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Gator Basketball How much more, Mike White?
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- Jun 11, 2014
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I don't know how its ignorant. UNC was ranked preseason #9 and expected to be a Sweet 16 type team in their season previews. 20 Final 4s and 7 NCs for that basketball powerhouse and 5 star/NBA player factory so yeah for them to be 7-5 and as of right now predicted to be in the first 4 OUT in the tourney, that is pretty shocking thus far.
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Stop trolling. This isn't a fluke year for white like it is for UNC. Offense has been miserable. Our teams constantly choke down the stretch year in and year out in big games. Only thing that got him an extension was chiozzas 20 foot floater in a game where we choked HARD down the stretch to even be in that position. Then we lost to South Carolina to miss out on final four where we choked down the stretch again and couldn't figure out how to score at the end of the game.
Lose to Frank Martin almost every time we play his team, as we do to other teams that play tough like fsu.
I used to ask people this in mccelwains and muschamps waning time to people who would defend them so I will ask again here:
What exactly are you waiting to see to decide that a coach isn't very good?
I don't think we should fire him mid season or anything but if we don't make the tournament this year he needs to go.
- Jun 14, 2014
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I'm with you Towels 'N' Sporks. Mike White has no right to $4 million per year while making the entire Gator fanship despise our basketball team, year after year. White's negative effect is so sure and swift that hope is gone. We won't win the SEC, not even compete. We will mess up our chances for March Madness. If Gator basketball is not enjoyable for us, think about how disturbing it must be to our players. ??
Still, I'll be watching next game .... maybe one Gator will shine.?
Still, I'll be watching next game .... maybe one Gator will shine.?
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I said that last year we should get rid of White and have said to fire White after every loss this season. I have also asked many times who to replace White with and get nothing but crickets so I don't what we do at this point.
- Jun 9, 2014
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Yes, we should keep him. No chance we ever land anyone better than another NIT special guy.
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Tell me who in the athletic department has a clue about basketball or the inclination to think it rates priority over swimming or volleyball.
I don’t think we can fully appreciate how lucky we were to have Donovan.
I don’t think we can fully appreciate how lucky we were to have Donovan.
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Basketball gets major sport status by virtue of many other schools that have good entertaining competitive teams with star players. Each season winds up with spectacular televised events .... March Madness, which is the whole point of it all. No schools want to be left out of that.??
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I had a friend who was pretty close to him, but no longer. (Different staffs now.) He did say that Billy was promised a new facility after they made that first run in 2000 or so. So much for taking Fooley's word.
We are lucky he stayed as long as he did. They always thought he'd go back to Kintucky.
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Stop Trolling? Might as well say stop breathing. Asking a Gator Chatterer to cease trolling is like asking Trump to give up Texting.
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Basketball gets major sport status by virtue of many other schools that have good entertaining competitive teams with star players. Each season winds up with spectacular televised events .... March Madness, which is the whole point of it all. No schools want to be left out of that.??
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What I dislike about our BB product is that while we have great history and pedigree, our gym looks like a half-empty YMCA no matter who we play. I check the attendance and am always surprised because on TV all the empty seats directly behind the bench are pathetic. All other venues seems more electric by comparison.
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I dislike the product White is putting on the court. Put a F****** good product out there (or at least a competitive one) and you won't see ANY empty seats. I don't remember actually looking at the stands watching most games but didn't notice empty seats in any.....
The O Center's capacity is listed as:10,133 and attendance is listed for the North Florida game at 9,685 and the Marshall game at 10,583.Are you saying the attendance reports are padded?
- Jun 11, 2014
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Are we looking at a 9-9 SEC conference record this season? Does anyone care or will even watch the games?
- Jun 12, 2014
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The “club “ section is always empty because the athletic program sold themselves out for money (Shocking isn’t it?) when the remodel was completed. The program bumped real fans, like me for 35 years, in favor of the fat cats who write checks.
Now you have an entire section of people who either don’t bother to attend half of the games or they spend the entire time sitting at the bar inside the club
Now when you watch on tv it looks like we cannot even sell the best seats
This bad decision aligns with the overall direction of a program in a downward spiral
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call me a masochist, but I’ll watch every game that I can. I’m thinking an 11-7 conference record
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Dude, thanks for writing this. I've been trying to communicate this to no avail. We absolutely cannot have premium seats remain empty in front of the cameras. Every game looks like a preseason game during holiday break. It's a pathetic visual. Basketball AV team or whoever is in charge of TV presentation needs to fix this ASAP. Not only does MW make play a super boring, low-scoring style of slow-down basketball, but our games look under-attended... even the kick-ass center court seats behind the bench remain empty for most of the game.
Next up is to fix the audio. Unbelievable how horrible it sounds on TV. Don't know why. Just fix it or we will lose our brand in about two or three more seasons. Last season, I watched Gators play @Alabama and I thought how in the world does Bama present better on TV (louder, more fans on the screen, more excitement) than the O-Dome where we have the Rowdies and a Championship pedigree. Nevermind MW's offensive challenges; say goodbye to decent BB forever if we don't find a way to change this travesty.
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Not padded, just surprising based on how it looks and sounds on TV. Looks and sounds like a half-empty highschool gym. Someone fix it!I dislike the product White is putting on the court. Put a F****** good product out there (or at least a competitive one) and you won't see ANY empty seats. I don't remember actually looking at the stands watching most games but didn't notice empty seats in any.....
The O Center's capacity is listed as:10,133 and attendance is listed for the North Florida game at 9,685 and the Marshall game at 10,583.Are you saying the attendance reports are padded?
