Black XXIII: "Dubyuh's Stand!!"

The MudCave (Festive Holiday Edition) | 25 December 2003 | Mudboy Slim

[Mudboy Slim]

"The Sky Above and Ol' MUD Below"
(To be sung to Tom Russell's "The Sky Above and the Mud Below")

Two Libs strolled in from the South...one rainy Autumn night...
The sky above...and the mud below...
They walked into Ol' Mudboy's Bar...they were Democrats by site...
Big Guy's above...but there's MUD below...
They flashed their Guv'ment Credit Card...
"You'll pay, Slim!!" Slick Willie charged!
Ol' Mudboy slams their liquor down...
Them Lib'rals start to drinkin'...

Their souls were Void and Black...they FED on Voter's FEARS!!
The Sky above...and Ol' MUD below...
Two Lib'rals oh-so-Powerful...rumor wuz them boyz were queer...
Their LIES disturbed Good Ol' Mudboy so!!
Then JimRob FReeped in, "That beats all...
Slick's "WANTED" poster's on Slim's wall...
Slick Willie and Algore, y'all...
TRAITORS from the White House!!"

Now them Lib'rals they were Chi-Com Whores...National Security they attacked!!
They're LYIN' SCUM!! Tell 'em MUD said so!!
They prance amongst their Media Bores..."Gravitas" them Leftists lack...
Good Lord's above...got Ol' MUD below!!
At Mount Carmel near WacoTown...thuggish Slick BLITZKRIEGED that Compound...
Two dozen children's deathly howls...
One FACT...the Left's avoided!!

Now Ol' Mudboy was a FReeper...whose known Slick's a DISGRACE!!
Slick's LYIN' SCUM...tell'im MUD said so!!
He owned that Bar and a memory...Media Whores could not erase!!
Lord's high above...got Ol' MUD below!!
Yeah, Mudboy he could FReep in verse...
The Culture War Right SHALL reverse...
MUD's a Patriot, folks, the Left he'd CURSE...
One man you did not anger!!!

Lord's high above...got MUD below...
Remove Slick's stain...RE-IMPEACH the 'HO!!
Two Lib'rals who did not know...
How much Slim loves this Nation!!

Slick Willie, he's the bold one...MUD inquired about his "quirks"...
"You'll FRY," said Bill, "'cuz I run this show!!"
Algore said, "Mudboy, we RAPE Sheeple...'cuz they're helpless twirps...
We're LYIN' SCUM...but OUR Base don't know!!
Slim, that Internet I did make...
Your FreeRepublic Left's Laws shall break!!
Boy, read the polls, Ol' Dubyuh's tanked...
Big Guv'ment's on a roll!!!"

Well, these DemocRATS they wuz IGNORANT...they didn't know who Mudboy wuz...
Good Lord's above...got Ol' MUD below.
That FReeper's face grew darker...folks, MUD measured every word...
The sky above...and the mud below...
"You Commie-Pinko sons of bitches...
Feel my wrath, you TREAS'NOUS Wretches...
RESIGN NOW...LEAVE DEECEE QUICK!!!
Yer Free Days are a dwindlin'!!!"

Slick Willie ABUSED the I.R.S. ...Bill's tryin' to take OUR Guns...
Slick's spies were called....they attacked Mudboy!!
Too late 'cuz MUD had a groooovy sound...and a flamin' writin' pen...
Lord's high above...we got MUD below!!
Slick called his Leftist Minions near...
MUD's just grinnin' EAR-TO-EAR!!! =^D
Said, "Court's in Session...hear ye, hear...
Yers Truly...Presidin'!!!"

Well, Slick's Trial commenced and folks did sing...Bill's denials were a JOKE!!
You LIE with pigs...you forfeit yer soul!!
MUD said, "We'll cut Big Guv'ment, boys...we'll cut taxes fer ALL good folks!!
Slick's LYIN' SCUM...and the Left MUST know!!
The Constitution it says somewhere...Crimes are Crimes...Justice Don't Care...
Covet not thy Neighbor's Share...
That's why we fought the Revolution!!"

Now that ol' Times-Dispatch headline...hangs framed on Mudboy's Wall...
"Clinton RESIGNS...Welcome Prez'dent Gore!!"
Next to MUD's "Reagan Portrait"...Dutch points Rightward from a horse...
Blue skies above...sure do miss him so.
Folks, the twisted Lib'rals must be smacked...
Our Country's SOUL, Left has attacked...
Slick's TYRANNY Right SHALL retract...
Bill shouldda stuck to Guv'nin'!!

