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Gator Basketball ***Official Game Thread BBALL*** Florida at Tennessee
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- Jun 12, 2014
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- Jun 14, 2014
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Mike White in all his years, paid all that money, has given us maybe one exciting basketball team or season, No seasons with "edge of the seat" watching, cheering. GatorNation can only tolerate irrelevance for so long - beyond 6 years of irrelevance is too long. There are coach-CEOs who develop both inside & outside skilled players. These players come in as 4-5 stars and they are developed into excellent players ......... The 3-point shooters do not lose their accuracy. The high school star ballhandlers do not lose their basketball common sense. Players grow in elite programs. No elites are so prone to mental errors that last all season long.
To earn the right to continue as the Gator HC-CEO, Mike White has to develop himself in so many ways into a fiery, multi-tactical "wizard". Create Wooden-type drills, practices??? ... IDK, just go firmly in that direction. Does it look like Mike White has any direction? progression?
To earn the right to continue as the Gator HC-CEO, Mike White has to develop himself in so many ways into a fiery, multi-tactical "wizard". Create Wooden-type drills, practices??? ... IDK, just go firmly in that direction. Does it look like Mike White has any direction? progression?
- Jun 5, 2014
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Although we made a valiant effort, we certainly deserved to lose that game: but the startling fact is UT did not play winning basketball.
We were greatly hampered by the absence of Mann's usual contributions. Appleby stepped up with 19 points on 7/14 shooting.
Castleton had only 11. (I bet he works hard over the offseason and comes back much improved. Hope Mike White does too.)
Well onward through the SEC tournament. ? Will we last long?
We were greatly hampered by the absence of Mann's usual contributions. Appleby stepped up with 19 points on 7/14 shooting.
Castleton had only 11. (I bet he works hard over the offseason and comes back much improved. Hope Mike White does too.)
Well onward through the SEC tournament. ? Will we last long?
- Jun 11, 2014
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we have a chance vs the TAM/Vandy winner but then Tenn awaits in the next round so that is a loss for sure unless we have Mann back and our guys want to actually play. We may sleepwalk through the first game though and lose cause the other team has nothing to lose and we are fighting on the bubble to get into the Tourney.
- Jun 19, 2014
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So instead of a bye in the sec tourney, the vols get it, and the gators play the winner of the vandy/tamu game. If we get by that, then we get the priviledge of playing a fresh ut again in a rubber match game. This is actually brilliant tourney strategy by Mike White. Losing the last two games so we can get another game in before we play the vols again shows how he set it up. It's a secret formuila for success known only to our head coach!
- Jul 20, 2014
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here. Not really but that will be the accusation. Man is playing the hand he was dealt this year. Loses best player and obviously leader early on. Then goes on a good run. Beat mortal shttt out of UT when hey were in the top 5 . Has good runs and bad. Then goest back to UT and is without his best player perhaps. Gets up early but then we cant hit and ut cant miss. Bizarre year. I know this. Until he aint my coach he is my coach. And this team good, bad or otherwise is my team. 
here. Not really but that will be the accusation. Man is playing the hand he was dealt this year. Loses best player and obviously leader early on. Then goes on a good run. Beat mortal shttt out of UT when hey were in the top 5 . Has good runs and bad. Then goest back to UT and is without his best player perhaps. Gets up early but then we cant hit and ut cant miss. Bizarre year. I know this. Until he aint my coach he is my coach. And this team good, bad or otherwise is my team. 
- Jan 3, 2018
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He dealt damn near every card to himself. You act like he is just an innocent bystander in this train wreck. I'll say one thing for him...at least he will give a press conference and answer questions.
- Jan 3, 2018
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Maybe you should..you might learn something. Maybe the first thing you should study is what it means to be a successful coach at a school like UF. Having an winning overall record is like telling your GF who hasn't cum since you started fuqing that you cum everytime. "Hey, look at me, I having a winning record".
- Jun 11, 2014
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We scored 21 points in the last 25 minutes of the game. That kind of ineptitude is on the coach, IMO.
