Is anyone else getting tired of watching our basketball team play like shit?
Granted, I understand that we are young, and inexperienced, but it doesn't even look like we got off the bus tonight. Manny Harris officially has a give a fuck level of 0.7. It's not that I expect us to be world-beaters, because I don't. I really don't even expect us to make the tourney, but I sure as shit can't stand watching us make ohio fucking state look like a bunch of god damned superstars.
January 28th, 2009 at 7:08 PM ^
Maybe they should raise the rims to 10'6" during practice so they don't hit the front of the rim on every shot during games.
January 28th, 2009 at 7:18 PM ^
I actually watching them lose games. I'm sure they are also enjoying losing after starting so well. Clearly they don't care at all and are just screwing around out there. I'm sure the apology to you for wasting the time you spent watching them is forthcoming.
Or, alternatively, you could just, you know, STOP WATCHING until they win and your bandwagon fanhood can be satisfied. Dick.
January 28th, 2009 at 7:48 PM ^
Right on.
January 28th, 2009 at 8:18 PM ^
Shock
January 28th, 2009 at 7:36 PM ^
but...they were 10-22 last year. If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that they were playing meaninful games in late January I would have fell over. Starting Lineup is all underclassmen. Got a good recruiting class coming in next year as well. Like Brian would say, no where to go but up
January 28th, 2009 at 7:44 PM ^
What is aggravating is that it seems like they've all forgotten how to shoot. Of course that's not the case, but it's a team-wide shooting slump that's just excrutiating to watch, especially since we got used to them actually being a decent enough shooting team earlier in the season.
But hey, we weren't supposed to be making the tournament this year, and we'll still have a shot at it even if they end up losing this game, though granted it's an uphill battle.
January 28th, 2009 at 7:48 PM ^
within the Michigan community about RR. Jeff DeFran interviewed Phil Callahan on the Big Show on WTKA this afternoon and he talked at length about what RR is battling in AA these days. Good stuff. Comne to think of it, I'm gonna make a forum topic out of it.
January 28th, 2009 at 8:02 PM ^
Whoa, Rick55 (OP) is now offline?
Guess he didn't stick around for the rest of the game. Also, apparently does not watch a lot of b'ball. Teams always go in streaks. Not sure if we will come all the way back but there is no way osu will shoot 60% in second half and M will shoot 20%.
January 28th, 2009 at 8:17 PM ^
i love how we can be pissed off with our bball team now. but yeah it is frustrating to not be able to shoot mid-season after starting off so hot early on.
January 28th, 2009 at 11:33 PM ^
i'd much rather be pissed off at the BB team, then the FB team. not nearly as emotional.
January 28th, 2009 at 8:23 PM ^
shouldn't drink & post...just sayin.
January 28th, 2009 at 8:29 PM ^
I really absolutely HATE Ohio State. I mean every single thing about them! SO FRUSTRATED!!!
January 28th, 2009 at 10:04 PM ^
The crappy shooting you've seen in the last several games is not a fluke, it's exactly representative of the shooting talent on the team, which is way under .500 in shooting percentage in the 1.5+ years under Beilein. It's the better shooting in the beginning part of the year which is the fluke.
Couple that with no inside game to speak of, and you have a team that is tailor-made for the NIT.
January 28th, 2009 at 10:33 PM ^
Raw shooting percentage is a poor way of evaluating a team that takes a lot of three-point attempts. It doesn't take into account the payoff for draining threes. A team that shoots 4 of 10 from 3 will score more than a team that shoots 5 of 10 from inside the arc.
A better statistic is effective field goal percentage, which gives 50% more credit for made three-pointers.
eFG% = (.5 *3FGM + FGM) / FGA
In December, our eFG% was outstanding; in January it's been much worse. Which one is the fluke remains to be seen. (I wouldn't put much stock into what happened a year ago, since half the team wasn't here at the time.)
January 28th, 2009 at 10:28 PM ^
Bandwagon much?
January 28th, 2009 at 10:37 PM ^
Apparently the OP didn't watch this team last year... As frustrated as I am about the current struggles, its great that we still have a pretty good shot at the tourney and were able to get the two huge program-building wins. Go Blue!
January 28th, 2009 at 10:40 PM ^
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
January 28th, 2009 at 10:50 PM ^
I don't get it.
January 28th, 2009 at 10:54 PM ^
Why not hang out on, uh, promoting blogs?
January 28th, 2009 at 11:00 PM ^
Why not hang out (exclusively) on Buckeye blogs? The parenthetical was implied, you see.
If we ever manage to beat OSU in a sport, the last thing that would cross my mind is trolling on OSU blogs. In fact, I see no reason to ever visit and participate on an opponent's blog...except maybe to read recruiting data or something. But the recruiting services cover that.
January 28th, 2009 at 11:03 PM ^
The general reaction to the OP in the early and latter parts of this thread seemed to be "calm the fuck down", and "RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE" was my way of saying OP should take a chill pill as well.
So, like, sorry for agreeing with what seems to be the majority.
January 28th, 2009 at 11:11 PM ^
in my post and responding exclusively to it, why not address the substance of the post? Why come here at all?
I mean, I guess it's fun to play the "look at me, I'm a moderate fan that destroys all your preconceived notions about OSU" routine, but it seems like you'd have more fun at a place where 99% of the people do not hate the team you root for.
January 28th, 2009 at 11:17 PM ^
and there really isn't anything more to it than that. What's your boggle, padre? I don't recall shitting on your cheerios, even if the teams I root for do it with astonishing consistency.
And yes, I'm dropping these little digs in because I know it bugs the hell out of you. That, in an off-handed way, is trolling. It's also part of the rivalry. As Dear Leader would say, suck it up, you pansy. I'm not hurting anyone. And I'm done talking to you.
January 28th, 2009 at 11:18 PM ^
The notion that blogs should be some sort of exclusive home for that team is kinda weird.
Obvious trolls are one thing, but someone who doesn't troll and just goes with the general flow is a problem?
Are you saying you don't have any friends that cheer for MSU, OSU, ND?
January 28th, 2009 at 11:44 PM ^
of the liveblogs. In a setting like this it is much less abrasive, obviously. The last thing you want to see when you are cheering on your team and they are flaming out is some guy saying "lol, Threebler, Go Bucks!" or whatever. It started as more curiosity than anything else - why spend your time watching a game where everyone else is rooting against you and all you do is subtley annoy them? Especially when I'm sure there are a myriad of other oprions out there.
In the end I don't really give a shit, especially once the game is over. And because it was basketball.
Oh and your other question - my entire family (and wife's family) is from Ohio and I am basically the only Michigan fan. And I am the only Democrat in a family of ~100 people. Needless to say, I know how to deal with people that disagree with me, "troll" me in real life, etc. I just wonder what would drive a person to purposefully avail himself of such situations.