Blue skies above...clear stream below...
The Lib'rals' reign...is damnear o'er!!
The Clinton Curse has been DETHRONED!!
We celebrate Truth's New Mornin'!!!

MUD (9/25/00)

[AdSimp]

Oh my, you remembered. Thanks!

Having FRiends is a good antidote to the aging process. Look forward to seeing you Saturday.

[Mudboy Slim]

Subject: Thoughts on Jones and Gillen (very long)
Posted by: Wahoo Josh on Fri Jan 2 2004 2:31:05 PM
Message:

The worst time for this board was the 1997-98 season, the final year under Jeff Jones. The team had two major producers in Nolan and Staples, but coach Jeff Jones saw his promising 1996 class disintegrate, we lost at home to Liberty, and the ACC season went from bad to worse. The Sabre (or was it still Virginiabasketball.com?) had a group of sharks who daily called for JJ’s head, and those of us who wanted to see a little dignity in the process of a likely coaching change became furious at the sharks. It
was an ugly, ugly season, and a difficult time to enjoy discussion of UVA hoops.

Given that 98 percent of us (excluding a few lame brains a couple of days ago) can now talk about the Jones era in candor and hopefully some respect, I’m going to share some thoughts in reflecting on the Jones and Gillen UVA teams.

Jones took the UVA job as our version of “Plan E.” Terry Holland’s retirement came suddenly, but he left a fine team (Stith still had two years to go.) that had played well in the ACC and won four NCAA tournament games in the 1989 and 1990 seasons. JJ’s first team (1991) started strongly (17-4 in early Feb), but faded down the stretch, and we lost to BYU in the first round of the Big Dance.

Then JJ brought in his “big recruiting class,” which included Junior Burrough, Jason Williford, Chris Alexander, Yuri Barnes, and point guard extraordinaire Cory Alexander. Stith led the young 1992 Hoos to an up-and-down season, but they finished strongly with a run to the NIT title.

JJ’s first instinct as a coach was to focus on hard-fought man-to-man defense, which I believe was his personal preference, but was patterned after defensive philosophies proven effective by Coach Knight at Indiana and Coach K at Duke. Holland would use some zone and occasional junk defenses, but JJ wanted the Hoos to be an all-man, all-the-time team. You would not play under JJ unless you were willing to dig down and play tough man-to-man defense. That is why we saw more time for Jason Williford over the offensively gifted Jamal Robinson. Jason was a JJ-style player, and Jamal was actually a Gillen-style player.

JJ’s first ACC home game was a 81-64 thrashing of a Duke team that would later win the Big Dance, and with Hoo victories at Cameron in 1993 and 1995 and the ACC tournament in 94, JJ sported a 7-5 record against the Dukies in January 1996. This success certainly helped
account for Coach K’s defense of JJ when it became apparent that he was going to lose his job a couple of years later.

JJ’s second year with the Alexander class showed more progress, as the Hoos won 21 games, 10 ACC games, and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the Big Dance. Cory and the rest of his class were developing nicely and the future looked bright. The first game of the 1994 season was
a disastrous 77-36 home loss to UConn, as Cory went down with a season-ending knee injury. Fortunately for Wahoo fans, JJ had recruited an unsung point guard named Harold Deane. The Hoos turned into a very defensively-oriented team, and JJ coached them to 10 ACC wins, a run to the ACC Final, and the second round of the Big Dance. We had a very low shooting percentage and were held to under 60 points for 11 games. We actually won four of those games, including 59-39 @UNLV and a 57-54 NCAA slugfest over New Mexico.

Most of us recall the success of the 1995 team – the final year of the Alexander class - which won 25 games, tied for 1st place in the ACC regular season, and defeated #1 seed Kansas in Kemper Arena to advance to the Elite Eight. Oh by the way, Cory once again finished this season on the bench after an injury in early February, and Harold could have used his help against Arkansas in the Midwest Final. Those Hoos played hard defense, but also shot better (enter
Curtis Staples) and sought to run the floor and shoot more 3-pointers. We never scored less than 60 points, and exceeded 90 points eight times, including the 92-67 thrashing of Maryland to end the regular season and earn the 1st place ACC tie.

