"I love being an underdog. It's more fun when you win that way because people doubt you."@DreeEdwards44 says she loves to make the doubters mad and for #Baylor, the underdog mentality is best for them. The Bears head into this matchup against top-seed USC with nothing to lose… pic.twitter.com/LKc4j8LMRL
— Nicole Shearin (@NicoleShearintv) March 29, 2024
It certainly would, and a loss is not going to derail anything. Although I'm sure the haters (I don't like the word, but I think it fits) will be coming here hot and heavy for what reason or agenda, I don't know. Nothing the staff or team does will ever be good enough for them.Brusinbear2001 said:
a big win today could change the trajectory of the program big time!!
blackie said:It certainly would, and a loss is not going to derail anything. Although I'm sure the haters (I don't like the word, but I think it fits) will be coming here hot and heavy for what reason or agenda, I don't know. Nothing the staff or team does will ever be good enough for them.Brusinbear2001 said:
a big win today could change the trajectory of the program big time!!
It is an opportunity, a situation where for once, Baylor is the team with nothing to lose. And apparently the odds makers think more of our team than some of our posters who want to dwell on the past and make comparisons to the past. USC is only a 3.5 point favorite, lower than either Duke against UConn or Colorado against Iowa. The program has taken a significant step this year and positioned itself to be seen more positively by recruits or portal targets.
That said, go beat this team!
I hear you historian, but some of them have been around for years. They just have an agenda that will refuse to look objectively at our coach and team. I suspect bottom line is that they don't like Rhoades and don't want anything to put him in a positive light. CNC doesn't deserve criticism based on that. She came here to keep this boat afloat after we got dumped. We have bailed out the water and are once again heading for better weather. It is time for people to shut up and support the team as we did with Mulkey when she first started getting us winning. Nothing against legitimate discussion just like we had with KM. But too many just throw out strawmen that aren't there to satisfy an agenda, which I suspect has nothing to do with the coach or the team. The losers we have are a few posters, not the coach and not the team.historian said:blackie said:It certainly would, and a loss is not going to derail anything. Although I'm sure the haters (I don't like the word, but I think it fits) will be coming here hot and heavy for what reason or agenda, I don't know. Nothing the staff or team does will ever be good enough for them.Brusinbear2001 said:
a big win today could change the trajectory of the program big time!!
It is an opportunity, a situation where for once, Baylor is the team with nothing to lose. And apparently the odds makers think more of our team than some of our posters who want to dwell on the past and make comparisons to the past. USC is only a 3.5 point favorite, lower than either Duke against UConn or Colorado against Iowa. The program has taken a significant step this year and positioned itself to be seen more positively by recruits or portal targets.
That said, go beat this team!
Those haters might very well be trolls. If they are overly negative about Baylor, especially if it's over the top criticism, then they should be ignored.
#Baylor HC Nicki Collen says “nothing is withering in Waco,” regarding comments in the recent @washingtonpost article about the #Bears.
— Michael Haag (@MichaelHaag_) March 31, 2024
“We’re gonna do it our way and we’re gonna be just as good. … There’s some stuff blooming in Waco.”
#Baylor HC Nicki Collen said she was "really, really offended" by the article that came out even though she didn't read it.
— Foster Nicholas (@FosterNicholas_) March 31, 2024
"Nothing is withering in Waco."
Today in the article about Kim Mulkey, Kent Babb said after Mulkey left the Baylor program was "left to wither" and "no longer among the sports' top tier".
— Brenna Greene (@BrennaGreene_) March 31, 2024
Unprompted, Baylor HC Nicki Colleen had some thoughts about that postgame:
"I'm not afraid to say I was really offended by… pic.twitter.com/NzxKXEE21l
I think "left to wither" is being nice. We, the players, fans, and the program got dumped.Quote:
Today in the article about Kim Mulkey, Kent Babb said after Mulkey left the Baylor program was "left to wither" and "no longer among the sports' top tier".
Hear! Hear!blackie said:I think "left to wither" is being nice. We, the players, fans, and the program got dumped.Quote:
Today in the article about Kim Mulkey, Kent Babb said after Mulkey left the Baylor program was "left to wither" and "no longer among the sports' top tier".
And too many failed to comprehend or didn't want to acknowledge the absolute mess of a roster in depth and class distribution that was left, that recruits don't automatically flock to a program that a long-time HOF coach has just left regardless of any realistic hire that could be made, and didn't believe that if KM had stayed it was going to be more and more difficult to duplicate the results we had seen over the last 20 years because of NIL, growing parity, and the transfer portal.
We have weathered the storm of a coaching change that was inevitable to have to happen probably sooner rather than later. We have a relatively young coach that is enthusiastic, well-versed in the profession and comes across to the public in a fashion of which we can be proud. For the long-term I believe this program is in a great position. Far better than a realistic view of the situation in the summer of 2021 would have indicated possible.
historian said:
I saw a report about it this morning. I'm a bit surprised that MBB & WBB have different lines. Are they different in the pros? NBA v WNBA?
Good points, my question is what are the expectations for the bigs currentlt on the roster? There playing time was very limited but surely the coaches have an idea on the amount of growth each of them had during the year.Task Force 2015 said:
I think this win coupled with the returning players(most if not all guards plus the super soph forwards)will facilitate getting a couple of established power five quality bigs.I am not giving up on our young bigs but we need a dose or two of established player height.Foster should help recruiting as well.