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Teams were still running the wishbone during the early Faust years and we had M-W-F-Sat (AM) workouts.Three days a week does not seem to be enough. A lot has changed over the years. If they are doing full body push/pull lifts, three days may be enough.

I disagree and your opinion shows a regional bias. It is extremely common out west for kids, athletes and non-athletes to attend junior colleges. It is a cultural difference many from the east don't understand because they are not exposed to it.Probably the second best Zips football player was Vic Green. He was a jc transfer. JT is the best Zip ever and he was an at risk player coming out of high school.One jc player on the basketball team isn't going to sink the ship. A couple impact players on the football team isn't going to shink the ship either. It is too small of a percentage to make a difference.

Interesting post. I really don't disagree. In fact, probably the two best sentences this weekend. People should be careful of what they say pubically. KD is not willing to back up his comments with actions. I really don't think he knows how to, or is in a meaningful way interested in becoming bigger than the MAC. There is actually no evidence to indicate he has ever taken any team to an elite level or even knows how to do it. Coaching a high school team with LBJ on it to the Ohio state championship is not exactly a sign of basketball coaching genious.With that said, KD should be the coach for well into the future. The Zips still function well on the high end of the MAC and he should get A LOT of credit for that. Being one of the best teams in a horrible conference is not exactly the sign of greatness to me though. Being one of the best teams in a horrible conference is a Hell of a lot better than being one of the worst teams in a bad conference.

Nice smack.Actually, I saw it years ago. My Masters Degree helped me reason it out.

Amen. People who think that all JUCO players are trouble are narrow minded fools.

Wife just made some Mac-n-Cheese. That should get me back on track.Put some bacon in it too......I just mowed the grass. Feeling better. The snow is melting today and I'm starting to SEE the grass. Feeling better. My yard looks freaking great. Had it overseeded last fall and it looks great.The top of the grass where I live in the south turns brown in the winter and does not turn green again when Spring arrives. The first cut of the season has to be really low then you keep your grass really high for the remainder of the year to shade the ground from the southern heat. My first cut was today and there is really green grass under the brown.I'm so proud I feel like Hank Hill does when he mows his yard.

Focused on what? did you see any defense last night?I didn't say the Zips play great defense every game. I just cited the commonly known reality that KD puts a higher priority on defense than offense.Didn't someone put a stat on the board a couple of weeks ago showing how much more UofA is in high scoring games than low scoring games? The Zips played a really good offensive game last year in the MAC Championship and won. Every time they have attempted to win a low scoring game in the Championship they lose. Focus on offense...offense puts pressure on the other team....pressure makes you do things you aren't good at then you lose.

You don't develop good players sitting them on the bench.I go back to Zeke. The kid was a HS All American. If we are waiting to see a little more improvement from him next year, there is a problem. He should dominate this horrible league right now. Other programs that get HS All Americans start them from day one. Major programs get all Americans and they are in the NBA in two years.

Wife just made some Mac-n-Cheese. That should get me back on track.Put some bacon in it too......I just mowed the grass. Feeling better.

I think that may be one of the hazards of having a coach who is so focused on defense. I personally have no problem with stressing D if it results in winning more games. But obsessing over D to the point that it becomes a detriment to offense is not so good.Defense beats all bad and average teams. Defense allows you to beat less than half of all good teams. This is how 20 win seasons are created.I watch sports through the eye of a Steelers fan. Bill Cowher averaged 10 wins a season over a 15 or 16 year career with the Steelers. There is no doubt he is a Hall of Fame coach. With the exception of winning the Super Bowl once, he came up short time and again in AFC Championship games, lost one Super Bowl and lost early in the playoffs more than he should have. Defense is not the answer.

Please stop making sense.

Can't may be more athletic than the Zips, but what they really are is a team with an expectation to win big games.Some teams think they can win big games. Some teams know they can win big games. I think the Zips think they can win big games. Can't knows they can win big games.

So do I because we can't beat them. I would have never thought going into this season with everything we had going for us I would be hoping for such a thing. I really thought we were going to destroy the MAC this year and are out class everyone. Man was I wrong.

I've been saying some time on this board there is some illusion to the 20 win seasons. On the bright side, it would be a Hell of a lot worse if we could NOT win 20 games against the horrible teams we play.The quality of play last night was laughable. Especially in the first half. The "builders" on this board should be happy to know there were enough bricks put up last night to build a large part of a new basketball arena. Someone needs to explain to me why we get kids who are great scorers in high school and can't throw the ball into the ocean after a couple of years at UofA. I don't know why any kid with any offensive ability would want to come and play at UofA.How is the hangover today? I think I drank enough water before bed to fend off any problems today. I'll go out and cut the grass here in a couple of hours and sweat out the rest of last night.

After watching the game last night, a couple of things stood out in relation to the Zips defense. I believe the Zips have a good perimeter defense. They get a lot of deflections and turnovers around the perimeter. They got a lot of offensive chances because of that last night in the first ten minutes of the game. Now if they could just turn those chances into points, we would all be much happier....remember, defense only gets you the ball, then you have to do something with it once you get it.If a team breaks through the perimeter defense and Zeke is not in the game, we are much more easy to score on. Zeke's presence changes shots, gets rebounds and blocks shots. There were some defensive mistakes from him in the second half, but he is still the best we have in the middle. I always talk about players being replaceable. Everyone on that team is replaceable with the exception of Zeke. Players like him don't come around often.I really don't see Zeke as this work in progress that should not play much like I read about on this board. Zeke has some develpment issues, but physically, he is in great shape for his age. He needs some work on his offensive post moves which should be priority #1 for him this off season. He needs to understand he is a good player and play with some confidence.We are almost 25% through the Zeke era and the kid is not playing enough. I think that is a mistake. He was a high school all American and has talent. His talent needs to be used. We only get him for four years.

????????????????????????????????Had too many beers tonight and will not comment until sober. I do have something shattering to say though....If I can only remember it in the AM.Good night my fellow Zips fans.

Would you also agree that water is hot when it is boiling?It depends upon the atmospheric pressure:Water isn't hot when it is boiling?

If he would have bought season tickets, he wouldn't have this problem.

Would you also agree that water is hot when it is boiling?

I normally find Pluto's articles somewhat overly gushy about games like tonight, but this is actually a good article.Interesting quote by KD about MAC teams "earning" a birth into the NIT. I would agree 100%. They earn their way in by not winning the MAC.

Bingo!!!!

If basketball was a mind game, Can't wouldn't have the right equipment.This topic is "Anyone need a Can't State joke this week?" Aren't they a joke every week?

He will get far more support at UofA than in high school.Florida State graduates players that are learning disabled (the LD classification is actually a scam they run to get the kids more help). If they can do that, one kid who was a little lazy early on in high school can graduate from UofA.I could care less about his grades. All indications show the kid does not really want to go to UofA.

Best idea on this board since the Great GP1 posted on how to reform college football.

Will have my gear on at McHale's Irish Pub....always fun to hear southerners mispronounce the word Akron.Go Zips.