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Post by sauby on Feb 25, 2006 17:15:26 GMT -6
ROB JETER! 1st year coach! Championship, hosting th HL tourney, most wins in the 1st year at Milwaukee...mega props to him, so lets not forget that
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Post by pantherpanther on Feb 25, 2006 17:26:28 GMT -6
JETER IS DA MANNNNN!!!!
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Post by bu720 on Feb 25, 2006 19:18:58 GMT -6
I find it funny how you're holding Jeter up on a pedestal now, after you were calling for his head after a 1-2 start to the season, including the loss to Tennsessee Tech. Jeter inherited a team with more talent and experience than anyone in this league...some were projecting a 16-0 HL record...to me, I think he did less with more all season....Panthers had to scrap out a title this season...and for what you had coming back this year, I'm not sure Jeter should be receiving all the "props" you're giving him.
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Post by aknowsense on Feb 25, 2006 19:57:30 GMT -6
I find it funny how you're holding Jeter up on a pedestal now, after you were calling for his head after a 1-2 start to the season, including the loss to Tennsessee Tech. Jeter inherited a team with more talent and experience than anyone in this league...some were projecting a 16-0 HL record...to me, I think he did less with more all season....Panthers had to scrap out a title this season...and for what you had coming back this year, I'm not sure Jeter should be receiving all the "props" you're giving him. Jeter get the credit for taking a team of Sr's, switching up the style of play and keeping the team together during a tough season. Some coaches would've lost a team all together, and others may have just let them play the style their used to while only concerning themselves w/recruiting players for the next year. Jeter did a good job. Their is a small minority who may have but that was early and this discussion board just like Butler's or anyone else's is here for people to voice their opinions and also second guess coaching moves, that's what you do as fans. It's not easy to win a league championship no matter what team you have, let alone do it your first year as head coach. Other teams in this league should be proud how well they played UWM not pulling the well you won it because you should've have B.S. |
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Post by pantherpanther on Feb 25, 2006 20:36:54 GMT -6
Chill BU720...I for one did not call for his head early in the season, but if anybody did on this board so be it. He is our coach, we are his fans, and we have the right to criticize each other - both ways.
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damasa
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KFC: Kick From Chuck. What else do you need?
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Post by damasa on Feb 25, 2006 21:30:56 GMT -6
I find it funny how you're holding Jeter up on a pedestal now, after you were calling for his head after a 1-2 start to the season, including the loss to Tennsessee Tech. Jeter inherited a team with more talent and experience than anyone in this league...some were projecting a 16-0 HL record...to me, I think he did less with more all season....Panthers had to scrap out a title this season...and for what you had coming back this year, I'm not sure Jeter should be receiving all the "props" you're giving him. Scrapped together or not, they got the season title. Doesn't matter if it was by one game or by ten. Who cares that they didn't go 16-0 in conference, they did well enough to take the title. Now they have to continue in the tourney. |
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Post by JimmyLemke on Feb 26, 2006 0:12:41 GMT -6
I find it funny how you're holding Jeter up on a pedestal now, after you were calling for his head after a 1-2 start to the season, including the loss to Tennsessee Tech. Jeter inherited a team with more talent and experience than anyone in this league...some were projecting a 16-0 HL record...to me, I think he did less with more all season....Panthers had to scrap out a title this season...and for what you had coming back this year, I'm not sure Jeter should be receiving all the "props" you're giving him. Don't take him seriously, he's a sore loser, just taking pot shots. |
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Post by milwsport on Feb 26, 2006 0:13:04 GMT -6
People forget that last year we weren't exactly cruising for a cake walk through the HL either. ESPN and others have called him one of the best first year coaches in the country and rightfully so, Jeter did a great job and so did his athletes.
We can understand that the Butler fans are disappointed right now. Had they won the top seed, they'd deserve their celebration but they didn't and we deserve ours
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Post by milwsport on Feb 26, 2006 0:36:26 GMT -6
BTW, also props to the students for asking Detroit to "Please beat Butler." Sometimes it pays to be polite.
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Post by Pantherholic on Feb 26, 2006 1:06:35 GMT -6
I find it funny how you're holding Jeter up on a pedestal now, after you were calling for his head after a 1-2 start to the season, including the loss to Tennsessee Tech. Jeter inherited a team with more talent and experience than anyone in this league...some were projecting a 16-0 HL record...to me, I think he did less with more all season....Panthers had to scrap out a title this season...and for what you had coming back this year, I'm not sure Jeter should be receiving all the "props" you're giving him. only one guy called for Jeter's head and it was after the Memphis game, to which he was heavily chastised for. people were upset w/ Jeter's style and how quickly the players were adapting to it. it's not like everyone was rooting for Lick at the beginning of the year either. |
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Post by PantherLou on Feb 27, 2006 9:50:37 GMT -6
BTW, also props to the students for asking Detroit to "Please beat Butler." Sometimes it pays to be polite. How about props to PantherLou and the section 106 pricks for delivering that message to the student section!  |
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Post by troggy on Feb 27, 2006 12:29:47 GMT -6
Scrapped together or not, they got the season title. Doesn't matter if it was by one game or by ten. Who cares that they didn't go 16-0 in conference, they did well enough to take the title. Now they have to continue in the tourney. I agree with you, tho I think it should be a concern that the Panthers probably won't have an at-large bid to fall back on, should they lose in the conference tourney. I think that opportunity was there for the taking this year, especially considering how inconsistent the rest of the league was. Only one other team even managed to finish above .500 in league play. UWM certainly could have won enough games to help secure an at-large bid. It didn't happen. Todd |
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Post by brewtownbrian on Feb 27, 2006 13:03:06 GMT -6
I agree with you, tho I think it should be a concern that the Panthers probably won't have an at-large bid to fall back on, should they lose in the conference tourney. I think that opportunity was there for the taking this year, especially considering how inconsistent the rest of the league was. Only one other team even managed to finish above .500 in league play. UWM certainly could have won enough games to help secure an at-large bid. It didn't happen. Keep in mind though that UWM had a bulls-eye on it's back the entire season...no matter who they were playing. Every team stepped it up a few more notches when they played UWM...even more so than in previous years. |
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Post by troggy on Feb 27, 2006 13:12:02 GMT -6
Keep in mind though that UWM had a bulls-eye on it's back the entire season...no matter who they were playing. Every team stepped it up a few more notches when they played UWM...even more so than in previous years. The top team in the league always has a bulls-eye on its back. It's just one of those things that good teams have to contend with. If you're good enough to have a bulls-eye, then you're good enough for expectations to be very high. By comparison, how big must that bulls-eye on Gonzaga's back be? The Zags haven't lost a single conference game this year. Todd |
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Post by brewtownbrian on Feb 27, 2006 13:24:16 GMT -6
The top team in the league always has a bulls-eye on its back. It's just one of those things that good teams have to contend with. If you're good enough to have a bulls-eye, then you're good enough for expectations to be very high. I agree that it's something to contend with if you're the top dog. However, what do expectations have to do with the reality of the situation? They(expectations) are based on things that happened in the past or are assumptions for the future, and in general have little or nothing to do with the here-and-now. And usually these expectations are from a fans point of view. My whole point is that just b/c the expectations are that UWM is head-and-shoulders above every team in the conference...doesn't make it so. And my point before was that if you're playing night in and night out against teams that are gunning for you more than any other team in the conference...chances are you're going to falter somewhere along the way. You bring up a good point regarding Gonzaga, but they are the only team in the country undefeated in their conference. Countless other teams have dropped one or 2...even Duke, the #1 team in the nation. |
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