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Half page picture of “Former Owasso standout Shake Milton “ on front page.
No TU picture.

Emig needs to learn more TU basketball history.
 
Emig knows TU history. I think his early sports memories are following Nolan's teams.

I agree it was insulting.

Maybe he should have brought up Milton bad mouthing TU to balance out this supposed feel good story.
 
How many native Tulsans on our team?

Is it an insult? Maybe.

But, he will sell more papers in Owasso than TU basketball normally will.

If we don’t want these kind of insults then we have to build a recruiting wall around the metro so strong that our local studs stay home.
 
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That paper is dying. Emig is probably one of the top three writers they have. I’m ok with an article about Shake, but I wish they would show a comparable level of affection for the home town team every once in awhile. Instead we are eagerly awaiting Hines’ investigative journalism on how we have three players in the first year class with last names that begin with “J.”
 
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That paper is dying. Emig is probably one of the top three writers they have. I’m ok with an article about Shake, but I wish they would show a comparable level of affection for the home town team every once in awhile. Instead we are eagerly awaiting Hines’ investigative journalism on how we have three players in the first year class with last names that begin with “J.”
Top three in the sports dept. or the entire staff of the newspaper?
 
I didn't like the focus on recruiting between OU and SMU (although I recall that was Milton's finalists), as if Milton was too good to be at SMU but should have gone to the MECCA of college basketball (which is an empty Lloyd Noble except for OSU and KU or when there is a surprise superstar frosh).

The article should have been about the game first, secondarily about Milton. I still want a USC chant when he is introduced.
 
Milton should have never exhibited the negativism toward TU as that never is good for your image. Most recruits simply thank the coaches for recruiting them and move on. No more gestures to the bench or the TU crowd when you make a three Shake. It is not cool. You never saw this type of attitude from Waymon Tisdale toward TU even though TU had been recruiting him . Waymon was always gracious to the TU coaches and fans.
 
An article about someone like him plastered on the front page is likely to alienate the Tulsa fans who read the paper. Below it was the Henderson article. I thought the Henderson article was good.

When opposing players who are not liked come into the arena, TU fans should do some good-natured, loud heckling. I hope that happens tonight.
 
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It was funny, though, when Tisdale and Herb Johnson were pointing at each other after Tisdale was called for goal tending on Johnson in the first half of Tulsa 104-89 victory in 1985.
 
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SMU fans always get really made when we heckle. Which is why you play the game.
 
An article about someone like him plastered on the front page is likely to alienate the Tulsa fans who read the paper. Below it was the Henderson article. I thought the Henderson article was good.

When opposing players who are not liked come into the arena, TU fans should do some good-natured, loud heckling. I hope that happens tonight.

Got tickets behind the SMU bench [thumb2]
 
Enjoy sitting with Union and Owasso booster clubs.

You may get a few of his former teammates to show up, but most of those kids have scattered by now. Mine's off serving in the Air Force so that's one less trouble maker to deal with.
 
Never understood grown ass men heckling college kids. Refs are certainly fair game though.
 
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I didn't like the focus on recruiting between OU and SMU (although I recall that was Milton's finalists), as if Milton was too good to be at SMU but should have gone to the MECCA of college basketball (which is an empty Lloyd Noble except for OSU and KU or when there is a surprise superstar frosh).

The article should have been about the game first, secondarily about Milton. I still want a USC chant when he is introduced.

Seriously, if we don’t want these articles then our program has to be good enough to win those battles with an in conference rival. I can understand losing the battle to a P5 school. Don’t like it. But, I understand it.

But we must have a program so strong that the in conference competition can’t scale the walls we have built around this region.

Till then we’re just acting out of inadequacy.
 
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Enjoy sitting with Union and Owasso booster clubs.

Haha I really hope Shake and Shags have a bad night because the friend I'm bringing will have fun jawing with them for sure
 
I think those knuckleheads downtown pull stunts like this just to piss off our small fanbase. They're probably reading this thread and cackling like little school girls right now.
 
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I think those knuckleheads downtown pull stunts like this just to piss off our small fanbase. They're probably reading this thread and cackling like little school girls right now.

Scoop Haisten cackles like Joan Rivers with a mouth full of Marlboros.
 
The World sports dept. is a washed up rag. Outside of Eric Bailey their sports writers would be hard pressed to write for any of the local middle school sports depts.
 
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Enjoy sitting with Union and Owasso booster clubs.

Haha I really hope Shake and Shags have a bad night because the friend I'm bringing will have fun jawing with them for sure
Do me a favor and just start chanting “Butter” for Chargois...as in Tub o Butter.

I am down with the flu and it’s in everyone’s best interest I not be at the DonRey tonight
 
He certainly won't have another SHAKE IS A HERO MILTON article
 
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It’s funny that Emig celebrates a marginal student like Snake who will probably be dropping out of SMOO shortly.
 
and the answer - a full page article on a high school scoring phenom that has no D I offers. A token article on the top of the page with no picture. And an Emig "I remember" this column unrelated stuff.
 
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