this team stinks

[Loyal Coug]

I have actually enjoyed all of the hysteria and people coming out of the woodwork and announcing how they will fix coug basketball.l These brave souls who would not take me up on my offer to bet on a .500 season. I wonder how many of these experts are wishing they Had? They have landed with both feet on Kent s back which is what they probably wanted to do from day one. I agree that The loss was a horrible one no matter how one slices it. However for no other reason than financial Kent and company will be back next season The silly list of potential coaches is just that. I also expect to see a far better brand of basketball the rest of the season. If i know anything about basketball then i will be right. We will see what the rest of the season brings.

You and probably, well, zero other people? I guess 1 if you count Ernie. But your optimism is nice..........and probably worthy of a call to the guys in the white coats.......

As unfortunate as that is I agree. At least I have wrapped my ahead around that reality. Giving away $4.2M is probably too much unless someone steps up to pay it. If I was the AD and someone did come to me with that kind of money I would ask them to route it to charters or a facility and live with Kent. Long term that's going to benefit us a lot more than the cost of getting out from under Kent. It is what it is at this point. There's no guarantee whoever Chun is able to find will be able to dig us out of the hole we find ourselves in.

Facilities maybe, but then ours are wayyy better than even Gonzaga's now so I dunno about that. Charters while EK is HC? I would not waste that money.

 

[SaveFerris]

Facilities maybe, but then ours are wayyy better than even Gonzaga's now so I dunno about that. Charters while EK is HC? I would not waste that money.

Who said to spend it while Kent's still on the watch?

 

[Loyal Coug]

Who said to spend it while Kent's still on the watch?

Uh......you did.

Save said:
Giving away $4.2M is probably too much unless someone steps up to pay it. If I was the AD and someone did come to me with that kind of money I would ask them to route it to charters or a facility and live with Kent.

 

[Glad Cougar]

I have actually enjoyed all of the hysteria and people coming out of the woodwork and announcing how they will fix coug basketball.l These brave souls who would not take me up on my offer to bet on a .500 season. I wonder how many of these experts are wishing they Had? They have landed with both feet on Kent s back which is what they probably wanted to do from day one. I agree that The loss was a horrible one no matter how one slices it. However for no other reason than financial Kent and company will be back next season The silly list of potential coaches is just that. I also expect to see a far better brand of basketball the rest of the season. If i know anything about basketball then i will be right. We will see what the rest of the season brings.

Unfortunately, not enough people come out of the woodwork to comment about Cougar basketball. Just a handful of us posters on this board and Brand X. You see, most people find WSU basketball irrelevant and not worth the time of day. The people critical of Ernie Kent and wanting a change actually do care about Cougar basketball the same way you cared about Cougar basketball while wanting to get rid of Bone. It's the vast majority of ambivalent fans, many of whom used to follow WSU b-ball, that concerns me most. What's going to bring them back? Ernie may stick around for a couple more years but how many more fans will choose to not stick around?

Glad Cougar

 

[SaveFerris]

Uh......you did.

Save said:
Giving away $4.2M is probably too much unless someone steps up to pay it. If I was the AD and someone did come to me with that kind of money I would ask them to route it to charters or a facility and live with Kent.

Did you read the first sentence? If I don't think it's a good idea to pay Kent $4.2M to go away why would I think it's a good idea to spend $4.2M on charters while he's still here? I don't know how much charters would cost per year but I assume $4.2M wouldn't pay for too many years. It's about setting the stage to provide the program the resources it needs to hep us compete.

So no, I didn't!

 

[Loyal Coug]

Did you read the first sentence? If I don't think it's a good idea to pay Kent $4.2M to go away why would I think it's a good idea to spend $4.2M on charters while he's still here? I don't know how much charters would cost per year but I assume $4.2M wouldn't pay for too many years. It's about setting the stage to provide the program the resources it needs to hep us compete.

So no, I didn't!

Ok, I believe you didn't mean to say it.

Now I would be happy to donate to a charter plane if it's purpose was a one way flight for CEK to....say.....Puerto Vallarta?

 

[ElComanche]

i would contribute for a one way ticket to the USSR for a loyal man who needs to find his own kindred spirits.

 

[Loyal Coug]

This is a good time to reminisce about the good old days - 10 years ago, when we were "only" 17-16 and 8-10 in the Pac-10. The clips below are the winning shot on Senior Day by Rochestie. Crappy quality but I still get goose bumps when I watch them. I was at this game. Virtual sellout, and the students packed their side to the rafters like they did for most of the Tony Bennett years. Yes I will take Beasley over a 6,000 seat venue.

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And exactly how do we compete in VB with our crap facilities anyway? Old Bohler gym, with its concrete seats. Man. Just sayin'......

I'm famous on Brand X. Here's what their resident spy says about the post above:

KermitErickson said:
The dude on the other board then doubles-down again with videos of Rochestie hitting a game winner, saying again facilities don't matter.

Uh, did I say "facilities don't matter"? NO. I said I'd take Beasley over a 6,000 seat venue. Because I've been in Beasley when it is full and it is unbelievable.

Which one of you is KermitErickson, anyway?

 

[Observer11]

Not I - but that's a pretty funny user name.

 

[FnuLnu]

Not I - but that's a pretty funny user name.

Perhaps you can set up a "play date" with these two posters at Joe Albi and Beasley?

 

[longtimecoug]

I'm famous on Brand X. Here's what their resident spy says about the post above:

KermitErickson said:
The dude on the other board then doubles-down again with videos of Rochestie hitting a game winner, saying again facilities don't matter.

Uh, did I say "facilities don't matter"? NO. I said I'd take Beasley over a 6,000 seat venue. Because I've been in Beasley when it is full and it is unbelievable.

Which one of you is KermitErickson, anyway?

brand x has been a joke since the wulff debacle, I quit posting or even going there ages ago after I was put on administrative approval to post because I didn't have my nose buried in wulff's ass