We can go ahead and claim top 6 since two get eliminated today before our game tomorrow, I think that’s how it works
+++++Boogs vs Kentucky Official Elite Eight Game Thread+++++
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Hopefully Mac doesn’t get pouty and jealous that he didn’t get a motivational hashtag last year
Losing Chuma sucks, but offensively we can still be great without him. If last night is a harbinger of things to come, Danjel could be the x factor. He scored 12 points in 12 mins. Give him 20+ minutes and it appears he could be the offensive weapon he was 3 years ago.
I’m glad to see some positivity since coming back after this morning. I have to admit I was @disappointed in The Greg.
Yes, realism is always there and I understand BUT hard work, talent and BELIEF is what wins Championships and this team has that in spades.
I think it would be safe to say that the most beloved player on this team is our very own cereal-eating, Harry Potter-watching Dr. Chuma. They know this kid will blame himself if we lose tomorrow and either of the two remaining teams, and I believe they will not let that happen to our/their boy.
Don’t even think we don’t win without him - hell, don’t even think our chances are less without him. Turn the narrative and believe everybody plays miles above their potential because he can’t play and they love him and we will themselves to win it all for him.
3 More Games. Why Not Us.
Yes, realism is always there and I understand BUT hard work, talent and BELIEF is what wins Championships and this team has that in spades.
I think it would be safe to say that the most beloved player on this team is our very own cereal-eating, Harry Potter-watching Dr. Chuma. They know this kid will blame himself if we lose tomorrow and either of the two remaining teams, and I believe they will not let that happen to our/their boy.
Don’t even think we don’t win without him - hell, don’t even think our chances are less without him. Turn the narrative and believe everybody plays miles above their potential because he can’t play and they love him and we will themselves to win it all for him.
3 More Games. Why Not Us.
I am so damn emotional. I got teary-eyed reading this.
Heeey noooww....disappointed in the Greg is harsh twolippz. We were crushed and are still emotional wrecks after seeing that big loveable teddy tear go down last night. Obviously we are beyond thrilled with the win and especially the heart shown after the Cool DR went down, but it is the most AU thing ever to have a run like this happen and lose arguably our best and most loved young man.
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Hope we can win double digits so Chuma can stand on the court at the end
Will never understand why basketball gods allowed Duke to beat UCF and for this to happen to Dr C
Speaking of the injury, was the slip due to a sweat spot not getting cleaned up properly?
tears for him. Gonna be interesting to see what he decides to do
I hold an unhealthy amount of love for BP, CHUMA, this squad, and the video production crew. These guys are fvcking awesome
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I may not make it gang
Motherfvcking waterworks
idk how I became so emotionally attached to someone I’ve never met - but the fact that it was Chuma is what’s had me so down
of all the guys, he’s the one that seems the most - idk the right word... but all of you know what I’m trying to say because it’s so obviously apparent
over the last few weeks he was finally asserting himself and putting it all together... we were gonna win the title and he was going to work himself into the lottery... and I’ve never been happier for an Auburn player
aside from CAM, I can’t think of a single Auburn athlete I’ve ever watched that would bum me out more to see them injured
but like I said earlier - there’s plenty of time for that down the road... now it’s time to take it out on Kentucky
I’m actually relieved it was “just” an ACL tear... no dislocation, no fracture, no patellar tendon, not multiple ligaments... it sucks sucks sucks - but depending on the severity of the tear and how clean the rest of his knee is, he’ll be ok in the long run
Shot 37 threes last night it appears. Time to jack 45+ tomorrow
I'm not to proud to admit I got a little teared up.