Of course 1995 was the high-water mark of the JJ era, and I won’t detail the exploits of the 1996 class. We lost 15 games in 1996, scratched our way back for brief visit to the Big Dance in 1997 (Deane’s senior year), and it all fell apart in 1998. Off-court problems for the players and JJ contributed heavily to his demise, and it was damn shame to see the rapid deterioration of a promising coaching career.

Pete Gillen was hired, and I think most of you know our history during the Gillenium. I’ve got few thoughts of comparison to the Jones era:
- Under JJ, we often had the ACC’s worst offensive shooting
percentage. Under Pete, we often have the ACC worst defensive shooting percentage.
- JJ’s teams almost never pressed full-court – no traps, and very little zone. Peteyball includes press, traps, and multiple zones. We shoot better under Pete, but so do our opponents.
- When JJ lost his star point guard (Cory) from his signature class, Harold Deane stepped in and JJ adapted the team. Despite the loss of Cory, the Class of 95 still achieved the type of success that Hoo fans should expect. When Pete lost his star point guard (Mapp), we’ve had no capable true point guard to step in for three years and
counting. With the loss of Mapp, the Class of 2003 had some good games and moments, but failed to win the hearts of Wahoo fans with sustained success in the ACC or postseason.
- JJ understood how to beat Duke and did it a bunch. Pete has beaten Duke twice at home, and did get the UNC road monkey off our back, but has no recent success with Georgia Tech or beating good ACC teams on the road (with last year’s Maryland game as a wonderful exception).
- JJ won at least 10 ACC games for three straight years (93-95). Pete hasn’t been there.
- JJ won 16 postseason games in his first five seasons. Pete beat Brown in the NIT last year.
- JJ’s players had off-court problems, and he did not seem to be able to ever regain control. Pete’s players had off-court problems (and in Keith Jenifer’s case – embarrassing behavior wherever he went), and Pete is trying hard to regain control and make the UVA uniform only welcome to solid citizens.

I think we can all agree that Pete’s teams have not met the sustained accomplishments of Coaches Jones and Holland. This is a critical time in the program’s evolution, with the new arena under construction. The Athletic Department, and perhaps the VAF, need the team to perform better or they will suffer financially. I’d guess that basketball operating revenues (non-media) are a little down. I also believe there is a great pent-up demand for supporting an
excellent UVA basketball team in the State of Virginia. If Al Groh can get 35,000 people to travel to a 5th place Bowl game in Charlotte, think of the support an upper-division ACC basketball team will generate. If we return to the on-court success we experienced from 1976 to 1995, thousands of currently non-attending fans, including students - will turnout and experience college basketball at its finest.

I’m still rooting for Pete and the team, and will watch every game with high interest. However, I won’t turn into a season ticket holder and drive to every game from NOVA until the product improves. If Pete can’t coach the team to greater accomplishments in the next two years, then I hope we can have a graceful transition to a new coach and that contributors to this board can maintain dignity and
respect.

GO HOOS!

[Mudboy Slim]

"Ring Dem Bells"
(To be sung to Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells")

Ring Dem bells, you heathens with yer Big Guv'ment schemes...
Ring Dem bells from yer sanctuaries where Vile Lib'rals preach!!
"Re-Impeach!!" Mudboy cried...
"We got Truth on our side...
"And Clinton's Power's fractured...Sweet Justice be thine!!"

Ring Dem bells, good FReepers, let yer OUTRAGE show!!
Ring Dem bells...make yer righteous stand, so John Ashcroft will know!!
Folks, it's Rush Hour now...
Help us FReep 'gainst the Power!!
Lord, the sun is goin' down upon Left's sacred cows!!

Ring Dem bells, Sweet Justice, tell yer Congressman...
Ring Dem bells so the World will know McAuliffe's SCUM!!
Folks, the Networks are asleep...
But their Power's weak...
And the Country's still filled with lost sheep.

Ring Dem bells...fer Left's Blind Ignorance!!
Ring Dem bells for those morally-bereft!
Ring Dem bells for Left's chosen few...
Who would judge the many...
Yet say, "Slick is KEWL!!"
Ring Dem bells for the Chi-Com SPIES...
For the kids that died...
When innocents FRIED!!

Ring Dem bells, brave Patriots, shan't let Tyranny bloom!!
Ring Dem bells for our Sailors whom Slick Willie entombed!!
List of crimes is long...
But Bold FReepers are strong...
And we're breakin' down resistance to Rightin' Wrongs!!

Mudboy Slim

[sultan88]

"If Pete can’t coach the team to greater accomplishments in the next two years..."

