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auyushu
| Favorite team: | Auburn  |
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Bassitt to Baltimore. 1/$18M. Genuinely shocked the Braves didn't match or beat that. I th
Trust in AA or some nonsense. AA is a complete garbage GM if he spends 17 mil on Suarez and then doesn't address our starting pitching for two years in a row. Bassitt for one year and that price would have been a perfect fit.
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Started Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff (part of a 3 book series)
I haven't read this one by him, I'll need to check it out sometime.
His Nevernight Chronicles trilogy is excellent if you haven't read that though.
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willing to give Steven 3 years.
I've been one of the major guys defending his coaching ability in these threads, but giving him more than two years kinda depends on the talent he's bringing in. If he doesn't have a good roster next year and we don't make the tournament next year there is zero reason to keep him for a third year. Particularly given how Bruce forced him on us. I really don't see him bringing in talent for year three if he can't get it for year two.
I personally think we still have a decent shot at the tournament this year with this team though. Just gotta pull out 19 wins really with our schedule. But things could equally well just go off the rails and we are NIT bound.
re: How many more wins do we need
Posted by auyushu on 2/10/26 at 6:58 pm to HailToTheChiz
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Must win game tonight
Nah, we get in with 19 wins. But a loss tonight might make Kentucky a must win. And all other games besides Bama become must wins.
re: Auburn Vs Vandy Game Thread
Posted by auyushu on 2/10/26 at 6:54 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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End of the half clusterfrick like clockwork.
Yeah...
5-10 from 3 and down by 11 at half is bad bad.
re: What’s the deal with Kaden Magwood?
Posted by auyushu on 2/10/26 at 4:35 pm to SECdragonmaster
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For a new coach to take a hard stance - it’s bold. That is all I am
I mean, who gives a shite if he's new or not, the right move is the right move. He lets a player call him a bitch on social media and brings him back and he is tanked as a serious coach and the players run the team at that point. He is forced to take a hard line to a certain extent.
And this is barely different than how Bruce handled Howard last year, so I'm not sure what you are even complaining about.
Realistically he should be off the team sure, but the very reasons you are worried about are probably the reasons he's just permanently on the bench instead. Steven is trying to tow the solid hard line without burning bridges. He got put in a tough spot by Magwood's stupidity.
re: Project Hail Mary - Final Trailer
Posted by auyushu on 2/9/26 at 6:49 pm to CollegeFBRules
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would be pissed if I hadn’t already read the book.
Pretty much, but it is a book it would be really hard to sell to audiences without some spoilers. Hopefully my wife avoids trailers and I can just talk her into coming with me by telling her she'll like it without watching any.
re: Which is better: Collateral or Training Day
Posted by auyushu on 2/9/26 at 6:30 pm to drizztiger
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going Collateral.
Same for me. Better movie, Denzel better performance. Though Cruise was fantastic in Collateral too.
re: Auburn MBB vs Bama Game Thread
Posted by auyushu on 2/7/26 at 5:11 pm to RandySavage
Tahaad had been playing so much better this half....
Sigh.
Sigh.
re: Auburn MBB vs Bama Game Thread
Posted by auyushu on 2/7/26 at 5:08 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
Such a stupid pass by Tahaad there, and of course they nail a 3 right after.
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Cut finger looks to still be a problem.
Yeah, looks to be with his shooting percentage today.
re: Auburn MBB vs Bama Game Thread
Posted by auyushu on 2/7/26 at 5:05 pm to HailToTheChiz
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Instead it's dicky raffle bullshite
I legit groaned when I saw he was calling the game. He's been awful for about 20 years now.
re: Auburn MBB vs Bama Game Thread
Posted by auyushu on 2/7/26 at 5:00 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
Man, frick these refs.
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Can’t even bury the open looks.
As much as poor PG play and lack of size down low have hurt us, our inability to do this is the primary thing holding us back from being a really good team.
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Muschalek is a black hole on offense.
Yeah, that missed wide open shot from 2 feet away was crazy bad.
Duke us playing UNC today and we got stuck with Dicky V calling our game today. How unfortunate for us.
