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polycom said:
I will be honest here, we tried to warn you. You didn't listen, your sorrow is yours and yours alone.
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Way harsh. Myself, I save both barrels for the holes.
 
Waquoit said:
Way harsh. Myself, I save both barrels for the holes.
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Ha, Kobe knows he deserves this, he dropped Cronin off at the airport.
 
Chuck said:
I personally take no pleasure in the trouble with Cincinnati and the AAC. The AAC IS pretty good at football, but the P5 and NCAA won’t let them get better/wealthier. Now some of that is just economics (if they had huge followings and success, the money (or invite) would be there), but the deck is stacked against them. It’s similar in basketball. A few of the schools care, but they are saddled with other conference-mates that don’t, and the aforementioned deck stacking against them.

Cincinnati, in my opinion, was always a forced rival. UConn and Cincinnati are very different institutions. But we were in a similar boat and I don’t take pleasure in them sucking. To be clear, I want them to be worse than us (and the AAC worse than the Big East), but I’d be fine with them succeeding.

Regarding the situation at hand, Brannen needs to get in front of this if he has any chance of surviving in the near and long term. I wouldn’t be surprised if Cincinnati is in a financial situation like UConn football with Diaco where they had to think outside the box (for better or worse) to come up with a way to get rid of him and afford a coach.
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I will always respect them as a very worthy opponent. Nobody worked harder on defense than Cincy and even now I am kind of rooting for the Carrot Top Leprechaun whose team just knocked off Michigan State after UCLA has lost it's top two defenders. He's just such a character like a bantam rooster.

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FWIW, Cincy just signed its first '21 commit, forward Bryson Spell whose other offers are Virginia Tech, GW, Elon and Old Dominion. Interesting timing.
 
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Fishy said:
1) Lost the AAC title game by nearly 40 points.

2) Have lost five players to the transfer portal in two days.

3) Have no incoming recruits.

4) Profit.

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What about stealing underwear? Did they forget that step?
 
SportsFan88 said:
The Athletic article on Cincy is SCATHING
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I don't have access or a free Athletic account, but I read a snippet that someone pasted either in this thread or another one. Yeah, it's not good. That video of him walking off is a terrible look, even worse than Ed Cooley.
 
gsmooth said:
I don't have access or a free Athletic account, but I read a snippet that someone pasted either in this thread or another one. Yeah, it's not good. That video of him walking off is a terrible look, even worse than Ed Cooley.
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The article on The Athletic is pretty balanced and presents both sides. It sounds like the isolation associated with COVID contributed to a tough situation.
 
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connVA said:
Sounds like a deal with the devil gone wrong. "So, Leprechaun Man, you'll give me your soul if you can finally win two games in the tourney? Let's do it."
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Plot twist, Devil goes to collect and discovers that Mick is soulless.
 
Hungryhusky99 said:
That guy is a troll
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Yeah, but there could be something there. This was posted on Cincinnati's 247 board:

There is a growing number of folks in the coaching community that believe a coaching change is imminent for the Bearcats. Could be bad rumors swirling, but I have been contacted with similar beliefs from two different staffs in the region over the past 36 or so hours.
 
xavier fans are such nerds and losers that they run multiple troll accounts just to get the UC boards in a frenzy.
 
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kobe said:
Frank Martin is desperate to get out of South Carolina and will tell anyone who will listen he wants to come back here (was an assistant under Huggins) just like he did when we hired Brannen.
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If Frank Martin desperately wanted to coach at Cincinnati a couple years ago why did you guys hire John Brannen?
 
Martin is a good coach but, if Brannen’s tough style wore thin, you’re not exactly getting warm and fuzzy with Frank Martin.
 
Pgh2Storrs said:
Martin is a good coach but, if Brannen’s tough style wore thin, you’re not exactly getting warm and fuzzy with Frank Martin.
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I hadn't seen Frank Martin in a while so pulled him up. I almost didn't recognize him, he must have alopecia. He's bald but also has no eyebrows and looks to have no body hair.
 
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kobe said:
Frank Martin is desperate to get out of South Carolina and will tell anyone who will listen he wants to come back here (was an assistant under Huggins) just like he did when we hired Brannen.
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So incredibly bizarre to see SCarolina fall off a cliff after that FFour run in 2017. I really wonder what happens in cases like this. 3 seasons of barely .500 play and a below .500 season quickly followed. I would think recruiting would have improved after that run...
 
Travelman32 said:
So incredibly bizarre to see SCarolina fall off a cliff after that FFour run in 2017. I really wonder what happens in cases like this. 3 seasons of barely .500 play and a below .500 season quickly followed. I would think recruiting would have improved after that run...
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Don't forget that an SC assistant was under NCAA investigation back in 2017 and SC and Frank Martin were feeling the heat as well. That may have been a factor in not landing the type of talent they had just started paying.

www.cbssports.com

South Carolina receives notice of allegations from NCAA for former men's basketball assistant taking bribes

Former Gamecocks assistant Lamont Evans was convicted of bribery charges last year
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
 
formerlurker said:
247sports.com

Is Frank Martin deathly Ill?

Is Frank Martin deathly Ill?
247sports.com 247sports.com
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He's had a really rough year...from what I gather he got Covid, got alopecia, had knee replacement surgery, and then got Covid a second time where it was really bad. I really like the guy and hope he's fine.

Alopecia is weird, I know two guys in their late 30's who got it. One basically woke up one morning and his eyebrows were completely gone. He has head hair but no eyebrows, sideburns, facial hair etc. it never came back. Another one not long after lost every single hair on his body. Strangest part is they were together working on the same ship for months at a time years before.
 
Travelman32 said:
So incredibly bizarre to see SCarolina fall off a cliff after that FFour run in 2017. I really wonder what happens in cases like this. 3 seasons of barely .500 play and a below .500 season quickly followed. I would think recruiting would have improved after that run...
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Isn't this essentially what happened with us after 2014? lol
 
Pgh2Storrs said:
Martin is a good coach but, if Brannen’s tough style wore thin, you’re not exactly getting warm and fuzzy with Frank Martin.
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Possible, but I've seen enough of Martin's press conferences and interview to know that he has a likable side too. Very self-deprecating, doesn't take himself too seriously. Personally, he's one of my favorite coaches.
 
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