Ole Miss game thread

[Guardrail]

Yeah. I don't get upset or let it ruin my day anymore. I just shrug my shoulders and move on when I see they've shit the bed yet again. Regardless of sport.

[mde114]

I never want to hear another media member tell me how the players care as much about this as the fans. Just watch this team, honestly they don't give a shit.

[PHARMHOG]

My record at pickle tonight was 4-3.

Hogs 0-2.

I win.

[The Whyte Boar]

I never want to hear another media member tell me how the players care as much about this as the fans. Just watch this team, honestly they don't give a shit.

Oh, I'd say the give a shit is pretty low all around.

[animal]

I think a smaller factor is the AAU effect.

By the time these players get to Div 1 college basketball they have already played literally hundreds of games against fair to good competition. Tonight was just another game for them.

Winning and losing are just part of playing a basketball game in their experience. There's no urgency to play hard, no motivation to take it all that seriously because, well, there will be hundreds more games to play.

It's competition without passion. (And it ain't changing any time soon)

The product is ass. Absolute ass and I'm completely disinterested in it. Aside from bitching about it on a message board full of battered Razorback fans.

[wmr]

I bought a sweatshirt this year with the university seal on it.  I'm ok letting people know I attended the school.  It's kind of embarrassing to be an actual "Hogs fan" these days.

[Barton Fink]

We were at the game.  The team played with zero energy.  There was no discernible offense.  And we never played with any intensity, even when we were behind with under 4 minutes left.

Really disappointed at the lack of effort.

This had shades of last year's team. Not a good sign.

[Corn Pop]

At least college athletes are getting paid now. We don't have to let that keep us up at night anymore. So we've got that going for us..

[mde114]

The product is ass. Absolute ass and I'm completely disinterested in it. Aside from bitching about it on a message board full of battered Razorback fans.

The sport of basketball in general is unwatchable. NBA ratings are way down. I can't remember the last time I watched a college game that didn't involve Arkansas. Tyson wasted a bunch of money on this shitshow.

[razor5396]

I guess in the end Chuck Barrett wins. Us evil terrorists that only care about winning have finally given up. Congrats Chuck, enjoy your corporate slop entertainment product that you fought so long and hard for.

[Cornhogio]

This had shades of last year's team. Not a good sign.

Meet the new boss.  Same as the old boss.

[buff2.0]

Been that way for a while. Petrino's success pissed some people off because their jobs got harder than having 7-8 win seasons.

Sure seemed that way at the time. Nothing since then has proven otherwise. Sure, Muss had a few exceptional years but the fan base was rewarded by increased prices and no improvement to the arena atmosphere apart from the actual game.

They get the revenues from the fan base when teams are mediocre just as much as they do when we're actually managing to be really good.

[Doc Hogaday]

They need to start doing $1 beer nights for all home games. $3 screwdrivers for weekend day games. Free lines of coke for all the old fucks sitting on their ass and not making any noise.

Maybe free lines of coke for the players, too.

[Sus-Scrofa]

Maybe free lines of coke for the players, too.

Frick that, they are paid, they can pay like the fans.

[animal]

They need to start doing $1 beer nights for all home games. $3 screwdrivers for weekend day games. Free lines of coke for all the old fucks sitting on their ass and not making any noise.

Maybe free lines of coke for the players, too.

There is a stark difference watching our crowds look bored and only there for the dunks and getting that shit up on Instagrammer vs many other venues where the crowd is engaged and it's loud as fuck. Do we even have a student section anymore?

I'm not entirely blaming the crowd necessarily but damn last night there was zero energy and of course the players are going to tighten up.

I'll add the stat lines for our big guys is horrendous, Brazil gave effort but rarely gets the ball in a scoring position. Aidoo was a no-show. Big Z is a Big Zero. So that leaves Thiero battling grown ass men in this league. But Fland got his 20 shots up.

Anyway imma head out...think I'm done giving a shit.

[DirkPiggler]

There is a stark difference watching our crowds look bored and only there for the dunks and getting that shit up on Instagrammer vs many other venues where the crowd is engaged and it's loud as fuck. Do we even have a student section anymore?

I'm not entirely blaming the crowd necessarily but damn last night there was zero energy and of course the players are going to tighten up.

I'll add the stat lines for our big guys is horrendous, Brazil gave effort but rarely gets the ball in a scoring position. Aidoo was a no-show. Big Z is a Big Zero. So that leaves Thiero battling grown ass men in this league. But Fland got his 20 shots up.

Anyway imma head out...think I'm done giving a shit.

Students aren't back yet. Classes don't start until next week. 

[GeoHogsGeo]

I think a smaller factor is the AAU effect.

By the time these players get to Div 1 college basketball they have already played literally hundreds of games against fair to good competition. Tonight was just another game for them.

Winning and losing are just part of playing a basketball game in their experience. There's no urgency to play hard, no motivation to take it all that seriously because, well, there will be hundreds more games to play.

It's competition without passion. (And it ain't changing any time soon)

Losing is the byproduct of their individual development. They don't view losing like we did. It's part of the process....

[mde114]

Losing is the byproduct of their individual development. They don't view losing like we did. It's part of the process....

Great point. The player's concern is developing individual marketable skills to advance to the next level. Hell, that's Calipari's sales pitch. Winning games and playing as a team is inconsequential.

[hit_that_line]

I was told by a circus midget and a morbidly obese that we would be just fine shooting wise.

We're gonna be fine, guys.

[animal]

We need to win this by 8-10 points for me to feel better about the direction of the season.

Like a 84-71 win would do wonders for my mental health.

and how'd that go for you?