TOURNEY TALK

***** WELL ,MEMPHIS WINS 31 GAMES INCLUDING ONE IN THE BIG DANCE . NOW THEY SAY JOSH NEEDS A RAISE .

UNLESS HE GETS MORE MONEY ,JOSH MIGHT GO TO UCLA OR MINNESOTA . PASTNER MAKES 1.7 MILLION NOW .

I SAY, IF HE WANTS TO ROLL LET HIM GO . I THINK HE IS OVERPAID AS IT IS .

YES , HE DID WIN 31 GAMES BUT AGAINST COMPETITION  TWO STEPS ABOVE CHURCH LEAGUE. JOSH'S FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST A REAL TEAM WAS A DISASTER .

JOSH IS A GOOD RECRUITER AND AN AVERAGE OR BELOW BENCH COACH . I THINK THE TIGERS COULD FIND A BUCKETFUL OF HOT YOUNG COACHES FOR A MILLION A YEAR .

I DON'T THINK JOSH IS DUMB ENOUGH TO LEAVE A SWEET GIG LIKE MEMPHIS .   BUT IF HE IS LET HIM GO , IT WON'T BE ANY TROUBLE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT JUST AS GOOD .

MAYBE JOSH THINKS HE NEEDS TO BAIL BEFORE MEMPHIS MOVES TO A NEW CONFERENCE . DON'T WORRY THE NEW LEAGUE WILL NOT BE MUCH  HARDER THAN THE OLD ONE .

***** I CAN NOT REMEMBER A TOURNAMENT WITH MORE WHITE GUYS AND THIS MUCH ZONE DEFENSE .

 WHERE DID ALL THESE WHITE BOYS COME FROM ? NOT SAYING IT IS GOOD OR BAD . JUST UNUSUAL .

SEEMS LIKE EVERY GAME ONE OR BOTH TEAMS PLAY A LOT OF ZONE . I LOVE IT . I THINK IT GIVES THE LESS TALENTED TEAM A CHANCE TO HANG IN THERE .

 THE SLASH AND PENETRATE TEAMS HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AGAINST THE ZONE . HEAVEN FORBID ,THEY MIGHT HAVE TO RUN AN OFFENSE AND PASS THE BALL .

TEAMS TODAY ,DON'T SEE ZONE TOO OFTEN . SO IT CAN BE CONFUSING TO BE CONFRONTED BY A GOOD ZONE . SYRACUSE HAS MADE A LIVING OFF OF THE 2-3 FOR YEARS . LOUISVILLE PLAYS A LOT OF 2-3 .

ANYONE WHO PLAYS MEMPHIS SHOULD PLAY A TON OF ZONE . I AM NOT SURE THE TIGERS HAVE A PLAN  TO ATTACH ZONE .

***** FLORIDA GULF COAST IS MY NEW FAVORITE TEAM . THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH . THEY ARE A  LOOSE HAPPY BUNCH , A CINDERELLA WITH A LOT OF  PERSONALITY .  HOPE THE EAGLES CAN FLY A LITTLE FARTHER .

 I WOULD LOVE FOR A TEAM NOT FROM A POWER CONFERENCE TO WIN THE TOURNAMENT . 

LASALLE  IS ANOTHER CREW YOU HAVE TO LOVE . I DIDN'T THINK HENDERSON AND OLE MISS WOULD INTIMIDATE THIS BUNCH FROM PHILLY .

THE EXPLORERS PLAY THAT TOUGH INNER CITY SUMMER BALL LIKE THE MEMPHIS KIDS DO YEAR ROUND . I THINK LASALLE MAY BE BETTER COACHED THAN MEMPHIS .

I AM NOT BANGING ON JOSH . I AM JUST TELLING THE TRUTH . JOSH IS A GOOD RECRUITER BUT JUST AN AVERAGE GAME COACH AT THIS TIME . JP IS STILL LEARNING ON THE JOB .

 I DON'T THINK JOSH CAN IMPROVE HIS SIDELINE JUMP . I THINK HE HAS MAXED OUT  ON HIS LEAPS .

***** ONLY THING WORSE FOR MEMPHIS IF OLE MISS HAD WON . IT WOULD HAVE KILLED TIGER FANS FOR THE REBELS TO GO DEEPER  THAN THE TIGERS .

***** THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!   

A LOT ON MY MIND

***** WELL , CHILI PEPPER HAD A SETBACK AND HAD TO RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL .

IT SEEMS LIKE WE SPEND THE MONTH OF MARCH IN BAPTIST HOSPITAL. I WAS THERE THE ENTIRE MARCH OF 2012 AND NOW CHILI PEPPER HAS BEEN THERE MOST OF MARCH THIS YEAR .

A LITTLE MORE SURGERY AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE HER ALL FIXED UP . I HOPE AND PRAY THAT IS THE CASE .

