tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post880117649599478748..comments2023-10-25T06:13:28.265-04:00Comments on The Conservative Wahoo: UVA Hoops: "Here we are not afraid to follow truth, wherever it may lead".The Conservative Wahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-50654165655197446442015-03-23T11:00:39.870-04:002015-03-23T11:00:39.870-04:00Not sure if it is a systemic problem, per se, or j...Not sure if it is a systemic problem, per se, or just the people playing the system. We need shooters and scorers. <br /><br />You can recruit less-heralded players and teach them to play tenacious defense. But it's much harder to teach them the individual moves and shooting prowess needed to score. Hopefully, as Tony becomes more established, we can lure some shooters and scorers (guys who can create their own shot).<br /><br />I liked how the offense was run last year and the first part of this year -- unselfish, clever passing, etc. I think that was beginning to come apart a little before Justin got hurt, and it fell completely apart later. There simply was not much "sharing the ball," "making the extra pass," etc. in the second half of the season.UVA Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-48133363155789281702015-03-22T22:30:24.874-04:002015-03-22T22:30:24.874-04:00Where is your conscience? You write about UVA Hoop...Where is your conscience? You write about UVA Hoops when those of us majoring in gender and race studies here believe with all our #hearts that UVA cops are declaring war on drunk and belligerent students of color--really? In addition to what we all wished could have been a real culture of rape at your institution, this Jim Crow law enforcement at UVA is just another case of institutional racism such as we saw with the unwarranted shooting of the gentle giant of color who was simply borrowing some items from that privileged, obviously racist, store owner in Ferguson, MO. We demand you publish a CW post with a race and gender sensitive denouncement of this pattern of white male dominant misbehavior immediately. Please ensure you use "...of color" for all people of pigment and please use gender neutral pronouns so as to not offend those who are either gender undecided, mixed gender, gender confused, gender offended, alternate random cross gender, inverse hyperbolic gender disambiguous, etc. Our society MUST become more accepting of ALL people and civility must be the rule of all discourse. If you white male pigs can't get that message into your racist, male-dominant, white-privileged brains, then we hope to see the heads that hold them on pikes on every road leading to Charleston.Wahoos Against Whatever Whitey Wantsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-70462671544340666242015-03-22T22:29:34.715-04:002015-03-22T22:29:34.715-04:00I think we dont question Coach's judgement bec...I think we dont question Coach's judgement because as long-suffering Wahoo fans we all know that We Are Not Allowed to Have Nice Things. See excellent commentary on this by Brendan at the From Old Virgina blog and by Titus at Grantland, the latter the only redeeming product affiliated with ESPN these days. <br /><br />Bennett is the best coach since Holland (probably better IMO) and to understand that you have to be my wizened age to recall the days where Holland actually was an employee at U Hall vs simply an honored guest. Bennett is a Nice Thing and we are loathe to consider losing him to his home state and otherwise don't wish to jinx our continued enjoyment of our Nice Thing. Whether we question him on the offensive side of the game is beside the point; he is our Precious. And the fact of the Precious blinds us to its imperfections. <br /><br />We are correct to view Bennett this way, good guy, a coaches coach, won't get the program in trouble via stupid corner cutting (say hi, Chapel Hill), appears to focus on turning boys into good, complete men in addition to great players. In this respect he nicely represents that double-edge sword of our "traditions" in Charlottesville, with all of the excess baggage accompanying that word. <br /><br />Bennett has proven that UVA can actually do something other than spend hedge fund profits on palatial athletic facilities. Indeed he has created a team that is worthy of the facilities and justifiably has gotten the nations attention. That's the hard part; raising money at Va is easy. <br /><br />I fully agree with you. The guys were outclassed offensively tonight, but they had already exceeded the University's true expectations. Until the genuine expectation is something other than simply keeping a Nice Thing there will be no pressure to be better. Bennett is the guy to get us there but the mindset throughout the program has further to go. Bennett is there already, he just has a large tradition- and inertia-laden institution which he must drag along as he gets us there.Moon Pie on I-20noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-11991297849508170292015-03-22T18:12:20.771-04:002015-03-22T18:12:20.771-04:00"The ACC was the story of the day on the NCAA..."The ACC was the story of the day on the NCAA Tournament's first Saturday, as the conference moved to a perfect 9-0 in the Big Dance and sent three teams to the Sweet 16."<br />Except for Virginia which as is typical for them, underperformed, gaged and choked their way to a loss in the second round."The Hammer"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16342812251947807673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-58316110546597429652015-03-22T18:10:41.913-04:002015-03-22T18:10:41.913-04:00This comment has been removed by the author."The Hammer"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16342812251947807673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-34910871507621646222015-03-22T18:08:06.172-04:002015-03-22T18:08:06.172-04:00Virginia was one of the best 8 teams and deserved ...Virginia was one of the best 8 teams and deserved a #2. Princeton played Ivy League schedules, UVA beat a ton of quality teams this year. The Conservative Wahoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-32039610098616879202015-03-22T17:32:41.775-04:002015-03-22T17:32:41.775-04:00So, given the systemic weakness you speak of, did ...So, given the systemic weakness you speak of, did the selection committee err in making UVA a #2 seed? When I think low-scoring, stifling defense, I think of those Princeton teams of a few years back (I forget their coach's name) - they were never seeded very high, but that may have more to do w/ strength of schedule. Just curious . . .JBnoreply@blogger.com