Kylan tweets at Mike Luke and the rest is just cringe
Such a bad look.
https://x.com/ironmikeluke/status/1898562532920693111?t=FADHqutHMqvhFJui6HHpyg&s=19
Jason backing his boy no matter what is crazy.
https://x.com/jasonscheer/status/1898563058576097750?t=d1YNeoHr3s3tqaA7DIWAAQ&s=19
https://x.com/jasonscheer/status/1898556307436933400?t=tUFYw4mORMckiN8jEdc1mg&s=19
They may or may not have been
spooning naked while tweeting these.
If so, who is the Big Spoon?
Can someone post what Kylan said?
Boswell and Mike Luke's tweets have both been deleted. LMAO 😂
Here's Boswell's tweet
(https://i.ibb.co/fY5MGbx7/Screenshot-20250309-202346-X.jpg)
What did Boswell Tweet back to Mike Luke? 👀
Quote from: TooStonedCat on March 10, 2025, 08:16:50 AMWhat did Boswell Tweet back to Mike Luke? 👀
I don't think he did.
Just the original troll tweet.
I listen to Mike Luke's podcast, he seems like a good guy I've been listening to him since 1290, but I do think he has to be better than that, an now he tried apologizing.
In the end results are all that matter. Boswell wasted his time flapping gums with anyone from the Tucson Beat.
These social media personalities in Tucson are the smallest of all potatoes. Messing with the Midwest has never really worked out well for anyone in Arizona seeing as how most transplants are from there and there is Nothing special about the Midwest except their affinity for middle of no where small town athletics at big public schools mostly during their cold season which is like 9 months of the year. (Obviously not talking about places that hold 120,000 people for a college football game)
I don't follow Boswell anymore as a player. He was a disappointment in Tucson, but I blame Tommy for that much more than most would. He doesn't run a tight enough program. Tucson Locals look forward to Arizona Basketball more than anything else in that town. Boswell wasn't Elliott Pitts or any of those types that just disappeared mid-season randomly. He was supposed to be a big factor to success.
Being a Point Guard at UofA is like being the Dot in the Ohio State Marching Band. It is supposed to be a true honor. Maybe KCC will be able to understand that analogy.
I feel badly that there have been massive failures at the PG position since Sean Miller was unjustly ousted especially for reasons that seemed to have everything to do with his Mastery of the NIL Business ironically.
He used to find Floor Generals in 1 way or another and he coached them up in many different styles of play based on the talent he had available to work with.
Tommy is different and the results will speak for themselves as I said. I can easily see a setup for a Round 2 of Arizona vs Illinois, but we have to get there first.
I embraced the nickname "point guard u", primarily due to the contributors that won prior to my arrival to the U of A in 2000.
Unfortunately, I think Jason Gardner and TJ McConnell have been the only two true point guards that lived up to Arizona's standards since then.
Hopefully that changes in the near future.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on March 10, 2025, 04:36:35 PMI embraced the nickname "point guard u", primarily due to the contributors that won prior to my arrival to the U of A in 2000.
Unfortunately, I think Jason Gardner and TJ McConnell have been the only two true point guards that lived up to Arizona's standards since then.
Hopefully that changes in the near future.
We always had true PG's until this new era. Whether they were 4 year guys didn't matter. We almost always had someone that was the Floor General. Even if they weren't that good going back to Shakur. I don't care if it was Momo Jones or Justin Coleman for a year. It was always a priority to have someone who listened to our HC.
Tommy doesn't demand that sort of respect from his PG's. His International Bigs seem to live in slight fear of him. But he has driven away too many Forwards for me to say that position respects him.
I guess Tommy won't be happy until we have 5 Jokic's on the team.
I loved Mimi's energy but his stats were clearly worse than Boswell's during his time at Arizona, so calling out the Lloyd Era is obviously a bias, especially if you think that Justin Coleman is part of any relevant point guard conversation.
If Nico hung around long enough, he would have been elite but our old staff couldn't keep PG's over 6'0" on the court for more than a year, which is a bummer.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on March 11, 2025, 04:21:46 AMI loved Mimi's energy but his stats were clearly worse than Boswell's during his time at Arizona, so calling out the Lloyd Era is obviously a bias, especially if you think that Justin Coleman is part of any relevant point guard conversation.
If Nico hung around long enough, he would have been elite but our old staff couldn't keep PG's over 6'0" on the court for more than a year, which is a bummer.
