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Fleens takes a stand on Romar

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,495 Founders Club
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Bill Fleenor @fleenorbill 1m1 minute ago
Anti Romar talk makes me ill. Time for college presidents to reward guys like Romar. Tired of irrational and arrogant bandwagon Husky fans


Yeah, I guess giving a guy a 10-year contract can't be defined as a reward. When will the UW finally step up and support Lorenzo Romar?
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Losing games in empty arenas doesn't matter as long as the coach is a good guy provides good access.

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  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,515
    Flennor was calling for another extension for Romsr after the Utah win
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    I think it is fair to say that he doesn't care about winning or losing
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  • MrsPetersen
    MrsPetersen Member Posts: 724
    Yet he deleted the tweet.....
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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    On what logical, reasonable ground does he feel that Romar is above criticism? This is about being pampered by UW and having access to the program. Nothing more. Water is wet, I know.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    MrsPetersen said:

    Yet he deleted the tweet.....

    Probably too many people tweeting him for his FS comment
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,105
    The fuck does Fleens know about hoop?

    I've seen that dickwipe call a game. Pathetic.

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  • CheersWestDawg
    CheersWestDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 2,478 Swaye's Wigwam
    Tequilla said:

    MrsPetersen said:

    Yet he deleted the tweet.....

    Probably too many people tweeting him for his FS comment
    Like who?
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  • d2d
    d2d Member Posts: 3,109
    I miss Turner...
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  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member Posts: 15,302
    We are lucky Romar even wants to coach here at all. Nobody else west of the Mississippi would want this POS job.
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  • huskyhooligan
    huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,956 Swaye's Wigwam
    Not here to defend the merits of Romar as a coach, person, etc. but, the AD really needs to build a hoops specific facility, and are currently behind the curve on this. Two sports currently generate revenue at UW, and one hasn't really been addressed in a while. The arena is nice and kept up, but a players lounge or something specific for hoops would help. It's been in talks for what feels like years, but the AD /School has a bad reputation of not striking while the iron is hot.
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  • DeepSeaZ
    DeepSeaZ Member Posts: 3,901
    The iron is not hot. Get a new coach, new atitude, and new facilities at the same time. Wasting on the current Coach would be a waste of time/money. IMO.
    huskyhooligan said:

    Not here to defend the merits of Romar as a coach, person, etc. but, the AD really needs to build a hoops specific facility, and are currently behind the curve on this. Two sports currently generate revenue at UW, and one hasn't really been addressed in a while. The arena is nice and kept up, but a players lounge or something specific for hoops would help. It's been in talks for what feels like years, but the AD /School has a bad reputation of not striking while the iron is hot.

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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    Mitch had a nice little tidbit this morning regarding the fact that you have 3 high end basketball programs in the State of Iowa in the NCAA Tournament and that the smallest of the 3 schools is ranked #9 in the country. Was asking how that could be possible given that the State of Iowa on probably isn't a producer of high end basketball talent and that the high end talent that they do have are LEAVING to go to places like Kansas, North Carolina (Harrison Barnes), or other top end Big 10 schools?

    Of course, this is another example of how coaching matters.
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  • MelloDawg
    MelloDawg Member Posts: 6,852
    Tequilla said:

    Mitch had a nice little tidbit this morning regarding the fact that you have 3 high end basketball programs in the State of Iowa in the NCAA Tournament and that the smallest of the 3 schools is ranked #9 in the country. Was asking how that could be possible given that the State of Iowa on probably isn't a producer of high end basketball talent and that the high end talent that they do have are LEAVING to go to places like Kansas, North Carolina (Harrison Barnes), or other top end Big 10 schools?

    Of course, this is another example of how coaching matters.

    Grinolds would tell you that's different and then stop responding
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  • MelloDawg
    MelloDawg Member Posts: 6,852
    DerekJohnson said:

    If recruiting is already phenomenal, but player development is shitty, then I don't see how a players lounge will improve UW basketball,

    Danny O'Neill says you're wrong and uses Brandon Roy's "development" as an example.
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  • huskyhooligan
    huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,956 Swaye's Wigwam
    Both Utah and Oregon State just built new basketball specific facilities, and both have pretty good classes coming in. Kentucky built an amazing one a few years ago. Other schools are doing it too. This should have been done years ago. Even Wazzu has a hoops specific facility. Building a facility tells recruits you are investing in hoops, regardless of the coach.
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  • HuskyInAZ
    HuskyInAZ Member Posts: 1,732
    huskyhooligan said:

    Both Utah and Oregon State just built new basketball specific facilities, and both have pretty good classes coming in. Kentucky built an amazing one a few years ago. Other schools are doing it too. This should have been done years ago. Even Wazzu has a hoops specific facility. Building a facility tells recruits you are investing in hoops, regardless of the coach.