- Sep 15, 2014
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Who do YOU want to replace MW? Who is THE coach that is the HOT name that YOU would want and not complain about? In all realities, MW just hasn't gotten the job done. He recruits well but can't find the magic potion to get the teams to gel and play well. He probably should have been let go after the Elite 8 year cause we knew it wasn't sustainable. There just haven't been enough satisfying wins cause frankly most of them we feel lucky to win and they feel like losses. MW is 121-73 at UF and 63-43 in the SEC which is both 2nd in the SEC the last 6 years. UF is the only team to NOT have a losing record in the SEC in the last 6 years. All of that just doesn't cut the mustard. You are graded on how your team looks and how you do in March. Just not good enough.
Lets look at some names that we wanted instead of MW or to replace him. The Miller bros were very popular picks to replace White but BOTH had struggled and frankly flunked out at Zona and IU in a big way so they are out. Gregg Marshall would be a structured coach we would need but he resigned from Wichita St after allegations of verbal and physical abuse of players so that would leave him OUT. Brad Stevens would be MY dream pick but that is probably mostly wishful thinking cause he has had success at Boston and would probably get another high profile job in the NBA. Billy D will never be back at UF, he is done with recruiting and has had enough success in the NBA that he will stay there at Chicago or get another high profile job in the NBA. We missed out on Eric Musselman who has had success at Ark but now he is being linked to Minnesota to either the college or NBA team. Souhan; Coyle Would Be Aggressive In Replacing Pitino [PODCAST] Would we welcome Anthony Grant back to UF? He has had success at Dayton but its a lesser conference and he didn't do so well at Bama. Has he learned his lessons and could he come back to UF and do much better? Chris Beard did well for one season at TT when they won 31 games in the 18-19 season and got to the Final 4 and Elite 8 the year before but its been a mixed bag and struggle the other years including this year where they have been run off the court quite a few games. He has said that TT is his dream job so they would pay him handsomely to stay.
Where does that leave us and who does that leave us going after? Would MW really be fired during a time of Covid and when our star player is out with a career threatening condition? Is that telling other coaches that you can't let your top player have a medical condition? Its more than wins and losses, its how the team looks and plays. We need more structure and frankly the program is just lacking in cohesion, stability, and consistency. We as fans expect more from the program and coaches. We have to consistently get 20-24 wins every year at minimum. We must be the top team in the SEC. We have to get into the NCAAT and expect Sweet 16 every year. WHO is YOUR coach that turns this program around and brings it up to Billy D standards that he set?
Lets look at some names that we wanted instead of MW or to replace him. The Miller bros were very popular picks to replace White but BOTH had struggled and frankly flunked out at Zona and IU in a big way so they are out. Gregg Marshall would be a structured coach we would need but he resigned from Wichita St after allegations of verbal and physical abuse of players so that would leave him OUT. Brad Stevens would be MY dream pick but that is probably mostly wishful thinking cause he has had success at Boston and would probably get another high profile job in the NBA. Billy D will never be back at UF, he is done with recruiting and has had enough success in the NBA that he will stay there at Chicago or get another high profile job in the NBA. We missed out on Eric Musselman who has had success at Ark but now he is being linked to Minnesota to either the college or NBA team. Souhan; Coyle Would Be Aggressive In Replacing Pitino [PODCAST] Would we welcome Anthony Grant back to UF? He has had success at Dayton but its a lesser conference and he didn't do so well at Bama. Has he learned his lessons and could he come back to UF and do much better? Chris Beard did well for one season at TT when they won 31 games in the 18-19 season and got to the Final 4 and Elite 8 the year before but its been a mixed bag and struggle the other years including this year where they have been run off the court quite a few games. He has said that TT is his dream job so they would pay him handsomely to stay.
Where does that leave us and who does that leave us going after? Would MW really be fired during a time of Covid and when our star player is out with a career threatening condition? Is that telling other coaches that you can't let your top player have a medical condition? Its more than wins and losses, its how the team looks and plays. We need more structure and frankly the program is just lacking in cohesion, stability, and consistency. We as fans expect more from the program and coaches. We have to consistently get 20-24 wins every year at minimum. We must be the top team in the SEC. We have to get into the NCAAT and expect Sweet 16 every year. WHO is YOUR coach that turns this program around and brings it up to Billy D standards that he set?
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It's very depressing watching Mike White getting owned and destroyed, especially by a Texas reject coach like Rick Barnes.
