Saturday, March 7, 2009

Here are some pasted comments from an on-line newspaper. They were posted after today's basketball game. Identifying elements have been removed.
Guess the school and coach!

1)"The problems that this team has had the entire season was their demise today.Turnovers and 3 point shooting..."
2)"...isn't the sign of a well coached team one that gets better as the year goes on. After the way the team seemingly regressed during the second half of the season, and the total collapse today one has to wonder a little."
3)"...the point guard position needs help!!!"
4)"They are done - with NCAA."
5)"When will these guys stand up to a good team? Give me a break."
6)"Falls squarely on the shoulders of Coach ____. He has been a horrible bench coach all season and it was just poetic justice that... questionable coaching decisions the entire (conference) season. Too bad the kids are the ones who have to suffer the loss because the koolaid drinkers will always find a way to defend this pitiful coach."
7)"I'm still supporting ___ but when you start (with a good record) and not make the NCAA tourney (most likely)...something is wrong. There is some lack of experience and talent deficiences (former coach's leftovers for the most part). But, the team should have been able to gut out enough wins to at least make it. The (conference) is okay...but it's not the Big East of ACC!!!!"
8)"Don't be too hard on (the coach) yet. Let him recruit more for next year plus the gained experience of this years returning veterans will allow us to judge the man in a much fairer light"
9)"The folded the complete second half of the season....As I have always said they do NOT belong in the NCAA tournament...And maybe not even the NIT....They don't deserve it the way they played.."
10)"Its obvious _____ can't coach because his teams play sloppy basketball and they didn't improve during the season."
11)"I find it incredible that people are calling for the firing of a coach who inherited a program in tatters, is rebuilding it quickly, has took every team he's coached to the ... brought in an obviously good recruiting class and has another one coming next year. .. Yes, they need better guard play. And maturity. Give him a chance."

If you guessed Minnesota Golden Gophers and Tubby Smith, you won!


Out of curiosity, I checked the Gainseville Sun's comments section attached to the article about Florida's loss to Georgia. Then I checked comments on some other basketball articles in that paper.
What stood out was not the negative comments or lack thereof. It was the complete disinterest. Nobody in Florida cares about basketball. Weirdos.

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