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Post by widdledumpling on Dec 8, 2023 16:20:52 GMT -5
Trying to attack Texas about its football program THIS season is...a choice? Thinking it's an attack is also a choice. Oh, I'm getting gaslit. Now I understand!
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Post by katn on Dec 8, 2023 16:21:42 GMT -5
It’s a frickin’ message board. What are you on here for? To change the world with your posts on volleytalk? Give me a break. I’m here for entertainment, and the moment I find this not so entertaining is the moment I quit posting. It’s not all about immediate gratification. It’s also about being part of a community that shares some of the same passions I do. Including you. But it sure isn’t about some kind of bigger picture. That’s what my work in the real world has been about, for better or worse. And things are going to be fine in the SEC. We still have more money than anyone, both on the books and off. We’re still in the biggest city in the United States that doesn’t have a major professional sports franchise. We have an outstanding athletic director and a board of regents that cares about sports. We’re smack dab in the middle of the biggest hotbed of talent for nearly every sport we compete in. It’s a great school with an outstanding curriculum. We’re better situated for whatever the collegiate sports landscape becomes any time in the near future. That’s one of the benefits of being a Texas fan. Just like when someone asked our previous long time athletic director Deloss Dodds, “Are you worried about keeping up with the Joneses?” “Why would I worry about keeping up with the Joneses? We ARE the Joneses.” Your old AD quoted Nene Leakes from the Atlanta Housewives? That says it all. BTW, y’all aren’t the Joneses in the SEC. Y’all aren’t even the Smiths. if you watch the real housewives that says it all
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Post by volleyguy on Dec 8, 2023 16:23:18 GMT -5
Thinking it's an attack is also a choice. Oh, I'm getting gaslit. Now I understand! Do you?
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Post by katn on Dec 8, 2023 16:23:35 GMT -5
Let's be real. If Texas social media wanted to make that post about another team's player, the comment would've been something like "All UT, No Moore." There's precedent y'all. iykyk 😉 good one
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Post by volleyguy on Dec 8, 2023 16:24:34 GMT -5
Your old AD quoted Nene Leakes from the Atlanta Housewives? That says it all. BTW, y’all aren’t the Joneses in the SEC. Y’all aren’t even the Smiths. if you watch the real housewives that says it all I'm glad you spend all your time in the library.
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Post by 1armstab on Dec 8, 2023 16:31:17 GMT -5
see I just dont really buy that, I think if the sole reason for the post was to glorify oneal, they wouldn't have kept the entire image of Moore on the ground that takes up just as much space in the photo as oneal does. they intentionally kept the shot of Moore on the ground in there. like I said, I really dont care too much, but I still think its disrespectful to Moore. a 5th year player who just ended her career after a dog fight against a powerhouse program and then next morning there's a picture of her on the ground, clearly frustrated with herself, getting screamed at posted to the opposing teams social media with over 300k followers. this has NOTHING to do with oneal and everything to do with the person who posted it. just like the all sky no sun post from a while ago, I just think its distasteful. enjoy the win without taking a shot at the opponent like every single other programs social media does. I agree with you that it doesnt have any effect on anything important, but it does come across a bit disrespectful imo and my opinion won't be changed on that. I would say the exact same thing if kentucky, louisville, or stanford made posts like that - but they along with pretty much everyone else dont ever post stuff like that Who is trying to change your opinion? I’m hearing you out and telling you why I’m indifferent to that perspective. The core of the photo’s power is the juxtaposition of O’Neal and Moore. It’s like the famous Muhammad Ali photo. There’s a primal celebration of being the victor that doesn’t have the same meaning without the vanquished. But it’s still not really about Moore. She simply happens to be the person on the other side of the equation. Which isn’t meant to make her feel better. But the focus isn’t about making her feel bad. The fact your sympathies lie with her is fine. Mine do not. It’s a great picture and it encapsulates my feelings as a fan watching that match. Since I’m more the intended audience than you are, I’d say the photo is a sterling success. You being disturbed by it is your prerogative, but you root against Texas every chance you get, so it’s not like we were about to make you a convert but now we’ve lost our chance. Allow this to cement your feelings about the program even further. It’s not going to bother me. But it also doesn’t make your point of view the correct one. It simply means its your’s. Which, obviously, you’re perfectly entitled to. Here’s a link to the pic I was referencing: a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_508/1468592157749/001292890_master.jpg10000000%. The Ali photo isn’t known around the world if his vanquished opponent isn’t in the frame. That’s what makes sports so compelling. The thrill of victory and the soul crushing pain of defeat. We all saw the pics from 2021 in the game that shall not be spoken of. But that’s what made 2022 so much sweeter. They’re big girls that wear big girl pants. This is what they play for. Of course it would be silly to have a pic like that of a 10U match. This is NCAA volleyball and a lot of these ladies playing in this round will soon be playing professionally. They can handle a picture.
