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by TheGreatCatsby
Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:22 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Coach Sumlin
Replies: 986
Views: 62974

Re: Coach Sumlin

Any chance Sumlin can flip an Ohio State recruit decommit or two? Meyer is basically done there it appears.
by TheGreatCatsby
Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:56 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 14 Khalil Tate (Aug 2017-Aug 2018)
Replies: 629
Views: 42156

Re: 14 Khalil Tate

Well if scenario B is true, then that's pretty bad ass by Heeke.
by TheGreatCatsby
Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:50 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: BEER! SWEET GLORIOUS BEER!
Replies: 45
Views: 1196

Re: BEER! SWEET GLORIOUS BEER!

Yea it's a no brainer using some local if possible. Could set up a local producer sales locations in the stadium, keep it simple selling 3 of its products to cover the spectrum, like a blond ale, an amber beer, and a dark beer, think they'd do well.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:22 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: BEER! SWEET GLORIOUS BEER!
Replies: 45
Views: 1196

Re: BEER! SWEET GLORIOUS BEER!

Some local Barrio beers would be good.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Jul 26, 2018 1:26 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 14 Khalil Tate (Aug 2017-Aug 2018)
Replies: 629
Views: 42156

Re: 14 Khalil Tate

Like Sumlin said yesterday, Tate really just hasn't played many games yet so he's still got a lot to learn. The fine motor skills of the position if you will. Tate mentioned he's a more reserved person, but can still be a team leader in his way. That's why right now, not sure Heisman hype helps him ...
by TheGreatCatsby
Tue Jul 24, 2018 2:36 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2018 Arizona Wildcats football team
Replies: 686
Views: 40019

Re: 2018 Arizona Wildcats football team

Pre-camp we're pretty much guessing still. But re-watched parts of the spring game had saved on dvr, and a few things jumped out. D Line has better size, we'll see how that translates through to game 1, as in on game day is our line play stronger and more physical than it has been. We're not suddenl...
by TheGreatCatsby
Wed Jul 11, 2018 11:12 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 2018 Arizona Wildcats football team
Replies: 686
Views: 40019

Re: 2018 Arizona Wildcats football team

Yea I was going to say, how good of offense is Houston going to have? That's a tough game, on the road, early morning start time, playing against the best defensive lineman in the country. If we go L there I wouldn't be surprised if Houston can generate decent enough offense against us.
by TheGreatCatsby
Fri Jul 06, 2018 4:22 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Indoor Practice Facility
Replies: 166
Views: 12483

Re: Indoor Practice Facility

UA could be missing out of an income opportunity here. Think there are even a few theme parks like this, but they could charge eager fans a $500 donation to drive any piece of that construction equipment around in that big dirt pile for awhile and do big construction equipmenty things. Looks like a ...
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:46 am
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Indoor Practice Facility
Replies: 166
Views: 12483

Re: Indoor Practice Facility

Looking at the construction cam for this project, first signs of life on our new football facility...we have some grass!
by TheGreatCatsby
Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:40 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Indoor Practice Facility
Replies: 166
Views: 12483

Re: Indoor Practice Facility

Looking at the current webcam footage, given that location next to the stadium we were pretty lucky to be able to move baseball over to Hi Corbett a few years back. That space much better utilized to boost the football program vs a baseball field. Revenue generator, practice fields, recruiting, alum...
by TheGreatCatsby
Wed May 23, 2018 4:23 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Dave Heeke is New Arizona AD
Replies: 202
Views: 10989

Re: Dave Heeke is New Arizona AD

And stop highjacking Heeke's thread. No one cares who posts or not.
by TheGreatCatsby
Mon May 14, 2018 6:56 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Dave Heeke is New Arizona AD
Replies: 202
Views: 10989

Re: Dave Heeke is New Arizona AD

If you're in Heeke's shoes, UA Athletics department is taking a lot of negative publicity hits. ESPN posts the Carter thing on page 1, and ESPN definitely didn't help Sean Miller any. All this did occur under the leadership of a director and school president no longer here. Yes, the school must acce...
by TheGreatCatsby
Sat Apr 14, 2018 2:40 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: 425 defense
Replies: 4
Views: 473

