Lights Out Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Why the sports media keeps talking trash about VCU is beyond me. They've been proven wrong on just about everything they've said. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W. Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Why the sports media keeps talking trash about VCU is beyond me. They've been proven wrong on just about everything they've said.Because the media has a vested interest in seeing the big names win and the big names are disproportionately represented in the media. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (CHL - 2018 Orr Cup Champions) Chicago Rivermen (UBA/WBL - 2014, 2015, 2017 Intercontinental Cup Champions) King's Own Hexham FC (BIP - 2022 Saint's Cup Champions) Portland Explorers (EFL - Elite Bowl XIX Champions) Real San Diego (UPL) Red Bull Seattle (ULL - 2018, 2019, 2020 Gait Cup Champions) Vancouver Huskies (CL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Let's see what Shaka and his boys do with this little tidbit:Doug Gootlieb just deemed Smart the "most overrated coach in the Final Four". This should go over well.I would think playing in the Final Four would be enough motivation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Why the sports media keeps talking trash about VCU is beyond me. They've been proven wrong on just about everything they've said.They haven't proved anyone wrong on anything. At the time of the selection, they were not as deserving of a spot as others who got snubbed. All they've done is take full advantage of their situation and I for one thinks it's been awesome. But my initial opinion of them not deserving a tourney selection still remains the same. The tourney can't predict what may happen if a team is selected. It's based on what they've done up to that point, which for VCU was a 4th place finish in the CAA and a loss in the conference championship game. Others got screwed, VCU got lucky. Simple as that. You can't use what has happened since as a justification for what happened before. https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Why the sports media keeps talking trash about VCU is beyond me. They've been proven wrong on just about everything they've said.Because the media has a vested interest in seeing the big names win and the big names are disproportionately represented in the media.Care to elaborate on that? I ask because it would seem to me that a "big story" like VCU would trump another round of stories on the same old teams. Not to mention that "the media" encompasses, well, everyone who covers the event. How can such a large group of companies and journalists all have the same "vested interest." For example, does the local VCU media have a vested interest in the big names? ESPN isn't carrying the tournament so what difference does it make to them if VCU wins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Let's see what Shaka and his boys do with this little tidbit:Doug Gootlieb just deemed Smart the "most overrated coach in the Final Four". This should go over well.1-Gottleib was a baller at OKState.2- I would like to see VCU do well, but he is right in the comment. While Smart is graduated from Kenyon College and his wife went to Northwestern Journalism school, so they are the best of what we can produce, but he did receive a team which finished first in the CAA for three consecutive years under Anthony Grant and has finished no better than fourth in his tenure with no conference tournament titles. 3- Through their five NCAA games, VCU has scored 370 points. 159 points from 3's.77 points from free throws.They have little half court offense. They have a very obvious offense with their their talent. The FSU win in OT was the greatest current game film. Better rebounding teams should beat them. Why the sports media keeps talking trash about VCU is beyond me. They've been proven wrong on just about everything they've said.It is not trash, it is that they were fourth in the CAA lost the conference final (held in Richmond) and they have the stigma of the team which was the last to get in. Meanwhile VaTech, Alabama, Colorado, and St. Marys, teams which were thought to have been more worthy to get in did not even win the NIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 The Butler did it, AGAIN! Championship game bound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Congrats, Butler! Now finish the job this year. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Congrats, Butler! Now finish the job this year. Not on my watch bracket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 It's official....my joke bracket scored more points than the bracket I was being serious with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 So just how much time in practice does UConn work on flopping? https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 They must have called Derek Fisher and Manu Ginobili in to provide special instruction. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 It's official....my joke bracket scored more points than the bracket I was being serious with...My serious bracket is a joke. Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 In all seriousness, what Brad Stevens and Butler has been able to pull off over the last two seasons, has to be considered one of the greatest accomplishments in college basketball history. Even if they don't beat UConn on Monday, how can you not respect what Coach Stevens has done considering the mid-major school he's at, and the type of talent he has to work with. You can't compare this run to anything else in all of sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 In all seriousness, what Brad Stevens and Butler has been able to pull off over the last two seasons, has to be considered one of the greatest accomplishments in college basketball history. Even if they don't beat UConn on Monday, how can you not respect what Coach Stevens has done considering the mid-major school he's at, and the type of talent he has to work with. You can't compare this run to anything else in all of sports.No kidding. And although they have no realistic shot at getting him, Mizzou had better at least talk to him about their coaching vacancy. https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Prediction for tonight's nat'l championship:Butler 63, Connecticut 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Shaka Smart is going to be highly sought after following the tourney, so VCU may win the tournament but I will be shocked if he stays in Richmond much longer. He would be a great fit at NC State, he has a ACC type personality.What is an "ACC type personality"?Roy Williams and Tony Bennett are polar opposites in terms of personality and on-court demeanor than Gary Williams and Mike Krzyzewski.Smart is 52-20 overall and while this run is great to watch, he inherited a team from Anthony Grant which won the CAA for three straight years only to coach them to 5th and 4th place. The guy who NC State fans want may the most have the "Just Cause" tag placed on him, which would keep him from coaching. That's Bruce Pearl since he can follow in the footsteps of Norm Sloan and Jim Valvano as one who at NC State also broke rules and landed the school on probation.Good coach who also shines in press conferences and is a personality who is capable of becoming the face of a university. One who knows the mid Atlantic region and is capable of playing with the big boys in Durham and Chapel Hill and capable of taking away recruits.Debbie Yow has to look elsewhere now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W. Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I wonder if NC State considered Archie Miller. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (CHL - 2018 Orr Cup Champions) Chicago Rivermen (UBA/WBL - 2014, 2015, 2017 Intercontinental Cup Champions) King's Own Hexham FC (BIP - 2022 Saint's Cup Champions) Portland Explorers (EFL - Elite Bowl XIX Champions) Real San Diego (UPL) Red Bull Seattle (ULL - 2018, 2019, 2020 Gait Cup Champions) Vancouver Huskies (CL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Connecticut is going to boat race Butler. They have to. It's the law of nature in college basketball. Anything even remotely exciting must be squashed out by Duke, North Carolina, or Connecticut. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I wonder if NC State considered Archie Miller.If they wanted to look at a Miller, it would have been Sean since he at least possesses HC experience. As you know his buyout is also fairly low at $500K. IMO, you don't put a 32 year old guy in the ACC with no time as an HC, regardless of his previous connection to the program.We do know that Rick Barnes turned them down just as he did is 2006. NC State is also using Parker Executive Search to keep the search as private as they can, but they have publicly announced who is on the search committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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