It is not about the stats. It is about the effectiveness and leadership. I don't care who it was, the PG position was treated with reverence until the Lloyd Era.
I know Momo said he wanted to be near family but leaving for Iona after two years doesn't say much about leadership or reverence.
Stays matter when you're an inefficient shooter. It also doesn't make you a quality "point guard" when your A:TO ratio is almost 1:1. At least Boswell maintained a 2:1 ratio at Arizona.
We had a former elite PG as our head coach and couldn't find anybody to dish out assists over a 10 year period (not named McConnell).
Maybe Gardner will groom somebody to be his replacement, 25 years later.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on March 11, 2025, 04:22:47 PMI know Momo said he wanted to be near family but leaving for Iona after two years doesn't say much about leadership or reverence.
Stays matter when you're an inefficient shooter. It also doesn't make you a quality "point guard" when your A:TO ratio is almost 1:1. At least Boswell maintained a 2:1 ratio at Arizona.
We had a former elite PG as our head coach and couldn't find anybody to dish out assists over a 10 year period (not named McConnell).
Maybe Gardner will groom somebody to be his replacement, 25 years later.
Can't mix stats with systems.
If Boswell was playing with Miller he wouldn't have had 80 possessions a game to work with in order to score 80ppg.
If anything, Tommy's way is far more inefficient than his stat output suggests, but we get more attempts with the pace so the numbers are always juiced.
Miller may have had his systems and his ways of operating, but he was never afraid to throw it all out the door and play the game in front of him on any given night.
If you want to harp on Wichita and Buffalo go ahead. You want to ignore how he navigated to 3 Elite 8s playing many different elite teams and styles. You also want to ignore how he lost in the 2nd Weekend by a total of what? Less than 10 points total across 5 games or so? Something like that. A bucket here, a buzzer beater there.
All while Tommy gets blown out and his closest loss was to a 15 seeded Princeton. Stop it already.
You are not fit to discuss the reverence of the PG position at Arizona if you think that Miller didn't put a heavy emphasis on having a real PG on his rosters that we didn't need 20ppg out of in order to win games.
Tommy has yet to sign a true PG that is willing to operate as an extension of Tommy's mind on the court. He only has guys out there who are true SG's that are playing the "G" position, not PG, chucking up shots.
We're discussing point guards, not postseasons. Both coaches made it to the second weekend and won conference tournaments early in their careers. That's an accomplishment but it's not a Final Four or National Title.
I don't care about PPG. We need a PG that can create buckets, which is specifically defined by assists.
The only PG's recruited out of HS by miller with reasonable assist numbers were Coleman and B-Will, who led their team to a stellar 17-15 record. They still couldn't manage a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio but they ran an offense that could "almost" break a zone defense. It was embarrassing.
My argument is that Lloyd also hasn't recruited that true PG, although the offense is at least putting up points, which isn't painful to watch.
Kerr, Boswell, and Conrad are all true PGs. Tom simply hasn't cracked the code on how to max out the impact from players like that (yet).
I am not going to sit here and pick a side for several reasons.
I saw that photo of KB at the tables looking like he had a few too many.
I expected something to come out or happen as a result, and nothing did.
I am a listener of "Locked On Wildcats" with Mike Luke.
I will say I do not support the majority of his takes, because he tends to repeat them frequently.
He continued to mention KB's lack of production on the floor (and weight) to be a direct result of essentially living the college life at Arizona.
There is a fine line between reporting and going too far to me.
Sometimes, I am not sure which side of the fence Luke stands on.
#BearDown
Quote from: mvpreed2 on March 12, 2025, 12:05:43 AMI am not going to sit here and pick a side for several reasons.
I saw that photo of KB at the tables looking like he had a few too many.
I expected something to come out or happen as a result, and nothing did.
I am a listener of "Locked On Wildcats" with Mike Luke.
I will say I do not support the majority of his takes, because he tends to repeat them frequently.
He continued to mention KB's lack of production on the floor (and weight) to be a direct result of essentially living the college life at Arizona.
There is a fine line between reporting and going too far to me.
Sometimes, I am not sure which side of the fence Luke stands on.
#BearDown
It was a terrible look on Luke's part especially when you consider that Kylan's tweet was pretty innocuous. I listen to Luke and Scheer but their whole schtick is obnoxious. I'm just starved for UA content at times.