It's NOT the coaching but the recruiting. Putting a bunch of street thugs on a basketball court does not make them a team. Gotta find unselfish players who can work together, listen to the coach, don't hotdog and actually pass the ball once in awhile; and then you will see a winning program again. Coach Holland was able to do it.

[Mudboy Slim]

"It's NOT the coaching but the recruiting."

I'm not a big Gillen-basher, but I've increasingly come to believe Pete's not really that great of a coach. I believe recruits are beginning to look at Gillen's results to date and figgerin' UVA may be about as good as they're gonna get with Gillen at the helm, and the BlueChips are sayin, "Thanks, but no thanks."

To some fans, that level of mediocrity may be fine and dandy, except when you compare it with the great strides Groh has made with the football team after only three years. Unless something really unpredictable happens the rest of the season, I wouldn't be surprised if this is Gillen's last year.

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"FWIW...The Righteous Shall Triumph!!"
(To be sung to Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth")

There's somethin' happenin' here...it ain't Right...Vile Left, they Rule by Fear!!
ATF men in a tank over there, slaughterin' kids whilst they knelt in prayer!!
It's high time we INDICT T-Mac...PUNK Dem's Clown!!
DNC Chairman...who killed Ron Brown?!!

There's bad men doin' Wrong...They'll win The Fight, unless the Right is Strong!!
Bold people must speak OUR minds...we're gettin' too much resistance from OUR side!!
It's time we ROUT Lib'rals, TRASH DemClowns!!
High time fer Justice to now Rebound!!

Clinton feels he can't be beat...Med'yuh Poltroons, they're Effete!!
Forgivin' wrongs, Press parrots Slick's LIES!! Most of them say, "Slick Willie's OUR GUY!!"
It's time we STOP DemRATS...Stop DemClowns!!
Big Guv'ment's shakin' OUR Country down!!

Rev-o-lutions start slow...but Limbaugh's Legions shall grow!!
Evil Wins when the Good are afraid!! Step outta line...the time's come fer Right to hold sway!!
We shall INDICT T-Mac...Stop Left's Clown!!
All ya good FReepers, come help us out!!
We gotta STOP Clinton...Crush Slick's Crown!!
Ev'rybody help what's goin' down!!
We're gonna STOP Lib'rals...STOP DemClowns!!
Destroy Lib'ralism...let's do it NOW!!

12/29/2001...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"The Times They Are A'Changin'"
(To be sung to Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'")

Come gather round, Sheeple...in office and home...
And admit that corruption in DeeCee has grown!!
Then, demand that Slick's TREASON shall not be condoned!!
WE MUST FIGHT!! OUR Nation's worth savin'!!
Country, better stop sleepin' or yer souls Left will own...
Folks, the times they are a'changin'...

Come, blow-dried twit Networks who tyrannize with your "spin"...
EX-Prez'dent has spied...WE MUST RE-IMPEACH HIM!!
And indict Bill's goons...then WE'LL IMPRISON SLICK!!
Yes, Limbaugh's sellin' TRUTH 'bout Slick's TREASON!!
Left's poltroons, they know, Right'll be FReepin' the Net!!
Press, the times they are a'changin'...

Come Senators, Congressmen, please heed our call...
Please stand up fer Justice...please tear down Slick's walls!!
Folks, watch how you vote...'cuz we're watchin' y'all!!
Battle fer hearts and minds rages...
We'll soon FReep yer meetings and clatter yer halls...
Pols, the times they are a'changin'...

Come mothers and fathers throughout the Land...
Look in yer kids' eyes...they are yer Scottish Clan...
Yer sons and yer daughters...look to you, MAKE YER STAND!!!
Left's Cold War has moved to this Nation!!
Please get out and help us...AIN'T PATRIOTISM GRAND?!!
Parents, the times they are a'changin'...

(Excellent harp jammin')

The line has been drawn...foundation's been cast!!
WE'LL DE-FAME LEFT NOW...THEN, IMPRISON SLICK LAST!!
Welcome Prez'dent Bush...Ashcroft, Kick Some A$$!!
New World Order is rapidly fadin'!!
And the People's Power'll be returned at last...
Ohhh, the times they are a'changin'!!

Mudboy Slim

BTW...The Times Are A'Changin'...
THE LEFT'S DEAD!!! Long Live What's Right!!

