Comments on: In which I question Sam Eifling’s logic http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:40:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Tim http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3086 Tim Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:13:55 +0000 http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3086 "Are the Utah Jazz going to solely be comprised of polygamist Mormons? Are the Lakers going to only have actors and girls with boob jobs on their squad?" Now that would get me to watch the NBA again! The Bulls would be a team of all overweight, cigar-smoking, mustachioed men saying, 'pass me "DA ROCK!"' Better yet, have all the teams be what their mascot is. “Are the Utah Jazz going to solely be comprised of polygamist Mormons? Are the Lakers going to only have actors and girls with boob jobs on their squad?”

Now that would get me to watch the NBA again! The Bulls would be a team of all overweight, cigar-smoking, mustachioed men saying, ‘pass me “DA ROCK!”‘

Better yet, have all the teams be what their mascot is.

]]> By: PMK http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3085 PMK Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:45:07 +0000 http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3085 Dwight Howard played on Smith's team as well, which made it that much more fun for us! I can only imagine if people like Coach K (though I hate Duke, I respect him) were replaced by even more crooked characters that run AAU ball such as Sonny Viccario. If you thought Kelvin's 1000 text messages were bad, imagine the drama we could have if AAU ran the show. This guy is an idiot. Dwight Howard played on Smith’s team as well, which made it that much more fun for us!

I can only imagine if people like Coach K (though I hate Duke, I respect him) were replaced by even more crooked characters that run AAU ball such as Sonny Viccario. If you thought Kelvin’s 1000 text messages were bad, imagine the drama we could have if AAU ran the show.

This guy is an idiot.

]]> By: J http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3083 J Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:17:04 +0000 http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3083 Caveman if you dont like Slate, then you are most likely some close minded right winger. Caveman if you dont like Slate, then you are most likely some close minded right winger.

]]> By: GK http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3080 GK Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:17:11 +0000 http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3080 Well everyone is right about the NCAA, AAU thing, you can't compare the two, PostmanE was totally right about the coaching, and the competition is better too. However, though Oden is a bad example, players like him can be very bad for college basketball. Oden is an exception because he is good enough to spend one year in and win it all, but few are. Instead incomplete players join the college ranks as a pit-stop on their way to the NBA and they hurt programs. Coaches have to build teams, and in the grander scheme, programs on these kids. If they are commited only because they have to be, and only for as long as they have to be it can be crippling to schools. This is something that won't be a problem for schools like Duke, UNC, UCONN and the like, they've always recruited as if there was no one on their roster. Meaning, if they bring in the top PG of a class, they'll be after the best PG the next year also. Less powerful programs can't do this, and are forced to put teams together like puzzles. If a piece is changing from year to year, the chances of a teams success, a programs growth become very small. I like the NBA's rule, but I definately see where it could have a negative impact on the college game. That said, Sam's point is senseless, and it looks like he is just pushing buttons for the hell of it. Well everyone is right about the NCAA, AAU thing, you can’t compare the two, PostmanE was totally right about the coaching, and the competition is better too. However, though Oden is a bad example, players like him can be very bad for college basketball. Oden is an exception because he is good enough to spend one year in and win it all, but few are. Instead incomplete players join the college ranks as a pit-stop on their way to the NBA and they hurt programs. Coaches have to build teams, and in the grander scheme, programs on these kids. If they are commited only because they have to be, and only for as long as they have to be it can be crippling to schools. This is something that won’t be a problem for schools like Duke, UNC, UCONN and the like, they’ve always recruited as if there was no one on their roster. Meaning, if they bring in the top PG of a class, they’ll be after the best PG the next year also. Less powerful programs can’t do this, and are forced to put teams together like puzzles. If a piece is changing from year to year, the chances of a teams success, a programs growth become very small. I like the NBA’s rule, but I definately see where it could have a negative impact on the college game. That said, Sam’s point is senseless, and it looks like he is just pushing buttons for the hell of it.

]]> By: Captain Caveman http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3073 Captain Caveman Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:38:57 +0000 http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3073 Flawed idea? Slate? NO! Slate is talk radio for poindexters. It's a waste of neurotransmitters to get worked up over their most recent sports opus. Flawed idea? Slate? NO!

Slate is talk radio for poindexters. It’s a waste of neurotransmitters to get worked up over their most recent sports opus.

]]> By: PostmanE http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3072 PostmanE Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:10:04 +0000 http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2006/12/20/in-which-i-question-sam-eifling%e2%80%99s-logic/#comment-3072 Honestly, I could care less if kids are getting an education in college, because their level of willingness to do so is their choice. If star basketball X wants to ignore their studies, the athletics department will (within a certain degree of reason) allow them to do that. And that's fine with me - if they think they can play pro ball, NBA or otherwise, that's their call. I'm not asking the stoner that lives across the street from me to study harder if he knows his dad will give him a job after school; his future, his business. Same goes for the hoopers (excluding, of course, troubled or otherwise learning-disabled athletes). Are college fans and the NCAA sanctimonious? Absolutely. But I'd prefer basketball organization and rigor at the cost of sanctimony than AAU pick-up games where sleaziness is openly accepted. The article in general makes me extremely dubious about Sam's basketball knowledge, because anyone with a slight interest in the sport can tell you that the difference between watching an AAU game and an NCAA one is the difference between watching the NBDL and the NBA. Not only are there players just generally not as good, but the coaching isn't even close. Can we do better than the NCAA? Absolutely. Is AAU the solution? Absolutely not. (By the way, we already have a solution. It's called the NBA.) Honestly, I could care less if kids are getting an education in college, because their level of willingness to do so is their choice. If star basketball X wants to ignore their studies, the athletics department will (within a certain degree of reason) allow them to do that. And that’s fine with me - if they think they can play pro ball, NBA or otherwise, that’s their call. I’m not asking the stoner that lives across the street from me to study harder if he knows his dad will give him a job after school; his future, his business. Same goes for the hoopers (excluding, of course, troubled or otherwise learning-disabled athletes).

Are college fans and the NCAA sanctimonious? Absolutely. But I’d prefer basketball organization and rigor at the cost of sanctimony than AAU pick-up games where sleaziness is openly accepted.

The article in general makes me extremely dubious about Sam’s basketball knowledge, because anyone with a slight interest in the sport can tell you that the difference between watching an AAU game and an NCAA one is the difference between watching the NBDL and the NBA. Not only are there players just generally not as good, but the coaching isn’t even close. Can we do better than the NCAA? Absolutely. Is AAU the solution? Absolutely not.

(By the way, we already have a solution. It’s called the NBA.)

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