heels09
| Favorite team: | North Carolina  |
| Location: | |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | |
| Occupation: | |
| Number of Posts: | 16 |
| Registered on: | 2/29/2024 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
Recent Posts
Message
re: A Kentucky fan's perspective on the state of the program
Posted by heels09 on 3/22/24 at 12:04 pm
They’ve lost multiple times to double digit seeds recently and they’ve also had other vexing regular season losses (UNC-W), so safe to say it’s a becoming a trend. To that end I completely understand the frustration and think the Cal era has officially run its course.
On the other hand, these tournament upsets do happen. Even despite all of Cal’s flaws, the freshmen jitters, etc. Kentucky beats Oakland and St Peter’s 98 times out of 100. At least some of this is just tough luck and horrible timing. Even if they went on to lose in the second round or sweet 16 in ‘22 and this season, I think the temperature of the fan base would be much different right now. Some frustration for sure, but not at this level.
Agreed 100%. It’s easy to laugh and drink the tears when these kind of things happen to the heavy hitters, but as someone who lives for UNC basketball and has sat through plenty of agonizing losses and rough seasons, I can empathize with how they’re feeling today. Don’t really get much schadenfreude out of it.
On the other hand, these tournament upsets do happen. Even despite all of Cal’s flaws, the freshmen jitters, etc. Kentucky beats Oakland and St Peter’s 98 times out of 100. At least some of this is just tough luck and horrible timing. Even if they went on to lose in the second round or sweet 16 in ‘22 and this season, I think the temperature of the fan base would be much different right now. Some frustration for sure, but not at this level.
quote:
The crowd shots of Kentucky fans in the Oakland game were painful to watch if you have any empathy for fans who live through their teams
Agreed 100%. It’s easy to laugh and drink the tears when these kind of things happen to the heavy hitters, but as someone who lives for UNC basketball and has sat through plenty of agonizing losses and rough seasons, I can empathize with how they’re feeling today. Don’t really get much schadenfreude out of it.
1
re: Who is the greatest basketball coach at a southern school?
Posted by heels09 on 3/14/24 at 8:19 pm
I think the answer has to be K just based on all of the counting stats like total wins, FFs, national titles, regular season and conf. tournament titles, etc.
Dean’s four corners is getting panned a lot I see. Not going to deny that it was kind of lame lol. Only pushback would be that he really only used four corners when he needed to salt away close, low-scoring games. His teams played a relatively fast-paced style for the most part and he still won a lot after the shot clock was implemented.
In any case, I think Roy was better than Dean.
Dean’s four corners is getting panned a lot I see. Not going to deny that it was kind of lame lol. Only pushback would be that he really only used four corners when he needed to salt away close, low-scoring games. His teams played a relatively fast-paced style for the most part and he still won a lot after the shot clock was implemented.
In any case, I think Roy was better than Dean.
re: Mizzou Senior missing in Nashville-*UPDATED*-Found Deceased
Posted by heels09 on 3/13/24 at 9:05 am
No one was comparing the safety of those places. The guy that originally brought up Beale and Bourbon was just using those as examples of places that belligerently drunk people can blend into a crowd, which I think is fair.
re: Mizzou Senior missing in Nashville-*UPDATED*-Found Deceased
Posted by heels09 on 3/13/24 at 8:43 am
quote:
I don’t think he was saying it’s unsafe. Just that there’s a bunch of drunk people contained within a relatively small area
Exactly. I love Nashville, I have family there and visit relatively frequently. Broadway isn’t exactly my scene but I’ve gone out in the area enough on weekend nights to have a feel for it. I wouldn’t consider it inherently unsafe at all. For how rowdy it can get, I actually think the city does a good job of handling the crowds compared to other similar bar areas across the country. My only point was that it’s still an environment where someone can be stumbling drunk and it’s not inconceivable that no one really notices, simply because of the sheer volume of other drunk people.
I would agree with the other guy that Beale, French Quarter, dirty 6th in Austin, etc. are much more of a free for all and dangerous in comparison.
re: Mizzou Senior missing in Nashville-*UPDATED*-Found Deceased
Posted by heels09 on 3/12/24 at 9:04 pm
Been to all 3. I’m not disparaging them at all, but I would say those are perfectly fine examples of cities that have strips of bars that are crowded and rowdy enough where even an extremely drunk person can wander down the street and still somewhat blend into the crowd.
It’s not a hill I’m going to die on so though if you disagree then I’m genuinely curious to hear why, instead of just saying you “I can tell you’re ignorant” again.
It’s not a hill I’m going to die on so though if you disagree then I’m genuinely curious to hear why, instead of just saying you “I can tell you’re ignorant” again.
re: Mizzou Senior missing in Nashville-*UPDATED*-Found Deceased
Posted by heels09 on 3/12/24 at 8:32 pm
quote:
his is completely ignorant.
