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  1. Since I’m no longer hip and or cool, I consulted the AI overload to translate this tweet: Please help me understand the meaning of the #EDGE hashtag from the following tweet made by new USF basketball head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim: Bulls Nation… Feet To The Ground. #EDGE In the context of this tweet by Amir Abdur-Rahim, the new USF basketball head coach, the hashtag #EDGE likely represents a team mantra, slogan, or rallying cry. It's meant to convey a specific message or mindset to the players, staff, and fans. While I cannot definitively say what #EDGE stands for without more context, it could be an acronym for certain values or principles, or it may symbolize a competitive edge, implying that the team will work hard, be focused, and strive for excellence. "Feet To The Ground" suggests that the team will stay grounded, work diligently, and be prepared for the challenges ahead. Overall, the tweet is meant to inspire and motivate the Bulls Nation as they embark on a new chapter with their new head coach. Speculate what EDGE stands for While there's no definitive meaning available for the hashtag #EDGE in this specific context, I can provide a speculative interpretation based on common values and principles in sports. EDGE could be an acronym that stands for: E - Effort: Committing to give one's best in every practice, game, and off-court activities. D - Discipline: Demonstrating self-control and adherence to team rules, strategies, and routines. G - Grit: Displaying resilience, determination, and mental toughness in the face of challenges and setbacks. E - Excellence: Striving to achieve the highest possible performance and outcome, both individually and as a team. Keep in mind that this is purely speculative and may not accurately represent Coach Abdur-Rahim's intended meaning behind the hashtag. Nonetheless, it captures the spirit of attributes commonly valued in sports teams, especially as they work towards success under a new coach
  2. ChatGPT 4.0 says this is the right hire. I for one believe our AI overlords. Please provide speculative records for USF for each of the next five seasons including your best guess at any post season accolades. Given the historical data and considering Amir Abdur-Rahim's coaching record, here is a speculative projection of USF's men's basketball team records and potential postseason accolades for each of the next five seasons. Please note that these predictions are purely speculative and may not accurately represent the team's actual performance: Year 1 (2023-24): Overall record: 16-15 (.516) Conference record: 8-10 Postseason: No postseason accolades Year 2 (2024-25): Overall record: 18-13 (.581) Conference record: 10-8 Postseason: NIT appearance (early round exit) Year 3 (2025-26): Overall record: 21-10 (.677) Conference record: 12-6 Postseason: NCAA Tournament appearance (Round of 64 or Round of 32) Year 4 (2026-27): Overall record: 23-8 (.742) Conference record: 13-5 Postseason: NCAA Tournament appearance (Round of 32 or Sweet 16) Year 5 (2027-28): Overall record: 24-7 (.774) Conference record: 14-4 Postseason: NCAA Tournament appearance (Sweet 16 or possibly Elite These projections assume steady improvement in USF's men's basketball team's performance under Amir Abdur-Rahim's leadership. However, please keep in mind that these predictions are purely speculative and many factors, including player recruitment, injuries, and overall team dynamics, could influence the team's actual performance.
  3. Ah, the CCS school of "slow down the offense". Why score when you can run the clock and not score? Revolutionary strategy.
  4. Obviously all these sites with scores and rankings are just guessing and it means nothing until you see them play on the field. I got my numbers from https://247sports.com/college/south-florida/Season/2023-Football/ClassCalculator/ adding in the expected/hoped recruits getting to 207.41, which would put us in the top 50, assuming nobody else improved too. It would be interesting to see scores netted out with portal losses, since this is the new reality of college football.
  5. With adding Perez - if we hit on the 3 remaining rumored recruits we have the potential to have a top 50 class. Pretty good result for this staff with just a few months into the job, coming off a 1 win season.
  6. CJL being fired in the manner that he was made it nearly impossible for him to get another HC gig. Prior to that, he was a hot name for some big openings. I'd say it pretty much ruined his future path in coaching. No matter how good of a DC he was, nobody wanted to take the chance or absorb the bad PR. Only CJL knows if that was truly earned or not. There is a certain amount of personal responsibility here too. I'd still love to see him and the university bury the hatchet and bring him aboard in some kind of role in athletics. It really is best for everyone. His legacy is at USF, his best professional accomplishments here... and for the University - our best on-field results. I think some kind of role engaging donors etc. would be good for him.
  7. Students who don't have fond memories of attending fun games don't become alumni who buy tickets or support athletics. Seems like a smart investment to me for the long term. The last decade of students haven't had much to get excited about in our revenue sports. Ideally these things would develop organically (hello, Greenbergopolis) but why is anyone upset at athletics for trying to create a fun game day experience? Bring on the foam heads and whatever else gets students involved and excited. Shoot, I've been a Bucs season ticket holder for a long time, and there is a direct correlation between how bad the team is playing and how many T-shirts get fired out of cannons and beads get thrown off the pirate ship. When the product on the field/court isn't good, supplement it however you can to keep people interested.
  8. It has always been more difficult to win at a school like USF. Recruiting is harder - you have to find talent that is overlooked wherever it may be - a homesick kid transferring home? A non proto-typical body type for the position? A smaller overlooked high school? Personal issues or injuries depressing stats? A kid with tools but poor coaching or started football late in life? There will always be schools that underperform or overperform expectations. This isn't driven by luck. Hard work is definitely a big part of it. Coaching talent is too. But you can't undervalue the relationship side of things either. These kids that you recruit in HS but fail to land may be unhappy where they go. You want to be their first phone call. When they call their old high school coach upset about their playing time at State U - we want that HS coach to recommend our school and speak highly of our coaching staff. We need a coach that engages on NIL, but can also sell the big payday of being a starter here faster and potentially getting that NFL gig. We need a coaching staff that can adapt and adjust to the talent that is available. I truly believe that is where our last staff failed. If you only know one system, and are used to being able to recruit players for that system - you're dead if you can't get that type of player anymore and don't change. USF had no business being ranked #2 during the CJL days or ascending to the levels we did. We overperformed largely due to the ability of the coaching staff. Same during CWT's best years. Found a way to make the overlooked Florida talent work in a system. We overperformed expectations. Unfortunately we've been at the bottom end of the performance scale for the better part of the last decade now. It's really going to come down to if we made the right hires or not. Can we identify undervalued talent and build a system around them? Can we take a kid with tools and coach them to be a star? Even if you lose them to the portal or the draft in a few years - if the staff can be successful turning raw talent into stars, there will be opportunities. But it's going to take this staff winning some games that we shouldn't win to get there. Things are always changing, but there is always going to be room to outperform and outwork your peers.
  9. Do all tickets in 102/103 include pre-game food? Thinking of grabbing tix for a couple games, but nothing really indicates on Ticketmaster or TickPick that these sections include anything.
  10. Not sure why USF deleted the Tweet - he still has his posted:
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