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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Feb 27, 2020 21:58:46 GMT -6
Welp, I might be done watching for the year. Absolute waste of my time. How different things would be if Holtmann never left Butler.. How different things would be if ANY of the following weren't the epitome of incompetence: Santiago, Lovell, Koonce, Costello, Geiger, Mone, Eva ... Did I miss anyone? Fire everyone! Let's start over ... before it's too late!!! How about we call her Amanda Braun and not Eva? I know nobody likes her on this board for good reason, but there’s a difference between a disaster of an athletic director and a literal nazi. I’ve always had a problem with that, and it is really hard to take anybody who uses that nickname seriously, regardless of the point they’re making.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 27, 2020 22:07:22 GMT -6
How different things would be if ANY of the following weren't the epitome of incompetence: Santiago, Lovell, Koonce, Costello, Geiger, Mone, Eva ... Did I miss anyone? Fire everyone! Let's start over ... before it's too late!!! How about we call her Amanda Braun and not Eva? I know nobody likes her on this board for good reason, but there’s a difference between a disaster of an athletic director and a literal nazi. I’ve always had a problem with that, and it is really hard to take anybody who uses that nickname seriously, regardless of the point they’re making. "She's a Nazi, Duct. A Nazi!" OK.
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Post by BBFran on Feb 27, 2020 22:09:33 GMT -6
Let's compromise.
FIRE BRAUN!!!
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Feb 27, 2020 22:12:40 GMT -6
How about we call her Amanda Braun and not Eva? I know nobody likes her on this board for good reason, but there’s a difference between a disaster of an athletic director and a literal nazi. I’ve always had a problem with that, and it is really hard to take anybody who uses that nickname seriously, regardless of the point they’re making. "She's a Nazi, Duct. A Nazi!" OK. Having said that, it’s hard to think of more than one good decision the athletic department has made since Bud Haidet retired. LaVall Jordan and...? I feel like working with the ticket office is a more positive experience now than it has been since Brian Morgan was on board, but if that’s the 2nd best thing I can think of, there isn’t much good.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Feb 27, 2020 22:14:29 GMT -6
Let's compromise. FIRE BRAUN!!! Unfortunately, I’m afraid we’re stuck with her for at least 2-3 more years and with Pat Baldwin for two as well. I am looking forward to my season ticket holder survey this year. I know it likely won’t do any good, but it’ll be nice to let off some steam (hopefully in a more polite way than I’m feeling capable of right now).
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Post by BBFran on Feb 27, 2020 22:17:03 GMT -6
The legend of Lavall (Mr. 24 losses) Jordan seems to grow by the day when you have all but forgotten what winning ever felt like.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Feb 27, 2020 22:19:59 GMT -6
The legend of Lavall (Mr. 24 losses) Jordan seems to grow by the day when you have all but forgotten what winning ever felt like. Given what my expectations were for that year, LaVall far exceeded them even at the time.
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Post by nickpanther on Feb 27, 2020 22:21:24 GMT -6
i was at the gasme tonight and frankly we were very fortunate at times in the second half not to give up the lead. problem was- and this has happened several times this year- we couldnt get stops when we needed them. i count 3 or 4 games that we lost this year that should have been wins. but at this point we are who we are. if the season ended right now,. we'd be the 8th seed, losing tiebreakers to both oakland and Cleveland state. that would get us a meeting with youngstown state, who we play on saturday. oakland plays UIC at UIC, Cleveland State plays at Green Bay. in order for us to get a home game. we need : 1, a win. 2 a cleveland State loss and 3 a Oakland loss. which would give us the 6 seed against.. Oakland.
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Post by BBFran on Feb 27, 2020 22:29:16 GMT -6
The legend of Lavall (Mr. 24 losses) Jordan seems to grow by the day when you have all but forgotten what winning ever felt like. Given what my expectations were for that year, LaVall far exceeded them even at the time. My expectations for that year were a championship. Then Braun fired a winning coach and hired a guy who lost 24 games. FIRE AMANDA BRAUN!!
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 27, 2020 22:34:28 GMT -6
Look, I've been around this program for 30 years and I'm considering walking out the door! I know almost EVERYONE on here (and many who have long since left). Most of you I consider friends! We deserve better than this travesty! Let's get this moving in the other direction before we're back at Klotsche for good in three years!!!
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Feb 27, 2020 22:41:08 GMT -6
i was at the gasme tonight and frankly we were very fortunate at times in the second half not to give up the lead. problem was- and this has happened several times this year- we couldnt get stops when we needed them. i count 3 or 4 games that we lost this year that should have been wins. but at this point we are who we are. if the season ended right now,. we'd be the 8th seed, losing tiebreakers to both oakland and Cleveland state. that would get us a meeting with youngstown state, who we play on saturday. oakland plays UIC at UIC, Cleveland State plays at Green Bay. in order for us to get a home game. we need : 1, a win. 2 a cleveland State loss and 3 a Oakland loss. which would give us the 6 seed against.. Oakland. Wouldn’t Milwaukee hold the tie breaker over Oakland if both teams won? They split the season series, both went 0-2 vs. NKU and WSU and 1-1 vs. Green Bay. Milwaukee would go 2-0 against YSU and UIC in this scenario. Oakland would go 1-1 against each of those teams in that scenario. I think it would take a Milwaukee win (insert an Edna Krabappel “HA” here) and a Cleveland State loss to Green Bay to get a home game.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Feb 27, 2020 22:43:17 GMT -6
Given what my expectations were for that year, LaVall far exceeded them even at the time. My expectations for that year were a championship. Then Braun fired a winning coach and hired a guy who lost 24 games. FIRE AMANDA BRAUN!! Given the circumstances, losing the entire starting lineup from a team that finished 4th in the conference, I didn’t think losing to MSOE was out of the question that year. I may have had way too low expectations for that year.
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Post by Spirit of Bruce on Feb 27, 2020 22:48:59 GMT -6
How different things would be if ANY of the following weren't the epitome of incompetence: Santiago, Lovell, Koonce, Costello, Geiger, Mone, Eva ... Did I miss anyone? Fire everyone! Let's start over ... before it's too late!!! How about we call her Amanda Braun and not Eva? I know nobody likes her on this board for good reason, but there’s a difference between a disaster of an athletic director and a literal nazi. I’ve always had a problem with that, and it is really hard to take anybody who uses that nickname seriously, regardless of the point they’re making. Personally, I've always enjoyed using the nickname Snagglepuss when referring to her. The term beginning with "c" I'd like to refer to her by would probably get asterisked on the board.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Feb 28, 2020 5:35:59 GMT -6
Look, I've been around this program for 30 years and I'm considering walking out the door! I know almost EVERYONE on here (and many who have long since left). Most of you I consider friends! We deserve better than this travesty! Let's get this moving in the other direction before we're back at Klotsche for good in three years!!! Woke up early this morning. I'm still upset in what is going on. Yes, it's just basketball comparing it to bigger things to really be upset about in life. Still, this program not winning is still upsetting.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 28, 2020 5:44:57 GMT -6
And having one of the 40 WORST seasons in 130 years of basketball at UWM right on the heels of two of the 40 OTHER worst seasons of basketball at the school is really upsetting. You're right, Matt, this is supposed to be a pleasant diversion from life's ills (so glad to hear that srt is safe after the Molson Coors shooting!). Now, the vast majority of us don't even bother!
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