National Champs: UCONN Lady Huskies

[peplaw06]

Ok... I see you're not a fan but you have to admit winning 78 straight games in a sport is impressive!

It's like bragging about being the tallest midget. It's impressive relative to your peers, but you're still a midget.

 

[peplaw06]

well Peppie and company: Just saw an interview done by him only a year ago; and he is still pretty sharp and clearly knows more about REAL basketball then you do, OR EVER WILL.

I don't care what he does and doesn't know about basketball. Some line you quote (probably out of context) about him liking women's basketball better isn't going to convince me that it's better for basketball when teams can't make a layup at least 90% of the time.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I don't care what he does and doesn't know about basketball. Some line you quote (probably out of context) about him liking women's basketball better isn't going to convince me that it's better for basketball when teams can't make a layup at least 90% of the time.

+1

I saw a few minutes of the game and thought, no wonder I never watch it.

 

[burmafrd]

Well peppie you are in great company with canadian. And no it was not a misquote but then you would still refuse to believe it and think you know better. Well guess what you don't. For people that like REAL Basketball it is the purest form left. And I am not surprised that a lawyer could not see that.

 

[peplaw06]

Well peppie you are in great company with canadian. And no it was not a misquote but then you would still refuse to believe it and think you know better. Well guess what you don't. For people that like REAL Basketball it is the purest form left. And I am not surprised that a lawyer could not see that.

:laugh2:

What does being a lawyer have to do with anything? You haven't done anything but allude to some quote from one 80+ year old former coach. I tend to think that Coach K would agree with me, as well as probably every D-I Men's basketball coach in America, and probably 99.9999% of sports fans in general.

But hey John Wooden allegedly agrees with you. Why don't you post the link, so we can all see it in context?? Or do you normally just post one random quote and stand behind that person without actually offering any of your own opinions on the matter?

Riddle me this... If Wooden refuses to watch men's basketball as you say, why is he at every UCLA men's home game??

 

[jimmy40]

Riddle me this... If Wooden refuses to watch men's basketball as you say, why is he at every UCLA men's home game??

no refunds?

 

[DallasEast]

Man it's quite an accomplishment to go TWO straight seasons WITHOUT a loss! Congratulations to them for winning their second straight title!


:clap2:

Agreed :clap2:

However, I hope everyone will not overlook Baylor over the next couple of seasons. Coach Mulkey has a very young team and it's only going to get better. It's too her alma mater did not hire her years ago when it had the chance (she really wanted the job), but Louisiana Tech's lost has been Baylor's gain... in a BIIIIG way!

 

[burmafrd]

Well peppie I know that a lawyer would have trouble understanding an unimportant thing like loyalty. What is a current coach going to say but what the script calls for? But then lawyers are used to trying anything at all to prove their point.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Peppie McFly!

 

[WV Cowboy]

I don't care what he does and doesn't know about basketball. Some line you quote (probably out of context) about him liking women's basketball better isn't going to convince me that it's better for basketball when teams can't make a layup at least 90% of the time.

What a revealing post this is.

First you display your knowledge of the game and it's history by saying you don't care what John Wooden knows or does not know about basketball.

WHAT ?? .. He is the "Wizard of Westwood"

I can't list all of his accomplishments:
Something like 12 Final Fours
Something like 10 national Championships
88 game win streak
Hall of Fame as a player and a coach.
6 time College Basketball Coach of the year.

He has forgotten more about basketball than you will ever know, and yet in your arrogance you don't care what he knows about basketball. ... OK

And then in an effort to make your biased opinion fact you exagerate by saying girls make less than 10% of their layups.



Someone said you are a lawyer so you must be a smart guy, .. I'm having trouble finding that in your post.

 

[casmith07]

Well peppie you are in great company with canadian. And no it was not a misquote but then you would still refuse to believe it and think you know better. Well guess what you don't. For people that like REAL Basketball it is the purest form left. And I am not surprised that a lawyer could not see that.

Well lets all go nail peach baskets to a post to make it even more pure.

 

[peplaw06]

What a revealing post this is.

First you display your knowledge of the game and it's history by saying you don't care what John Wooden knows or does not know about basketball.

WHAT ?? .. He is the "Wizard of Westwood"

I can't list all of his accomplishments:
Something like 12 Final Fours
Something like 10 national Championships
88 game win streak
Hall of Fame as a player and a coach.
6 time College Basketball Coach of the year.

He has forgotten more about basketball than you will ever know, and yet in your arrogance you don't care what he knows about basketball. ... OK

And then in an effort to make your biased opinion fact you exagerate by saying girls make less than 10% of their layups.



Someone said you are a lawyer so you must be a smart guy, .. I'm having trouble finding that in your post.

Yeah, I am a smart guy, thanks. For instance, I'm smart enough not to say I know more about basketball than John Wooden, which is why I didn't.

Also I'm smart enough not to say that girls make less than 10% of their layups, which is why I didn't.

I'm also smart enough not to comment with vitriol to a post which I obviously didn't read. Maybe you should take a few pointers.

