UofA vs Louisville

[Mr. Boldin]

That may have been the funniest post in a while

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Why would Caliparri want to come to UofA???

They will be losing 3 starters, facing NCAA violation penalties, AND have to live in Tucson....

Money for starters. How about the Pac-10 versus Conference USA? And have you ever been to Memphis? It's just as if not more dumpy than Tucson and the people are terrible. Arizona won't get anything more than a slap on the wrist for the AAU thing.

I mean it would litterally be the equivelant of ASU losing their Head Football coach, and all the ASU fans saying stuff like " now We will get Bob Stoops, Pete Carrol, or Urban Meyer.. its nice to dream about all these big names, but IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEND

You might be right if Arizona Basketball was a historically mediocre program like ASU Football. And ASU would be in the conversation for big name coaches if they paid the highest salary in the Pac-10, filled up their building every weekend, or were a top 10 revenue program like Arizona Hoops.

The same thing goes with everyone else.. I know all the UofA fans are expecting a huge name to up and leave their current program and come to the rescue of UofA, but a more likely scernio is UofA hiring another Pennel type, or young assistent from somewhere.....

Whether you choose to accept it or not the reality is the absolute WORST case scenario for Arizona's coaching search is someone like Billy Gillispie or Lon Kruger. Nobody pays $2.5 million for an assistant coach.

 

[PoolBoy]

Mao you should just put these points in your signature and then just post blank posts.

Money, history.

 

[Arizona's Finest]

Why would Caliparri want to come to UofA???

They will be losing 3 starters, facing NCAA violation penalties, AND have to live in Tucson....

I mean it would litterally be the equivelant of ASU losing their Head Football coach, and all the ASU fans saying stuff like " now We will get Bob Stoops, Pete Carrol, or Urban Meyer.. its nice to dream about all these big names, but IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEND

The same thing goes with everyone else.. I know all the UofA fans are expecting a huge name to up and leave their current program and come to the rescue of UofA, but a more likely scernio is UofA hiring another Pennel type, or young assistent from somewhere.....

LMAO at you comparing ASU football to UA basketball. You have never won a NC, never even been to a BCS game and haven't won your conference in ages. You have been to the equivalent of footballs Final 4 (teams ranked in the top 4 ) as many times as UA has in the past 30 years.

What a joke. Wake up ASU dude. We may or may not get one of those big names but it won't be because we overvalue our programs history. Urban Meyer wouldn't have left UTAH for ASU - why would he leave UF? LMAO.

Arizona is a Top 10 program over the past three decades. Period. There is no argument in that conversation.

ASU football is what people like to call a sleeping giant. But I like to call it something else.

Irrelevant.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Mao you should just put these points in your signature and then just post blank posts.

Money, history.

Not my fault you don't understand how the real world works. Money talks in all aspects in life.

 

[Arizona's Finest]

Mao you should just put these points in your signature and then just post blank posts.

Money, history.

Good one. I'm sure you'll be laughing that one up at recess with your friends tomorrow.

 

[PoolBoy]

you guys had recess at UofA?! i need to transfer ASAP, that sounds fun. Maybe DUItama can give me a ride to McDonalds for a McRib. Or is off campus lunch not allowed.

 

[AsUdUdE]

LMAO at you comparing ASU football to UA basketball. You have never won a NC, never even been to a BCS game and haven't won your conference in ages. You have been to the equivalent of footballs Final 4 (teams ranked in the top 4 ) as many times as UA has in the past 30 years.

What a joke. Wake up ASU dude. We may or may not get one of those big names but it won't be because we overvalue our programs history. Urban Meyer wouldn't have left UTAH for ASU - why would he leave UF? LMAO.

Arizona is a Top 10 program over the past three decades. Period. There is no argument in that conversation.

ASU football is what people like to call a sleeping giant. But I like to call it something else.

Irrelevant.

For the record, I NEVER claimed ASU football was on the level as UofA basketball over the past 25 years.. they are certainly not even close...

I was simply stating that all you UofA guys are soo convinced John Caliparri or Rick Pitno wants to move top Tucson SO bad, IMO, again, simply stating... I just don't see it... And saying Those guys are going to leave their program next year for UofA has about as much chance as Stoops coming to ASU... AGAIN, I am not comparing the programs, just the logic....

I know the argument everyone has made,

a. We pay a lot of money
b. We have a strong tradition

Ok, But aren't you guys facing Sanctions by the NCAA right now.... and I will give you Gilespe, but I would consider him more along the line of 2nd tier, because He is coming out of a job in which he has the worst Winning % of any coach there in the last 82 years... he seems like a logical fit, but he is NOT a Rick Pitino or John Caliparri...

 

[Mr. Boldin]

Again you are absolutely wrong to think that UA landing Calipari or Pitino would be as long of a shot as ASU landing Stoops. Fact is both Pitino and Calipari are and have been interested in the UA job since it opened. Both ARE in contact with UA, dispite what you choose to think.

