Jump to content

For When it Comes Up Later in the Season

Censored by Laurie

By Censored by Laurie
in Mean Green Basketball

 Share

Recommended Posts

Censored by Laurie Grand Master

Censored by Laurie

Posted
Posted

Why dance around racism?

And I'm not gonna be optimistic about ANYONE who comes to play for ULM until we balance the demographics a little more and put more white players on our teams. All we've had are streetballers and no fundamentals for the past decade.

Call me out on my remarks, but every one of you on this messageboard knows I'm right. Look at Duke...Look at Butler...Look at Wisconsin...Look at just about any team that has a good balance and they are usually moderately to highly successful.

Michigan had probably the best mix of black players of any team ever with the Fab 5 and STILL couldn't win the big one....and well, you know all the controversy that happened with their criminal issues.

I'm not saying that that all black athletes are unlawful or bad in the classroom....but they CONSISTENTLY lack CORE FUNDAMENTALS and make more bad decisions on emotion than with good decision making.

Kobe and Jordan, while they are awesome players (Jordan was more fundamentally sound IMHO), they essentially RUINED basketball fundamentals because EVERY up and coming black player wants to shine like those two. Essentially it's MORE ABOUT ME and NOT THE TEAM.

However....Magic Johnson, Dennis Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Karl Malone...ALL kept the pureness of the game...

Until we start seeing more black players modeling the latter list, I will NEVER change my viewpoint.

Bottom line...we have TOO MANY FOLLOWERS based on the "ME" concept and not enough leaders based on the "TEAM" concept.

I welcome your rebuttals.

emmitt01 Grand Master

emmitt01

Posted
Posted

Ummm wow. So Jordan ruined basketball? Last I checked the idea was to outscore your opponent, he and Kobe have/had a funny way of doing that. And Jordan sure lacked those fundamentals...how many times did he make the NBA's first team defense again?

But I can totally see his point. I've often thought a return to the four corners and the granny shot would result in more titles.

Army of Dad Enthusiast

Army of Dad

Posted
Posted

Um, wow.

Now, we could use the one and done mentality and the resultant lack of time in college to mature one's game as a basis for the lack of fundamentals in today's game (I think almost everyone on his fundamentally sound list spent multiple years playing ball in college). Also we could blame ESPN for showing nothing but dunks and never a nice long passing sequence and maybe just toss in the entitlement a 18 YO star athlete has been brought up to feed on.

Censored by Laurie Grand Master

Censored by Laurie

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Now, we could use the one and done mentality and the resultant lack of time in college to mature one's game as a basis for the lack of fundamentals in today's game (I think almost everyone on his fundamentally sound list spent multiple years playing ball in college). Also we could blame ESPN for showing nothing but dunks and never a nice long passing sequence and maybe just toss in the entitlement a 18 YO star athlete has been brought up to feed on.

Nope. It's because they're black.

CMJ Grand Master

CMJ

Posted
Posted

Looks like a certain stormfront follower on GMG could fit right in. Didn't we get past this with Texas Western about 45 years ago?

I agree with the comment that ESPN's incessant showing of "highlight plays" is what's hurt team basketball at times. But there are plenty of examples of teams that play the right way that aren't private schools like Duke/Butler.

How about Michigan State for instance. They are nearly always one of the best, most fundamentally coached teams in the land. Ever see the makeup of their roster?

  • Upvote 2
MeanGreenTexan Grand Master

MeanGreenTexan

Posted
Posted

Looks like a certain stormfront follower on GMG could fit right in. Didn't we get past this with Texas Western about 45 years ago?

I agree with the comment that ESPN's incessant showing of "highlight plays" is what's hurt team basketball at times. But there are plenty of examples of teams that play the right way that aren't private schools like Duke/Butler.

How about Michigan State for instance. They are nearly always one of the best, most fundamentally coached teams in the land. Ever see the makeup of their roster?

No. But based on your description of their play, I would guess they're a bunch of white guys?