 

[peplaw06]

[youtube]M5Je0ludNqA[/youtube]

5 layups attempted in this highlight. You count how many were made. Yeah, that's "pure" basketball. And great defense on the final play too.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Yeah, I am a smart guy, thanks. For instance, I'm smart enough not to say I know more about basketball than John Wooden, which is why I didn't.

That's probably why I never said you did say that.

No, you just say you don't care what John Wooden does or doesn't know about basketball. You did say that.

That in itself is mind-boggling.

Also I'm smart enough not to say that girls make less than 10% of their layups, which is why I didn't.

True, I did misread that part, .. but I guess with the quality of the content of the rest of the post, I didn't catch my misread. It wouldn't have surprised me.

True, I did misread one part of your post, but I got the gist of your opinion of Wooden.
Like I said, very revealing.

And vitriol ?? :laugh2: You haven't seen vitriol.

 

[burmafrd]

you would think a lawyer would be more careful with words that could hang him....

 

[peplaw06]

That's probably why I never said you did say that.

No, you just say you don't care what John Wooden does or doesn't know about basketball. You did say that.

That in itself is mind-boggling.

First, you implied I said that when you said that he has forgotten more about basketball than I will ever know. I never stated otherwise. So you're either of the opinion that I thought I knew more than he did, or you're throwing a strawman in there to obfuscate.

Then you're intentionally taking my comment out of context, and focusing on it alone, rather than the remainder of my post. The point is I don't care what he knows, I cannot be convinced that women's basketball is better than men's. It won't happen. That is because I have eyes.

Regardless, you're taking this off on a tangent when it's not even clear Wooden said what burmaphrodite alleges he said. He has yet to post a link or an article about what Wooden actually said. You should probably be more careful when dealing with him.

True, I did misread that part, .. but I guess with the quality of the content of the rest of the post, I didn't catch my misread. It wouldn't have surprised me.

True, I did misread one part of your post, but I got the gist of your opinion of Wooden.
Like I said, very revealing.

Which can easily happen when you don't read the whole post, or take points out of context. It's not about my opinion of Wooden. It's about my opinion of women's basketball. Well that and my opinion of burm.

And vitriol ?? :laugh2: You haven't seen vitriol.

You come in here and attempt to insult my intelligence... excuse me if I don't take kindly to it. Oh well, you've admitted that you misread the post. And you've also taken my comment out of context. Maybe if you would read my post for what it is, rather than what you want it to be, then you would find the intelligence. My guess is you won't.

 

[peplaw06]

you would think a lawyer would be more careful with words that could hang him....

It doesn't take an expert wordsmith to put you in your place.

 

[WV Cowboy]

First, you implied I said that when you said that he has forgotten more about basketball than I will ever know. I never stated otherwise. So you're either of the opinion that I thought I knew more than he did, or you're throwing a strawman in there to obfuscate.

Then you're intentionally taking my comment out of context, and focusing on it alone, rather than the remainder of my post. The point is I don't care what he knows, I cannot be convinced that women's basketball is better than men's. It won't happen. That is because I have eyes.

Regardless, you're taking this off on a tangent when it's not even clear Wooden said what burmaphrodite alleges he said. He has yet to post a link or an article about what Wooden actually said. You should probably be more careful when dealing with him.

Which can easily happen when you don't read the whole post, or take points out of context. It's not about my opinion of Wooden. It's about my opinion of women's basketball. Well that and my opinion of burm.

You come in here and attempt to insult my intelligence... excuse me if I don't take kindly to it. Oh well, you've admitted that you misread the post. And you've also taken my comment out of context. Maybe if you would read my post for what it is, rather than what you want it to be, then you would find the intelligence. My guess is you won't.

I wasn't implying anything, .. I said what I meant and I meant what I said.

Don't read anything into it, or between the lines.
There was no strawman or attempt to cloud the issue.

I don't really have any business with what goes on between you and burmafrd, nor care if his quote from Wooden was accurate.

My point was simple, .. it is a very revealing post when someone posts that they don't care what John Wooden knows or does not know about basketball.

I stand by that.

 

[peplaw06]

I wasn't implying anything, .. I said what I meant and I meant what I said.

Then why in the world would you state that Wooden forgot more about basketball than I ever knew?? It wasn't the point of my post. I never stated I knew more than he forgot.

Don't read anything into it, or between the lines.
There was no strawman or attempt to cloud the issue.

I guess what this means is that you don't know what a strawman argument is.

I don't really have any business with what goes on between you and burmafrd, nor care if his quote from Wooden was accurate.

Well you sure as hell got involved in it real quick for no reason, other than to try to knock down your strawman argument. Congratulations

My point was simple, .. it is a very revealing post when someone posts that they don't care what John Wooden knows or does not know about basketball.

I stand by that.

Context is everything. Do you want to actually debate the point in this argument, or do you just want to distract from it? If it's the latter, I'm not interested. If it's the former, then you should say something that is relevant to the point.

 

[Sarge]

Whether you like womens basketball or not or whether you watch it or not to me, doesn't much matter...to make a run like they did/have is impressive.

I can't watch them personally, but I repsect what they have done and frankly, are still doing.