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  1. You could say it was innovative at the time I guess, but now a lot of courts are out there that are similar in their design, you are also right it isn't as bad in person, it's still ugly when compared to other courts that are either minimalist or a bit jazzy.
  2. You see this right here is what should not be allowed to happen, you made a choice now stick to it, in the NFL you can't sign on the dotted line during free agency and then call backsies after making the move.
  3. The stuff about the ACC keeping the media rights even after the exit fee is ridiculous, but the buy out amount is fine, everyone agreed to it, it was stupid by the presidents in the ACC to agree to such a long media deal in the first place, you can't agree to something and then call unfair now that the market has shifted. I would hate to see the league suffer the same fate as the Pac-12, in a lot of ways we mirror each other, states on the coast, a collection of schools that have very good to great academic reputations, great history in basketball, good history in football but not dominate. It has probably had more transition over the years compared to the Pac, but it would be a shame to see it destroyed by greed. At the same time Clemson and FSU probably don't see much other choice in the way that things are now progressing, it's damn shame.
  4. Everyone agrees about the court! GET RID OF THAT ABOMINATION! I don't care if it was designed by Tinker Hatfield, it's ugly and not even innovative! Getting back to the game, some of their observations aren't that untrue. Dante can turn the ball over under pressure, Couisnard is a decent player but no means a star, Shelsted is a small guard who can be bullied some if he can't get space, and our conference has been a bit of joke for the last few years, while the SEC has become much better. I think it's a toss up game, but if I was USC I would be confident as well, they've had a great season for their program, they're on the rise, they're playing a team that has been inconsistent in the extreme, and hasn't shot well at all.
  5. Nah, we weren't even getting in before this, we'll be a 12 seed at best.
  6. I would disagree except for this one reason...we have a coach who knows how to coach in the tournament. I would actually think a lot of teams would like to play a team that relies on a center who isn't an outstanding playmaker. Dante isn't bad at distributing but it's not like he's a passing wizard. We haven't shown a lot of shooting the last 5 or so weeks, we don't hit free throws, we aren't very long or super athletic, and we don't have much coming off the bench now, we have a LOT of flaws. On paper we are very beatable, but we do have a history of pulling off upsets in the tournament with teams that others don't see as that dangerous, we did it when we had guys like Kazemi and EJ Singler, or being led in points by Lou King, not exactly the most scary looking teams, but we have a coach who knows how to win in a tourney situation. So we have a chance, we'll have to shoot it better than we have, but we have a chance to get a win or two.
  7. That's the best performance by an Oregon center in a looooooonnnnggggg time. Tell me we should be thinking about moving on from Altman now!
  8. I think this story is one of the top 3 most interesting developments in college football next year. What can Chip do with superior talent and the ability to simply coach without worrying about all the things that come with being the head coach, I don't think they're going to even have him worry much about recruiting, just let him be offensive guru he was made to be.
  9. I would hate to be Mullens in this spot, it's a really high buyout, but this has gone from being disappointing to a complete dumpster fire of a program, it's now embarrassing how pathetic this team has become, it isn't just a lack of talent or a lack of coaching, it's a lack of caring now, the girls seem to expect to get boat raced now. Promising players have regressed substantially. If I was Van Slooten, Kyei or Gray I would transfer immediately in order to get to a better situation and be better coached.
  10. There's definitely some truth that getting Stubblefield would help, good assistants always help, some of the injuries are just bad luck, I mean you can't do anything about an injury like the ones Bittle, Barthelemy, and Zarzuela had, it's just dumb luck. Typically with strength and conditioning coaches you look into things like strains or torn muscles. There's not a lot you can do about broken bones or really bad sprains, that's just the way the cookie crumbles. Dante has been blessed with some great skills but also has been plagued by the age old killer of big men (bad feet), it's just one of those things I think you're born with, not much you can do about that. Biggest blow during the year I think was the Barthelemy injury, it really hurt to lose the only other point guard on the team, Rigsby is not a point guard and neither is Couisnard. We lost a good shooter and much better defender when you compare Barthelemy to Shelsted, it upset the balance of the team. I think we probably beat UCLA, WSU, and Cal with him. S&C is certainly something that should be looked into, but I think the team is just simply snake bit.
  11. And this is why it's ridiculous to consider Altman the cause of the disappointment for this year, he's been dealt incredibly bad luck the last three years. When I look at the teams that have missed the least amount of games....Surprise!!!! it's all the teams dominating this season. It's almost like you need your best players in order to play well. At no point this year has the team had their full compliment of players, I don't think there's even been a game where they've only been down 2 or 3 players, I think the opening game is the closest they've been, and guess what they killed Georgia in that game.
  12. I guess it might be about where the tickets are and also how long are you willing to wait to get the tickets. I don't have the ability to make it to all the games, so I usually get tickets with my best friend who goes to all the games buying second hand tickets, if you wait until the day before or even the day of, you can get pretty good deals, I'm not surprised you could get your money back on premium tickets to the USC game. Thinking about it more, I guess the tOSU fan will make a profit if he is able to sell the other tickets, so maybe I jumped to a conclusion in retrospect, just seems like a lot a work for the tickets, that's just me though.
  13. I'm just going go ahead and say that tOSU fan is simply not very smart, to think you won't be able to get tickets either through the opponent allotment or through the second hand market is insane. It will of course be a sellout, but I doubt prices are going to be higher than what a season ticket would cost. I don't go to every game but I'm able to get tickets pretty much always if I'm willing to pay for it, I don't think I've seen a game where ticket prices have been so high that I wouldn't at least think about going. Highest I've paid for tickets is probably around 140 a pop, expensive of course, but not anywhere close to a season ticket, and that's a day before the game.
  14. If you're talking about why they're getting ridiculous injuries it's the trainer and the strength and conditioning coach that should be questioned. Even with the injuries it hasn't been a terrible year, it's been disappointing sure, but not to where I would be firing anybody, I still think he's an elite coach He's a hall of fame coach who hasn't had seasons like those of Boeheim or others who at the end of the their career cratered. He has never not reached 20 wins in a season at Oregon, the last time he had a season under .500 was 1995/6! I totally understand being frustrated with this season, but I don't think you'll find a coach who is better out there who will come to Oregon.
  15. In my opinion the calls for Altman are premature, he's by far the most successful basketball coach Oregon has ever had, a down year for him is around 20 wins with a NIT invite, he's had decimating injuries the last three years, let's see how he does if has any semblance of an off-season where he isn't scrambling to put together 10 players together in order to scrimmage, or completely having to change his style mid-season. Graves has had injuries this season, but it's a completely different situation where players are leaving in droves (players that are wanted), his teams have also seemed to regress in basic knowledge of the game, and they don't even play hard. It's turned into a garbage fire of a season.
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