Butler Board

[TSmith34, Inc.]

PGs and Sand Knit would fit right in to that game thread

[SERocks]

My fav was this one:

"I think Markus Howard's right nut might still be damp from the slobber of the announcers mouth. Who knows "

Buck does the same thing to Troy in the booth all the time. 

[warriorjoe]

Wades world: Don't forget Rob Judson.

Go Warriors!

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Just reading over it right now

Markus has officially broken 1 BE teams fans

Star treatment and punk seem to be the go to!!

Enjoyable read. Good to be the hunted.

Punk is about the last thing that comes to mind when I think of or look at Markus. 

[NickelDimer]

My favorite was when a troll entered their thread and said " Oh yea MU -6 Easy $$$$"

Don't think he was trolling and to his credit he called that line free money before the game tipped off on page 1 or 2

[willie warrior]

Just reading over it right now

Markus has officially broken 1 BE teams fans

Star treatment and punk seem to be the go to!!

Enjoyable read. Good to be the hunted.

Have not seen any punk in Markus. He does try to do way too much with the ball and needs to correct that, but his overall game has to put him near the top 10 all time of MU players. And that is saying a ton.

[mug644]

He said outlandish stuff when he was a coach, too. He was one of the more quotable coaches out there.

He has a very similar Queens/Brooklyn accent to Al.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Yeah my love of Theos D compares admirably to their hatred of Jordan Tucker's

The irony of making a dumb comment about fitting in with dumb comments

Butler is pretty meh this year at best, which probably increases the odds of their fans pissing and moaning.  Marquette is 22-4, and yet:

Some of Markus dribbling makes absolutely no sense
Jesus Joey
Sacar you can't miss that
Bad sequence for Markus tho. Wtf was that pss
Jesus terrible start
Markus does this every fu cking time
He simply can't dribble
Wtf sam
Markus having his usual ball handling meltdown.
What the hell was that Toony.
Just knew Markus would fu cking force it
Just stupid crap after stupid crap. No D. Can't make shots.
crapty passing and no post ups.
Wtf was that
For fu cks sake Markus
Jesus Markus
Ed can't miss that.
Markus can't make layups.
Theo use some damn touch jeez
These turnovers have to fu cking stop.
Dumb shot there Markus
And now the bad Markus spurt
The completely unnecessary chucks by Bailey are so annoying.
We were just up 8 with the ball and Markus handed them 4 pts
Wtf is Markus doing???
Sacar needs to fu cking stop
Jesus Christ Markus
Markus stop with the over dribbling
Baileys pass awful.
Markus bounce pass awful.
Sacar biffs another
Stop with the stupid bounce passes!!!
2 more missed layups
Bailey basically hands them points with a stupid pass
Beating a dead horse here but these missed Markus layups are killer.
He's missed ever single one today
Slow down Markus! Dumb foul.
Still very stupid of Morrow
Markus forgets how to dribble again
Bailey needs to stop just throwing up shots.
Sam looks absolutely terrible. Either bobbles the ball or launches a brick every time
This is absolutely brutal.
We are getting absolutely abused on the boards and down low
Joey straight up loses the ball on offense Then commits a terrible second foul.

and on and on and on

[MUUWUWM]

CLASSIC!

[jsglow]

Is that straight from the game thread? No wonder I never go there.

[GooooMarquette]

Is that straight from the game thread? No wonder I never go there.

Yeah, I shouldn't go, but it's a hard habit to break. I don't post much there anymore, except an occasional "we got this."

[tower912]

Butler is pretty meh this year at best, which probably increases the odds of their fans pissing and moaning.  Marquette is 22-4, and yet:

Some of Markus dribbling makes absolutely no sense
Jesus Joey
Sacar you can't miss that
Bad sequence for Markus tho. Wtf was that pss
Jesus terrible start
Markus does this every fu cking time
He simply can't dribble
Wtf sam
Markus having his usual ball handling meltdown.
What the hell was that Toony.
Just knew Markus would fu cking force it
Just stupid crap after stupid crap. No D. Can't make shots.
crapty passing and no post ups.
Wtf was that
For fu cks sake Markus
Jesus Markus
Ed can't miss that.
Markus can't make layups.
Theo use some damn touch jeez
These turnovers have to fu cking stop.
Dumb shot there Markus
And now the bad Markus spurt
The completely unnecessary chucks by Bailey are so annoying.
We were just up 8 with the ball and Markus handed them 4 pts
Wtf is Markus doing???
Sacar needs to fu cking stop
Jesus Christ Markus
Markus stop with the over dribbling
Baileys pass awful.
Markus bounce pass awful.
Sacar biffs another
Stop with the stupid bounce passes!!!
2 more missed layups
Bailey basically hands them points with a stupid pass
Beating a dead horse here but these missed Markus layups are killer.
He's missed ever single one today
Slow down Markus! Dumb foul.
Still very stupid of Morrow
Markus forgets how to dribble again
Bailey needs to stop just throwing up shots.
Sam looks absolutely terrible. Either bobbles the ball or launches a brick every time
This is absolutely brutal.
We are getting absolutely abused on the boards and down low
Joey straight up loses the ball on offense Then commits a terrible second foul.

and on and on and on

Greatest
Post
Ever

On a 22-4 team.  With a POY candidate.   

[warriorchick]

Hahaha so "Sacar you can't miss that" is equivalent to saying "jordan tucker is so frustratingly awful on defense right now"

Also, you conveniently did not mention any positive post i made in your waste of time endeavor.

Are fans not allowed to say a guy can't miss a point blank lay up??

I'm genuinely curious on what type of stupid I am dealing with here

Well, you had 25 posts in the Butler game thread and in those posts. T Smith found about 45 negative comments.