Meh, it's Cal's buddy. We wonder what he brings to the table too. I guess when you're at Cal's level u can hire your friends.
meh - I understand why he’s on staff there and don’t have a problem with it... I even, to an extent, understand why he just quit trying at Auburn... he couldn’t get support from the administration to operate in the gray areas and had no chance to compete if he couldn’t do everything possible to attract talent - because he can’t coach for shit... so I get it - he was doomed to fail, realized it, and mailed it in
but when he laughed at us last year - laughed at a team that dug themselves out of the asteroid crater and smoldering dumpster fire he left behind... and, despite his best efforts to ruin the program in perpetuity, achieved something he could never in a million years have accomplished (and that’s not hyperbole)... and was down to 7 healthy scholarship players... and laughed at them because they got blown out?
then fvck that dude forever... that’s a level of petty and trash that explains everything about why he’s reduced to riding the coattails of some other guy instead of ever actually accomplishing anything of note on his own... and the basketball gods shall smite his lazy, incompetent, smug, mouthbreathing ass... and after they’re done, I shall fvck his widow on his grave and wipe my dick off on his tombstone
Petulant man-child is a phrase that comes to mind when I think about him. He should've had iron-clad agreements in place before taking the job or not take it all. Once he didn't get his way he started acting like a little bitch.
Take solace in the fact that UK fans constantly shit on him when things r going south, deserved or not. He's not a great recruiter, he's not the X's and O's assistant. All he is known as is Cal's buddy, I guess that can get u pretty far in life but I wouldn't be thrilled if my team hired him as HC.
true... but even so, I was completely indifferent towards him when he left
he didn’t have the balls to win here... and that’s nothing to be ashamed of, few men do... had he just moved on, and left it alone, I’d be too wrapped up in all things BRUCE to ever give him another thought
but he’d rather shit on the guys who actually do have the balls to do more than he’ll ever dream of doing... so that’s when he earned every bad thing that will - or could - ever happen to him
Similar situation with us and Joker Phillips. Thankfully both our AD's made good hires after the flops.
I think that's a great way to look at it. Patellar dislocation is possibly worse than an ACL tear. Two relatives of mine had patellar dislocation. Both still walk with a cane.
Tough love, Z. It’s not about You or Us. It’s about believing with all yore heart and yore mind the HYGs are gonna win it all without the lovable Doctor.
Correction, YOU are my spirit animal.
He’s the most emotionally vulnerable because of his sweet disposition and the sincere humbleness he displays. It causes us to love him and want to protect him.
I believe everything happens for a reason and maybe it’s my attempt to rationalize something horrific that has happened to such a beloved athlete, but him going to the NBA worried me. Yes, he had elevated his game to a level ready to play, but I don’t know if the maturity was there for him to handle it emotionally and mentally. I think coming back for another year at AU after working through that type of injury and displaying that assertiveness throughout the course of a season might be best for him. Jmho
I NEEDED THIS MORE THAN I KNEW
you took the words right out of my mouth with the last paragraph... I wasn’t going to bring it up until he actually declared, but you can tell from interviews how shy and uncomfortable he is with that kind of attention... every time he’s asked a question he kinda looks to BRUCE for reassurance as he answers... he just seems innocent - which is a ridiculous trait to throw on someone you don’t know at all, but it’s the only word I can think of
I’m not sure he’s ready for money and fame and the pressure of being a key player on a professional team and dealing with the handlers and users and “friends” and family coming around with their hands out... hopefully he has a strong family, because he was going to need a very strong support system to deal with everything that was about to come his way... this rehab will do more for his maturity and force him to grow up and prepare him in ways nothing else could... and as long as he’s at Auburn and BRUCE is in his life he’s going’s to have the best support system he could ask for to get through it
so I don’t think you’re rationalizing at all... you weren’t the only one with those concerns - and assuming the reports of “just” an ACL injury are correct, he can definitely come out of this on the other side with just as bright a future - and even better prepared to make the most of it
He’s got the trait that we always want in a star but is rarely had - he doesn’t seem to know how good he is or he acts like he doesn’t at least
I think my favorite play of yesterday was Malik getting a rebound down 5-2, dribbling behind the three point line and just nailing a three. Just a complete unnecessary move but Malik just shooting with no conscience