Re: 425 defense

335 just doesn't work.
by TheGreatCatsby
Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:04 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: let's talk '18
Replies: 2918
Views: 182315

Re: let's talk '18

Big difference too with Carter is nobody nationally cares, and nobody nationally cared about RichRod's shenanigans since it fell in line with all the other sexual harassment stories, and nobody really cares about UA football nationally (at least YET, hear us Sumlin ha). But Miller's scandal is natio...
by TheGreatCatsby
Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:15 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: let's talk '18
Replies: 2918
Views: 182315

Re: let's talk '18

At a party this weekend met some twentysomething people who worked at the U of A in various departments, casual fans and female workers who all are pretty much over with the Miller era. Got the sense that in their viewpoint he tarnishes the reputation of the University and its workers, and they adde...
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:51 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Coach Sumlin
Replies: 986
Views: 62974

Re: Coach Sumlin

One benefit of the media blackout is Sumlin can avoid all the awkward questions every day about how the team he inherited looks like...every day RR was all our team is so weak, so slow, obviously lacking in the weight room, which we bought hook line and sinker from the new shiny salesman. But those ...
by TheGreatCatsby
Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:26 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Indoor Practice Facility
Replies: 166
Views: 12483

Re: Indoor Practice Facility

That stadium is a real working facility, housing a dorm, a mirror lab, football headquarters and restaurant. Glad to see that lower east side get some attention to make it a lot more appealing. It was in desperate need of a redo. The indoor facility gets started soon. Seeing what U of A released, UA...
by TheGreatCatsby
Sat Mar 24, 2018 3:04 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Coach Sumlin
Replies: 986
Views: 62974

Re: Coach Sumlin

That USC home game will be UA's chance to get back on the map. Would be a really huge game if we went in at 4-0, having beat BYU, Houston, Southern Utah, and Oregon St. to start the season.
by TheGreatCatsby
Sat Mar 24, 2018 12:41 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Sean Miller
Replies: 14639
Views: 791091

Re: Sean Miller

The Universities are the victims in the case. The media and journalists have tried to make it sound like Universities are paying players to come play. When thats not even what the FBI is looking at The media is playing it that way, even though the Justice Dept said a main goal of their investigatio...
by TheGreatCatsby
Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:26 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Sean Miller
Replies: 14639
Views: 791091

Re: Sean Miller

But the question is, what Sean Miller do we have left? He can't recruit, for who knows how long. How long is everybody comfortable waiting until he can sign some incoming freshmen? If we get fired up Sean Miller wanting to mix things up, then sure, but I don't think anyone of us knows how this past ...
by TheGreatCatsby
Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:11 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Dave Heeke is New Arizona AD
Replies: 202
Views: 10989

Re: Dave Heeke is New Arizona AD

Wrong use of hot seat, what I meant was the pressure is back on him again, as in its been a pressure cooker on him ever since he got here. He's got a lot of decisions to make on Miller. And lawsuits. And just getting done with RichRod. Never ends for the poor guy. He's done an excellent job so far. ...
by TheGreatCatsby
Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:16 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Dave Heeke is New Arizona AD
Replies: 202
Views: 10989

Re: Dave Heeke is New Arizona AD

Heeke is back on the hot seat again. He's been on it ever since he got here, yet has quite a few accomplishments. He's Don Draper, and if he lets Miller go of course his hire will be a major deciding factor of his legacy. I picture him in the AD office giving orders to his charges, firing them up to...
by TheGreatCatsby
Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:36 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Sean Miller
Replies: 14639
Views: 791091

Re: Sean Miller

Let me throw this theory at there, could be wrong, but hear me out. Let's say you're a basketball coach, and you look at the college coaching marketplace and know there is big money in winning a lot of games for a school. You'll make many millions. So you devise a strategy to win a ton of regular se...
by TheGreatCatsby
Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:06 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: South Region: #4 Seed
Replies: 380
Views: 17647

