team and get into the other teams's heads without doing something obscene?
In any case, I'm sure much of this will happen in the UIC game on Saturday. I still think you guys finish first, and honestly, I was hoping you'd beat Green Bay so we'd have an easier chance of getting that 2 seed.
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Post by MLPHNX on Jan 30, 2005 16:57:14 GMT -6
BigD - Thank you for enlightening me a bit. I didn't even realize some of the stuff had gone on that you speak of. I knew that there were some instances and I thought it was a little odd that they took such offense to the t-shirt. I would agree that if they were handed out to small kids it wasn't appropriate and in the grand scheme of things it probably wasn't appropriate at all. I've gone to some games at the Dean Dome in Carolina and it makes me laugh to hear some of the people on this board complain about a lousy t-shirt. Go to some Illini games or ACC games and you will hear and see some stuff that isn't always appropriate. At least they had fun and they contributed to a pretty fun atmosphere. I would imagine that it will end up being the highest attended game in the conference this year.
I originally started coming on this board because it has a lot of participation and it is exactly what a basketball junky like myself looks for. For the most part there are a lot of well informed participants and one thing is for sure - they love the Panthers.
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Post by nohopspanther on Jan 30, 2005 16:59:11 GMT -6
We've all seen what passes for creativity at UIC. Unimpressive.
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Post by UWMKrazie on Jan 30, 2005 19:31:19 GMT -6
And to sum it all up...
I do think it was borderline hypocracy that we use the word classless about another team. I rarely doubt the choice our student section makes, but simply on the fact that we ourselves have been regarded as classless...it's tough for me to digest and regurgitate it to another team.
I appreciate the voiced opinions from Big D, Spike, and MLPHNX. You guys offer enough detbate on your opinions while also including flat logic and good b-ball talk (aside from fan bantering). As said previous though, we weren't offended by this. We know there's a reason behind the "Bite Me" phrase. Yes it probably united their fans(which is great at any of our teams!), but I think they simply could have made a much wiser and creative decision. It was just poorly thought out and our students, who have put a lot of effort into our section succcess, are simply pointing out the lack of creativity!
Spike, I have to contest your note of us talking because we are finally having a successful year. I'd say the past 5 years have been successful and put us as a top team for the past 3!
Lastly, I only wish more GB fans would jump on and particpate in some discussions!
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Post by fan22 on Jan 30, 2005 21:32:45 GMT -6
I was at the game, i'm not making excuses, but the refs were the worst I have seen in a long time. If it was on a neutral court we would have won by 10. However, I did not understand what the "bite me" shirts meant while at the game. However, now that I remember that Coach Jones said that, I thought the shirts were pretty funny. It's really not that offensive or classless. It really doesnt mean that much because its not that big of a deal. Either way, we will see green bay again this year in Milwaukee, and I will laugh once again when we blow them out.
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Post by admin on Jan 30, 2005 21:40:24 GMT -6
Coach Jones never said that. Never been proven except from rumors...hmmm it was a conversation between Jones and Coach K...I wonder then who is starting that rumor? Both sides win nothing from it because in no form can it be documented. It is time to get over it. The story is tabloid! Later, UWMfreak
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Post by gbbunk on Jan 30, 2005 21:49:03 GMT -6
I was also at the game, and I second fan 22....I sat across from the uwm bench and surrounded by uwgb "adult" fans....even they were saying..whewww we got a way with that....call after call my cousin and uncle also went to the game, sat by themselves. and aren't fans of either team..just fans of basketball....after the game, gave them a call as an unbias fan at the game, and they said that UWM was very impressive, and if it wasn't for one specific ref..(the one with the silverery white hair), the game wouldn't have been close....BUT...for what it is worth, I think losing this game will benifit UWM..getting this feeling of losing a big game..will light a fire under them...I really can't see them losing again this regular season...UWGB on the other hand...they have to go to UIC and Loyola..wright state....they will not win out...we will still have the tourney at the cell....ohh yeah. It will be rockin
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Post by mcdadenets50 on Jan 30, 2005 22:03:26 GMT -6
Anyone who ever complains about officiating always starts with the disclaimer "I never complain about the officiating, but..."
That being said I had a problem with what I thought were phantom fouls on Joah, especially the one under the hoop when he "fouled" Mendiburu (?) for the three point play. I just didn't see it (on the replay board) and it put our best player out for a huge part of the second half. Oh well, life on the road.
Great game by GB, great fan support on both sides, B. Morris showed up to play, and props to GB for not wilting under the pressure - I thought we could wear them down as they didn't go deep into their bench. I'd love to see a rematch.
Take care of WSU.
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dutchpthr
Junior
ain't much if it ain't dutch
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Post by dutchpthr on Jan 30, 2005 22:17:18 GMT -6
i couldn't make it to the game for certain reasons i'd rather not get into, but here is my feeling on what it is that people have been writing.......
First off, the shirts by GB: i think its funny, and if things were reversed and it was the other way around as far as Coach K telling Tony to bite him I'd be willing to bet you that we as a student section would have come up with something and used it when we played at the Cell earlier. To be real honest i like it is kinda lame to say that it is "classless" to wear a shirt that had no kind of profanity or anything graphic re-lating to a player/coach/school/whatever. Not to say that you should wear shirts like that but there is nothing wrong with wearing them in my opinon. Now I think that we have spent enough time on something that really didn't impact the game any.
Now as far as the game i would agree with everyone by saying we just didn't exicute down the strech but I would say we had that problem in the first half too. To me it sounded like we started the game off fairly decent but then for about the last quater of the first half we couldn't really finish either. same seemed to happen in the second half.
So now the rest of the games are going to be very interesting to see how things are going to go.......would love to get the HL tourney back @ the Cell, so lets take care of business from here on out.
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Post by admin on Jan 30, 2005 22:24:18 GMT -6
In the first half, did it seem like Green Bay went less to the basket? They used quick pull-up midrange jump shots quite a bit in the first half, which really seemed to be a defensive problem for us. At least it certainly got UWGB hot.
Either way, Bruce is easily the better coach and will have any defensive problems fixed for round III (if there is one!).
Later, UWMfreak
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dutchpthr
Junior
ain't much if it ain't dutch
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Post by dutchpthr on Jan 30, 2005 22:37:49 GMT -6
no disgreement there freak ;D
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