[Old School Hound]

I know I said this about the Duke game to,  but once we fought back from that huge deficit and got to within two or so scores of tying the game,  I was happy.  Happy with the grind,  effort,  fight,  and heart our guys,  players and coaching staff showed.  Getting the win was a added bonus. 

Playing at Clemson and Seattle last night,  the Cat's have literally been coast to coast this week! 

I agree,  we will definitely take some more hits this season.  Whoever beats us will dang sure earn it.  Because we won't be out coached.  Plus you'd have to look long and far and still not find a bunch with more heart and grit,  than our guys have.  

Big Blue Nation really showed up in Seattle last night.  I agree with the announcer when he said,  the Cat's could play in Russia and you'd have fans there chanting,  Go Big Blue!

I'll take it a step further and say,  the Cat's could play on the moon,  Mars,  or another galaxy,  and you'd have alien's there chanting,  Go Big Blue!   

You're a galactic wonder, Kong. I love your spirit! Can't believe I'm saying that about a Golden Eagle fan  

I agree that we probably lose that game under Cal .Not that we couldn't have come back and won, but as a previous poster said, Cal would have stayed man instead of switching to the 1-3-1 that Pope befuddled Gonzaga with. I'm inclined to agree with Pitino. Pope is going to be a very successful coach. He's a chess player and he has already checkmated Scheyer and Few. Not too bad. 
Cal had gotten lazy the last few years. I love Cal, and he deserves all the accolades that can be bestowed upon him. Almost 900 wins and all the Final Fours is simply staggering. But the recent Cal didn't work as hard as the early Cal, and some of Cal's assistants were lazy and were more interested in picking up a paycheck instead of picking up wins. Pope also has good assistants. Mark Fox is top tier. Gave Pope his first big break in basketball coaching. Cats essentially have two top-notch head coaches on the sidelines in Pope and Fox.

I love Cal, but he finally realized what most knew- that it was time for a separation. Thank you, Coach Cal and thank you, Arkansas. Thank you also to the Baylor coach's wife who said NO to Lexington. I'm so glad he's not here. Not crazy about him. Also, a big thanks to the Hurley tool from up at UCONN.  Good coach but I don't think he would have been an ideal fit. I think we got the right guy. Yes, there are gonna be bad stretches and 20% of the fanbase are gonna be calling for his head , and probably threatening to defecate in his yard, at some point, but Pope seems to have all the right stuff.

I agree %100 percent with everything you said OSH,  very well said. 

As far as JC, well I guess there's a goof like me in every bunch   As far as the legacy I left at JC years ago,  it was that of class clown  

I'd rather laugh than cry. Life will put a hurting on you if don't find a way to laugh. That's what I'm on here to do---make people laugh at my bat sh!t craziness!    Some have learned how to do it, yet.