Re: South Region: #4 Seed

Had we played at all decent yesterday, Kentucky would have basically been the championship game of the bracket. But that Virginia-UMBC game was virtually the identical game, a near perfect Arizona-Buffalo 2.0. Maybe we weren't a fluke. Maybe our style of play and the way we deploy our personnel suck...
by TheGreatCatsby
Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:56 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: RIP Arizona basketball
Replies: 39
Views: 2798

Re: RIP Arizona basketball

At least we can drink in McKale next year, that will help numb losing 65-56 to Oregon St. I do still hold out hope, but can't see any success with Miller as our coach given all that has happened and the damage done, rightly or wrongly. We almost need a fresh start, even with a lesser coach, to get t...
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:30 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Sean Miller
Replies: 14639
Views: 791091

Re: Sean Miller

There's more going on with Miller than we all know, think he's gone.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:27 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Perspective
Replies: 13
Views: 839

Re: Perspective

The cycle begins anew Monday morning, with football spring practice starting.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:25 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: Coach Sumlin
Replies: 986
Views: 62974

Re: Coach Sumlin

With our basketball program in tatters right now, really seems like it's up to Sumlin to carry the torch now. UA Football going to have to pull AZ out of its funk.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:17 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2017-2018 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2630
Views: 126163

Re: 2017-2018 Arizona Basketball

Our defense played so atrociously bad tonight, worst maybe of the season, do you think Miller secretly sabatoged us to end the whole charade of a season? We played like he said just go out there and play however you like on D.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:12 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: If Miller retires, Thad?
Replies: 15
Views: 944

Re: If Miller retires, Thad?

Pastner is toxic right now with his crazy lawsuits going on. While UA does like its share of lawsuits, adding more doesn't make much sense.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:11 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: If Miller retires, Thad?
Replies: 15
Views: 944

Re: If Miller retires, Thad?

Luke Walton sick of Lavar Ball yet?
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:10 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: RIP Arizona basketball
Replies: 39
Views: 2798

Re: RIP Arizona basketball

In Heeke we trust!
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:03 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: RIP Arizona basketball
Replies: 39
Views: 2798

Re: RIP Arizona basketball

I wouldn't say RIP, if we avoid major sanctions we'll recover in time, and if we manage our coaching situation properly.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:01 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Sean Miller
Replies: 14639
Views: 791091

Re: Sean Miller

Who knows. These NCAA changes are gonna be a big change this offseason, once implemented doubt the NCAA is going to drop the hammer much. But if Miller can't recruit due to ongoing scandal, we may be forced to get someone in here who can, under the assumption we won't be facing any major sanctions. ...
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:58 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Sean Miller
Replies: 14639
Views: 791091

Re: Sean Miller

If this is the end for Miller here, it really was his brutal guard play throughout his entire tenure that kept him out of the final 4.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:49 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Sean Miller
Replies: 14639
Views: 791091

Re: Sean Miller

Miller is going through a lot right now, and then he coaches a real crap game to boot. Will be an interesting offseason for sure. I'd peg Miller staying at 25%.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:36 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: NCAA Tournament Game 1, vs. Buffalo (2017-2018)
Replies: 474
Views: 11908

Re: NCAA Tournament Game 1, vs. Buffalo (2017-2018)

We've looked like really really bad our past few ncaa tourney appearances.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:03 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: NCAA Tournament Game 1, vs. Buffalo (2017-2018)
Replies: 474
Views: 11908

Re: NCAA Tournament Game 1, vs. Buffalo (2017-2018)

Trier with these stupid 3s, get it to Ayton inside. We're not using our best player at all.
by TheGreatCatsby
Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:47 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: NCAA Tournament Game 1, vs. Buffalo (2017-2018)
Replies: 474
Views: 11908

Re: NCAA Tournament Game 1, vs. Buffalo (2017-2018)

A lot like our last two pac 12 tourney games at the half. Expect Miller to make some adjustments and us to pull away late.
by TheGreatCatsby
Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:10 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Root for PAC-12 teams
Replies: 103
Views: 3859