EVEN WITH THE GREAT FAMILY SUPPORT  WE HAVE , I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALONE AS I DO WHEN SHE IS NOT THERE .

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS , CARDS ,CALLS , AND VISITS . THEY MEAN SO MUCH .

***** THE TIGERS HAVE A  FULL DANCE CARD AT THE BIG DANCE . I AM NOT SURE THE TIGERS CAN WIN A GAME  BUT THEY WILL EARN EVERY STEP THEY TAKE .

THERE ARE NO MORE CUPCAKES . THESE TEAMS CAN ALL PLAY . CAN THE TALENTED TIGERS MAKE A RUN ?

MY MAIN MAN, DR .WINE SAYS NO . THE TIGERS DO NOT GET ENOUGH POINTS FROM THEIR BIG MEN TO ROAR . WINE SAYS LACK OF AN INSIDE GAME WILL PUT AN EARLY END TO THE TIGERS .

****** I FEEL BAD THAT USM DID NOT MAKE THE SHOW . I THINK THE GOLDEN BIRDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE . I DON'T FEEL TENNESSEE, BAMA , VANDY , & KENTUCKY HAD MUCH OF A CASE .

IT SHOULD BE AN ENTERTAINING DANCE WITH A LOT OF CANDIDATES FOR PROM QUEEN .

I WISH BELMONT COULD MAKE A RUN  OR SOME SCHOOL FROM A NON - POWER CONFERENCE . THIS TIME NEXT WEEK WE WILL KNOW THE SWEET - 16.

***** 22 YEARS AGO TODAY , MY DAD LEFT THIS EARTH . BIG MOOSE ALL 145 POUNDS OF HIM , WAS ONE OF A KIND .

THEY DID NOT MAKE ANY MORE LIKE DADDY . A FREE SPIRIT , AND A DREAM CHASER ,DADDY LIVED LIFE PRETTY MUCH ON HIS TERMS AND HIS OWN RULES .

DAD NEVER GAVE IN TO THE SYSTEM . HE ALWAYS DID THINGS HIS WAY AND MANAGED JUST FINE . MOOSE SELDOM PUNCHED A CLOCK OR HAD A FIXED SCHEDULE.

DADDY ALWAYS DEALT IN CASH , AND CAME AS CLOSE TO BEATING THE TAX MAN AS ANYONE EVER HAS .

I MISS THAT COLORFUL CHARACTER THAT WAS MY DAD EVERY DAY  AND HOPE TO SEE HIM AGAIN SOME DAY BEYOND THE SETTING SUN .  

***** THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!

CRAZY CRAZY

***** THANK THE LORD ,CHILI PEPPER IS HOME AND DOING FINE . THE GIRL CAME THRU SURGERY LIKE A CHAMP AND SHOULD BE FULL SPEED IN A FEW WEEKS .

PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE GREAT DOCTORS AND HOSPITAL CARE PROVIDED FOR CHILI PEPPER . SURE IS GREAT TO HAVE HER HOME .

AND A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO MAMA AND SISTER ANNIE FOR TAKING GREAT CARE OF US . THEY ARE AWESOME !

****** THEY USED TO SAY AT MEDINA " IT IS NOT HARD TO SCREW UP , IT JUST TAKES SOME TIME "

THIS MEANS IF WE FOOL WITH SOMETHING ,THEN WE WILL MESS IT UP PRETTY QUICK .

THIS IS TRUE IN THE SCHOOL MERGER . HAVE YOU SEEN A BIGGER SNAFU ? AND IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE .

SAME THING FOR THE CONFERENCE RE - ALIGNMENT . GRABBING FOR DOLLARS AND GREED IS DRIVING THIS TRAIN WRECK .

TRADITIONAL RIVALS AND GEOGRAPHY DON'T MEAN A THING IT IS HOW MUCH TV MARKET CAN YOU COVER AND HOW MUCH MONEY CAN YOU MAKE .

I WONDER IF THE SCHOOLS HAVE COUNTED THE COST . YOUR TRAVEL EXPENSES WILL BE ASTRONOMICAL WHEN YOUR TEAMS TRAVEL COAST TO COAST TO PLAY.

SOME TEAMS JUST IN A NEW CONFERENCE ARE ALREADY LOOKING TO BAIL . THEY ARE LIKE BARGAIN SHOPPERS RUNNING HERE AND THERE FOR THE BEST DEAL .

****** AS USUAL THE MEMPHIS TIGERS WILL BE THE ONES THAT WIND  UP WITH MESS ON THEIR HEAD .

THERE WAS JOY IN TIGER LAND WHEN   MEMPHIS MADE THE BIG EAST .

THE TIGERS WERE LEAVING  THE WOEFUL C-USA . FINALLY MOVING TO A POWER CONFERENCE

BUT BEFORE MEMPHIS COULD UNPACK THEIR BAGS , THE HEART OF THE BIG EAST HAULED OFF AND LEFT ,TAKING THE NAME ON THE DOOR WITH THEM .