Those were just the two places the guy I was responding to used as examples. What’s ignorant about it?
re: Mizzou Senior missing in Nashville-*UPDATED*-Found Deceased
Posted by heels09 on 3/12/24 at 8:11 pm
Broadway on a weekend night is one of the few other places outside of New Orleans and Memphis where the crowd is dense and the people all drunk enough to the point that even someone in as bad of shape as this guy could conceivably “blend in”.
re: Does any SEC team take a chance on hiring Bucky McMillan from Samford?
Posted by heels09 on 3/12/24 at 4:17 pm
Guy has an impressive resume so far, but this would still feel like a big reach for an SEC team. Think you would want to see him go to a conference like the AAC, Sun Belt, MWC, etc. and succeed there first.
re: Has anyone aged more than Kirby Smart over the last 5 years?
Posted by heels09 on 3/12/24 at 3:00 pm
Sheesh, he’s starting to look like Mack Brown here lol.
re: I for one applaud the USC vs LSU brawl
Posted by heels09 on 3/11/24 at 11:38 am
Yes, sports are always better when there’s true bad blood like this.
Obviously you don’t want to see a full scale brawl with punches that spills over into the crowd, but some hard fouls that result in a little bit of shoving and the benches getting in each others faces? Really not that big of a deal. Just separate the sides and get back to the game. There’s no need to stop the game for 30 minutes to look at every angle of the replay while the announcers act like we’ve just witnessed malice in the palace 2.0.
Obviously you don’t want to see a full scale brawl with punches that spills over into the crowd, but some hard fouls that result in a little bit of shoving and the benches getting in each others faces? Really not that big of a deal. Just separate the sides and get back to the game. There’s no need to stop the game for 30 minutes to look at every angle of the replay while the announcers act like we’ve just witnessed malice in the palace 2.0.
re: Basketball Challenges?…
Posted by heels09 on 3/10/24 at 8:02 pm
Don’t hate the idea in a vacuum if the officials could handle reviews efficiently. Sadly, they take 10x longer than they should with the reviews they already do and it totally fricks up the flow at the end of close games. For that reason, no to any additional reviews.
Most of the time when people complain that something was cooler 20 years ago I roll my eyes, but that really is the case with SXSW. Almost everything is geared towards people with corporate passes.
You can still find some cool events worth checking out here and there if you live close by, but overall it’s not worth traveling or going out of your way to attend anymore imo.
You can still find some cool events worth checking out here and there if you live close by, but overall it’s not worth traveling or going out of your way to attend anymore imo.
re: Why does the SEC Tourney Champ in hoops mean more then the SEC regular season champ?
Posted by heels09 on 3/7/24 at 9:11 am
Way back in the day the ACC declared that the winner of the conference tournament was officially the “ACC Champion”, and some fan bases in our conference still cling hard to that. I always thought that was stupid. The conference tournament is fun in its own way, but winning the regular season feels like the more impressive accomplishment.
re: Famous professional athletes/coaches you've met,ETA: not from your own favorite SEC school
Posted by heels09 on 3/5/24 at 9:21 pm
Shame to hear that about Dean. I interacted with him several times at banquets and got my picture with him at a golf tournament once and he was always pleasant enough, but have also heard that he was kind of a reserved and aloof guy with the tendency to give people the cold shoulder.
re: Ranking SEC State flags
Posted by heels09 on 3/4/24 at 9:10 am
It’s pretty funny considering the previous version had the giant confederate battle flag. The new one is just less overt to most people I guess.
re: Let's talk expansion. UVA or Va Tech
Posted by heels09 on 2/29/24 at 11:51 am
It’s been awhile since I’ve lived in NC so I’m not personally very in tune with the state government. The consensus on our message board though is that the people in power at the state level that call the shots for the university system are actually mostly NCST fans, and they’re working hard to pass legislation that will tie the two schools together if/when any conference realignment happens.
We’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. I like the ACC for what it is in terms of the rivalries/matchups. Unfortunately, the marquee programs like FSU/Clemson football, UNC/Duke basketball, etc. are only going to fall further behind the BIG and SEC moving forward if they stay in the ACC. One way or another it looks like that will be the catalyst that breaks up the conference. If the choice is to stay in our original conference while our athletic programs slowly fall behind, or jump to a P2, I guess I would pick the latter option. Nothing against the BIG or SEC, but we would be an outcast in either conference.
We’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. I like the ACC for what it is in terms of the rivalries/matchups. Unfortunately, the marquee programs like FSU/Clemson football, UNC/Duke basketball, etc. are only going to fall further behind the BIG and SEC moving forward if they stay in the ACC. One way or another it looks like that will be the catalyst that breaks up the conference. If the choice is to stay in our original conference while our athletic programs slowly fall behind, or jump to a P2, I guess I would pick the latter option. Nothing against the BIG or SEC, but we would be an outcast in either conference.
Popular
56
