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Penny gags an 11pt 2nd half lead at home

“Every other team is just tougher,” Hardaway said. “They impose their will on us. They’re just tougher."

Maybe he should actually TEACH his team to be tougher instead of sounding "jealous" of other teams who have coaches that don't have that problem in February like Memphis does.

Hardaway has been terrible on and off the court. I figured it would be just inexperience, but this is goofy. Lol. [laughing]
 
I'm glad Bolden went to Duke. He was way over rated and frankly is a major embarrassment to K and the Dookies. Had he chosen UK he woulda been a blemish on Cal too. Bilas and the national media would be calling Cal put for him being stiff. slow,not very athletic and not developing.Just not very talented IMO.
But he has a nice mom
 
I remember when Penny played for Memphis during the 1991-92 season, Cincinnati beat them four times that season.
 
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How can Wiseman watch Memphis play, then watch UK and not know that he made the wrong decision? How can you possibly compare the two programs and think the right place to go is Memphis?
Money money money......Moooooo neyyyyyyy
 
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What's really funny is Tubby won 21 games at Memphis last year and got fired. Penny may not clear that hurdle. On top of that, I believe Tubby has an identical record to Memphis at freakin' HIGH POINT right now. The old man may not have wanted to recruit all that much but he's a better X and O coach than Penny can hope to be.
I'm sure High Point has a really tough schedule, but they are able to lock down wins with that ferocious ball-line defense.
 
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“Stay home be a hero and maybe we can make it back to the big dance.” Raises the question of who does Wiseman get to be a hero for, the coach or the fans?
 
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Still players will never learn by other players mistakes and choose other subpar teams other than Kentucky.
You have to remember that these are 17 year olds making these decisions, he had played for Penny for the past 2 years or more in AAU ball, and all his buddies and advisors were telling him that it didn't matter where he played he was NBA bound, and that he could be a hometown hero leading Memphis back to prominence. We know Cal would have kicked his tail and made him better, he didn't know that, I understand exactly why he didn't, heck our posters can't even remember from one year to the next that Cal develops these kids at a rapid rate and gets them NBA ready in 6 months. I also imagine they point out that Penny and Miller both played in NBA and Cal didn't.
 
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“Every other team is just tougher,” Hardaway said. “They impose their will on us. They’re just tougher."

Maybe he should actually TEACH his team to be tougher instead of sounding "jealous" of other teams who have coaches that don't have that problem in February like Memphis does.

Hardaway has been terrible on and off the court. I figured it would be just inexperience, but this is goofy. Lol. [laughing]

Sounds like he needs to hire Billy G. as his new assistant head coach to get 5% tougher.
 
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What's really funny is Tubby won 21 games at Memphis last year and got fired. Penny may not clear that hurdle. On top of that, I believe Tubby has an identical record to Memphis at freakin' HIGH POINT right now. The old man may not have wanted to recruit all that much but he's a better X and O coach than Penny can hope to be.
Where's ESPN and the talking heads saying the firing of Tubby Smith will set the program back 10 years? They actually seem to be right this time.
 
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I wonder if Memphis fans still think he's a savior LMAO
Sometimes it takes a while for fans to learn.

Right now, they're thinking the team looks pretty decent because they only watch Memphis and all the other D2 teams in that conference.

They're also thinking that Memphis will be a top ten team next year, because they're getting Wiseman and Jeffries.

They are in for a shocking surprise. Dude can't coach.
 
What's really funny is Tubby won 21 games at Memphis last year and got fired. Penny may not clear that hurdle. On top of that, I believe Tubby has an identical record to Memphis at freakin' HIGH POINT right now. The old man may not have wanted to recruit all that much but he's a better X and O coach than Penny can hope to be.
Tubby has forgotten more about coaching than Penny will ever know. If he goes three years and doesn’t produce a winning team and I mean an NCAA team the heat will be on Penny and he won’t be able to deal with it , just wait and see.
 
I turned off the game in the second half because I was so disappointed as I want this jackass to lose everygame and they had an 11 point lead over Cincy. Plus, I thought Cincy was playing like idiots just jacking up shots and not taking advantage of their interior strength. I felt it might be a real feather in Penny's cap, so to speak, to get positive national news in beating Cincy and of course that was a very depressing thought. I then went back around the last few minutes and was so thrilled to see this coach that everyone is so jealous of demonstrating how lousy he truly is in coaching when it comes down to when the game is on the line. Suddently, AAU style play doesn't matter when you have to defend and score. I will again repeat that next season when Wiseman looks up in the dictionary for a definition of stupid he will see his own picture.
 
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Sometimes it takes a while for fans to learn.

Right now, they're thinking the team looks pretty decent because they only watch Memphis and all the other D2 teams in that conference.

They're also thinking that Memphis will be a top ten team next year, because they're getting Wiseman and Jeffries.

They are in for a shocking surprise. Dude can't coach.

Memphis will not be anywhere close to a top 10 team next year. They lose 5 of their top 6 scorers and only have 3 recruits so far.

Wiseman should help a lot but Jeffries is no sure thing to be a contributor next year.
 
I watched the second half of that game last night.

Their defense was pretty good especially playing full court at the end of the game, their offense was 1 guy shooting NBA 3's.

What I found odd was Penny's demeanor at the end of the game. He was pretty emotionless. My gut feeling is he knows he's getting a pass this year with Wiseman coming in next year, but if his team does this next year, I think he's going to lose his mind.
 
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Memphis will not be anywhere close to a top 10 team next year. They lose 5 of their top 6 scorers and only have 3 recruits so far.

Wiseman should help a lot but Jeffries is no sure thing to be a contributor next year.
Oh you don't have to convince me, I know what they'll be, it's the Memphis fans that don't get it.
 
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You have to remember that these are 17 year olds making these decisions, he had played for Penny for the past 2 years or more in AAU ball, and all his buddies and advisors were telling him that it didn't matter where he played he was NBA bound, and that he could be a hometown hero leading Memphis back to prominence. We know Cal would have kicked his tail and made him better, he didn't know that, I understand exactly why he didn't, heck our posters can't even remember from one year to the next that Cal develops these kids at a rapid rate and gets them NBA ready in 6 months. I also imagine they point out that Penny and Miller both played in NBA and Cal didn't.
Cal coached in the NBA
 
“Stay home be a hero and maybe we can make it back to the big dance.” Raises the question of who does Wiseman get to be a hero for, the coach or the fans?

He probably just doesn't want to get shot at by the local residents. Don't blame him too much.
 
I watched the second half of that game last night.

Their defense was pretty good especially playing full court at the end of the game, their offense was 1 guy shooting NBA 3's.

What I found odd was Penny's demeanor at the end of the game. He was pretty emotionless. My gut feeling is he knows he's getting a pass this year with Wiseman coming in next year, but if his team does this next year, I think he's going to lose his mind.

He'll lose more than his mind... [laughing]

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