But to be fair, I did find a couple of comments that weren't critical of the team or its players:

1.  "Sam!" (could have been said either in excitement or anger; I will give you the benefit of the doubt)

2. "Nothing I said was remotely bad". 

[D'Lo Brown]

[Cheeks]

How many of those on that list are from Willie?

[MU82]

Is that straight from the game thread? No wonder I never go there.

I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever go to the game thread.

I think I owe a few thousand "never evers," but I'm tired of typing.

[harryp]

Watching the game, almost all I could think of was, "can somebody stick a sock in Gillen's mouth"!! Doesn't anyone tell these commenters that it is not their job to 1) tell the viewers what they are seeing (it's not a radio game), 2) talk about each other and tell or make "jokes" -- they are not comedians  and they're NOT funny.

[JakeBarnes]

I dread hearing Gillen. He's like the announcer equivalent of Jim Burr.

[Loose Cannon]

I dread hearing Gillen. He's like the announcer equivalent of Jim Burr.

Have Pete and Dickie ever been paired?

[Jockey]

Have Pete and Dickie ever been paired?

They are both color guys, not announcers.

BTW, I don't know what would be worse though - pairing Pete with Dickie Simpkins, or pairing him with Dickie V.

[Johnny B]

Butler is pretty meh this year at best, which probably increases the odds of their fans pissing and moaning.  Marquette is 22-4, and yet:

Some of Markus dribbling makes absolutely no sense
Jesus Joey
Sacar you can't miss that
Bad sequence for Markus tho. Wtf was that pss
Jesus terrible start
Markus does this every fu cking time
He simply can't dribble
Wtf sam
Markus having his usual ball handling meltdown.
What the hell was that Toony.
Just knew Markus would fu cking force it
Just stupid crap after stupid crap. No D. Can't make shots.
crapty passing and no post ups.
Wtf was that
For fu cks sake Markus
Jesus Markus
Ed can't miss that.
Markus can't make layups.
Theo use some damn touch jeez
These turnovers have to fu cking stop.
Dumb shot there Markus
And now the bad Markus spurt
The completely unnecessary chucks by Bailey are so annoying.
We were just up 8 with the ball and Markus handed them 4 pts
Wtf is Markus doing???
Sacar needs to fu cking stop
Jesus Christ Markus
Markus stop with the over dribbling
Baileys pass awful.
Markus bounce pass awful.
Sacar biffs another
Stop with the stupid bounce passes!!!
2 more missed layups
Bailey basically hands them points with a stupid pass
Beating a dead horse here but these missed Markus layups are killer.
He's missed ever single one today
Slow down Markus! Dumb foul.
Still very stupid of Morrow
Markus forgets how to dribble again
Bailey needs to stop just throwing up shots.
Sam looks absolutely terrible. Either bobbles the ball or launches a brick every time
This is absolutely brutal.
We are getting absolutely abused on the boards and down low
Joey straight up loses the ball on offense Then commits a terrible second foul.

and on and on and on

What an absolute joke of a post. The absurdness is palpable. It's a goddamn sports board. People are going to point out the mistakes during a game regardless of the teams record. They are going to analyze plays.. so freaking what? It doesn't mean they aren't satisfied with the win. Doesn't mean they dont support the team enough. Its just inoquess sports banter. I mean what the hell. I saw alot against butler that could be improved upon in the future. Yes markus took silly shots and some other things with other players were bad etc... again so what?? If they have a good record must we all just never point out anything we dont see as good and just say ohhh yay marquette won and sing Koom by ahhhhhh no matter what?? It's a damn sports board. What do you expect what a joke. And correct me if I am completely misreading your post

[Loose Cannon]

They are both color guys, not announcers.

BTW, I don't know what would be worse though - pairing Pete with Dickie Simpkins, or pairing him with Dickie V.

Thanks

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

What an absolute joke of a post. The absurdness is palpable. It's a goddamn sports board. People are going to point out the mistakes during a game regardless of the teams record. They are going to analyze plays.. so freaking what? It doesn't mean they aren't satisfied with the win. Doesn't mean they dont support the team enough. Its just inoquess sports banter. I mean what the hell. I saw alot against butler that could be improved upon in the future. Yes markus took silly shots and some other things with other players were bad etc... again so what?? If they have a good record must we all just never point out anything we dont see as good and just say ohhh yay marquette won and sing Koom by ahhhhhh no matter what?? It's a damn sports board. What do you expect what a joke. And correct me if I am completely misreading your post

I think the point TSmith was trying to make is balance. Just like someone would be called out for blowing sunshine up our butts if they only posted positive things during a game thread of a blowout loss in a losing season, I think some are going to call out those who only point out the negative things during a game thread of a double digit win in the best season in over 5 years.

[Johnny B]

I think the point TSmith was trying to make is balance. Just like someone would be called out for blowing sunshine up our butts if they only posted positive things during a game thread of a blowout loss in a losing season, I think some are going to call out those who only point out the negative things during a game thread of a double digit win in the best season in over 5 years.

You are against every conviction I have on here it seems lol. Even Duke boards will call out bad plays during a game. It means nothing. Its just people on a sports board. Every team in every sport does it..now if they only.post negative stuff and nothing else.well fine that is ridiculous but who on here is really doing that

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

..now if they only.post negative stuff and nothing else.well fine that is ridiculous but who on here is really doing that

I think this is the point that TSmith was trying to make, that there are some who post nothing but negatives or a vast majority negatives. Just like many would roll their eyes at someone trying to put lipstick on a pig in a blowout loss, many will roll their eyes at those who make dozens of posts criticizing plays and nothing else in a game that we win by double digits.

Personally, I think both the pessimists and the optimists care too much about what the other ones are posting.