Nothing says classy like gauging a state by the cost of smokes.
Do you close your eyes while driving through Kentucky North? Indiana looks just like Illinois with more meth.
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Do you close your eyes while driving through Kentucky North? Indiana looks just like Illinois with more meth.
You know no one has said that you can’t put Howard on whatever tier you want, right? We are all giving our own opinions.
We know that it is highly unlikely that he comes back, and if he doesn't return, we won't be shocked. However, he's also indicating to people that he would return under the right circumstances. If it weren't for the schoolwork, he'd be back.
Seventeen finalists for the 2021 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Cup Team were announced Monday night, following four practice sessions over two days at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas that involved 26 players. The list of finalists includes 10 players who completed their first collegiate season in 2020-21 and seven players from the high school class of 2021.
Named as finalists were: Patrick Baldwin Jr. (Hamilton H.S./Sussex, Wis.); Kendall Brown (Sunrise Christian Academy /Cottage Grove, Minn.); Kennedy Chandler (Sunrise Christian Academy/Memphis, Tenn.); Jonathan Davis (Wisconsin/La Crosse, Wis.); Caleb Furst (Blackhawk Christian School/Fort Wayne, Ind.); Jordan Hall (Texas A&M/Wildwood, N.J.); Chet Holmgren (Minnehaha Academy/Minneapolis, Minn.); Harrison Ingram (St. Mark’s School/Dallas, Texas); Jaden Ivey (Purdue /South Bend, Ind.); Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton/St. Louis, Mo.); Kenneth Lofton Jr. (Louisiana Tech/Port Arthur, Texas); Mike Miles (TCU/Lancaster, Texas); Adam Miller (Louisiana State/Chicago, Ill.); Trey Patterson (Villanova /Somerset, N.J.); .); Deivon Smith (Georgia Tech/Loganville, Ga.); Jabari Walker (Colorado/Inglewood, Calif.) and Peyton Watson (Long Beach Poly Tech H.S./Long Beach, Calif).
Named as finalists were: Patrick Baldwin Jr. (Hamilton H.S./Sussex, Wis.); Kendall Brown (Sunrise Christian Academy /Cottage Grove, Minn.); Kennedy Chandler (Sunrise Christian Academy/Memphis, Tenn.); Jonathan Davis (Wisconsin/La Crosse, Wis.); Caleb Furst (Blackhawk Christian School/Fort Wayne, Ind.); Jordan Hall (Texas A&M/Wildwood, N.J.); Chet Holmgren (Minnehaha Academy/Minneapolis, Minn.); Harrison Ingram (St. Mark’s School/Dallas, Texas); Jaden Ivey (Purdue /South Bend, Ind.); Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton/St. Louis, Mo.); Kenneth Lofton Jr. (Louisiana Tech/Port Arthur, Texas); Mike Miles (TCU/Lancaster, Texas); Adam Miller (Louisiana State/Chicago, Ill.); Trey Patterson (Villanova /Somerset, N.J.); .); Deivon Smith (Georgia Tech/Loganville, Ga.); Jabari Walker (Colorado/Inglewood, Calif.) and Peyton Watson (Long Beach Poly Tech H.S./Long Beach, Calif).
I think we've seen that Howard can coach and bring guys in that fit his system already. He's not a do more with less guy, but he won't have to be.
Illinois isn't a great state. Indiana has all the downside without any upside outside of a lower tax rate. Plus you get the regions in Indiana where having teeth is bougee.
Biggest question moving forward with Howard is roster construction IMO. Does he consistently construct a roster in the right way(ie are there enough guards, wings, ball handlers, and a nice balance of upper and lower class guys). He can recruit and and coach the hell out of of x and o’s.
I'd say that's the question for most coaches, but that's accurate. I'm interested to see his x's and o's moving forward. I think Underwood exposed him this season when he didn't have a mismatch in the post, and he didn't adjust well at all. That said, that's one game, and he had some games where the coaching was really good.
The state of Illinois is trashed everywhere. It's not Hawaii. I'm fine with it. I will move away from it one day. I'm just not blind enough to pretend Indiana isn't all cornfields and crackheads.
Yes, wanting to live somewhere that has the amenities that I allow me to live my life to the fullest rather than spend my life in a place that's okay and comfortable does say a lot about me. I appreciate the compliment.
You're very self conscious about the state you live in and what it says about you. It's an interesting take.
So ****ing soft. Grow the **** up. Just the next generation of pussies. No wonder they didn't play well last year. Their feelings were hurt.
Word is Alando leaked it.
Oh I absolutely agree, but with this out here now, you have to think that changes things.
Are you guys going to keep around a coach that the players said they never developed a relationship with and they wouldn’t recommend to recruits to play for?
This isn't the first time ex players have said these things. Same things were said about Bo. This type of meeting didn't happen under Bo because they were all too scared. The coach isn't your buddy or best friend. Kids are just soft as baby shit these days.
That UW program has had an inordinate amount of drama come from it the past 4 years. Nigel Hayes, Kobe King, Strength guy getting fired, and now this. Gard slowly sinking the ship Ryan built.
Absolutely. Underwood expected the talent to eventually take over. It did not.
Lol okay, bud. I don't give a shit.
Gard is a good coach but he’s not Bo, and with all of this drama surrounding him and former players saying they wouldn’t recommend playing for him, is it worth the trouble to keep him around?
Wisconsin is no recruiting powerhouse in basketball but you can’t imagine this does them any favors.
Wisconsin is no recruiting powerhouse in basketball but you can’t imagine this does them any favors.
I’m old school. **** your feelings kind of guy. This will be an interesting season. He either sinks or swims.@jwardelt has a higher opinion of Gard than his own players do.
Sounds like stability issues at Wisconsin. I know a guy who could help that
Donald Trump is a well-known stable genius. Will Wisconsin have the balls to do it? Time will tell.
I hate Trump, but damn if I wouldn't love watching him try to coach basketball. The post-game press conferences would be must-see TV.I could get on board with that.
At least Sam Dekker is calling out these betas for what they are.
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