For anyone that cares, I thought this was an interesting exchange today...
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UWChuckSchwartz: @wessywes2 Do you ever regret not going to Wisconsin?
Response from Wes
#RealTalk. Why? Not at all
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@wessywes2 You would have been a legend in the state if you were a Badger. Now you're just some dude. It's cool though, I ain't mad at ya.
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@UWChuckSchwartz last time i checked, Marquette was still in the state. Glad you not mad at me. I'm cool wit just being some dude
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@wessywes2 Didn't mean just some dude you're obviously tits at ball. Just think your legacy in the state as a Badger would have been greater
He could have been legendary...like Brian Butch or Keaton Nankivil.
Wes Matthews is who he is partly because of both Crean and Buzz. However, I would give more credit to Buzz. Bo's style does allow players to be successful in the NBA. When was the last time, a Badger has been successful in the big leagues. The last time I ever heard a badger who was successful was Michael Finley!
Quote from: TheFarEastMovement on August 22, 2011, 03:46:11 PM
When was the last time, a Badger has been successful in the big leagues. The last time I ever heard a badger who was successful was Michael Finley!
Didn't Devin Harris go to UW?
Totally forgot about Harris but I think Harris is overrated.
Who is this ChuckSchwartz character? If he is anyone of any significance it's kind of ridiculous that he's baiting Wes into a UW MU debate.
Quote from: g0lden3agle on August 22, 2011, 03:53:22 PM
Who is this ChuckSchwartz character? If he is anyone of any significance it's kind of ridiculous that he's baiting Wes into a UW MU debate.
According to his twitter profile
Hockey editor for Bucky's 5th Quarter.
Quote from: MU B2002 on August 22, 2011, 04:02:11 PM
According to his twitter profile
Hockey editor for Bucky's 5th Quarter.
Chuck should ask Devin Harris or Marcus Landry ... ;)
Lame Question- love Wes' unprtentious response. He is a grounded dude not some pompous Bucky twit.
I like the sequence of Chuck saying Wes's just some dude, Wes saying he's ok with just being some dude, and Chuck stepping down from that claim. The whole thing smells heavily of troll.
Quote from: g0lden3agle on August 22, 2011, 04:14:35 PM
I like the sequence of Chuck saying Wes's just some dude, Wes saying he's ok with just being some dude, and Chuck stepping down from that claim. The whole thing smells heavily of troll.
+1
Can't think of a new story to write? Goad a pro player and MU grad into saying something bad. Backfires? Cover your ass quick.
some dude with $34 million...sign me up.
Wes work ethic, playing in the BEast, playing with DJ, Mcneal and style of play at MU and in the BEast, work benefits for Wes to accomplish what he has. Additionally Buzz helped push him to the next level. Now why would he care if he was a legend when he is now a successful NBA player. He would have been a Spain or Europe legend without playing the style he did.
He obviously wasn't referring to the legendary players Wisconsin produces because he tweeted a legendary Marquette one.
S-M-H
Quote from: MU B2002 on August 22, 2011, 03:26:03 PM
For anyone that cares, I thought this was an interesting exchange today...
Sounds like he graduated top of his class maybe even Valedictorian....dude
Must be tough, being Wes. Still, I admire him for putting on a brave front. ::)
Let's see. The highest paid second/third year player in the NBA vs hangin' out in the Madison bars reminiscing about all the fun he had playin' in the swing and wearin' the red and white. Tough call.
Funny Badger-related news. Ian Markolf who left the team because he didn't like basketball anymore and the scholarship went to Ben Brust shortly after is transferring to a D-2 school in Texas. So I think Badger fans can stop the charade that Bo didn't give him some sort of nudge in the direction of quitting for a player that they need.
http://www.kens5.com/sports/7-footers-journey-back-home-leads-him-to-UIW-basketball-program-127759948.html (http://www.kens5.com/sports/7-footers-journey-back-home-leads-him-to-UIW-basketball-program-127759948.html)
Hmm. Maybe he didn't lose his desire for the game after all. Maybe he got cross-Bo'd.