    Winning is what tells recruits you are invested in the BB program. And as long as romar is the coach, the likelihood of that happening ain't very high.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,495 Founders Club
    huskyhooligan said:

    Both Utah and Oregon State just built new basketball specific facilities, and both have pretty good classes coming in. Kentucky built an amazing one a few years ago. Other schools are doing it too. This should have been done years ago. Even Wazzu has a hoops specific facility. Building a facility tells recruits you are investing in hoops, regardless of the coach.

    Again, we're already recruiting at an elite level, so this point is moot mute.
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  • MrsPetersen
    MrsPetersen Member Posts: 724
    DerekJohnson said:

    If recruiting is already phenomenal, but player development is shitty, then I don't see how a players lounge will improve UW basketball,

    Can't you see that when players have a lounge to relax in it helps the edgy recruits play loose?
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  • NeGgaPlEaSe
    NeGgaPlEaSe Member Posts: 5,763
    edited March 2015
    huskyhooligan said:

    Not here to defend the merits of Romar as a coach, person, etc. but, the AD really needs to build a hoops specific facility, and are currently behind the curve on this. Two sports currently generate revenue at UW, and one hasn't really been addressed in a while. The arena is nice and kept up, but a players lounge or something specific for hoops would help. It's been in talks for what feels like years, but the AD /School has a bad reputation of not striking while the iron is hot.


    We could offer hookers and blow at halftime, results will be the same. If you can't succeed with BRoy, Nate Robinson, Brock, Holliday, Qpon, Bobby Joness, Will Conroy, Etc, then you are Fuq 'd with Gilles, Kemp Jr., Andersen Andrews
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  • huskyhooligan
    huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,956 Swaye's Wigwam
    NeGgaPlEaSe said:

    If you can't succeed with BRoy, Nate Robinson, Brock, Holliday, Qpon, Bobby Joness, Will Conroy,

    Wait, for real? Did this just come off of your keyboard?
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  • huskyhooligan
    huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,956 Swaye's Wigwam
    DerekJohnson said:


    Again, we're already recruiting at an elite level, so this point is moot mute.

    But Romar hasn't been consistently recruiting at an elite level, and I think the current roster shows that. He has missed out on guys he spent years recruiting, for programs that actively and continually invest in their hoops programs.

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  • CheersWestDawg
    CheersWestDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 2,478 Swaye's Wigwam
    CokeGreaterThanPepsi said:

    CheersWestDawg said:

    Tequilla said:

    MrsPetersen said:

    Yet he deleted the tweet.....

    Probably too many people tweeting him for his FS comment
    Like who?
    I saw a guy named Rip_ty tweet at him... Seemed like an ass though.
    Fuck I hate that guy. If he ever tries to poast here I'm going to lose my shit.
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  • NeGgaPlEaSe
    NeGgaPlEaSe Member Posts: 5,763
    edited March 2015
    huskyhooligan said:

    DerekJohnson said:


    Again, we're already recruiting at an elite level, so this point is moot mute.

    But Romar hasn't been consistently recruiting at an elite level, and I think the current roster shows that. He has missed out on guys he spent years recruiting, for programs that actively and continually invest in their hoops programs.

    Martin Breunig certainly played better than any forward Romar had on this team for the past 3 years, he 23 points plus 17 rebounds against common opponent EWU


    I think DJ's point was recruiting is better than results. You can't miss the dance with Ross, Wroten Wilcox, that's just Romar FS. And the 2014 team is far better than the record suggests wiThl minimal coaching and roster management. How the Fuq do you let Desmond transfer?

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  • topdawgnc
    topdawgnc Member Posts: 7,839
    Romar is the best Washington can hope for.

    Don't you know this is Washington. Look at his championships.

    Pac-12 Regular Season Championship (2012)
    Pac-10 Regular Season Championship (2009)
    Pac-10 Tournament Championship (2005, 2010, 2011)

    He's had 10 1st or 2nd round draft choices ... that's more than Don James!

    He's made the Big Dance as the number 1 seed.

    He also has a 63% winning record.

    He may have gone 3-10 in the Pac this year, but he was 14-11 overall ... think about that ... he only lost one OCC game ... including a win over OU! You know what that does for NATIONAL RECRUITING! 8-1 against the likes of OU ... that's what recruits care about! Not some lounge.

    You guys remind me of the talking heads in 1988 who wanted Don James fired!

    Get a grip.
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  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,399
    Hec-Ed isn't hoops specific but it's pretty close. Nicer amenities for recruits (player's lounge, etc) could help though.

    We're stuck with Romar for next season but at least he's bringing in a good recruiting class.

    2016-2017? Who knows.

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