1. 3rd-string LB Andy Mulumba signing a one-year deal with the Chiefs.
2. 2nd-string LB Jayrone Elliott appearing in Ripon, Black River Falls, and Shawano.....in three months.
3. Aaron Rodgers trolling the media by claiming to have seen a UFO.
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1. 3rd-string LB Andy Mulumba signing a one-year deal with the Chiefs.
2. 2nd-string LB Jayrone Elliott appearing in Ripon, Black River Falls, and Shawano.....in three months.
3. Aaron Rodgers trolling the media by claiming to have seen a UFO.
What do some want Journal Sentinel to do? It's like beating a dead horse.
And actually, Jimmy, the way you worded that poll puts a thumb on the scale by your use of the qualifier "strictly." That violates the basic tenet of an objective (as opposed to a push) poll. But for that qualifier (after all, who likes strict adherence to any set of rules, e.g. the rules of the road, IRS rules, etc.?) the results would be even more heavily on my side -- maybe by a lot.
I myself didn't vote since I don't do twit. :p
What do we want the JS to do? Their job, with some minimal degree of fairness. We are still waiting for the first feature articles about Steve McWhorter, Matt Tiby, Jordan Johnson. Meanwhile Matt Velazquez writes 2000 words every time Henry Ellenson takes a dump.
Cover the story.
Who are the leading candidates? Has anyone interviewed? After three weeks, do players feel any different about the way this was handled or the coaching change itself? Are they willing to give the new guy a chance or are they committed to leaving? Is there anything happening at all?
And on and on and on ...
Your smoking something if you think that will happen. No one is talking.
These players haven't had a coach for three weeks and all they're told is that things are "moving fast?"
What are they thinking? I guess that we might have a new coach by the end of the late signing period?
No one is talking? I've said repeatedly I'm staying outside the fray, yet people keep pushing info to me. As for candidates talking...well, there's reps - or the coaches themselves - for over half of the reported candidates who've signed up for this forum in the last week and change. So maybe just ask for someone to talk lmao
Your joking right? We're talking two different things.
Braun and Mone are both under the gun and Sen. Taylor hit it right on. Mone Mouse is hiding with his Minnie Braun The fact is that if TJ gets the job, good night. He makes Tarkanian look clean. I know a lot of coaches, both current and former, and it all comes back the same regarding TJ. As one coach told me, if TJ was in the private sector, he would be doing 3 to 5 for fraud ....can't hide that. So go ahead Amanda, you tool, go hire a coach.
"Nobody's talking" just seems like a strange thing to say.
Have the players been placed under a gag order?
Is that what the "moving fast" meeting was about?
It's nothing strange. There just is not news that are going to be put out to the public to the media. What school puts out names in who they are looking at. Nobody.
Which it would not be answered, which never is by any school hiring a coach in any sport.
Goodman was the one who put Tracy Webster name out there. Well, if he didn't get the job, neither Tracy or UWM will ever put the reason out there to why, because of respect to each other.
So you're OK with the local newspaper allowing the university to control every single aspect of the story?
In that case, it has ceased to be a newspaper.
Jimmy and others are our better source of info that what local TV will give us. Some of us have better sources.
I'll wait for the experts to explain why anyone would think he's an upgrade over Jeter or how his resume is any different than Jeter's back in '05. I'm very excited to be whipped into shape here.
Per an article on Mlive.com:
"Jordan was in the midst of a contract at Michigan paying $205,000 last season and climbing $230,000 in 2017-18, making him U-M's highest paid assistant."
Per an article on Mlive.com:
"Jordan was in the midst of a contract at Michigan paying $205,000 last season and climbing $230,000 in 2017-18, making him U-M's highest paid assistant."
Just an FYI...
Because I have seen Jeter coach and I think he reached his ceiling. I don't think retaining him would have resulted in much above the mediocrity where the program is right now.
And when you have watched Jordan coach, what did you see?
Obviously I haven't. He has a reputation as a solid assistant and a good recruiter. He may not be better. But I think he has the potential to be better than Jeter given his background.
Things I think (sarcasm alert):
- I am truly excited about this hire because we can trust AB's judgement when hiring coaches....she has done it 1 time in her whole life (for another sport), so we are good. She knows what she is doing!
- AB is convinced she just hired MICHAEL Jordan - expects to not have to pay him at all and he will donate millions to the Panther Fund (gonna make that million dollar number we gave the paper real now!) AB is thinking: RECRUIT CITY BABY...here come the 5 Star Blue Chippers!!!
- LaVall Jordan will NOT be totally beholden to AB in any way, shape, or form...he will be his own man and never tolerate lies and deceit...this being his first time in the big chair will not at all make him a lap dog grateful for the shot and will be willing to stand up to her when the shenanigans start.
- LaVall will absolutely NOT be looking for the next open job in the event he makes the NCAA tournament next year with players he didn't recruit...no WAY he leaves Milwaukee for at least a decade...he may even be a lifer. He has a lot of Wisconsin ties to keep him here...I mean seriously, he was here all the time when he played for Butler...he had to make lifelong friends in MKE during those stays....right????
- LaVall Jordan is absolutely NOT a essentially sideways move for the program... he played under a highly respected coach and then became his assistant, and he has many subsequent years of coaching experience as an assistant in the Big 10, where his role was heavy on recruiting...we have NEVER tried that before at Milwaukee....this is uncharted territory and exciting...with the added bonus that AB does NOT hate his guts (yet, at least...give it a week) and really, REALLY, want him to fail. Oh, and he is black, so TAKE THAT Lena Taylor....IN YOUR FACE!
- Sources say LaVall LOVES Ultimate Frisbee and will not at all be upset when the team has to vacate the Klotsche center..he will grab his discs and play!!!! Good times, man, good times!
- Those sources also say LaVall loves to take the bus, so road trips during the season are going to be an absolute BLAST!
- The players are sure to stay now...how could they turn down a shot to play at a high major when they could stay and play for a rookie head coach in his first job as the boss? What could possibly go wrong? Hell, we may challenge UW for some 4 and 5 stars now!
- LaVall will immediately help develop our bigs. That was a huge complaint about Jeter, and this hire totally reverses that...wait? what? Point guards??? Oh, never mind. (link: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...y-point-guards)
- This is one of those "Holy sh*t, they hired WHO?" hires that will grab headlines all over the nation. I mean seriously, this is a stunner....this guy was primed for the big time and we snapped him out from under the noses of some really big time programs....Wright St. HAS to be just GREEN with envy and kicking themselves right now! This is right up there with Ron Wolf landing Reggie White!!!!
That right there is pretty awesome.
Well I guess people can choose to be negative about something they can't control. The truth is that only time will tell if this was a good hire. I hope it works for UWM and I think it will.
For the record, Sultan, we're the ones who remained mostly positive for the last 11 years despite witnessing some things that would never happen to a fully-funded, institutionally-supported and student body-appreciated men's basketball program.
I join others in wishing LaVall good luck.
If there was anybody awake at the JS, there is a very interesting story they might want to, you know, find and report.
Let's just say that we may all be able to get behind Lavall.
That's not the story.
Could it be that AB is not really all that thrilled with the hire and is dragging her feet on any web updates or Tweets? Nah.....that's CRAZY....that could never happen at UWM!