If you are bored and want to laugh at the idiocy of the RCMB
Check out their 68 page thread about the Juwan Howard hire. Notable idiots like Johnny 2x provide so much entertainment there can’t possibly be enough screen shots to cover it. Let’s just say this did not age well.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:48 AM ^
A lion does not concern himself with the opinions of sheep.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:52 AM ^
Totally agree. Still hilarious!
March 24th, 2021 at 11:27 AM ^
Be careful...RCMB is the abyss.
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."
-Friedrich Nietzsche.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:29 AM ^
Better yet: don’t wrestle with pigs. You end up smelling like shit, and the pig gets horny.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:58 AM ^
Never get into a fist-fight with a monkey... even if you are winning they will never stop biting
March 24th, 2021 at 12:28 PM ^
As Yahoo Serious once said "Never wrestle with monkeys because their fist smells bad because they are horny"
March 24th, 2021 at 12:55 PM ^
"A horny monkey does not concern itself with the opinions of lions."
Full circle.
March 24th, 2021 at 12:59 PM ^
and a circle of horny monkeys...... well, you know.
March 24th, 2021 at 12:48 PM ^
I will defer to my simian friend, R Gard
Fun fact. Bonobo chimps use sex for conflict resolution.
Here's a peace treaty being signed...
User pic checks out
Horns set?
We have our own marsupials here albeit with much more intellect.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:56 AM ^
came to this post to drop in my own pithy, little-brother-type comment, but this is way, way better than anything i might say.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:12 AM ^
Sure they do. They care a great deal about whether the sheep is of the opinion to go left or right just before they inevitably catch it and rip its throat out and eat it :-)
March 24th, 2021 at 11:15 AM ^
If I were a lion, I would absolutely roast the fuck out of sheep. Just clown them at every opportunity. Let me catch a sheep saying that I'm not good at coordinating a high-grass ambush or that I tire quickly in open chase.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:50 AM ^
But Don Draper absolutely does think about Ginsburg.
The better one is from the Fountainhead. Howard Roark does not think about Ellsworth Toohey.
Only to the extent that he needs bodies to do the work.
True mostly because the odds of a lion ever even seeing a sheep are essentially zero.
I see someone is a fan of Foolish Baseball.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:49 AM ^
Living in their heads rent free CONTINUES!!!
March 24th, 2021 at 10:59 AM ^
Never THAT bored
March 24th, 2021 at 12:37 PM ^
I agree - who has time to read what a bunch of dolts think even if time has proven them more doltish than originally assumed?
March 24th, 2021 at 10:59 AM ^
Johnny 2x? At RCMB?
March 24th, 2021 at 11:19 AM ^
Johnny 2X can eat a bag of dicks, a bag of dicks
March 24th, 2021 at 11:01 AM ^
Ok, they were initially pretty underwhelmed by the hire and felt they owned basketball coaching superiority in the state at the time.
Quick show of hands here though, how many of you guys are like me and had your expectations of Juwan completely blown away by his actual results? Replacing a coach as good as Beilein isnt easy and especially on short notice. But he has done better than I could've have hoped for in all ways so i kinda get why they werent too worried at the time.
I was talking to my OSU friend this week and told him "Tressel was a great coach for you guys but Meyers was elite." I think the Tressel to Meyers comparison might turn out to be the same for us in basketball for Beilein to Howard. Great to elite.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:04 AM ^
I thought he would be very successful based on his recruiting ability and personality alone. But yes, his X’s and O’s acumen is well beyond I expected (although in hindsight it makes sense considering he worked under Spoelstra, one of the best X’s and O’s coaches in the NBA, for a long time). MSU fans are terrified cuz they know the midget is on his way out and this year probably shortened his lifespan by a decade. Once he leaves Juwan will own the state for a long time.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:15 AM ^
It's going to be really tough for the next guy to get anywhere near Izzo in terms of accomplishments. Sparties might think they're a hoops "blueblood" but the job isn't as appealing as the ones at Duke, Kentucky, etc.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:20 AM ^
They’re not a blue blood. Their success can pretty much exclusively be tied to one coach (Jud was lucky that Magic Johnson was born right down the road otherwise he would’ve accomplished nothing). If the next guy in waiting is Dwayne Stephens or Dane Fife then lol.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:25 AM ^
They’re not a blue blood
Not at least in recent history.
Michigan has more NCAA tournament wins than any program in the last 10 years.
Michigan has made 4 Sweet 16s in a row and 6 of the last 8.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:40 AM ^
This is such a ridiculous take that I logged in to downvote and respond
As much as I dislike State, they're unquestionably a basketball blue blood
They've made 23 consecutive NCAA tournaments, have the 6th most Final Four appearances, with 6 in the last 20 years and 3 since 2010
Under Izzo they have never had a losing season, won 10 conference reg season titles, 6 conference tourneys, and reached the Sweet Sixteen 20 times, Elite Eight 14 times, Final Four 8 times
March 24th, 2021 at 11:55 AM ^
Again, all their success can be tied to one coach. That’s not a blue blood
March 24th, 2021 at 12:04 PM ^
What’s Duke? Is MSU more or less of an elite program than UCLA, and how does UCLA relate here?
