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Young players are the hardest to coach and keep their head’s in the game. This was the first trip to the BIG dance for alot of these kids. And they are young ! 18,19,20,21 ! My own father had trouble telling me how to act at that age. And these kids are on a BIG stage. So could it have been a better year, sure , but I think next years teams will be hungry and a little easier to coach. They just need a P.H.D. in sports. POOR,HUNGRY and DESPERATE !!

1988-89 sports year, in football and men’s basketball. Football team went 5-6 (including an 0-6 start), basketball team made the NCAA Tournament but was blown out by 16 points as a 7 seed by West Virginia in the first round, which cost Don DeVoe his job.

But of course, the Ladies won the National Championship that year.

I can only speak for the last two decades really as far as personal experience, but I’d say it’s fair to say it’s the most frustrating year of the 90s/00s.

Worst year ever? Don’t know that I’d go that far with it.

I mean, the men’s bball team was putrid for more than two decades. It’s a very recent phenomenon that they’re any good at all (save for a blip in the late 60s to early 70s). You can’t really call a year where the men make the tournament a bad year right now. We can revisit that after a couple of national titles.

And the women? Yeah, this was a bad team by Pat Summitt’s standards. But that streak of second round tournament appearances had to end sometime. They made the tournament, so there’s still a pretty amazing streak of 28 consecutive tournament appearances intact.

To me, 2005 felt a lot worse from a football standpoint. Sad as it sounds, 2009 almost felt inevitable after some time to reflect on it. While I’m sad Phil Fulmer went out the way he did after all he gave to UT, it’s hard to argue the program wasn’t getting stale.

We’re pretty fortunate if men’s and women’s bball making the tournament, landing a top 10 recruiting class in football, and the tennis team competing for a national title is the worst year ever.

Our men’s and women’s basketball teams both made it to the field of 65 and had 20 win seasons. How many other schools can say this (there may be several, I have no idea)?

My cousin has actually accepted a scholarship to play basketball for Ball State. I’m pretty sure she’s a Lady Vols fan, so this is kind of ironic. Or something.

It’s too early to be getting all literary.

… I’m going to go with 1944 when three former Vols died defending our country in World War II.

But now it’s like watching Willie Mays play for the Mets. It’s just sad.

…this is probably why it’s not a good idea to blog angry. I probably should’ve reeled it in a bit. Guess I let my frustration get the best of me a little.

Y’all make a good point about 20 win seasons and making the tourney. It’s just that, especially with the ladies, our success has been our undoing. One sub-par season and it’s gloom and doom. I should be a little more objective I reckon. Still…nowhere to go but up right?

…and Voice of Sleezen and BamaRetard… um…feelin sorry for y’all would just be a waste of good feelins. Sad to see the results of Alabama public education.

Is that Bamarulez guy posting non-sense on every team page???? Oh dear Lord he’s not just making all Bama fans look bad, It’s worse than that he’s making us look like we have the brains of an Auburn fan, And having the smarts of an Auburn fan is the bottom of the line, Trust me people not “everyone” from Bama is like that, Yes we have a few morons but I’ve seen that everywhere I go, But if you think that’s bad then go to Auburn’s campus for 1 day, They make him look like a future Bill Gates.

Dude it’s not that your telling them about the “BALLIN BAMA BOOM TRAIN” it’s the way your spelling and wording things, But yea I agree Hooper, But still he’s makin’ us look Aubies which is in no way good when it comes to smarts, For God’s sake they trash their own campus w/ toilet paper after every win, Then leave it there for a few days so yea I hope you all know that all bama fans/ppl aren’t like that.

Ok well that’s always good to know, It’s great to be able to get along somewhat and give point of views on things w/ a big rival, It shows class and sportsmanship in my eyes.

…even class and sportmanship have their limits.

Especially when dealing with someone who obviously has NOTHING of any substance to say.

It’s as bad as dealing with a friggin’ Gaytor. Sheessh!!

Of course there is bamabrave, But Aub fans are a diff breed than us, Like for example 1 day a Aubie told me that Brad Lester was better than Reggie Bush and another said Cadillac was better than both, Now I don’t like USC at all I actually borderline hate them, But Reggie Bush was the real deal and “in college” Reggie could out play either 1 of those guys, And XRayVol, Is anything as bad as dealing w/ a Gator fan? They just annoy me, And God don’t get them started on Tebow or they’ll never shut-up I for dislike him ALOT!!!!And think he’s a tad bit over-rated, Take away his running ability and he’s nothing in my eyes and of course all that speed and talent he has to work with.

Yea well I tend 2 not put periods and whatnot into what I say, Simply because well….I don’t have to, And I’m not putting down the entire fan base, Hell I know I few Auburn fans that are smart enough to attend and Ivy League school, Well I know 1 for sure that can and was offered by Brown, And it’s not saying that all Bama fans are smart either I know a few of them that can’t spell their own name, All fan bases have smart ppl and dumb ppl, But your the last person that needs to call out anyone on how they write, But as long as you post something like you just did, Then ppl would stop dissing on you, What you just wrote was fine, Just keep on doing that and people will talk to like your a human.