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Go look at what Pop said about Kobe’s passing prowess. I won’t deny that he had ball hog tendencies especially early in his career but he had phenomenal court vision and elite passing ability when he decided to pass. And frankly, after Shaq left, those rosters needed 35 per night from Kobe just to have a shot at winning. I probably am not passing to Smush Parker or Caron Butler (solid player) if those are my next best options ha. It’s not hero worship. It’s just factual. You can’t find many if any all time greats or all stars from that era that don’t say Kobe was the best player they have played with or against (even before his death). Easy top 10 player to ever touch a basketball.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/kobe-bryant-record-vs-tim-duncan-playoffs

Yeah you can literally google just about any former all star and Kobe is going to be #1 or #2 (if they played with or against MJ). The spreadsheet socialists who don’t know ball and reduce everyone to a flawed advanced metric can’t comprehend how dominant, refined and complete Kobe’s game was. I am sure there are ton of Spurs fans on here. They should go hear what Pop has/had to say about Kobe Bryant as a player haha. “carried by Shaq” is hilarious. And I say that as a guy that totally understands and respects Shaq’s dominance. The Lakers don’t three peat with any other player besides Shaq. Maybe Tim Duncan but even then, probably don’t three peat. Kobe further validated his greatness in the #24 era when he went to 3 straight finals as the alpha dog winning 2 back to back. All the scoring averages of the top guys today are vastly inflated by defensive rule changes, the prominence of the 3 ball, and the increased pace of play. Kobe and Jordan would be putting up 40 burgers every other night in today’s game.

Kobe was a ball hog. I don’t care for him because of what he did to that girl in Colorado, but all heroes have flaws. You guys can hero worship all you want and call me a casual, but he wasn’t a team player until later in his career.

Grant Hill said Kobe was easily the best player he ever played against.

Casual misinformed take. At 22 years old Kobe Bryant averaged 30/7/7 on 49% shooting throughout the 2001 playoffs while playing elite defense against a stacked West. He averaged 33.3/7/7 against the mighty Spurs lol. He did this against 4 teams that finished with over 50 reg season wins. The Lakers had the 2 best players in the sport but the team around them was relatively shallow. They averaged only 103-104 ppg as a team and Kobe accounted for 30% of their scoring and like 45% of the team’s offensive production (scoring + assists + offensive rebounds). I swear people have brain rot over Kobe Bryant. There is a reason almost every former player from the 90s through 2010 says he is the best player they played with or against outside of Michael Jordan (for some of the 90s guys). Kobe Bryant is the best shooting guard of all time behind MJ and he would be averaging over 40 ppg in this modern version of the NBA lol.

When Jerry West singed Shaq in July 1996, he told him that Kobe was going to be better than him.

Texas 31 Vandy 17

Who won more titles?

General question: Why do we continue to run so much 12 personnel given our tight ends aren’t very good pass or run blockers? Seems we’d be better off spreading teams out with more 11?

I didn’t get picked for crap, boys. not a single dang thing. but this beauty was in the yard today.

Watching football theory with Rod & Jeff.After listening to them talk about Vandy . they are bragging on Vandy haven’t even mentioned The Mighty Texas Longhorns.

He has definitely not been to the level he needs to be in the intermediate but there's a lot more factors that go into it besides Arch: - When is he throwing in that area? Is it a lot on 3rd and long? When OL isn't blocking anything and Arch is getting pressured the most? - How many passes are dropped? Cause I'm pretty sure I saw more than a few in the intermediate just last game... - Still not incredible rapport with the receivers and quite a few times a game they aren't where they need to be... does Arch trust them to be where they need to be? - How many plays does Sark call for his receivers to run routes in the intermediate range? Again, not a lot of rapport in that area between Arch and the receivers but it's hard to build that rapport when they are only getting called on 3rd and long... It's a very fair criticism to point out that he needs to get better in the intermediate but that's also an area where young QBs typically struggle, especially when confidence isn't all there from the QB

There are likely several reasons for this stat. This may be the distance at which QB pressure is most impactful. Since we’re 3rd and long quite often, we’re likely in this range when forced to be rather than we want to be. Arch is tied for 4th in number of pressures at that distance. Quick math shows of those in the top 5 his pressure rate is the highest. He’s tied for 34th in number of attempts.

NCAA Brainstorms: “How Can We Ruin College Sports Faster?” I can not fathom how the NCAA could reason out this was a good idea. They almost let athletes start betting on pro sports this weekend, and thank God Sankey and the SEC presidents slammed the brakes. Seriously, what planet are these people on? We’ve got pros with million-dollar contracts and layers of oversight getting themselves indicted over gambling, and the NCAA thought a bunch of 19-year-olds with NIL cash and Instagram DMs sliding in from bookies would handle it better? That’s insane. It’s not just “bad optics,” it’s flat-out dangerous. Once you normalize gambling for players, the lines blur instantly — integrity goes out the window, careers get compromised, and every shady operator in the world smells blood. The NCAA is supposed to protect competition, not hand it over to DraftKings. The rule is “delayed” three weeks, but it needs to be torched permanently. The NCAA is the dodo bird of college sports — useless, outdated, and stumbling its way into extinction. And if this is their idea of leadership, the sooner they go extinct, the better.

God I can’t believe I watched that. They all sound the same. When he was asked to step in(fed govt) he kicked it back to the NCAA. Okay so what was the point of going on the show then?

Would certainly be nice, but Caldwell's lack of success with the long ball means the Vandy safeties don't have to play as deep, which could slow down our run game, right?

My take would be to avoid the obvious. And outside of Kiffin, who’s the obvious? Go for the rising coordinator or G5 guy and roll the dice.

Who's the OC at Oregon? Or the OC at OSU

Who's the OC at Oregon?

The strengths definitely align more closely with Quinn. Will be interesting to see what deep balls Sark calls if it’s Caldwell. Arch being a 50% passer on intermediate throws is just a shocking statistic. Throw in 3 ints and only 2 TDs just to pile on. I know that is biased by some of his early season “yips”, but he’s got to be MUCH better than that if he wants to be successful going forward. This is reason #1b along with the OL/running game issues as to why we haven’t been able to move the ball consistently.

What does Vandy’s DL look like?

Kobe had to be carried by Shaq