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Posted on 10/29/24 at 11:19 pm to diddlydawg7
Posted on 10/29/24 at 11:19 pm to diddlydawg7
Poor thing you don't realize how Mike White basketball works.
You'll have some impressive wins early and get your hopes up. But you'll end up mediocre to bad. Every. Single. Year.
Same exact story plays out every year.
Welcome to Mike White basketball.
You'll have some impressive wins early and get your hopes up. But you'll end up mediocre to bad. Every. Single. Year.
Same exact story plays out every year.
Welcome to Mike White basketball.
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 11:25 pm to SM1010
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But you'll end up mediocre to bad.
Uhm, it's Georgia basketball. Being mediocre to bad is better than terrible to lifeless.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 12:20 am to SM1010
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Welcome to Mike White basketball.
For UGA that's still a massive improvement.
He should be able to ride it out there for 5-7 seasons based on what they are used to alone. Maybe he could break through every now and then, but even if not, he'll stabilize them for a bit.
This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 12:21 am
Posted on 10/30/24 at 12:50 am to SM1010
Yet he’s still easily the 2nd best coach in UF history
Posted on 10/30/24 at 6:12 am to diddlydawg7
Yeah….i like UGAs roster but I just can’t buy into any team coached by Mike White. Truly an awful basketball coach
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:04 am to diddlydawg7
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Yet he’s still easily the 2nd best coach in UF history
Lon Kruger doesn't go by Mike White these days, neither does Norm Sloan.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:24 am to SM1010
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Poor thing you don't realize how Mike White basketball works.
You'll have some impressive wins early and get your hopes up. But you'll end up mediocre to bad. Every. Single. Year.
Same exact story plays out every year.
Welcome to Mike White basketball.
I swear we'll be in year 10 of the White tenure and UF fans will still act like jilted lovers left at the alter. I don't know how many times we're going to have to have this exact same conversation.
-At UF y'all were pissed that you "only" made sweet 16s. At UGA that would be one of the best seasons in school history (that point alone is so sad that it could take a whole nother thread but that's not the point here).
-After the dumpster fires of fox and crean most UGA fans just wanted some signs of improvmenet and hope that the program was heading in the right direction. We won 16 games his first year and 20 his second (and made the NIT semis). That's improvement.
-Our recruiting is better than it's been, possibly ever. We currently have the best top to bottom roster we've had in my lifetime
Thsi isn't football. It's not "if we don't make the elite 8 it's a failure". If we even simply MAKE the tourney people will practically carry white off the court on their shoulders. Winning even one single game in the tourney? Give the man whatever he wants. You and all the others are so incredibly ignorant of UGA basketball expecatations and/or history that you don't realize copmaring our situation to UF's is like comparing grapefruit to tennis balls.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:28 am to mistaken4193
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ruly an awful basketball coach
"Awful". I don't think you know what that word means.
-In his first job at a perceived lower level school he had a 72% win percentage and made the postseason 3 out of 4 years.
-At big boy school Florida he made the postseason 5 out of 7 years with 4 sweet 16s and an elite 8.Won less than 19 games only once and never had a losing conference record
-Now at the worst bball program in the SEC this century, basically the equivalent of vanderbilt football, he has improved every year and has us on the verge of making the tourney for the first time in over a decade
You can call him a lot of things, but "awful" isn't one of them. Like at all.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:32 am to WG_Dawg
quote:Wouldn't say he's actually "awful" but he's definitely so frustrating that you might call him "awful" sometimes even when it's not actually warranted.
You can call him a lot of things, but "awful" isn't one of them.
Can recruit pretty well and show some promise but almost always finds a way to underperform his expectations, outside of that one season where he got UF to the Elite 8.
Usually fields a good defense, but his offensive philosophy is so conservative, causing him to blow leads and games.
If he can maintain what he usually does yearly at UGA, at worst he'll leave them in a better place than he found them, which might not be saying much, but it is an improvement.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:40 am to Partha
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Can recruit pretty well and show some promise but almost always finds a way to underperform his expectations,
again though, people always cite this from the lens of UF's expectations. Alabama has underachieved every season since their last national title but they certainly don't suck, they aren't awful, etc they just have exepctations yearly to win the national title so losing 2 games seems like a disaster. At UF they expect final 4s so "only" getting to the sweet 16 looks bad. You gotta underand though a sweet 16 at UGA would practically get him a statue.
