Calimari says SEC title means nothing

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Some people around here think that SEC titles are great. Regular season SEC titles are the only thing Bruce has to hang his hat on.
 
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VolDad said:
I’m guessing someone has a room full of "Participation" trophies.
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I've never heard of "Participation" trophies. Are you perhaps the "someone" who has a room full of them-since you mentioned it.? I don't fault you for that. You must have been very enthusiastic to have filled up an entire room with them...whatever they are. Still never heard of them until now.

This thread is about Championships.
 
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westtnvol said:
Some people around here think that SEC titles are great. Regular season SEC titles are the only thing Bruce has to hang his hat on.
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That reg season title means much more than the tourney. Many coaches at elite schools would prefer to lose early to rest and prepare. They don't lose on purpose, but they don't mind it as long as their seeding isn't going to suffer too much.
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
Ask Pat if she would trade 25 conference titles for one national championship.
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You ask her. She's nice enough to even answer stupid questions.

She doesn't (of course!) have to make that choice. She has eight National Titles. She knows the importance of conference titles on the way to get those eight-count 'em-eight (8) trophies.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
That reg season title means much more than the tourney. Many coaches at elite schools would prefer to lose early to rest and prepare. They don't lose on purpose, but they don't mind it as long as their seeding isn't going to suffer too much.
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Exactly. It's much more of an accomplishment to go through a 12-18 game slate and be the top team, than to go on a 3 or 4 game winning streak and claim an SEC "title".

Which is exactly why I think that a regular season title should get you an automatic bid to the NCAA, instead of the conference tournament.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
That reg season title means much more than the tourney. Many coaches at elite schools would prefer to lose early to rest and prepare. They don't lose on purpose, but they don't mind it as long as their seeding isn't going to suffer too much.
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I agree with that, I was just pointing out that a lot of people around here think Bruce is the greatest coach ever beacuse he has one SEC regular season title.
 
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Agree with everyone who said Kentucky is worried about NCAAT success over winning the most games in the conference.
 
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nickknx865 said:
Exactly. It's much more of an accomplishment to go through a 12-18 game slate and be the top team, than to go on a 3 or 4 game winning streak and claim an SEC "title".

Which is exactly why I think that a regular season title should get you an automatic bid to the NCAA, instead of the conference tournament.
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I also agree. The regular season championship means a HELL of a lot more. I also want to win the tourney every year though. It is an opportunity to showcase your team, under one roof, playing hated rivals, in front of rival fans...

It's a game...I want to win them all...period.
 
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nickknx865 said:
We're asking tough questions tonight, aren't we?
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I figure if she's nice enough to answer stupid hypotheticals that maybe she's nice enough to answer a real one too.

Bragging over conference titles is the same as to how I always laugh at Braves fans for always bragging about their however many division titles they won in a row. In the grand scheme, it got you in the playoffs, but very few teams set that as their main goal in March.
 
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nickknx865 said:
Exactly. It's much more of an accomplishment to go through a 12-18 game slate and be the top team, than to go on a 3 or 4 game winning streak and claim an SEC "title".

Which is exactly why I think that a regular season title should get you an automatic bid to the NCAA, instead of the conference tournament.
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I think I agree.

Do you think the winner of the tourney should get to hang a banner as co-champ, or what? I've thought about this a bit...but have no conclusions of my own.
 
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tigervol9802 said:
I figure if she's nice enough to answer stupid hypotheticals that maybe she's nice enough to answer a real one too.

Bragging over conference titles is the same as to how I always laugh at Braves fans for always bragging about their however many division titles they won in a row. In the grand scheme, it got you in the playoffs, but very few teams set that as their main goal in March.
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Not sure that I have heard anyone say that they should be "bragging" about conference titles. (Which admittedly Pearl does very often) I simply don't agree that they are meaningless.
 