Again, you have no clue what you are talking about. I do this stuff for a living and even if UA is sanctioned that means nothing in this case, because it will be no more than a slap on the wrist if anything comes from it, which nothing will. You are either uninformed about the NCAA rulebook and what consititues sanctions and what the levels of sanction there are, or you are just spewing hate again like usual.

 

[Russ Smith]

Relating to the game some things I hadn't seen before. UA's loss was the biggest margin of defeat for any non 16 seed in tourney history. Not clear if that means any round or just sweet 16 or beyond, I gotta believe a non 16 seed has lost by 40+ before so it must be in the sweet 16.

It was the biggest tourney loss by a Pac 10 team in history.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

For the record, I NEVER claimed ASU football was on the level as UofA basketball over the past 25 years.. they are certainly not even close...

I was simply stating that all you UofA guys are soo convinced John Caliparri or Rick Pitno wants to move top Tucson SO bad, IMO, again, simply stating... I just don't see it... And saying Those guys are going to leave their program next year for UofA has about as much chance as Stoops coming to ASU... AGAIN, I am not comparing the programs, just the logic....

I understand you went to Arizona State and all, but do you really not see that by equating Arizona's coaching search to that of ASU Football that you are comparing the two programs?

I know the argument everyone has made,

a. We pay a lot of money
b. We have a strong tradition

There you go. Having those two things makes hiring a good coach much easier. Not slam dunk easy, but easier nonetheless. If having the longest active Tournament streak in the country and paying more than any other program on the West Coast doesn't make a program a desirable destination then what exactly does?

Ok, But aren't you guys facing Sanctions by the NCAA right now.... and I will give you Gilespe, but I would consider him more along the line of 2nd tier, because He is coming out of a job in which he has the worst Winning % of any coach there in the last 82 years... he seems like a logical fit, but he is NOT a Rick Pitino or John Caliparri...

So anyone not named Pitino, Calipari, K, Izzo, Roy Williams, and Bill Self are second-tier? If that's the case then Herb Sendek is fifth-tier. Hiring someone like Jeff Capel or Mark Few (who I'm guessing you'd consider second-tier) would be a coup for Arizona despite what a college basketball novice such as yourself thinks.

 

[AsUdUdE]

I understand you went to Arizona State and all, but do you really not see that by equating Arizona's coaching search to that of ASU Football that you are comparing the two programs?


There you go. Having those two things makes hiring a good coach much easier. Not slam dunk easy, but easier nonetheless. If having the longest active Tournament streak in the country and paying more than any other program on the West Coast doesn't make a program a desirable destination then what exactly does?


So anyone not named Pitino, Calipari, K, Izzo, Roy Williams, and Bill Self are second-tier? If that's the case then Herb Sendek is fifth-tier. Hiring someone like Jeff Capel or Mark Few (who I'm guessing you'd consider second-tier) would be a coup for Arizona despite what a college basketball novice such as yourself thinks.

No.. I simply said that Gilespe has dropped a tier since originally going to UK. You can't have the lowest winning percentage of ANY coach in the last 82 years and come out unscathed... he is still a VERY good coach, but he is not an elite coach at this point IMO...

And Jeff Capel and Mark Few are first tier Coaches, if you landed either I would completely stand corrected, and would eat my words... I don't think it will happend, but they are 100% first tier.

And HErb.. in all reailty is probabaly a third or fourth tier coach.. I mean really, he has done well at ASU and taken them places they haven't been in a long while, but any coach worth a damn was going to do that because the Standards were so low in the first place... And any fan of College basketball can realize if ASU didn't have Harden... Sendek may very well been well on his way to a different destination....

 

[AsUdUdE]

Again you are absolutely wrong to think that UA landing Calipari or Pitino would be as long of a shot as ASU landing Stoops. Fact is both Pitino and Calipari are and have been interested in the UA job since it opened. Both ARE in contact with UA, dispite what you choose to think.

Again, you have no clue what you are talking about. I do this stuff for a living and even if UA is sanctioned that means nothing in this case, because it will be no more than a slap on the wrist if anything comes from it, which nothing will. You are either uninformed about the NCAA rulebook and what consititues sanctions and what the levels of sanction there are, or you are just spewing hate again like usual.

Whoa man... I am not spewing hate... it is just playful banter... And I asked "AREN'T you guys facing sanctions?" I wasn't sure either way, what were they? Just curious I didn't really know...

And even if they are small... it's still a dark cloud, that may prove ultimately insignificant, but when trying to alure a big time coach, it would seem to me to play a part... Just my opinion, and maybe I am totally wrong and potential big-time coaches wouldn't even think twice about it, but I would think that at the very least the NCAA will be watching UofA very closely over the next few years and that could put pressure on whoever is coming in, ALA Indiana....