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Post by slxpress on Dec 8, 2023 16:31:27 GMT -5
I have no idea what you mean. They all matter, volleyguy. The tower gets lit for every conference championship, and it gets lit with #1 for every national championship. They’re all important to me. Every underperforming program is important, and I want the coach fired. Every dominant program is important, and I’m grateful we have the right person in charge. And I’m extremely grateful for our current athletic director, who is who I wanted in the first place when we hired the idiot Steve Patterson. I’m also grateful to Kevin Eltife, who has been a huge friend to Texas athletics, and to Jay Hartzell, who understands its importance to the general mission of the university, as filled with conundrums and conflicts as it is. Which one is most important to you? Is it something other than volleyball? Football is unquestionably the most important sport in the SEC. What kind of Texan are you? I don’t know what kind of Texan I am. Native? The money guys I hang around with (to be clear, I am not one of them) want to win at everything. When the beach program was announced I got into a bit of a kerfuffle with another poster who was accusing Texas of following the Nebraska model of using beach to get in more practice and development time but only using indoor players to compete with existing staff. That was exacerbated by Texas following that model in the first year. I tried to explain that would never fly at Texas. We want to win at everything. We demand it, really. Beach volleyball would have to be able to compete for national championships or people are going to get fired. They will have every resource imaginable devoted to the program. It’s likely going to be the best funded beach program in the country once we get the facility in place. But that investment comes at a cost, and the cost is they better win. That’s not how the rest of the SEC operates, but we’re not the rest of the SEC. We’re better. The Aggies have been so proud about their association. All the Aggies I know have loved to brag about how well the SEC performs in various sports. We don’t care. All we care about is our own success, and it’s very important to us. So if football is doing well it’s not going to make it okay to be bad at baseball. If basketball is doing well it’s not going to be okay to do poorly in track and field. If swimming and diving is doing well it doesn’t make it okay to lose in golf. We want to win at everything. And we do. Or people get fired. That’s how it works. I don’t expect you to understand that, because you’re not a Texas fan since you were a little kid, brainwashed by my Dad before I had a choice in the matter. But that’s how a lot of us are. That’s how we see the world. But if you think football should be the only important thing...volleyguy...you’re welcome to it.
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Dec 8, 2023 16:40:00 GMT -5
What are the odds the Texas-Stanford match starts on ESPNU at its published 9:00pm start time? Or does it get started on ESPNnews at 9pm while the prior match ends. I’m going to conservatively say there is a 0.00% chance it starts on ESPNU at 9pm. It's going to start on time. The question is whether the previous match will have completed so that the start can be shown. More likely the first [x] minutes will not be broadcast on ESPNU
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Dec 8, 2023 16:40:22 GMT -5
i believe we are discussing the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow african or european? it could grip it by the husk
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Post by katn on Dec 8, 2023 16:42:44 GMT -5
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Post by katn on Dec 8, 2023 16:45:08 GMT -5
Football is unquestionably the most important sport in the SEC. What kind of Texan are you? I don’t know what kind of Texan I am. Native? The money guys I hang around with (to be clear, I am not one of them) want to win at everything. When the beach program was announced I got into a bit of a kerfuffle with another poster who was accusing Texas of following the Nebraska model of using beach to get in more practice and development time but only using indoor players to compete with existing staff. That was exacerbated by Texas following that model in the first year. I tried to explain that would never fly at Texas. We want to win at everything. We demand it, really. Beach volleyball would have to be able to compete for national championships or people are going to get fired. They will have every resource imaginable devoted to the program. It’s likely going to be the best funded beach program in the country once we get the facility in place. But that investment comes at a cost, and the cost is they better win. That’s not how the rest of the SEC operates, but we’re not the rest of the SEC. We’re better. The Aggies have been so proud about their association. All the Aggies I know have loved to brag about how well the SEC performs in various sports. We don’t care. All we care about is our own success, and it’s very important to us. So if football is doing well it’s not going to make it okay to be bad at baseball. If basketball is doing well it’s not going to be okay to do poorly in track and field. If swimming and diving is doing well it doesn’t make it okay to lose in golf. We want to win at everything. And we do. Or people get fired. That’s how it works. I don’t expect you to understand that, because you’re not a Texas fan since you were a little kid, brainwashed by my Dad before I had a choice in the matter. But that’s how a lot of us are. That’s how we see the world. But if you think football should be the only important thing...volleyguy...you’re welcome to it. http://instagram.com/p/C0m0_XKupEf this is what people don't understand
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Post by slxpress on Dec 8, 2023 16:46:24 GMT -5
What are the odds the Texas-Stanford match starts on ESPNU at its published 9:00pm start time? Or does it get started on ESPNnews at 9pm while the prior match ends. I’m going to conservatively say there is a 0.00% chance it starts on ESPNU at 9pm. It's going to start on time. The question is whether the previous match will have completed so that the start can be shown. More likely the first [x] minutes will not be broadcast on ESPNU I feel like you two just said the same thing.
