We are probably the only top 20 team that has 50% of the fanbase wanting to see the coach fired.
Right. Because to paraphrase Baron Davis, we are the only top 20 team without a coach. Imagine how good this year's team could be with a real coach.
Are you this disrespectful and constantly negative in your every day life too? I don't know you, but your never ending venting is sad. You cannot take any joy in this team, even when it is winning. I feel bad for you.
?? I enjoy this team all the time. Apparently you only focus on my anti-Lavin posts.
I just posted this morning how much I'm looking forward to tonight's game.
Again, for those of you who still can't grasp the concept: it's very possible to root hard for this team, enjoy the players we've had around for 4 years, and still think we'd be much better off with a different coach.
I read your positive, supportive posts too, but part of the "better off with another coach" theme that bothers me is that it will pop up in the "Some Positive Press" thread. My frustration with posters (incl. you, who I consider to be a knowledgeable supporter of the program) is that something like the Baron Davis quote has no place in this thread concerning positive press. That's something UCLA fans will keep harping on until the day they day. But it is part of their history, not ours. Even with Lavs here. For example, I could easily point to the NY Post interview with Baron when he was with the Knicks in 2012 (much later than the other famous quote) where he was asked about Lavs:
"Q: What was the young Steve Lavin like as the UCLA coach?
A: The young Steve Lavin was all over the place (smile). … He was just a fun guy to be around … and you could tell that he was learning the game. … We tried a little bit of everything, and that gave me more freedom out there on the floor. … Our UCLA system was really like a pro system , and he treated us like young professionals. Instead of like a father figure, he was like a big brother.
Q: Do you speak with him often?
A: He’s changed a lot (chuckle). He’s calmer. You can tell he has a lot more perspective, and he has a lot more, I would say confidence, in just his presence and his understanding of what he’s trying to accomplish. And he’s smarter as far as like the staff of people that he picked around him, the basketball minds that’s he’s picked around him. So I think that he’s become an even better leader, and at the time he was a young leader, and we would run through a brick wall for that guy." I'll even bet you've read this article a couple of times (
http://nypost.com/2012/03/04/serbys-sunday-q-a-with-baron-davis/)
So I just cited a very positive quote, with Baron Davis putting the young and older Coach Lavin in context.
Do not get me wrong, I too am into the "when is the right time to make a move" game/strategy. It is not an exact science, although some stats can be used to support both sides of the "go/no-go" argument. And I can see both sides of the coin for "go/no-go" thus far.
It's my opinion it shouldn't be on a thread solely about positive press.