UCLA

[rocket surgeon]

  do we really live in this sexually charged of a world where no one can control themselves and almost worse, no one can see the wrong in it until it has escalated to the levels it has?


ok, back to UCLA-john wooden should help them out a little, unless he isn't thoroughly disgusted with the direction his school has taken

[nyg]

Not just the priests, the next big thing to come out...

https://nypost.com/2019/02/16/inside-the-horrifying-unspoken-world-of-sexually-abusive-nuns/

Sorry, but what does the Roman Catholic Church and pedophilia have in common with the coaching vacancy at UCLA.  Really?

[Cheeks]

Sorry, but what does the Roman Catholic Church and pedophilia have in common with the coaching vacancy at UCLA.  Really?

It doesn’t, I was responding to MULTIPLE posts about the subject already in this thread.  I agree, shouldn’t be in this thread, but was in there before I responded to them.  Guilty of responding.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

  do we really live in this sexually charged of a world where no one can control themselves and almost worse, no one can see the wrong in it until it has escalated to the levels it has?

No we don't. But that doesn't stop people from using it as an excuse. So the next time you hear someone dismiss an allegation because "boys will be boys" or "look at how she was dressed or acting, what did she think was going to happen?" call BS on them. I have seen some nice pairs of legs in mini skirts before, never a pair so good that I lost all control and had to have sex with that person that second. It's an insulting insinuation really that as men we has so little control over ourselves.

[nyg]

It doesn’t, I was responding to MULTIPLE posts about the subject already in this thread.  I agree, shouldn’t be in this thread, but was in there before I responded to them.  Guilty of responding.

Yeah, I get it, especially the "multiple posts aspect", but this place has been going rather insane with off topic, thread derailing issues in the past six months.  Social issues, blowhard mouthing off, you name it, we've seen it.  Many posters have requested over and over again to please stop and it just continues.  Don't want to be any sort of "mod guy", but when I start reading about arguments over the UCLA coaching vacancy, which was great and then see child molesting and cover ups, just don't get it.  Maybe someday it will stop and the threads will return to their respective topics like they used to be many years ago. And as I post, it continues.......

[Marquette Gyros]

I saw this thread jumped to 9 pages long and figured Wojo resigned and is moving to Westwood....

[Silkk the Shaka]

or it's just an online.persona who gets a kick out.of getting under.peoples skins.

He's the ultimate edgelord. Putting all his personae on ignore and scrolling past all the posts without responding was the best decision I ever made.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Yeah, I get it, especially the "multiple posts aspect", but this place has been going rather insane with off topic, thread derailing issues in the past six months.  Social issues, blowhard mouthing off, you name it, we've seen it.  Many posters have requested over and over again to please stop and it just continues.  Don't want to be any sort of "mod guy", but when I start reading about arguments over the UCLA coaching vacancy, which was great and then see child molesting and cover ups, just don't get it.  Maybe someday it will stop and the threads will return to their respective topics like they used to be many years ago. And as I post, it continues.......

Last six months? You must be new here.

I understand why it is annoying but personally, I view each thread as a conversation. Sometimes conversations jump on and off topic. You ever had one of those conversations where you just stop and try to remember how you got from point A to point Z in a conversation?

Definitely agree we can go without the blowhard mouthing off, I'm certain I'm guilty of it

[nyg]

Last six months? You must be new here.

I understand why it is annoying but personally, I view each thread as a conversation. Sometimes conversations jump on and off topic. You ever had one of those conversations where you just stop and try to remember how you got from point A to point Z in a conversation?

Definitely agree we can go without the blowhard mouthing off, I'm certain I'm guilty of it

Yes, I am new, just joined a month ago. 

Sometimes conversations jump?  Just look at almost every thread, it comes down to a Chicos/Ners conversation to social issues to anything not relevant to the topic. Most posters want to read about the subject topic, not the jump topic.  When I saw the child molesting subject, I felt it was required to jump in and advise I really don't want to read about it here and I really hope others felt the same. 

[rocket surgeon]

Last six months? You must be new here.

I understand why it is annoying but personally, I view each thread as a conversation. Sometimes conversations jump on and off topic. You ever had one of those conversations where you just stop and try to remember how you got from point A to point Z in a conversation?

Definitely agree we can go without the blowhard mouthing off, I'm certain I'm guilty of it

well stated tamu.   i'll bet you can go thru almost every thread that zigs and zags on, off and around the original subject matter. i believe the board as a whole can regulate itself pretty good.  weird how some can get so worked up about it-just skip it, change the channel and move on. 