Quote from: |ᴘ|ʀ|ʏ|ᴍ|ᴇ| on March 11, 2025, 08:23:16 PMKerr, Boswell, and Conrad are all true PGs. Tom simply hasn't cracked the code on how to max out the impact from players like that (yet).
Miller found Kerr, for the record.
Miller would have coached Kerr far differently over time. He spent most of his time getting Kerr to America. It was just a shame that Miller's Mastery of NIL was ousted right when it is needed most while Bill Self was given what? a Lifetime Contract for being far worse?
Tom's system prevents a Floor General from even wanting to come here and also eliminates the possibility of one at the same time.
If Kerr can't find floor time during his senior year, then he's obviously not coachable. Miller could have taken him to Xavier and there's a reason that he didn't.
Boswell had the best game of his life tonight. Tucson Social Media poked the bear and when the 4 vs 5 matchup happens I don't want to hear anyone complain
Quote from: KansasCityCats on March 13, 2025, 04:20:45 AMIf Kerr can't find floor time during his senior year, then he's obviously not coachable. Miller could have taken him to Xavier and there's a reason that he didn't.
Kerr literally has been injured throughout the season - hurt since the beginning of December - and he is eligible for a medical redshirt to run it back next year. The slander is unwarranted.
Quote from: arxpert on March 13, 2025, 09:38:39 PMQuote from: KansasCityCats on March 13, 2025, 04:20:45 AMIf Kerr can't find floor time during his senior year, then he's obviously not coachable. Miller could have taken him to Xavier and there's a reason that he didn't.
Kerr literally has been injured throughout the season - hurt since the beginning of December - and he is eligible for a medical redshirt to run it back next year. The slander is unwarranted.
Accurate
Ok. So 17 minutes per game and a 27% FG in 9 games isn't enough of a sample size? The kid is a senior and he couldn't make buckets against inferior competition.
I love kerr's intensity and passion but he just isn't coachable.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on March 13, 2025, 10:47:51 PMOk. So 17 minutes per game and a 27% FG in 9 games isn't enough of a sample size? The kid is a senior and he couldn't make buckets against inferior competition.
I love kerr's intensity and passion but he just isn't coachable.
Actually no, 9 games doesn't seem to be a good enough sample size. Arizona was the worst it had been since the transitional years between Lute and Miller after 9 games and no one was worse than Caleb Love.
Yet somehow Kerr was able to average 3.8 assists per game to only 1 turnover in just 17 minutes of action whilst nursing an eventual season ending injury and Caleb Love gets to play over 33 minutes per game and averages 3.5 assists. Seems like Kentucky's coach was actually doing a good job with Kerr by not allowing him to go off the rails, but improving his skills at the guard position.
Fair enough regarding sample size. Perhaps we'll see more next season.
Assists have never been an issue with Kerr. He knows how to share the ball and his turnovers were minimal during his short stint this season.
Regardless, 27.9% from the field and 26.3% from 3 is pretty awful. Time will tell.
Quote from: Paper_Bag on March 12, 2025, 08:32:56 AMIt was a terrible look on Luke's part especially when you consider that Kylan's tweet was pretty innocuous. I listen to Luke and Scheer but their whole schtick is obnoxious. I'm just starved for UA content at times.
Same here.
I work at FedEx and the "Locked On" series has been very good to me so far with all of my other teams.
Prime example:
1. Luke says Lloyd needed to choose between Arenas/Burries because you can't get both.
2. Then Luke went on to say a few weeks/months ago that Burries was going to the highest bidder (which was NOT going to be Arizona), Lloyd needed to target Arenas.
(Arenas commits to USC)
3. Luke gets on and says the reason why Arenas went to USC is because Lloyd picked Burries over him.
4. Last week, Luke says that Lloyd has to land Burries.
(The only constant is that Arizona has to land Peat since he is a 5* in-state prospect, and Arizona does not miss when they go all-in on a local prospect).
It is difficult to overlook his homerism when it comes to all things Arizona.
#BearDown
Quote from: mvpreed2 on March 15, 2025, 06:27:43 PMLuke says Lloyd needed to choose between Arenas/Burries because you can't get both.
Luke says a lot of things. He isn't PTI (Kornheiser and Wilbon). He is trying to create content, but he doesn't really have anything going for him other than his opinion.