Post game comments by Devin and Huggs.

[HurdyGurdyEer]

I see what you're saying but I just don't see a lack of preparation from that UK game, though I admit I don't remember much details of the game other than we got our heads bashed in and it was embarrassing beyond belief just as it was yesterday.

But you notice how a lot of people will point to a lack of preparation just because a team loses? But just because a team loses doesn't mean they were necessarily unprepared.

I'm just arguing here. But I don't think Huggs' teams the past two years are as mentally tough as everyone has made them out to be. They seem to fold when things don't go there way. Not that they never make comebacks and they looked awesome at Iowa St and that was no slouch victory. But in other times against real quality opponents like UK last year and UVA this year, they couldn't re-adjust to the adjustment of the other team.

I think Hugg's needs to adapt more flexibility in his strategy because there's more than one way to play the game but from his comments he doesn't seem to have confidence in his team to adapt to other styles considering he's got a deep team with different individual styles within. It's just odd to me.

OK .... you're actually closer to what I have been saying.

Think about the KY game this way ... the guys prepared by running their mouth in the press.
They simply did not respect their opponent during prep time.

Think about SFA this way. They admitted that they did not respect SFA after the fact.

In each instance they did not respect the other team and they lost in pathetic fashion. That's all that I am saying. They did not properly respect and prepare for each team.

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

OK .... you're actually closer to what I have been saying.

Think about the KY game this way ... the guys prepared by running their mouth in the press.
They simply did not respect their opponent during prep time.

Think about SFA this way. They admitted that they did not respect SFA after the fact.

In each instance they did not respect the other team and they lost in pathetic fashion. That's all that I am saying. They did not properly respect and prepare for each team.

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

And .... I find it a bit pathetic that the past two seasons have ended by this team not being prepared.

Hey, if they looked prepared and they lost, last year or this year, then you have to accept that for what it is. But to go out like they have this year and last year is pathetic.

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

Yeah ... Keaton does the wordless video response too.

I think we know who is acting more like who here.

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

And .... I find it a bit pathetic that the past two seasons have ended by this team not being prepared.

Hey, if they looked prepared and they lost, last year or this year, then you have to accept that for what it is. But to go out like they have this year and last year is pathetic.

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

OK boucher boy ... here's your chance for another video response so that you can imagine you have the last word.

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

OK boucher boy ... here's your chance for another video response so that you can imagine you have the last word.

last word

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

OK .... you're actually closer to what I have been saying.

Think about the KY game this way ... the guys prepared by running their mouth in the press.
They simply did not respect their opponent during prep time.

Think about SFA this way. They admitted that they did not respect SFA after the fact.

In each instance they did not respect the other team and they lost in pathetic fashion. That's all that I am saying. They did not properly respect and prepare for each team.

I get that you feel the last two NCAA tourney losses were embarrassing. I do as well. The loss to SFA sticks in my craw more than the Kentucky loss because we were a worse team last year and the Wildcats were a much better team. I thought we were a better team this year than last year and WVU IS a better team than SFA, so the loss this year is ALL on WVU not being prepared. I think WVU still gets routed by Kentucky even if they were more prepared, its just a matter of degree. So, my ultimate question is ... so what? These two losses in the NCAA tournament were epic fails. Is that your ultimate point or are you stating that as a foundation for another point such as "Huggins is a bad coach." "WVU will never get the best talent." "The current players have hit their ceiling and we need to turn to freshmen/recruiters." I don't want to put words in your mouth, but you keep hammering this point that WVU has had two epic fails in the last two years. Not sure why you are so adamant that people accept this point.

 

[Darth_VadEER]

I get that you feel the last two NCAA tourney losses were embarrassing. I do as well. The loss to SFA sticks in my craw more than the Kentucky loss because we were a worse team last year and the Wildcats were a much better team. I thought we were a better team this year than last year and WVU IS a better team than SFA, so the loss this year is ALL on WVU not being prepared. I think WVU still gets routed by Kentucky even if they were more prepared, its just a matter of degree. So, my ultimate question is ... so what? These two losses in the NCAA tournament were epic fails. Is that your ultimate point or are you stating that as a foundation for another point such as "Huggins is a bad coach." "WVU will never get the best talent." "The current players have hit their ceiling and we need to turn to freshmen/recruiters." I don't want to put words in your mouth, but you keep hammering this point that WVU has had two epic fails in the last two years. Not sure why you are so adamant that people accept this point.

