2024-2025 Fighting Pearls

[Snakebite]

Elated to win the regular season conference title
There are two differing thoughts among the talking heads, one (from O&B honks) that last night didn't matter. The other supposedly comes from the Pope camp that the secret sauce to taking down Auburn is to force everything through Johni.
Texas A@M finally played some defense last night and really worked the boards.
They had much more to play for after dropping four straight and I think we are in really good shape heading into the dance especially with our guard play and defense.
In it to win it.

That game was rough. The energy just wasn’t there, and A&M definitely looked like the hungrier team. Broome’s movement did seem off—he looks a step slow. The lack of awareness for landmarks that the commentators mentioned might just be him compensating for the pain.

The rebounding effort was frustrating. A&M was crashing the glass for second/third/fourth chances while our guys were just watching. That’s the kind of stuff that gets you beat. Besides the effort from Pettiford & CBM, it felt like we were just going through the motions.

[wesfau2]

Alright, disappointing but inconsequential loss behind us, gonna need to see some energy for the IBOB.

From the team and from you slackers. 

[CCTAU]

Bammer had their Super Bowl moment for this season.
We are a tired team. And a bit injured.

We need these days rest.
Get rested and a little healed. Win the tourney and then take the NCAAs!

[eagleair89]

Well, FUCK!!

9 games left.......WIN THEM ALL!!!!

FUCK & WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!

HANG THE BANNERS!!!

SHIT!!

 

[eagleair89]

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[jmar]

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It was a loss but nothing we can't handle. There are a dozen SEC teams that just want to get through Nashville so they can beat on somebody else for a change.
And speaking of beatings...poor Chris Youngblood. The kid was clearly traumatized from the elbow to the back of the head, even demonstrating the brutalization of the event to the officials as to how he had been ambushed from behind after securing a rebound for his beloved Crimson Tide.

In case anyone is interested, it was Baker-Mazara's retaliatory strike to the chest of an unsuspecting Yale student-athlete of higher learning in last year's tournament that sunk Auburn's season and it appears that the wirey cager might be gearing-up to showcase his blacktop style of bullying toward any and all within striking distance including players, fans, coaches, mascots, towel boys, trainers, officials etc.


Some have stated that Baker-Mazara is an existential threat to everything that we hold good and dear about our way of life while others have even suggested that Baker-Mazara needs to be put down or at least benched by his chief handler and Head Coach Bruce Pearl who seems to be encouraging if not turning a blind eye to to the random assaults by the 25 year old drink of water.


One thing is certain to all...this cat is a menace on the court and must be stopped before he either maims a citizen or takes an innocent life.

[CCTAU]

I only have this to say to the sanctimonious fanbase, For those of you who want to come here and complain about CBM, I guess we should throw him off the team. He sucks! What a disgrace! Right? I sure am glad emotional fans aren’t in charge. Just watch and cheer when the little ball goes through the little hole.

[Snakebite]

I only have this to say to the sanctimonious fanbase, For those of you who want to come here and complain about CBM, I guess we should throw him off the team. He sucks! What a disgrace! Right? I sure am glad emotional fans aren’t in charge. Just watch and cheer when the little ball goes through the little hole.

Would agree with you if it wasn’t the same shit over and over. I don’t want him kicked off the team yet, but if he’s too dumb to learn from his mistakes (whether you think it’s justified or not), I am getting pretty damn close. He is a good player & has helped us win some games. However, he has also lost us some games by trying to pull the same crap over and over. It is hard to get away with egregious retaliatory strikes when all eyes are on you. Play hard and play with intensity, yes. Purposefully drive your elbow into the back of the head of an opposing player? No.

[wesfau2]

I only have this to say to the sanctimonious fanbase, For those of you who want to come here and complain about CBM, I guess we should throw him off the team. He sucks! What a disgrace! Right? I sure am glad emotional fans aren’t in charge. Just watch and cheer when the little ball goes through the little hole.

We are once again, uncomfortably, simpatico.

He's a net positive on this team.

[Snaggletiger]

"Message to Chad is to learn from his mistakes," Broome said after a long pause. "Try to change and want to do better for the team and himself. We all love Chad, but we still had the opportunity to win the game without Chad.

This is his second time having it, and obviously we're not as good a team without him," Pearl said. "He takes a lot of contact. He gets hit a lot, and he can't — if it was some sort of retaliation, he just can't retaliate."

That's his teammate and Coach telling CBM, you guys, and the world, he's screwing his team over.  I didn't get to watch the game because I was traveling.  I pulled up a clip of it to see what all the fuss was about, and just went, "Good God, what a punk ass move."

I don't give too flying fliipity shits if there was something going on before this.  There's always an excuse for this guy. He's always the victim.  If he doesn't get by now that teams know he's a punk, and are pushing his buttons because they know he WILL retaliate, then he's either dumb as a brick, or just loves the Draymond Green role. 

[Snakebite]

"Message to Chad is to learn from his mistakes," Broome said after a long pause. "Try to change and want to do better for the team and himself. We all love Chad, but we still had the opportunity to win the game without Chad.