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Shows will not be giving us the benefit of the doubt today.
Yeah, gotta love our continued anti home court advantage with calls.
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Sons need more than a weak dad.
Particularly a weak dad that would enable poor behavior that won't help the kid succeed in life down the road.
re: JW Marriott Desertridge Resort and Spa in Scottsdale/North Phoenix
Posted by auyushu on 2/5/26 at 11:48 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
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desert botanical garden is a much better bet and more impressive IMO.
Yeah, I'd particularly suggest the botanical gardens during March, as most everything should be in bloom during that time period and will be very pretty.
And as mentioned the Sedona area is worth visiting. Cottonwood/Cornville right next door to Sedona is some good wine tasting and Jerome right up the road is a cool mountain/ old mining town.
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This is exactly what you wrote:
Not sure which is funnier, the fact that you posted this like half a week later or that you quoted my entire post, highlighted the first sentence, then proceeded to ignore the entire rest of the post where I said Tahaad was just sucking in general and it had nothing to do with fatigue during games.
So yes, you need to go back to Zoolander's school for kids who can't read good.
And if Tahaad can't handle playing low 30s minutes per game, then yes, his conditioning sucks. But he's struggling at the beginning of games just as much as the ends of games, so it's a moot point really unless he gets himself straightened out. And hopefully he can for the success of our team.
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1) Miracle
2) The Cutting Edge
3) Cool Runnings
I think these three pretty much have it by quite a bit.
I'm partial to The Cutting Edge. "Toe pick!"
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this is the year where Wendy and KD started off hott but Cambridge did not
Yeah, that would be that year, which was the Jabari year. Cambridge transferred to ASU after that year.
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Shoot league-average or better from three off the dribble, and
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wing or bigger combo guard
This more than anything else is the issue to me. Whenever we had top of the SEC success under Bruce, we typically had at least three good 3 point shooters (guys who could fill it at a 36%+ clip). That's when Bruce's offense really hums.
Our falloff at the end of the 21-22 season was mostly due to Wendell and KD going cold from 3 at the end of the year after being good at the beginning of the year (or defenses adjusting to them at any rate). The 19-20 team was the only exception really, but was kinda an anomaly with Okoro's defense and the COVID year.
And if you add a guy that can drive the lane and dish out to those shooters it's really hard to stop and you have a final four quality team when you combine it with a Pearl defense. In 2018 we had Okeke driving the lane and dishing out, in 2023 and 24 we had Broome doing the same.
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suggested two other possibilities for a total of three. Without going too over the top. To which he got butt hurt and bent out of shape.
I'm not particularly butt hurt about anything, though I've definitely been disappointed in Tahaad's play this season. But you need to work on reading comprehension if you think my post that you responded to said Tahaad's problems were conditioning only. Jang already quoted that same post where I said the opposite.
I really don't care if Tahaad is looking sloppy due to poor conditioning, frustration, or lack of effort. The end result is the same, poor PG play.
I personally think it's a combination of:
A. Tahaad just doesn't have the skills to be a good PG, he's a good 2 guard scorer in a point guards body.
B. He was the only guy coming back, got a huge NIL deal, and got a bit of a case of big man on campus/bighead. Which resulted in him maybe not putting as much work this off-season, and it's showing on the court. This sort of thing is hard to fix mid season.
There is also the possibility he has been partying and not putting in the work off the court like the rumors have said. No clue on that, but Steven calling him out in a press conference and sitting him the beginning of that one game says that something was going there that is effort related.
Whatever the case is, he was having the same issues with Magwood as he has without him, so trying to blame his performance on Steven sticking to his guns on Magwood is silly, which was my main point with what you quoted. Most studs in cbb play at least 32-33 minutes a game, you want your best players on the court as much as possible.
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It's all speculation yours, mine, and the next guy.
