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I jumped off my couch as high as Keith Smart when that shot went through the net. You’re right, IU intentionally fouled Syracuse’s poorest foul shooters… and THAT’S what won the game for Indiana. ___________________ Company, villainous company hath been the spoil of me. | |||
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That's what a good coach does!
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| Victim of Life's Circumstances  |
So how is everybody's bracket doing? Going into today I've got 28 points but have a couple of dead-ends going forward, thanks Purdue, Arizona.  I think Painter lost control of his team and there must have been a major personality conflict. The team fell apart the last month of the season and usually a breakdown like that, when there aren't major injuries, is clubhouse related. ________________________ God spelled backwards is dog | |||
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In addition to being outplayed, we got outcoached yesterday too. The Boiler "faithful" didn't even make it 5 minutes after the game before calling for Painter's firing. I too like Painter but sometimes his coaching frustrates me just like when he was Purdue's starting point guard (he was a senior when I was a freshman). As a point guard, many times per game he'd drive the lane, not take the shot or pass, dribble down the baseline, and dribble back out to set-up the offense again. That's some slowwwww, conservative basketball that is agonizing to watch. That's how I felt last night watching his game plan fall apart, and not make any meaningful changes. A few weeks ago, I attended one of the best executive development training classes of my career. The instructor was a former Olympic swim coach and he shared a story about Canada Olympic's most impactful coach who was was a brilliant sports psyhchologist. Their World Champion speed skater got her butt kicked badly in the Olympics and didn't medal. She was cooling down on the stationary bike and obviously emotional and one of the Team Canada coaches wanted to go console her. The brilliant sports psychologist stopped the well intentioned coach and said, "No, let her live this and learn from it." It motivated the crap out of the speedskater and next World Championship she was clean sweep gold medal in every event she raced. In other words, I think Purdue should let Painter and team live this humiliating defeat. Don't fire anybody, but instead let them use if to analyze what they did wrong before and during, and let it fuel their drive for next season. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
23 here. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Go Terps… | |||
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 Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
21 of 63 big suckage in selections just didn't have the upsets correct. My South bracket, like most everyone in the worlds, is FUBAR, however I have Alabama vs Baylor to be in the Elite 8 so there is that. Outside of Purdue the East is good, the West region, only Missed 2 picks. Final 4 is still good so far... Purdue coach has some issues with his game plan, they play too slow, which is ok in conference, but there are some higher speed teams out there, and FDU just turned on the burners, Purdue did well to almost keep up. Heck even Barkley picked that game and how it should be played by FDU and Purdue, he was right... There was a lot of chatter about Purdue going to have issues because they didn't have the guard play they needed to advance, just didn't think it would be this early. All I have to add is Go Vols..... | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss |
After they take out Duke, I have them losing to Purdue. Oh, wait...  ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| Victim of Life's Circumstances |
I've got Purdue vs IU in finals and Arizona in elite 8 so several closed doors in my bracket.________________________ God spelled backwards is dog | |||
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| Banned for showing his ass |
Gonzaga for the win ... ! My daughter was a law school professor here, got an MBA at GU and owns a house in Spokane (though maybe selling). Saw many basketball games here ! | |||
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Keeping the economy moving since 1964 |
Na na na nah....na na na nah, hey ayy ayy, goodbye Sorry, could not resist.  ----------------------- You can't fall off the floor. | |||
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Wooooo Piiiiigggg Sooiieeee! | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss |
That makes Gonzaga's road a little easier. And Princeton wins again! ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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My college may as well be D2. But on a work team of 9, I have 2 co workers who graduated from Gonzaga within the last few years so I will root for them. I’m Surprised at the early top seed upsets. Unless you went to Fairleigh Dickinson, your bracket is fooked. | |||
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| I have lived the greatest adventure  |
A lot of early bracket-busting this year, but overall some of the best games I've seen in a tournament. Auburn played like they have all season - on absolute fire some games, then total meltdowns in others. Really disappointing. I picked Connecticut to win the whole shebang, but Arizona and Purdue in the final four. Phone's ringing, Dude. | |||
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| Live for today. Tomorrow will cost more  |
I made a little side bet with one of my Sgt's regarding the two NJ schools in the tourney. No way in hell they'd both make it past the first round, I said. Especially Princeton going up against AZ, I said. ... So that cost me a day off Friday, where I helped prepare 400+ pounds of corned beef sammiches at the local KofC fund raiser. Now I remember why I rarely bet on sports... Should have learned my lesson in '89 with my alma mater Seton Hall. suaviter in modo, fortiter in re | |||
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Who's house! COOG'S HOUSE! Kelvin Sampson's got the University of Houston well-positioned. And Marcus Sasser back at 100%. ============================== On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory. Gen. Douglas MacArthur | |||
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Goodnight Hoosiers! | |||
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Nice to see UK eliminated. Perennial pretenders. | |||
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