This is his second time having it, and obviously we're not as good a team without him," Pearl said. "He takes a lot of contact. He gets hit a lot, and he can't — if it was some sort of retaliation, he just can't retaliate."

That's his teammate and Coach telling CBM, you guys, and the world, he's screwing his team over.  I didn't get to watch the game because I was traveling.  I pulled up a clip of it to see what all the fuss was about, and just went, "Good God, what a punk ass move."

I don't give too flying fliipity shits if there was something going on before this.  There's always an excuse for this guy. He's always the victim.  If he doesn't get by now that teams know he's a punk, and are pushing his buttons because they know he WILL retaliate, then he's either dumb as a brick, or just loves the Draymond Green role.

We are once again, comfortably, simpatico.

He's a net negative on this team (right now).

[jmar]

CBM is our Swiss army knife. We need him.

[wesfau2]

That's his teammate...

To throw some fuel on the fire:

I wish Broome was more aggressive.  He could take a page out of CBM's book on occasion.

[CCTAU]

Would agree with you if it wasn’t the same shit over and over. I don’t want him kicked off the team yet, but if he’s too dumb to learn from his mistakes (whether you think it’s justified or not), I am getting pretty damn close. He is a good player & has helped us win some games. However, he has also lost us some games by trying to pull the same crap over and over. It is hard to get away with egregious retaliatory strikes when all eyes are on you. Play hard and play with intensity, yes. Purposefully drive your elbow into the back of the head of an opposing player? No.

Houston 7, we won
Tenn 7, we won
OSU 8, we won
Purdue 8, we won
USCe 8, we won
UF 6, we lost
Vandy 0, we won
Bammer 7, we lost

These are the games he had under double digits. Are you saying the 2 we lost were his fault?

[Snakebite]

Houston 7, we won
Tenn 7, we won
OSU 8, we won
Purdue 8, we won
USCe 8, we won
UF 6, we lost
Vandy 0, we won
Bammer 7, we lost

These are the games he had under double digits. Are you saying the 2 we lost were his fault?

1 game this year, he gets 70% of the blame. 1 game last year, he got 95% of the blame.

That’s 2 too many. It shouldn’t even be in the conversation of possibility.

After what happened last year, I just want to see the kid keep his nose clean and go on a deep run in the tourney. I want him to be successful. I want him to cut the shit more than anything. As do his own teammates and coaches.

[CCTAU]

1 game this year, he gets 70% of the blame. 1 game last year, he got 95% of the blame.

That’s 2 too many. It shouldn’t even be in the conversation of possibility.

After what happened last year, I just want to see the kid keep his nose clean and go on a deep run in the tourney. I want him to be successful. I want him to cut the shit more than anything. As do his own teammates and coaches.

I don’t really care about last year. Nothing that happened last year affects the record this year. So that is just an emotional response.

So he MAY have been responsible for one loss this year. I can live with that.

CBM is statistically the second best player on this team, behind the best player in the ncaa on the best team.

Sure. Let’s get all emotional and punish/sit him.

[Snakebite]

I don’t really care about last year. Nothing that happened last year affects the record this year. So that is just an emotional response.

So he MAY have been responsible for one loss this year. I can live with that.

CBM is statistically the second best player on this team, behind the best player in the ncaa on the best team.

Sure. Let’s get all emotional and punish/sit him.

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.

The argument is not that he is a bad player or lacks talent. It is that he needs to cut the shit. The best player and best coach in college basketball tend to agree with their postgame statements. The fact that he is even part of the conversation in this negative light (not just by me, mind you) is causation enough for self-reflection.

We are not discussing policy prescriptions in the political realm. Passion and emotion are allowed in fandom. Differing opinions on how to handle a problem child are also allowed.

Then again, this discussion is not about the emotions of fans. It is about the emotions of a singular player who fails time and time again to keep his in check.

Let me finish by reiterating that I truly want him to grow up and do really great things in an Auburn uniform. His next evolution as a player to achieve such heights requires a more professional maturity on the court.

[Buzz Killington]

I just hate that his elbow wasn't aimed at the back of the meth head's knee while he was pretending to be Ralph Macchio

[CCTAU]

His next evolution as a player to achieve such heights requires a more professional maturity on the court.

No doubt about that!
I’m just at a point where I have no choice but to live or die with him.
His talent and what he has meant to this team is too much to mess with the chemistry right now for some false moral high ground.
Hopefully his teammates can get in his ass and keep him in check. At this point it’s in their best interest.
BP can help by removing him from the game for a break when he sees the emotions start to flair.

[Snaggletiger]

As recently as 5-6 years ago, CBM most likely would have ridden the pine for a bit.  I think Lord Bruce has shown you can get in his dog house pretty quick and suffer some consequences.  It's just not the same anymore.  Maserati may be here strictly because we offered the best NIL deal for him to stay.  I don't know that, but that's simply the way it is across college sports these days.

Heard today where Kirby Smartass talked about writing stipulations into these NIL contracts where the player could be penalized financially for certain violations, basically in response to all the crazy driving/tickets going on with his program.  Hit em' in the wallet.  You cut into a player's playing time, or punish him off the field/court, he'll just go get him another deal somewhere else.