I'll see what else I can dig up since I have little life (recently upgraded from no life). UW and (Kimmy) have banned me from various social media so it might be a challenge. True story...
What is it with politics and everything else where people want someone else to give them a break to get somewhere rather than fucking winning? The committee should watch that last 2 minutes and say why are we going to let a team in which coughed up a 6 pt lead with 1:47 left on the clock? It looks a lot more like OSU won the game, than UW was cheated. If you don't want refs to get in the middle of something, make your fucking ft's, don't take shitty 3's and don't turn the ball over. These are easy remedies.
God when you're begging the committee to look at a protest you know you've got the most pussified fan base in america
It appears that the clock operator "gave" OSU .4 of a second (not a full second like Doogs claim), but that's not unusual. If you've ever been watching sports, that happens all the time, or the opposite happens (they run an extra half a second to a second off - especially at the end of games, more in football where they don't keep track of tenths of a second, but it happens in basketball also). UW choked that game away, pure and simple. I was pissed for little while, but luckily the Romar apathy kicked in. There's no point in getting mad when you know what you have and you know your fan base is pussified and full of guilty white liberals.
Because I know you're a hoops junkie ... can you explain to me how I KNEW that we were going to lose the game when Romar intentionally fouled? And can you also explain to me how I KNEW that he was going to foul after taking that timeout with 7-8 seconds left?
Romar is sending a message to his young team. He has made it very clear to the team this tournament is "serious business." I am sure he is telling them, let’s do this for Andrew. Keeping the starters in just strengthens this message.
I for one tuned into the game against the Cardinal (preview to today's game) from last year and barely recognized UW. That team that skated away from an 11-0 non conference ended up in the tournament limping without Upshaw. They could hardly put the ball on the floor without turning it over. And they were all guards!
It's amazing with the turnaround of the program you still has folks showing up here to ask for Romar's job.
Stanford blindsided by brilliant coaching - smart and stifling defense with great switching and sophisticated ball movement on offense to dismantle Stanford's zone. Hats off to Romar!
WSU is a mess. Every other team in the conference is pretty darn good this year. UW just happens to be the youngest and most inexperienced. By far.
Romar should be Coach of the Year. Well, he and Dana Altman.
In terms of unmet expectations, Sean Miller (4 senior starters), Steve Alford (4 returning starters and huge talent) and Cuonzo Martin (also great talent) ought to be fired.
Romar? He's done a damn good job with an extraordinarily young and inexperienced team.
I agree however the problem with Romar is that the kids who come in and play for Romar either don't improve or don't improve enough to win when it matters. People will say "well he had mostly freshmen this year" and while true that has not always been the case and those teams did not make the improvements needed. Also there are plenty of NCAA tourney teams playing true freshmen. Romar's recruiting has held the wolves at bay to this point but somewhere along the line you gotta call a band-aid a band-aid. Romar is not the guy to make Washington a consistent Pac 12 BB power and annual tournament player. Imagine if Mark Few had the talent that Romar has had at his disposal over the years and I bet he would have multiple final 4 appearances.
Did you really expect the Dawgs to be a tournament team this year? And never mind that the second half of the conference schedule was more difficult. Also, please ignore that this team never gave up in their games as well. That they fell short of the tournament when most never expected them to be in the conversation shows exactly what?
I know that I have been impressed with how well this team has played, and feel that the future is bright. Assuming both Murray and Chriss come back, they should compete for the PAC-12 title next year. If they both go, this team should still be in the top 4 of the PAC-12.
You are saying that a lot of talent goes to the University of Washington. Thanks for the compliment. That was not the case before Romar. If you know your UW basketball history you already know this. And if you don’t, learn. Romar is not attracting the talent that Duke and Kentucky or even Ohio State or UCLA or even .. well I could go on and on. I think your criticism of Romar has merit. I think the opposing view has merit. Personally, when I see a ridiculously young team—and I mean young by almost historical proportions—play hard and well against a likely #1 seed in the tourney and #1 team in the Pac I want to see more from Romar. It’s hard that that team happens to be Oregon. I admit. But I’ll take my chances against that day-glo All-American Juco factory next year, thank your very much. Recruiting incredible talent like Murray and Chriss is not a problem. If they go lottery they leave. Middle to late first round? Maybe maybe not. That’s a really tough decision for them. And if they leave there is all that other young talent like Dime, Thybulle, Crisp (I’ll admit to not being a huge fan of this one dimensional gunner), Green, Dickerson to compliment the supposed even bigger stud, Markelle Fultz, arriving in the Fall plus the two talented bigs who have been waiting in the wings. An NIT next year? I’d say Romar will have hung himself at that point. I don’t see it happening.
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God when you're begging the committee to look at a protest you know you've got the most pussified fan base in america
It's amazing with the turnaround of the program you still has folks showing up here to ask for Romar's job.
I know that I have been impressed with how well this team has played, and feel that the future is bright. Assuming both Murray and Chriss come back, they should compete for the PAC-12 title next year. If they both go, this team should still be in the top 4 of the PAC-12.
Benno
by Memo From Turner
How do they honestly believe what they are saying. I'm so fucking pissed.