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

This whole string demostrates why the board is better without Chicos, just sayin

[tower912]

Three options.   1.   Roll your eyes extensively hoping for that one occasional nugget worth reading.   2.   The ignore function.   3.   Sit back and do your own internal countdown until he implodes again and gets banned.    Again.   

[Archies Bat]

This whole string demostrates why the board is better without Chicos, just sayin

I agree he can derail threads, but in my opinion folks derail more threads talking about Chicos than he derails threads himself.

[SaveOD238]

I agree he can derail threads, but in my opinion folks derail more threads talking about Chicos than he derails threads himself.

THIS

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I agree he can derail threads, but in my opinion folks derail more threads talking about Chicos than he derails threads himself.

+2

[Cheeks]

I agree he can derail threads, but in my opinion folks derail more threads talking about Chicos than he derails threads himself.

SandKnit has a special thing for me for many years.  I'm just glad he is better healthwise now, and I sincerely mean that.

[Newsdreams]

Superbar, hey?

[MU82]

I don't know the statistics on the kid-diddling exploits of non-Catholic clergy, but there sure have been tons of abuses -- sexual and otherwise -- perpetrated by leaders of other Christian faiths. Some d-bag Jewish clergy over the years, too.

There is nothing quite as evil as a person who is in a position of authority and trust -- not to mention a person who regularly judges others because they aren't godly enough -- being a d-bag himself (or herself, if applicable).

[StillAWarrior]

I agree he can derail threads, but in my opinion folks derail more threads talking about Chicos than he derails threads himself.

+3

[WarriorDad]

I don't know the statistics on the kid-diddling exploits of non-Catholic clergy, but there sure have been tons of abuses -- sexual and otherwise -- perpetrated by leaders of other Christian faiths. Some d-bag Jewish clergy over the years, too.

There is nothing quite as evil as a person who is in a position of authority and trust -- not to mention a person who regularly judges others because they aren't godly enough -- being a d-bag himself (or herself, if applicable).

New York Times has an eye opening article today about the Catholic clergy.

[real chili 83]

ND sucks

[MU82]

New York Times has an eye opening article today about the Catholic clergy.

Yep.

But again, it's not just the Catholics. A few folks have suggested that letting priests get frisky would somehow solve these problems but there are massive abuses taking place even by clergy who already are allowed to get frisky.

[Skip Intro]

Getting a little bit back on topic, the UCLA opening doesn't necessarily concern me (I think Hoiberg gets it).  However, aside from Duke in a few years, one place that I could see Wojo leaving for is Maryland.  Turgeon is good (and clearly a good recruiter), but his teams definitely underperform come tourney time.  He's gotten them as far as the S16 only once in his 8 years at MD.  If they don't go far this year, and next year brings more of the same, I think his job is on the line . 

I get it, College Park is not Baltimore, but it's close.  MD pays well and has a good fanbase.  And whether we like it or not, I think there's more of an allure to coaching in the Big 10 or ACC than in the Big East.  If MU makes a good run this year and (hopefully) next, Wojo will clearly be high on a lot of lists.  It's a nice problem to have, but I'm not so sure Duke is the only realistic suitor.

[MU82]

Getting a little bit back on topic, the UCLA opening doesn't necessarily concern me (I think Hoiberg gets it).  However, aside from Duke in a few years, one place that I could see Wojo leaving for is Maryland.  Turgeon is good (and clearly a good recruiter), but his teams definitely underperform come tourney time.  He's gotten them as far as the S16 only once in his 8 years at MD.  If they don't go far this year, and next year brings more of the same, I think his job is on the line . 

I get it, College Park is not Baltimore, but it's close.  MD pays well and has a good fanbase.  And whether we like it or not, I think there's more of an allure to coaching in the Big 10 or ACC than in the Big East.  If MU makes a good run this year and (hopefully) next, Wojo will clearly be high on a lot of lists.  It's a nice problem to have, but I'm not so sure Duke is the only realistic suitor.

This certainly is realistic, SI.

However, none of us can know what Wojo is thinking in these scenarios. There are guys like Wright and Few who ain't going anywhere despite being at schools that could be seen as "lesser" than those in the ACC, BT or B12. Maybe Wojo fancies himself as the next Jay Wright, content to build and maintain a national powerhouse at a great basketball school outside the P5. Or maybe he's looking for the first opportunity to jump to a job like Duke, Maryland, or any of several other "big-time" jobs. Or it could be somewhere between those extremes.

I guess it's "fun" to speculate, though.

[Cheeks]

For giggles I went to Duke board and they also had Brad Stevens high on list.  Some had Wojo, some had other Duke coaching tree including Capel.