MSU has won titles under two different coaches. Saying “but Magic” doesn’t change that.
March 24th, 2021 at 12:34 PM ^
Duke was great in the 60s and 70s as well, and UCLA won a title in 1995 and went to 3 straight Final Fours under Ben Howland. As has been shown, MSU was the definition of average under Jud when he didn’t have Magic. Hell, Michigan has had success under more coaches than MSU and I don’t think anyone would consider us a basketball blue blood.
March 24th, 2021 at 12:45 PM ^
Much as it pains me to say this as a UCLA fan. UCLA is not a basketball Blue Blood. They had a run for the ages with Wooden, but UCLA Basketball is not what drives the school's athletic department they way Kentucky, Duke, UNC, and Kansas basketball do. MSU is in a similar boat as UCLA, great run of success, some fortunate runs outside of that but I would not expect it to be a consistent contender the way I expect the other four programs to be independent of who is coaching there.
March 24th, 2021 at 12:53 PM ^
For the record, the 4 you listed are the 4 I would consider the true blue bloods. You start including MSU in that group then you have to also include schools like Louisville, UConn and Villanova. While those schools have had a lot of recent success they don’t fit my definition of a blue blood.
The subject of Blue Bloods in college basketball can be so subjective and debatable. You stating UCLA isn't a Blue Blood just proves that point even further.
Some people feel that title should only be given to the main traditional Blood Blue schools, like Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas and UCLA.
Though some people like myself feel the list can be much longer with schools such as Indiana, Arizona, Louisville, Syracuse, UCONN, Villanova and maybe some more.
Many people who follow college basketball around the country do consider MSU to be a popular Blue Blood, at least right now.
Though a lot of Michigan fans won't agree for obvious reasons.
I also believe Blue Blood status can come and go in college basketball. I mean, schools like Georgetown and even Maryland to a small degree were once considered Blood Blues.
Indiana's weak Blue Blood status will probably be removed if they don't eventually turn things around with their program.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:56 AM ^
They've made 23 consecutive NCAA tournaments
No they haven't.
Exactly - glad I checked before posting.
Play "in" - Hold this L
I haven't seen a single bracket with MSU listed this year. I see a line item for UCLA... but no Staee to be found.
March 24th, 2021 at 12:07 PM ^
Do you understand what blue blood means? Because I don’t think you do.
March 24th, 2021 at 12:30 PM ^
They are a tier below UK, UNC, Duke and Kansas and most definitely NOT a blueblood. They have been out of the first weekend of the tourney once in the last six years, so they also seem to be declining.
Also, they did not make the tournament this year, so that streak is over. You don’t make the tournament if you lose the “play-in” game.
At some point, we all have to agree that Kansas is no longer a blue blood. The Jayhawks are perennially overrated, usually tank in the tournament, and play in a weaker conference. Kansas hasn't been "Whoa, Kansas" for a very long time. They're more akin now to Arizona.
March 24th, 2021 at 12:50 PM ^
sparty has the 4th best all-time record in the Big Ten. Illinois, Indiana, and Purdue all have better records. Are those 3 also "blue bloods"?
List of NCAA Basketball Teams by Winning Percentage
1. Kentucky 76.5%
2. North Carolina 73.6%
3. Kansas 72.8%
4. Duke 71.1%
6. UCLA 68.8%
19. Illinois 63.9%
24. Indiana 63.6%
25. Purdue 63.4%
38. Michigan State 61.4%
March 24th, 2021 at 10:36 PM ^
They're not a blue blood. Once Izzo leaves, they slide back to basketball mediocrity.
March 25th, 2021 at 12:52 AM ^
What do you mean "when" or "back"? Seems like they've already arrived.
March 24th, 2021 at 11:45 AM ^
Take away his two years with Magic, and Jud Heathcote averaged four games over .500 in his other 17 years at MSU (making the tournament 7 times in those 17 seasons). And that's almost entirely due to a couple seasons when Steve Smith and Shawn Respert went off. He never made the Elite Eight without Magic. That's pretty pathetic for a B1G school.
Their success can pretty much exclusively be tied to one coach
And helped along by UM being in the dungeon for a decade. Izzo is a great coach, they still would have had some great years, but UM's fall cleared any competition they would have had recruiting
Jud perhaps doesn't get enough credit. He did have several bad seasons but he also had some success without Magic. A Steve Smith led team won the Big Ten in 1989-1990 at 15-3 and finished 3rd in the AP poll. The 1985-86 team led by Scott Skiles went 23-8 (12-6).
Duke actually did have considerable success before K, reaching the final 4, 3 times in a 4 year period between from 1962-63 thru 1965-66 under Vic Bubas. In fact Bubas' Duke teams went 213-67 (.761).
Who is a "Blue blood" depends upon the time frame and criteria used. Kentucky and Kansas are the first two that come to mind for me. Duke would be close. UCLA is mostly a Wooden phenomena just as MSU is mostly a Izzo phenomena. I'm biased but I also think I am fair, by including Michigan as a Blue blood even if there have been a few barren stretches. We went to the finals in the 1960's, 1970's 1980's 1990's (twice) and twice in the 2010s, that is pretty impressive over more than 50 years.
edit- I intended to include Indiana, but left them out was typing this out.