Offseason Thread

[Blue2010]

You guys can have baseball...I just can't get into it until September. The Hornets are my last hope of a sports season until football.

Think all this hype about Dook next year is legit? I'm just not buying it...Kensucky and Dook struck gold twice but this OAD idea just doesn't work, IMO. Asking a bunch of 18-year old alpha dog players to buy into a "team" concept just isn't feasible. They'll make a few Sportscenter highlights, hang around the top 10...may even grab a #1 seed, but win the title? Not buying it.

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

Agreed on baseball. I'm into it on Opening Day... and then pretty much check out until August (and then if the Red Sox are out of it, never check back in). I love the game of baseball, but the season is just too damn long, and the games themselves are too long. I'm about to be in the same situation as you - I'm a big Bruins fan, but they're in a virtual winner-gets-in with the Red Wings tonight, and lets just say they're most likely going to fold.

I'm not gonna buy the dook hype until I see it play out on the court. Ingram was waaaaaaaay better than either Giles or Tatum, IMO. And with Allen coming back I think it may be too many cooks in the kitchen for them. I think they'll have games where they absolutely blow doors off with all that talent, but I'm not sold on that being a very consistent thing.

 

[gteeitup]

i'm a hockey fan, so it's about to get real for me...my team is finally good again after two decades of sheeeet, so long nights are ahead.

anyone know if giles is even healthy?...not really buying dook, at all.

wanna see if the nova kids come back...they'll be strong.

 

[Raising Heel]

wanna see if the nova kids come back...they'll be strong.

I'm more interested to see whether those officials come back. They have a chance to go all the way again next season.

 

[gteeitup]

I'm more interested to see whether those officials come back. They have a chance to go all the way again next season.

yep, you went there.

 

[TarHeelMark]

It will be a long offseason for me... I don't really keep up with baseball or nba anymore, and didn't grow up with hockey so it means little to me as well. Unfortunately, I don't have many good excuses for not doing yard work and other crap around the house until football season cranks up again.

 

[heelmanwilm]

I'm glad i dont have a baseball itch. All my teams have broken my heart for like two years running. And in the most gut wrenching ways. Packers losing in ot two years in a row in playoffs, unc fb losing to clemson, unc bball...lord
Knows how i would jinx a baseball team

 

[TarHeelMark]

I'm glad i dont have a baseball itch. All my teams have broken my heart for like two years running. And in the most gut wrenching ways. Packers losing in ot two years in a row in playoffs, unc fb losing to clemson, unc bball...lord
Knows how i would jinx a baseball team

I hear ya. The Heels had great football and basketball seasons, but just not a good ending game. Throw in the Panthers for me as well - great season, sucky final game.

 

[gunslingerdick]

Summer! I'm not watching much on TV in the summer. I'll watch golf. But I'll be on the river, traveling, going to shows. It's a good break from my sports obsession. I'll be emotionally rested come fall.

 

[duckfook]

Summer! I'm not watching much on TV in the summer. I'll watch golf. But I'll be on the river, traveling, going to shows. It's a good break from my sports obsession. I'll be emotionally rested come fall.

I kinda respect you slinger! Been reading for years and well you call bulls%:t......bulls%:t

 

[Blue2010]

I hear ya. The Heels had great football and basketball seasons, but just not a good ending game. Throw in the Panthers for me as well - great season, sucky final game.

This won't be popular on this forum, but the Panthers loss hit me harder than the UNC game. My dad and I went to the NFC Championship Game and our past has been a bit shaky family-wise, so this was one of those 'moments you'll never forget' kind of things. Given how great this team was and how they just demolished Arizona, it really stings to have seen them play the Super Bowl that way. Down the road 20, 30 years, I'll still be shaking my head at the fact that they lost this one.

In a weird way, I swear I had a gut feeling on Monday night during that timeout after Paige's 3...I genuinely felt like Villanova was going to come down and score, somehow.

 

[gunslingerdick]

In a weird way, I swear I had a gut feeling on Monday night during that timeout after Paige's 3...I genuinely felt like Villanova was going to come down and score, somehow.

I knew it too. During the timeout, I tried very hard to come to peace with it. I even started prepping my children.

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

This won't be popular on this forum, but the Panthers loss hit me harder than the UNC game.

Understandable - especially when factoring in the additional stuff you mentioned.

I'd say this was #3 in terms of most gut-wrenching, heart torn out, losses in huge games that I've endured in all of my fandom. Which is still saying something considering how much damn sports I watch - and the history of some of my favorite teams being known to fall short in big games.

1. Patriots losing to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. The David Tyree catch was similar to the Jenkins shot, except even more improbable. Ruined the perfect season. Also similar to the Heels this year that SB win would have come just following all the SpyGate BS and would have been a nice middle finger to the haters.
2. Red Sox losing to the Yankees in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS on the Aaron "Bleepin'" Boone walk-off HR in extra innings after Pedro Martinez was left out there for too long. They ended up getting redemption the following year, but it was at this point that the whole curse of the Bambino seemed real after extending to an 86th year.
3. UNC losing the national championship game to Villanova on Monday night - we all know what that would have meant to the team/program/fans.
4. Bruins losing to the Blackhawks in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. Up a goal with 2 minutes to play, and ended up giving up 2 goals in the last 2 minutes of regulation to lose without even going to OT.