Eh, he's just frustrated. This loss absolutely sucked and Huggins can take some shit for it, imo.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

Eh, he's just frustrated. This loss absolutely sucked and Huggins can take some shit for it, imo.

I agree that Huggins deserve to take some crap for this embarrassing. No matter how good the coach, his screw-ups shouldn't just be ignored. That being said, it'd be much to say Huggins sucks and must be replaced. He's done more good than bad for WVU basketball since he's been here.

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

So, my ultimate question is ... so what? These two losses in the NCAA tournament were epic fails. Is that your ultimate point or are you stating that as a foundation for another point such as "Huggins is a bad coach."

I'll quit hammering. But the way I see it people were hammering me for pointing out the obvious .... saying things like a loss is a loss and so forth. That's just complete BS.

If they would have said, "Yeah. It sucks to end the season like that for two years in a row. You gotta wonder what's going on with these guys. I have a hard time understanding why Huggs can't get his players focused for the NCAA tourney," that would have been fine and I would have had little more to say. But no .... they tried to tell me that a loss is a loss and that the way this team finished two years in a row was no big deal. They twisted my words into all kinds of other things that I was not saying. And then they .... the word twisters, accuse me of acting like Keaton, the ultimate word twister. Absolutely ridiculous.

My concern is that for two years in a row, in the NCAA tournament, this team went into its last game not prepared. That is on both the coach and the players.
I said that over and over and over and over and people kept accusing me of saying other things or they acted like these two losses were like any other loss.

I have a hard time imagining that I have any more to say about this.
But you never know.

 

[Boomboom521]

Passing to the wrong team time after time even when they were not being guarded closely was atrocious.

It doesn't wipe out a great regular season and Big 12 tourney but it sure leaves a foul taste. Maybe the women can last a while. They already out-did the men by winning the first round game.

Thank you for giving our coach and team some respect, while at the same time, communicating your disappointment about the loss. THAT IS WHAT THE TEAM AND COACH DESERVES HURDY GURDY!!! Learn something and grown the @&%# up!

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

Thank you for giving our coach and team some respect, while at the same time, communicating your disappointment about the loss. THAT IS WHAT THE TEAM AND COACH DESERVES HURDY GURDY!!! Learn something and grown the @&%# up!

That's nice. Please point out my disrespectful comments.

 

[WVU285]

"We didn`t take this game/team seriously" Really ?? I guess you didn`t watch/hear that Michigan State got their butts handed to them.......And they were being picked by almost everyone around that they were going to win it all !! Any player worth a plug nickel will play his butt off every game...Win,lose or draw....Never want to hear that we think they can`t beat us.......Especially WVU teams, except the [WVU] Rifle Team..[WVU]..They are the only WVU team,that is allowed to utter those words !![WVU]

 

[Boomboom521]

"And that is why this is so disgusting.
They were clueless about Kentucky last year. And they were clueless about tonight's game too. The last two seasons have ended in epic losses. MSU didn't come out and stink it up...they played competitive....we just flat out stunk it up. Huggs gets to cash his check....no matter how bad his team stunk in the NCAA. There is nothing, NOT ONE GOOD THING, about exiting the NCAA the last two years."

If you think these comments are not disrespectful to a team that....played hard EVERY game this season (maybe except FLA), beat good teams on the road, gave there fans a court rushing home win, battled KU in the Big12 final, punched their ticket to the dance, and finished above Oklahoma, Iowa St, Texas, and Baylor in the Big12.....then Im just going to let my 4 year old address your posts from now on.

And I'm still waiting for you to recommend SOMETHING to fix these "epic" failures of WVU basketball.

 

[70eer]

Maybe I won't take my contribution to the MAC seriously this year!

 

[SU68]

How is Huggins' health? I was surprised to see how much weight he has packed on and that he sat on a stool for most of the game.