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If he can maintain what he usually does yearly at UGA
this yera just looks and feels different. Thsi is as copmlete and talented as a roster as we've potentially ever had.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:41 am to Partha
I just think he is too nice. He does some things very well as a coach. He will have Georgia competitive every year. He came very close to a final 4, so it's not like he didn't have any success at UF.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:42 am to diddlydawg7
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: Mike White's squad will at least be on the bubble.
UF fans like to call this the Mike White special. LOVES to live on that bubble
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:56 am to thunderbird1100
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UF fans like to call this the Mike White special. LOVES to live on that bubble
which is terrific for UGA.
That'd be like turning up your nose and laughing at vanderbilt for "ONLY" making the citrus bowl.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:58 am to mistaken4193
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Mike White. Truly an awful basketball coach
That's a ridiculous statement. I'm not sure he's ever had an awful basketball team in his career. His worst teams of his career record wise were his first year at La Tech (18-16) and his first year at UGA (16-16). His worst team at Florida went 19-12. He never had a losing SEC season at Florida.
At best he's a very solid above average coach. At worst he's a very average basketball coach. But there is zero evidence in his background to say he's an "awful" basketball coach.
This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 9:06 am
Posted on 10/30/24 at 9:02 am to WG_Dawg
quote:Early last season I thought you guys might've been able to sneak into the tourney starting 14-5 with only conference losses to top 10 UK and Tennessee (although we knew what happened with UK, at the time they were top 10), but then ended up in the NIT.
again though, people always cite this from the lens of UF's expectations.
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this yera just looks and feels different. Thsi is as copmlete and talented as a roster as we've potentially ever had.
That's a typical theme with Mike White. He recruits well enough to have some promise and then starts seasons off well enough get some excitement and then peters out.
We will see. I always wonder if this will be the year he breaks through but he somehow has always managed to underdeliver on the potential that he seems to be able to have every year. Maybe this year he will finally put it all together.
But he is a nice guy and I wouldn't be mad to see him finally get it, especially at a traditionally poor program like Georgia. Would be good for the conference and good for him.
This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 9:04 am
Posted on 10/30/24 at 9:03 am to WG_Dawg
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At big boy school Florida he made the postseason 5 out of 7 years with 4 sweet 16s and an elite 8.Won less than 19 games only once and never had a losing conference record
shite, he does that at Georgia, and we will name the court after him.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 9:35 am to bigDgator
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Lon Kruger doesn't go by Mike White these days, neither does Norm Sloan.
I’m gonna bookmark this because I’ve had this conversation dozens of times. You can’t make a legitimate argument for either of those guys having a better career than Mike White.
Career Win Pct
White: .617
Kruger: .565
Sloan: .548
20 win Seasons
White: 5 out of 7
Kruger: 1 out of 6
Sloan: 3 out of 15 (but played fewer games)
Losing Seasons
Sloan: 4 out of 15
Kruger: 2 out of 6
White: 0 out of 7
Tournament Appearances
White: 4 out of 6 (COVID)
Kruger: 2 out of 6
Sloan: 3 out of 15
Round of 32
White: 3 out of 6
Kruger: 1 out of 6
Sloan: 2 out of 15
Sweet 16
White: 1 out of 6
Kruger: 1 out of 6
Sloan: 1 out of 15
Elite 8
White: 1 out of 6
Kruger: 1 out of 6
Sloan: 1 out of 15
Final 4
White: 0 out of 6
Kruger: 1 out of 6
Sloan: 0 out of 15
Not to mention that White coached in a way more competitive SEC. Like, it’s not even close.
He had an objectively better career than both. Especially Sloan. That’s why I can’t take you seriously. He’s literally worse in every metric and went 5-22 one year. That’s not a serious comparison
This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 9:41 am
Posted on 10/30/24 at 9:56 am to diddlydawg7
People this big should not be this athletic
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Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:05 am to WG_Dawg
"This year feels different".
Yes that is the biggest frustration with Mike White. Show promise early in the season and end up underachieving.
You're going to be saying "this feels different" every single year. Then be disappointed every single year.
Sure Georgia fans might be ok with mediocrity for now due to your history. But I guarantee you will grow tired of the underachieving every year eventually. It's human nature.
And when you do get to that point you'll see UF's point of view
Yes that is the biggest frustration with Mike White. Show promise early in the season and end up underachieving.
You're going to be saying "this feels different" every single year. Then be disappointed every single year.
Sure Georgia fans might be ok with mediocrity for now due to your history. But I guarantee you will grow tired of the underachieving every year eventually. It's human nature.
And when you do get to that point you'll see UF's point of view
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:07 am to diddlydawg7
Mike White the bubble king
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