Stephen

(Re)tweet game is strong.

[Chris Marler @Vern_Funquist]

If I’m UGA basketball coach Mike White I am simply finding a white kid named Dan Jackson.

It’s worked in football and baseball.

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

I know it’s become pretty cliche and cringey to talk about at this point but if you’re under like 25 I cannot stress enough how one time Obama wore a tan suit and people spent a week arguing over whether or not it was demeaning to the Oval Office and they were serious about it.

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

@virtualmage17 Agree. This was peak Strike.

[Mitch Goldich 🐙 @mitchgoldich]

One of the defining hallmarks of our modern age is that people in charge of good things are willing to make them incrementally worse for a chance to make more money, knowing most people are powerless to stop it.

[Eric Sisson @ESisson7]

Video makes it look even more realistic

[Degen CPA @DrewVento]

I’ll admit, when I was a kid in the 90s I definitely thought that Kid Rock would have less direct involvement with military operations

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

@CJ_DA_DAWG Transfer portal?

[Bobby Wagner @bwags]

sports in the streaming era are so cool. is it easier to find? no. is the broadcast weirdly dark and gray? yes. is the connection more reliable? definitely not. it must be cheaper then? also no

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

Does he rebound?

Does he like to elbow opposing players in the head?

Does he "get hurt" six times per game?

Asking for a friend.

[Bulldawg Recruiting @bulldawgrecruit]

Georgia has received a commitment from 4-star C David Ugonna-Ike from NBA Africa!

The 6-11, 230 pound big man is averaging 24.3 PPG 12.3 RPG 0.7 APG 1.3 BPG in 2026.

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

@CookedbyCain I'd be thrilled with Fleming but he'll probably get more elsewhere.

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

@ghostofAsaNewel You're not wrong, but part of Mike White's job is to get that buy in from the administration. Maybe he's trying and failing. If so, he should want to leave for a school that gives him what he needs.

We need a program builder. He has to show that it's him.

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

@jwilkenjoyer Agree with all of the above.

You could build a real team around Smurf, Blue, Jake, Kanon, and Stagg. It sounds crazy but I wouldn't hate a little less depth next season. Force White to tighten his rotations...

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

@baxstboys We need a coach that will challenge the administration and demand the resources the program needs. This is what Kirby did with football. That's how you build a program.

Mike White is not that coach. He's not a bad coach, but he's not that coach.

He's also not getting fired.

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

I spend a lot of money to watch this team play. I was in Wichita. I'm in Buffalo now. I love this team.

I would welcome it if @Brooks_UGA or @mayorofmilledge wanted to read this quote and then explain to me why I should continue to do so.

I'll be civil. I promise.

[Graham Coffey @GrahamCoffeyDC]

Mike White on Smurf Millender and Jeremiah Wilkinson saying they felt like there was a lack of effort in the 104-77 loss to Saint Louis…

“I can’t dodge that. We played with less effort than we did in any game this season, and it’s not even close. Not even close. That last group or two in the final five or six minutes mustered up some turnovers, some stops, shared it a little bit, fell into some open threes, made some, missed some, got a couple offensive rebounds, but they were quicker to the basketball for 40 minutes. I’ll have to go back and reevaluate everything we did. Did we go too hard in practice? Did we go too long? We went twice today, we went twice yesterday. They played more fresh for sure, so I will always look in the mirror first with our preparation. But our guys were juiced before the game I can tell you that. With their body language and what they were vocalizing to us and to each other. I think that these things happen more often in the NCAA Tournament than they do in the regular season, they just do. Heck we were more resilient and played harder through negative plays on the road in the SEC in front of 23,000 booing us, but I agree with some of the things Jeremiah said.

We didn’t play very hard when we got off to a really tough start and not making shots and getting beat down the court. We had some effort plays early, which we’ve seen all year. Our defensive rebounding numbers are atrocious. They’re atrocious. They have been all year. We’ve been able to overcome it by better offense at times and turning you over, but they got second possessions early off just simple missed block outs. Credit these guys, they’re wings, their attention to detail with blocking out, with screening for one another, all those little things that we’re just trying to get better at everyday, you wish we would’ve done it better down the stretch, in this one and in the SEC Tournament, but when you find yourselves down 6, 8, double-figure points early and the stage is big and emotionally you were really ramped up before the game and it’s not going well for you, emotions can get the best of you.

I’ve been there before as a player, and you try to help these guys just stay in the moment, and be where your feet are, and next play mentality, just think. ‘I know we’re down 8 and I just missed a shot, what is my next play?’ Turn around and sprint back. Who am I matched up with, jump to the ball, contest a shot… We looked, when we got down 12 points our body language was ‘oh my gosh what just happened?’ which is unlike this team.

This team has been, you guys know it, this team has been so resilient. We went in and watched some plays at halftime that I’ve never seen this team do. That I’ve never seen us do, not them, us. With point blank layups at the rim, with guys looking and not even jumping and trying to contest a shot. Just the lack of effort was really disappointing. I haven’t experienced something like that in a long, long time. I don’t remember the last time. And I certainly haven’t seen this team play like that with that lack of effort defensively and on the glass, but at times we played really hard with the ball in our hands, and that’s not the right recipe as we know. They were way more connected than us. We practiced better yesterday than we played today, but credit Saint Louis.

I told Josh (Schertz) that Dusty (May) may try to call me and get some tips, but he may not, because I’m not sure what we did really well, you know, to help Michigan, but we wish Saint Louis the best and we would’ve liked to advance of course but just obviously didn’t play anywhere near where we needed to play.”

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

I'm too lazy to look it up. Was Georgia ever ahead of Oklahoma in the 2025 SEC Tournament or is that now 160 straight minutes of postseason tournament play without a lead?

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

@Huntaaahhh

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

Don't blame Mike White. He didn't hire himself.

[Jordan Majewski @jorcubsdan]

Off the top of my head, Georgia with maybe the worst NCAA Tournament performance I’ve ever seen. They looked completely unprepared for anything SLU runs

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

@DawgNationDaily How about 37?

[Stephen @stevegjohns]

I don't like to throw around words like "more embarrassing than Gonzaga" but...