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Post by widdledumpling on Dec 8, 2023 16:48:04 GMT -5
honestly I wasn't going to bring this up because it gets said over and over again but periodt
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Post by mln59 on Dec 8, 2023 16:48:08 GMT -5
I don’t know what kind of Texan I am. Native? The money guys I hang around with (to be clear, I am not one of them) want to win at everything. When the beach program was announced I got into a bit of a kerfuffle with another poster who was accusing Texas of following the Nebraska model of using beach to get in more practice and development time but only using indoor players to compete with existing staff. That was exacerbated by Texas following that model in the first year. I tried to explain that would never fly at Texas. We want to win at everything. We demand it, really. Beach volleyball would have to be able to compete for national championships or people are going to get fired. They will have every resource imaginable devoted to the program. It’s likely going to be the best funded beach program in the country once we get the facility in place. But that investment comes at a cost, and the cost is they better win. That’s not how the rest of the SEC operates, but we’re not the rest of the SEC. We’re better. The Aggies have been so proud about their association. All the Aggies I know have loved to brag about how well the SEC performs in various sports. We don’t care. All we care about is our own success, and it’s very important to us. So if football is doing well it’s not going to make it okay to be bad at baseball. If basketball is doing well it’s not going to be okay to do poorly in track and field. If swimming and diving is doing well it doesn’t make it okay to lose in golf. We want to win at everything. And we do. Or people get fired. That’s how it works. I don’t expect you to understand that, because you’re not a Texas fan since you were a little kid, brainwashed by my Dad before I had a choice in the matter. But that’s how a lot of us are. That’s how we see the world. But if you think football should be the only important thing...volleyguy...you’re welcome to it. http://instagram.com/p/C0m0_XKupEf this is what people don't understand is that good? it sounds good
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 8, 2023 17:03:23 GMT -5
I don’t know what kind of Texan I am. Native? The money guys I hang around with (to be clear, I am not one of them) want to win at everything. When the beach program was announced I got into a bit of a kerfuffle with another poster who was accusing Texas of following the Nebraska model of using beach to get in more practice and development time but only using indoor players to compete with existing staff. That was exacerbated by Texas following that model in the first year. I tried to explain that would never fly at Texas. We want to win at everything. We demand it, really. Beach volleyball would have to be able to compete for national championships or people are going to get fired. They will have every resource imaginable devoted to the program. It’s likely going to be the best funded beach program in the country once we get the facility in place. But that investment comes at a cost, and the cost is they better win. That’s not how the rest of the SEC operates, but we’re not the rest of the SEC. We’re better. The Aggies have been so proud about their association. All the Aggies I know have loved to brag about how well the SEC performs in various sports. We don’t care. All we care about is our own success, and it’s very important to us. So if football is doing well it’s not going to make it okay to be bad at baseball. If basketball is doing well it’s not going to be okay to do poorly in track and field. If swimming and diving is doing well it doesn’t make it okay to lose in golf. We want to win at everything. And we do. Or people get fired. That’s how it works. I don’t expect you to understand that, because you’re not a Texas fan since you were a little kid, brainwashed by my Dad before I had a choice in the matter. But that’s how a lot of us are. That’s how we see the world. But if you think football should be the only important thing...volleyguy...you’re welcome to it. http://instagram.com/p/C0m0_XKupEf this is what people don't understand WELL THE STAN SHERIF CENTER HAS THE BEST GARLIC FRIES So Hawaii > Texas You lose
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