Ugh - after recalling all of those I'm gonna go jump out a window.

 

[gteeitup]

I knew it too. During the timeout, I tried very hard to come to peace with it. I even started prepping my children.

you should've prepped some folks on raidar

 

[BlueKicks]

I knew it too. During the timeout, I tried very hard to come to peace with it. I even started prepping my children.

Yeah, and me. (I started prepping the dog though)

I put my hands on my head when Paige hit the three out of pure shock, then just decided to leave them there through the time-out for the other end of the stick...

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

you should've prepped some folks on raidar

If GSD had posted over on Radar, "Beware - Nova very well could hit a shot here to win it" and then it happened... he'd be lumped in with the refs, the NCAA, DSPN, and everyone else into the big ball of participants in this grand conspiracy.

 

[heelmanwilm]

Omg the radar regs have gone all in. They have closed ranks and are coming for our asses. They are trolling us big time and i've received an anonymous email gloating our "days are numbered". Keys fwiw has advised several of our antagonists that they "have mail". Something's afoot methinks.

 

[tarheel0910]

No email for me... yet. It's nice to know that we have some admirers.

 

[heelmanwilm]

There are some seriously disturbed and angry people over there.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

Wake me up when football starts.

Unless the Diamond Heels make a deep run.

 

[gteeitup]

If GSD had posted over on Radar, "Beware - Nova very well could hit a shot here to win it" and then it happened... he'd be lumped in with the refs, the NCAA, DSPN, and everyone else into the big ball of participants in this grand conspiracy.

i'd call that the perfect cover

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

Omg the radar regs have gone all in. They have closed ranks and are coming for our asses. They are trolling us big time and i've received an anonymous email gloating our "days are numbered". Keys fwiw has advised several of our antagonists that they "have mail". Something's afoot methinks.

What a bunch of jokers. Getting all bent out of shape because there are some people on the board who have the audacity to not go along with the "everything is rigged" mantra. If anyone actually reads through those threads, they can see who the problem posters are. I mean, I get that it kind of takes 2 sides to maintain a fight/argument - but the first (and usually only) personal shots are delivered by one of the Sunshine Boys. Yes, sometimes we toy with them because its just so damn funny and easy - but its usually either good-natured, or pointing out downright truthful facts that they are trying to avoid/ignore.

If they can't handle that then they aren't mature enough to poast on a message board (which essentially requires just very slightly more than 0% maturity).

 

[Blue2010]

I'm glad I haven't wasted my time over there. I used to post on Radar years ago but it just felt like bandwagon central. Wasn't for me.

 

[heelmanwilm]

i'd call that the perfect cover

Bwahahahaha!!!

 

[TarHeelMark]

In a weird way, I swear I had a gut feeling on Monday night during that timeout after Paige's 3...I genuinely felt like Villanova was going to come down and score, somehow.

I knew it as well, especially when the battery died on the radio I was using to listen to the Tar Heel Radio Network during the time-out before the final play.

 

[Raising Heel]

I knew it as well, especially when the battery died on the radio I was using to listen to the Tar Heel Radio Network during the time-out before the final play.

Dude.

 

[Raising Heel]

Understandable - especially when factoring in the additional stuff you mentioned.

I'd say this was #3 in terms of most gut-wrenching, heart torn out, losses in huge games that I've endured in all of my fandom. Which is still saying something considering how much damn sports I watch - and the history of some of my favorite teams being known to fall short in big games.

1. Patriots losing to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. The David Tyree catch was similar to the Jenkins shot, except even more improbable. Ruined the perfect season. Also similar to the Heels this year that SB win would have come just following all the SpyGate BS and would have been a nice middle finger to the haters.
2. Red Sox losing to the Yankees in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS on the Aaron "Bleepin'" Boone walk-off HR in extra innings after Pedro Martinez was left out there for too long. They ended up getting redemption the following year, but it was at this point that the whole curse of the Bambino seemed real after extending to an 86th year.
3. UNC losing the national championship game to Villanova on Monday night - we all know what that would have meant to the team/program/fans.
4. Bruins losing to the Blackhawks in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. Up a goal with 2 minutes to play, and ended up giving up 2 goals in the last 2 minutes of regulation to lose without even going to OT.

Ugh - after recalling all of those I'm gonna go jump out a window.

That's a pretty horrific list. Fortunately, all those teams have given you some great moments to balance it out.

 

[ohio tarheels]

Try growing up a Cleveland Sports Fan!!!!! No Championships in my lifetime!!!! At least I have seen 4 UNC ones....

 

[TarHeelMark]

Dude.

I know.... Bad omen.

 

[BlueKicks]

Cool to see these guys on the court together for five minutes or so in Charlotte last night.

Wayne had a nice game.