[sultan88]

DENNIS ECKERSLEY VOTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME

Dennis Eckersley, one of baseball's elite relief pitchers
of all-time, was voted into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
The right-hander's 390 saves ranks third among all closers.
Eckersley won both the MVP and Cy Young Award in 1992 and
was a key in Oakland's 1989 World Series title.

[goldilucky]

Forget Ashcroft and Bush. I think this is the end of Bush Jr's term. His giving amnesty to illegals is the very last gasp of America. The NWO is already here, Mudboy. No more rah rah rah. Forget the Republicans and Democrats. Both parties have played their role to destroy America. Bush Jr. should be impeached just like Bill Clinton.

[MeekOneGOP]

Good news, folks !!

Federal Court upholds Texas Redistricting

[Mudboy Slim]

Excellent news...this alone makes a DemonRAT takeover of the House in '04 damned near impossible...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"DENNIS ECKERSLEY VOTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME"

Well-deserved...the A's have been blessed with some great relievers over the years (e.g. Rollie Fingers, Eck) and it's good to see them git their due...MUD

[goldilucky]

What are they re-districting? And Why?

[MeekOneGOP]

What are they re-districting? And Why?

The Texas district map for the Texas U.S. House of Reps.

Voting trends in Texas are such that 55-65% of all votes cast in Texas are for GOP. The map currently in place (a 'RAT Gerrymander job in 1992) sends 17 'RATS and 15 GOP to the U.S. House.

The Liberal Media keeps saying that it will send SEVEN more GOP to Washington. Realistically, probably more like 4-6. Say we get 5. That would change it from 17-15 'RATS to 20-12 GOP.

The other good news already out last Friday is that LONG TIME 'RAT Ralph Hall announced he's jumping on board the GOP bandwagon. He has LONG been getting elected to office in his district. He has a GREAT ACU lifetime voting record of ~83 also, so he's already a conservative anyway. The folks that have been voting for him will continue to do so. So we could actually gain 6-7 seats if you throw that in.

[goldilucky]

How interesting.

I wish the Ninth Circuit out here could be reformed.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Thune Targets D'A$$hole!!"

AWWWW-RIIIIIGHT!! Gonna be an interestin' year...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"Puff, the Angry D'A$$hole!!"
(To be sung to Peter, Paul and Mary's "Puff, the Magic Dragon")

Puff, the Lib'ral Leader, Bane of the FRee...
Tom ruled with an iron fist in Washington, DeeCee!!
Lib'ral Commie Sosh'lists loved that D'A$$hole Puff,
'Cuz Tom pulled strings fer big airlines who'd hired Missuz Puff!! Bold!!

Puff, the would-be Prez'dent, loved Tyranny...
He protected his friend Willie Slick, in a Trial fer Perjury!!
South Dakota voters said, "Oh, whatta SLEAZE!!"
And conspired to next autumn rid their State of Tommie's disease!!

Tom D'A$$hole, he would grovel fer Dem votes a cryin' shame...
Tommie preyed on weakness..."Fear" was Puffboy's middle name!!
Union thugs and bigots would bow whene'er Puff came,
Lib'ral whips bent o'er and begged fer Puff's pork, oh so lame. Woah!

Puff, RAT's Lib'ral Leader, loathed liberty...
Big Guv'ment was his Power trip and he'd tax all he could see!!
Puff held judges hostage, shameful was he...
He ruled from his Senate seat 'til he pissed off Hillary!!

The Senate loves its Power, but weakness leaves a void...
HildaBeast and her man Slick returned...Left's overjoyed!!
In '04, it happened, Johnnie Thune, he whupped li'l Puff!!
'Cuz voters in their wisdom, folks, they'd just had enuff!!

Puff's head was bent in sorrow, felled by Clinton's stain...
Puff no longer weilded Power...fell off the gravy train!!
Without his Leader's seat, Puff was just a knave...
So Puff, that tiny tyrant, sadly slipped into a cave. Oh!

Puff, EX-DemRAT Leader, loathed by the FRee...
Left dwindled down with evil Slick 'cuz DemRATs chose Hillary!!
Puff, that tragic figure, died mysteriously...
The Sheeple called it Arkancide 'cuz it's Death by Slick Willie!!

FReegards...MUD


90 posted on 01/02/2004 12:48:37 AM EST by Mudboy Slim

[OldFriend]

Wish Club for Growth would have saved their money for Thune and Toomey and not gone after Dean yet. Must admit tho, their ad is really hard hitting.

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep ! We keep hearing about the Ninth Circus Court. What an act, huh ?