JB ripped the Ivy League...
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prolly bc Jimmy is coming next season iihtg
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Point of personal privilege, I guess. His son couldn't play his senior year.
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He was asked for his take on the season. Said he was proud of how his team fought through a very difficult situation, but that they really wanted to play and they were happy that they did get to play. He then mentioned how miserable Jimmy was because he didn't get to play--hence the subject of the Ivy League.
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JB doesn't take kindly to having his basketball strategy questioned because he's the expert and the people questioning him are not. Maybe he shouldn't question the health related decisions of school administrations since he has been neither a school administrator or healthcare professional.
Or ever say that a movie he watched wasn't very good. You know, since he never was a director of a movie. He has never been a reporter either. Yet he has no problem telling them what they do wrong.
Now that the season is almost over does anybody really believe that the 300+ D-1 programs that played this year made a mistake and that the Ivy League was vindicated in their decision not to play? JB in his presser said it would have been a "monumental mistake" not to play. I think he's right.
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I have no doubt the ivy players were disappointed but they are an academics first league all the way around so who can blame them for canceling the season. I’m sure other leagues were close to doing it as well.
They should have played. My problem is with a coach that thinks he is above being second guessed because we either aren't tall enough or aren't at his practice. yet, he has no problem second guessing others when he clearly didn't know what they knew. The Ivy mission statement is different than almost any other league. Jb has never written one word on deadline yet he thinks he can tell reporters how to do their job. Listening to his radio show he has no problem saying what movies he thinks are bad. He has never directed a major motion picture to my knowledge. Fair is fair.
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I'm sure the Ivy League athletes were extremely disappointed. And it isn't just basketball. There are high quality athletes in many sports that were not allowed to play. Hopefully they got better grades because they didn't play since I guess that's all that matters.
For sure JB is a very opinionated fellow that doesn't like it when others have a negative opinion of him or his team. I agree with you 100%. And I also agree with your first sentence 100%. They should have played. The Ivy League has the resources, more than just about anybody, to have pulled it off. Very unfortunate for their players.
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I don't think when his is critiquing a movie he is saying the director doesn't know how to film a scene, or to cut from one scene to another.
Doesn't really matter. He has no business critiquing a movie when he wasn't there every day for the rehearsals and the script and all that goes in to it. It is a double standard any way you want to look at it.
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The JB double-standard regarding criticism is well documented.
Look at his long HOF career and who he is -just part of being JB.
Look at his long HOF career and who he is -just part of being JB.
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Film critics aren't on set either.
Re: basketball--I think the difference between reporting and editorializing is what leads to some of these run-ins. In "hard news", if it's done right, you have reporting on the front page, and opinions on the editorial page. In sports, the two functions can often get merged in a single column.
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If you say say don't like beef stroganoff, your not saying the chef is an old clueless idiot who doesn't know how to cook anymore.
Very often. There are some sports columnists - Pat Forde, Dan Wolken, Christine Brennan among several that come to mind - that are obsessed with the issue and will never be convinced that playing the season was the right decision.
Some of these analogies are hurting my brain.
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Many people are saying Boeheim can't cook bouillabaisse anymore, he doesn't remember what order to put the seafood in so they all come out cooked properly.
Not even close to the thing. I really hope you know that. The same would be I sometimes like Beef Stroganoff but I don't like this beef Stroganoff. Jb likes some movies. Not just that one. But Jb has never cooked in a restaurant that I know of. So he shouldn't say that about that chef's beef stroganoff. He doesn't know what goes on in that kitchen.
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I think Boeheim still knows how to cook at the level of a master chef. If Sidibe didn't get hurt and Jesse developed as he has, and played 5-10 minutes late in the season, his Stroganoff would have been fit for a Czar.
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No Beef in this Stroganoff...
Cook something else?
Cook something else?
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If Sid had played, we would never have seen Jesse.
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I had no problems with leagues playing or not playing this year. With the testing considerations and the caution they showed in cancelling games to limit spread I was fine with it. Also seems they tried to keep the players distanced from others which was my greater concern, since the players for the most part can handle the virus but they could spread it to others who can't.
As an aside I think the NCAA has done quite the poor job in terms of how it enforces protocol for its fans during the NCAA tournament. This could have been an excellent chance to show people how crowds could gather and do things properly. How to move forward. And I am sure many in the crowd did act responsibly.
But there have been way to many outliers that have we have seen on TV just flaunting the rules and could not give a crap about protocol. And it has gotten worse and worse throughout the tournament which indicates no desire for enforcement. A poor example has been set.
As an aside I think the NCAA has done quite the poor job in terms of how it enforces protocol for its fans during the NCAA tournament. This could have been an excellent chance to show people how crowds could gather and do things properly. How to move forward. And I am sure many in the crowd did act responsibly.
But there have been way to many outliers that have we have seen on TV just flaunting the rules and could not give a crap about protocol. And it has gotten worse and worse throughout the tournament which indicates no desire for enforcement. A poor example has been set.
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