Re: Root for PAC-12 teams

10-15 years ago the PAC went through a similar crisis. It rebounded pretty well the following years, now we bottomed out again. The academic institutions that make up the conference are excellent, but the football and basketball has troughed lower than the other conferences when we do have bad years...
by TheGreatCatsby
Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:26 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Root for PAC-12 teams
Replies: 103
Views: 3859

Re: Root for PAC-12 teams

UCLA losing to Bonny was a complete joke, a storied program in a sea of 12 million and countless 5 stars losing to a tiny ny school with 2,000 students. Then ASSU craps out like expected, leaving PAC12 with just us to carry the banner. PAC-12 is generally underrated usually, but this year after a ho...
by TheGreatCatsby
Mon Mar 12, 2018 7:13 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Really, Mr. Hansen?
Replies: 409
Views: 30847

Re: Really, Mr. Hansen?

I still don't get it guys and gals, the animosity towards Hansen. At games I've seen him a few times on the sidelines, or at football preseason practices he's on the sidelines, that's about the extent of ever seeing or knowing the guy. What he did was peanuts in the big picture of things. Now I get ...
by TheGreatCatsby
Sun Mar 11, 2018 4:47 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: South Region: #4 Seed
Replies: 380
Views: 17647

Re: South Region: #4 Seed

Seems literally no one on the committee bothered to watch a single second of this year's Pac-12 Conference tourney.
by TheGreatCatsby
Sun Mar 11, 2018 4:40 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: South Region: #4 Seed
Replies: 380
Views: 17647

Re: South Region: #4 Seed

Think Sean has Bobby Hurley and his progeny at Buffalo figured out.
by TheGreatCatsby
Sun Mar 11, 2018 4:38 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: South Region: #4 Seed
Replies: 380
Views: 17647

Re: South Region: #4 Seed

If Kentucky wins vs. Davidson, good that they just played 3 games in a row too, played today. Quick turnaround for them, in Boise. Maybe a 53% 47 % Az edge, Kentucky not as powerful as last year but always dangerous. Can't believe Texas got in over USC. Total Big 12 love from NCAA this year, and Eas...
by TheGreatCatsby
Sun Mar 11, 2018 4:27 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Greatest Dunks in Arizona history
Replies: 20
Views: 1200

Re: Greatest Dunks in Arizona history

Hassan Hot Sauce Adams could have been our most consistent dunk machine we ever had, he would get a couple really good ones each game. Like whoa that was amazing dunks consistently. And Marques Johnson was always on the call those days.
by TheGreatCatsby
Sun Mar 11, 2018 3:57 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Official Selection Sunday Thread
Replies: 774
Views: 22331

Re: Official Selection Sunday Thread

Our weakness is the elite 8, and see no problem for us there. But as a fan, I do want to watch us play Kentucky then Virginia hopefully. Should be fun interesting games. Pac 12 got killed; should have had 3 teams in the 64 field, +1 make asu play in. ACC and Big East got 15 teams in alone. The commi...
by TheGreatCatsby
Sun Mar 11, 2018 3:32 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Official Bracketology Thread
Replies: 4491
Views: 3153442

Re: Official Bracketology Thread

First round for us ok. Second round very tough. If we get to third, yes think Miller can figure out Bennett ball. A few weeks ago, Virginia held a team to 7 points for a half. We just get to 70 we'd win, and the rest of the bracket is crap, so it comes down to getting past Kentucky and Viriginia to ...
by TheGreatCatsby
Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:50 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Sean Miller
Replies: 14639
Views: 791091

Re: Sean Miller

Wonder why Bilas has to take the stance that he stands by the report, when all he really has to do is say I don't know either way we'll see how it plays out. His digging in on defending a report he has absolutely no way of knowing is true or not is ironic given how he was on the 30 for 30 espn show ...
by TheGreatCatsby
Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:08 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Sean Miller
Replies: 14639
Views: 791091

Re: Sean Miller

^ amazing gif I do like the summary above, only thing that would still give pause would be the part, if were somehow true, that "Dawkins asked for $100K and I told him no or I said I would get back to him and clearly we never paid it." If the recordings of Miller's conversation made it seem like Mil...