+1
The fact that Tosa's own Devin Harris was forgotten by a poster tells us all we need to know about what type of legend Wes could have been had he been a Badger.
Lived in Madison two months and have already heard that MU pays players from two different people. Just the way it is here.
@MerritsMustache: Then again Wes succeeded because he was a Warrior and he would have not been close to being what he is, had he been a badger.
@MerritsMustache. Also, the fact that Devin Harris was forgotten as a Badger just shows how Wes Matthew would have been forgotten as well.
Wes is one of the better NBA players the state has produced and had a great career at MU.
He is a legend in the state....this guy is just too stupid to realize it......
Great response by Wes though.......he got to be where he is today by thinking he was just an ordinary guy who had to outwork everyone to reach his goal.
Mission accomplished.
I would hope that Wes is more concerned with being a legend in the NBA instead of worrying about his status in the Red Square.
QuoteLived in Madison two months
I'm sorry for your pain....
That Schwartz guy cracks me up. I'll happily admit UW has had a better run the past 15 years or so than Marquette, but saying they have a better legacy right now is ridiculous. We've got Wade, Novak, Matthews, Butler, and Hayward in the NBA. McNeal is on the verge of being in there and Diener could be if he wanted to be a sixth-seventh man type. UW has Harris, Landry, and (maybe) Leuer.
I liked Wes' response..."that could be true but I think I'm doing alright wit the start of my legacy"
No one should ever question Wesley Matthews. Outstanding success story on many levels.
Quote from: TheFarEastMovement on August 22, 2011, 10:19:24 PM
@MerritsMustache: Then again Wes succeeded because he was a Warrior and he would have not been close to being what he is, had he been a badger.
actually, wasn't he a Golden Eagle?
Quote from: TheFarEastMovement on August 22, 2011, 10:36:01 PM
@MerritsMustache. Also, the fact that Devin Harris was forgotten as a Badger just shows how Wes Matthew would have been forgotten as well.
Yep, that was exactly my point.
Badger fans are so smart. The world revolves around them. UW is the epicenter of the sports universe. They wrote the song Jump Around, had House of Pain record it especially for them and then they jump around. It truly is a marvel. I mean their football team has been competitive for like 15 years now. That's as long as OSU, Michigan, FSU, Alabama, LSU...
No teal needed. I believe it is understood.
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Tits at ball? Really?? Does this dude have feathered hair and drive a Trans Am?
Quote from: muhoops1 on August 23, 2011, 11:47:01 AM
Badger fans are so smart. The world revolves around them. UW is the epicenter of the sports universe. They wrote the song Jump Around, had House of Pain record it especially for them and then they jump around. It truly is a marvel. I mean their football team has been competitive for like 15 years now. That's as long as OSU, Michigan, FSU, Alabama, LSU...
No teal needed. I believe it is understood.
Don't forget, they also invented the color red.
Quote from: BrewCity on August 23, 2011, 01:43:28 PM
Don't forget, they also invented the color red.
It's not called red... it's called cardinal.
Quote from: Benny B on August 23, 2011, 11:28:01 PM
It's not called red... it's called cardinal.
Stanford = cardinal
Wisconsin = BIG red
Quote from: leever on August 24, 2011, 03:58:36 PM
Stanford = cardinal
Wisconsin = BIG red
I thought Big Red was Western Kentucky's mascot... but of course, they had to go copycat the UW there.
Then again, Big Red looks like a caricature of most UW fans... so it's probably not a ripoff, it's a homage.
Quote from: leever on August 24, 2011, 03:58:36 PM
Wisconsin = BIG red
The real BIG Red will be coming to Madison this year.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/cowley/7088173-419/madison-should-brace-for-fan-invasion-when-nebraska-hits-town.html