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bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
What has that to do with this? That's meaningless. 'Course you knew that....kinda like the Haiti reference.
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You said she was nice enough to answer stupid questions. I made a point. IMO, a classy person would at least give a reason for canceling the biggest rivalry in a sport, wouldn't you agree?

At least Cal will answer the question honestly, even if people don't like the answer.

Personally, if I was a Kentucky fan, I would have loved it. It meant he had his eye on the job he was brought in to do.

Geez, I've taken up for Cal. Please excuse me while I go take a bath in tomato juice.
 
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tigervol9802 said:
You said she was nice enough to answer stupid questions. I made a point. IMO, a classy person would at least give a reason for canceling the biggest rivalry in a sport, wouldn't you agree?

At least Cal will answer the question honestly, even if people don't like the answer.

Personally, if I was a Kentucky fan, I would have loved it. It meant he had his eye on the job he was brought in to do.
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Just like how Volnation loved Kiffin's bravado, until he split. Now he is dirt. I'll agree with you on that one.
 
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tigervol9802 said:
I figure if she's nice enough to answer stupid hypotheticals that maybe she's nice enough to answer a real one too.

Bragging over conference titles is the same as to how I always laugh at Braves fans for always bragging about their however many division titles they won in a row. In the grand scheme, it got you in the playoffs, but very few teams set that as their main goal in March.
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She has answered the question, just in case you might not have known. Her answer was something like (I don't know the exact quote) "...ask the cheating bozo at UConn...he knows." I think he probably does.

Your alma mater is not the same as the Braves.

And, you were the only one who mentioned "bragging over conference titles". That's not the same as "it means nothing".

You have the goalposts on a railcar running them everywhere.
 
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nickknx865 said:
Exactly. It's much more of an accomplishment to go through a 12-18 game slate and be the top team, than to go on a 3 or 4 game winning streak and claim an SEC "title".

Which is exactly why I think that a regular season title should get you an automatic bid to the NCAA, instead of the conference tournament.
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True but I can see why they would want to give the automatic bid to the tourney champ - just to promote interest. If there was no automatic bid for the conference tourney, then there would be no need for it.
 
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bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
She has answered the question, just in case you might not have known. Her answer was something like (I don't know the exact quote) "...ask the cheating bozo at UConn...he knows." I think he probably does.

Your alma mater is not the same as the Braves.

And, you were the only one who mentioned "bragging over conference titles". That's not the same as "it means nothing".

You have the goalposts on a railcar running them everywhere.
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When your goal is much bigger, and when conference titles are the standard, not the exception, then they mean nothing.
 
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tigervol9802 said:
When your goal is much bigger, and when conference titles are the standard, not the exception, then they mean nothing.
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They mean nothing to Calipasto, and you.

"Hey, Grampa, tell me about the championship you won when you were a walk on basketball player at Kentucky before you graduated. I'll bet your coach thought that you guys did good."

"No. He said it meant nothing."
 
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bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
They mean nothing to Calipasto, and you.

"Hey, Grampa, tell me about the championship you won when you were a walk on basketball player at Kentucky before you graduated. I'll bet your coach thought that you guys did good."

"No. He said it meant nothing."
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So you think the twin towers, of 3 / 31 fame, are pumped about their conference title?
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miggy4vols said:
Calipari says SEC title means 'nothing? GoVolsXtra

To paraphrase, it means nothing to him but a seeding in the ncaa tourney. What a slap in the face to the entire conference. That being said, it really wonit mean anything when UK has it vacated in 5 or 6 years. Hope you are proud of your smileball of a coach Kentucky! Some of you might not like Bruce, but at least he isn't like this guy...
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It doesn't mean a damn thing.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
So you think the twin towers, of 3 / 31 fame, are pumped about their conference title?
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One of my favorite games of all time. It became patently obvious as that game wore on that the only two UK players who weren't scared to death of Ewing, Michael Graham, et al were freshmen, Winston Bennett and James Blackmon. Sam Bowie and Jim Master looked like they feared for their lives.
 
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