THEN 5 OR 6 REFUGEES FROM C-USA JOINED UP LEAVING MEMPHIS WITH THE SAME UGLY DANCE PARTNERS THEY HAD .

GET THOSE TIGERS A ROLL OF TOILET  PAPER !!!

****** BOB KNIGHT HAS A NEW BOOK ,THE POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING .

BOB SHOULD BE WELL VERSED IN THE CONCEPT .

KNIGHT IS REALLY A SAD CASE . HE WAS THE BEST TEACHER OF BASKETBALL OF HIS TIME .

BUT HE COULD NOT MASTER THE INNER DEMONS THAT DROVE HIM TO SELF DESTRUCT .

HE WAS ONCE MY HERO BUT HE KEPT MOVING TO THE DARK SIDE .

KNIGHT WAS LIKE A GREAT SHIP SAILING TOWARD A GIANT WATERFALL .

VERY MUCH LIKE WOODY HAYES , ANOTHER OF MY HEROS AND ROLE MODEL .

WONDER WHAT DROVE THESE VERY SMART COMPLEX MEN TO SELF DESTRUCT ?

****** THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!

DAY LATE MANY DOLLARS SHORT

 ***** A DAY OR SO LATE WITH THE POST THIS WEEK . A GOOD REASON PREVENTED ME FROM BEING ON TIME .

AFTER THREE YEARS OF EXTENDED HOSPITAL STAYS AND MORE THAN A HUNDRED TREATMENTS IT WAS CHILI PEPPER'S TURN TO PLAY THE MEDICAL GAME .

MY LITTLE CHUNK OF LOVE HAD TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE VALVE IN HER HEART REPLACED. PRAISE THE LORD CHILI PEPPER CAME THROUGH THE SURGERY FINE . ALL FIVE HOURS OF IT .

SHE IS EXPECTED TO BE BACK FULL SPEED IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS .

THIS MEANS WE WILL SWITCH ROLES FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS . SHE WILL BE THE PATIENT AND I WILL BE THE NURSE .

CHILI PEPPER IS IN BIG TROUBLE . SHE WAS A GREAT NURSE ,I WAS A GREAT PATIENT { ACCORDING TO ME } BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL BE MUCH OF A NURSE .

CHILI PEPPER MAY BE A TAD DIFFICULT AS A PATIENT ALSO . SO WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS .

BUT AS ALWAYS IN TIMES OF NEED OUR TWO TRUMP CARDS ARE READY .

MY MOM AND CHILI PEPPER'S SISTER ANNIE ARE ON THE SCENE AND IN FULL CONTROL . ANNIE LIVES NEXT DOOR AND MOM HAS MOVED IN FOR A WHILE .

SO CHILI PEPPER & I ARE IN BETTER HANDS THAN ALL STATE .

****** PART OF THE HOSPITAL TIME I WAS IN THE LOBBY WATCHING PEOPLE . I SAW SEVERAL I KNEW .

THEY ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING IN THE LOBBY . I TOLD THEM I OWED THE HOSPITAL SO MUCH MONEY THAT I HAD BEEN REPOSSESSED AND WAS BEING USED TO DECORATE THE LOBBY .

I WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE A DOCTOR . THE HOURS ARE TOO LONG , THE WORK TOO TENSE , AND YOU DON'T GET ANY DO - OVERS .

IN SPORTS , NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER GAME .

NO ONE ELSE THOUGHT  IT WAS A GOOD IDEAL FOR ME TO BE A DOCTOR EITHER .

******** BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS START IN A WEEK OR SO . IT IS ONE OF THOSE YEARS WHERE A LOT OF TEAMS COULD WIN .  BOTH MEN AND WOMEN .

HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS COULD BE DECIDED THIS WEEK . I SURE DID ENJOY BASKETBALL MORE WHEN THEY PLAYED THE OLD STYLE .

NOW THE GAMES ARE OUT OF CONTROL ,THE REFS CAN'T CALL TEN PERCENT OF THE FOULS .  

I HAVE SEEN A RETURN TO SOME ZONE DEFENSE . I LOVE TO WATCH A GOOD ZONE TEAM PLAY . 

THE WOMEN HAVE SOME COLORFUL COACHES . KIM MULKEY AND SHERRY COALS LOOK LIKE THEY JUST WALKED IN FROM A FINE HONKEY TONK .

AND GENO IS A DEAD RINGER FOR MY COUSIN TERRY WHO IS A PREACHER AND A GOSPEL SINGER . OLE TERRY PLAYS THAT PIANO  LIKE JERRY LEE .

****** HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE SONG YOU WIN AGAIN . LOOK IT UP ON YOU TUBE . JUST MAKE SURE IT IS THE HANK WILLIAMS VERSION  . EITHER BY HANK OR JERRY LEE OR EMMY LOU .

I GOING TO GO LISTEN RIGHT NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!