Okay, sure man, we have personal bias against Tahaad. The guy 99% of this fanbase including myself loved coming into the season and thought was a complete dawg. Literally everyone thought he would be a major reason we would be a solid team this year. Coaches don't call out their star player and sit them as a starter in a game like Steven did earlier in the year to Tahaad if the player is doing what they are supposed to off the court. Whether it was bar hopping or lack of effort or whatever, something was or is going on. You can stick your head into the ground on that if you wish. I personally don't have any insight as to what he did myself. But one thing there is no speculation about is the fact Tahaad has sucked as a PG, regardless of the reason. Make whatever excuses for him you want, that's a simple fact. Hopefully he gets his crap together and improves as the season goes on.
re: Big game today. Bball @ Tennessee
Posted by auyushu on 2/1/26 at 1:43 pm to lowspark12
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Tahaad is fine at handling the ball and makes good passes… it’s the scoring he’s struggling with.
The heck he is. His assist to turnover ratio is 1.38, which is absolutely horrible. A decent PG should have a 2:1 ratio. Tahaad ranks 341 in the country in assist to turnover ratio, his passing and decision making suck.
I'll agree with you on his scoring probably being even more of an issue, but that just highlights how bad our PG situation has been. And honestly, I knew he'd been really bad at PG this year, but I didn't realize quite how bad until I looked up the stats just now. He's bottom 10 in the country in assist to turnover ratio.
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The different is how long is he (himself) being pushed past his comfort level and not how well another player responded.
The difference seems to be the effort the player is putting in off the court in terms of conditioning, and apparently the level of excuse making some are making for Tahaad.
Walter Clayton averaged 32.6 min a game last year, 30.9 and 30.3 before that. Jared Harper did 33 his junior year, 30.5 his sophomore year. Mark Sears was at 33.6 and 32.3 per game his last two seasons at Bama. Braden Smith from Purdue has averaged like 34 for his career.
It's more common than not for PGs to have the number of minutes per game Tahaad is averaging per game, pretty much all the All Americans do regularly.
The problem is Tahaad, not some made up excuse about his minutes. Tahaad is struggling in the early part of games just like he is in the end of games. He was struggling when we had Magwood just like he is struggling now with Magwood in the doghouse.
Hall is able to average 2 more minutes per game more than Tahaad and play at an All-sec, borderline All American level. And Hall plays about the most physical style of offense possible going into the paint all the time, not like he is jacking up threes constantly.
But poor Tahaad, he doesn't have a a backup PG. And Magwood sucked when he played anyway, statistically he's barely better than the walkon you guys are complaining about.
Our team definitely has depth issues, but our main two issues are that our PG play sucks and we can't shoot threes worth a damn. And Tahaad is a major part of the problem for both issues.
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can see us winning this game but they have got to cool off from 3 lol.
Most of the ones they've hit were wide open. Gotta close out and pick up defensive intensity. But yeah, Tennessee isn't as good this year as usual, so we should be able to hang as long as we pick it up.
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Not a great start. Steven pissed
It's amazing how we can look so good defensively then come out and look how we barely know how to play defense a game later.
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Isnt he still supposed to write 2 more mistborn eras and more stormlight?
Yeah, he has 5 more stormlight books and 2 more eras of Mistborn.
After reading the first Stormlight right after it came out, I waited to read Stormlight until that 5 book series was finished (still need to read wind and truth), so I get that myself.
I find the second Mistborn to be the best stuff he's done, but the first trilogy just solid.
Stormlight is very good, but it is a hard series to binge. It could have used some tighter editing.
re: Auburn Opens a Texas Sized Can of WhoopAss
Posted by auyushu on 1/30/26 at 2:38 pm to SECdragonmaster
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It’s hurting our team and it’s hurting Tahaad.
It would hurt our team equally as much if Magwood was kicked off the team, not like there is someone to replace him. Steven can handle his discipline however the hell he wants, it's his job on the line.
If wants to give Magwood a path to playing time that his call, but GTFO with the 3 games nonsense if he was calling out his coach like that online.
Most likely scenario at this point is it's a situation like Howard and he stays on the team barely playing and transfers at he end of the year.
Then he doesn't ruffle any feathers with Overtime Elite and at the same time shows discipline.
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