  • Upvote 3
Quoner Veteran

Quoner

Posted
Posted

Ok, so we found where one guy went, but who's going to go message board-hopping to find Playmaker and LoveMG next?

  • Upvote 4
  • Downvote 1

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Tell a friend

    Love GoMeanGreen.com? Tell a friend!

  • What's going on Mean Green?

    1. 23

      Mensah Getting $8 Million NIL Deal

      You got it dumbass. Seriously, let’s look at the two situations without inserting race since you felt the need. Mensah is a RS Freshmen that entered the portal stating his price. He didn’t get a degree from Tulane and probably cleared out some basics while there. Mensah may be a great student and may live up to his last name, but his academic success was never mentioned just that he was entering the portal and here is his price Morris was at North Texas as a student that had already earned his degree, the reason he missed spring practice, and a dollar amount was never mentioned regarding his transfer/entering the portal. You chose to read it as a racial observation, not me. You were looking for something that wasn’t there nor considered when I made my comment. I was just adding in to another poster’s comments. Stupid financial decisions are not the result of race but thanks for. Inferring that. Watch the “30 for 30” episode titled “Broke” and it will reveal that it happens to all races. Thanks for being who you are though. I would be shocked if you replied differently.
      UNTLifer in Mean Green Football
    2. 1

      Where are they now? Jason Edwards

      Makes it sound like we are just the minor leagues for these guys. No NT HOF for youuuuuu!
      NT80 in Mean Green Basketball
    3. 94

      Portal players leaving

      I think the fact that he's playing in the bowl game shows 1) he just wants to play and 2) it just shows more of the drive and commitment that's gotten him to where he his. I'm not gonna' fault him for leaving if they aren't rewarding him with a scholarship and especially if it looks like he isn't going to be in the main rotation next year. That feels like "thanks for bailing us out, now go sit down."
      • 1
      • Upvote
      meaniegreenie in Mean Green Football
    4. 47

      Chris Jimmerson

      Too many "player-whisperers" these days telling kids what they should do next in their career. I'd like to see more data about players that left a program for NIL/more playing time on what the return on their investment was. If they had a do-over would they make different decisions or was it really the right move? Do players that change schools every year really have a loyalty to any of them when their playing days are over?
      • 1
      • Upvote
      NT80 in Mean Green Football
    5. 47

      Stop Blaming Athletes and the NCAA for Ruining College Football

      There is a lot of collateral damage in this Portal and NIL era. Fan-withdrawal because of PTSD associated with transferring key players will cause less emotional investment, and eventually less $$ investment in the program they follow. NIL donation requests, ticket surcharges, and pleas from ADs has displaced asking for donations for brick and mortar projects. Player buy-in to a coaching staff and program has been replaced with NIL buy-out of the players.
      NT80 in Mean Green Football

  • Popular Contributors

  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      15,505
    • Most Online
      1,865
    Jepper
    Newest Member
    Jepper
    Joined

  • Most Points

    1. 1
      El Paso Eagle
      El Paso Eagle
      170,299
    2. 2
      NT80
      NT80
      137,403
    3. 3
      KingDL1
      KingDL1
      131,325
    4. 4
      greenminer
      greenminer
      123,950
    5. 5
      TheReal_jayD
      TheReal_jayD
      109,004

  • Biggest Gamblers

    1. 1
      EdtheEagle
      EdtheEagle
      26,591,267
    2. 2
      UNTLifer
      UNTLifer
      4,480,984
    3. 3
      untphd
      untphd
      841,161
    4. 4
      flyonthewall
      flyonthewall
      670,422
    5. 5
      3_n_out
      3_n_out
      578,480
    6. 6
      SteaminWillieBeamin
    7. 7
      UNT_FH_FR_YR
      UNT_FH_FR_YR
      454,039
    8. 8
      cousin oliver
      cousin oliver
      448,120
    9. 9
      meangreenfaninno
    10. 10
      South Texas Green

WE BELIEVE IN THE MEAN GREEN!

News

Recruiting

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Please review our full Privacy Policy before using our site.