Amen...

You will be hard pressed to call me a Gary Williams' apologist. I've been critical of him over the years regarding the academic standing of the team and his recruitment of dickhead players (I knew Gilchrist and Caner-Medley were fuckups from day one), but I have never doubted his ability to coach up the team every year. Yeah, the past five years have been a little rough, but let's be realistic with our expectations. There is one program in the country that is a regular fixture in the rankings. Every team goes through cycles...look at Syracuse right now. Do you think anyone there is talking about Boeheim losing his touch? Bullshit.

That said, Wise's column in the Post today was spot on. Gary still has more chips on the table than 99% of the coaches in the country. Name five coaches who could have dug Maryland out of the hole they were in 20 years ago. We were looking at the death penalty for the basketball program and he convinced Walt Williams to play for him when the prospect of playing in March wasn't possible because of NCAA penalties.

So for all you so-called fans who want Gary to move on...FUCK YOU! We didn't fucking need you before 2001 and we don't need you now.

Here Comes the Boom

Tomorrow night promises to be one of the best games of week with the rematch between Maryland and Duke at Cameron. The Terps are on a incredible hot streak winning 10 of their last 12. Amazing that this team couldn't shot worth a damn in December now has the highest field goal percentage in the ACC. Not to mention Vazquez has actually learned to control himself and doesn't feel the need to throw up awful shots with 30 seconds left on the shot clock. Once again Gary has managed to pull together a great squad that is fun to watch.

That said, I'm boldly predicted a little of this tomorrow...
Because there is no way Duke can control this guy...