SB Nation User Blog: Thor84

Where is the love for Barnes?

Thor84 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:19:18 -0000

Where is the love for Barnes?

I know he has never been to the championship game, but number 20? You've got to be kidding me. That said, a lot of this poll doesn't make sense (like Billy Donovan at 21, and Jeff Capel at 16), and I am overly sensitive to Barnes criticism because I live with a rabid Duke fan and a UNC alum. Both of them constantly talk trash about Barnes whenever I bring up basketball. So I could be making a big deal about nothing, but I don't think Rick Barnes gets the national respect he deserves.

I would put him at about 9 or 10 on the list based on their criteria of "career achievement and recent results". Any ideas why is he not generally thought of as a top 10 coach by people outside of Texas?

Question about Pittman

Thor84 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:16:55 -0000

I need some help with a basketball dilemma. I am not sure if I am being a super homer on this or not. One of my roommates and I always argue about all things sports. He is always making very bold statements that he cant always back up with facts. However, the sport he knows best is basketball. I attribute this to him growing up in Chapel Hill with a father who is a professor at Duke. He is a graduate of Wake Forest.

Anyways, this year has been very rough on me, considering the seasons both teams have had (needless to say, I didn't believe him when he said wake would be in the top 15 all year). We always get into random hypothetical conversations, one of which has to do with sexy dexy.

He said if we played wake dexter would get blocked early and often, and this led to his initial bold statement that pittman would get blocked 5 times against wake (he has since backed down to 3 or 4). He claims that Al-Farouq would give side help and end up blocking dex 2 or 3 times himself.

For the life of me I cant remember ever seeing Dexter get blocked even once this year (that is, if you dont count the rim rejecting him multiple times against kansas)...

I live in DC so I can only watch the games shown nationally, so I'm looking for some other opinions on this. Does anyone remember seeing Dex get blocked this year? Am I overrating his ability??

Poll

Would Dexter get blocked multiple times by a tall athletic team like Wake?

Yes, definitely

5 votes

The possibility exists

27 votes

No effin' way

21 votes

53 votes | Poll has closed

Ricky Williams fights off urge to use pot

Thor84 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:11:40 -0000

Ricky Williams fights off urge to use pot

It seems as though when given the week off (for the bye), the first thing that pops into Ricky's head is to smoke a little sticky. He of course, is also willing to share this with the media.

Haha, I'm glad he has found ways to get around his urges, such as meditation, which gives him that same "feeling of being free". I don't know about y'all, but I still like Ricky a lot, and I hope he will continue to be productive (and meditate) in the league for many years to come!