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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Feb 8, 2022 16:35:00 GMT -8
Silvas dad took to Twitter to start a controversial debate against Beaver Nation. What say you all?? You say "against Beaver Nation", I'd say it's "within Beaver Nation". There are many different viewpoints among Beaver fans and his viewpoint is as valid (and possibly more informed) as those of others. As with politics, sports opinions can vary widely, and the truth is often somewhere in the middle.
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Post by fridaynightlights on Feb 8, 2022 16:38:05 GMT -8
Sounds like someone in the athletic department trying to sell tickets.
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Post by rgeorge on Feb 8, 2022 17:01:30 GMT -8
Sounds like someone in the athletic department trying to sell tickets. Yeah... not a social media person and find myself wondering if Mr Silva has some other motive in posting?? I mean he's sort of supporting his son while doing a similar thing to Beaver Nation that he implies fans are doing to the team. Really, what's the point of this post? If this is how he truly feels does he really think these negative nellies are going to change? Take his post in a positive manner? If he's one to read message boards, and that motivated such a post. Shame on him! Message boards aren't Beaver Nation. And, most parents know to stay away from gossip/message boards. And, if he does, can't stay away, he may need to realize criticism comes with being in the public eye. Well meaning and outrageous. Just as posting on social media. If you think everyone will think like you guess again. If you don't like the potential responses, stay off. Maybe he's just venting. Maybe trying to subtly supporting WT? But, does he realize that a post like that at this stage of a terrible season also throws shade onto Roman.
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Post by irimi on Feb 8, 2022 17:33:43 GMT -8
Silvas dad took to Twitter to start a controversial debate against Beaver Nation. What say you all?? Confidence and a tough mental attitude ARE part of the coaches' job.
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Post by osubeaver2018 on Feb 8, 2022 17:46:09 GMT -8
It looks as if Roman Sr. has since deleted this tweet. I don't necessarily think his opinion here is invalid nor terribly controversial. Really just sounds like trying to rally the fans to support this team the rest of the way with him. I don't think any sane person would say this season going sideways is only due to a lack of fan support (it probably hasn't helped, there were sub 5,000 for opening night and the championship banner drop for crying out loud...), but I see where he's coming from. IF these guys can buy in and play together they can win games or at least be in position to win games. They've had good showings against good teams (@isu, Wake Forest, uo, @usc, etc.), but have also had dreadful performances like we saw last weekend. The issues this season are a combination of pretty much everything that could go wrong, going wrong, from players buying in, playing hard, and executing, to coaching, working in the new guys, and building an actual team.
I'm still waiting for the "where has this been all year?" game to happen. I think it still can and will happen, maybe tomorrow against Cal in another battle for the 10/11 seed? I just want something to build on for next season at this point and a reason for players to stick around next season and recruits to want to still come here. Those are my biggest concerns at this point because I agree that any chance to compete this year was lost a long time ago.
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Post by giantkillers83 on Feb 8, 2022 18:54:05 GMT -8
I get his perspective. Some merit to it. However, he looks through a prism of his kid and his time here. 3 years ? A lot of Beaver fans are looking thru 32 year perspective… or more….
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Feb 8, 2022 23:17:26 GMT -8
How about this for perspective? Roman Silva blocking Cade Cunningham Date Opponent MIN FGM/A % FTM/A % OFF DEF TOT AST BLK PTS 03/19/21 Tennessee 25 8-8 1.000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 0 3 1603/21/21 Oklahoma St. 31 2-5 .400 3-4 .750 4 8 12 2 4 7 Bolded stats are career highs that Roman Silva set or tied during those games. Roman Silva had his two biggest games in two of the arguably five biggest basketball games at Oregon State over the past 40 years. I mean Oregon State does not beat Tennessee or Oklahoma State without Roman Silva. After what Roman Silva did for Oregon State, if his dad wants to tell a bunch of Oregon State fans that they are a bunch of entitled Negative Nellies and Debbie Downers and generally are worse than pond scum, hell yeah, that dude is 100% right! I mean you could be talking about how freaking clutch Roman Silva was for decades to come. And you are going to attack his dad over a random post?
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Post by rgeorge on Feb 8, 2022 23:44:32 GMT -8
Oh brother...
I'd bet that no matter how exciting the E8 run was and that Roman played well in 2 games... folks will not be talking about Roman being clutch for decades!
In fact until the post above, clutch and Roman Silva hadn't been used together on this or any other board. Good kid. Works hard. You correctly pointed out a couple great games. He's had some nice outings.
As for dad... don't give a flying eff what he says. His son plays for OSU. Roman currently is putting in the time and effort, not daddy. Hence, Roman speaking means more than his Pops.
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Post by korculabeav on Feb 9, 2022 4:38:37 GMT -8
I shared what Mr Silvia said on my social media and here are the responses that I’ve gotten from my post on social media: -“Beaver Nation is always here, but don’t blame us for not being excited for this pure dumpster fire s%#t show!..” -“Excuses for garbage play!!” -“It’s not the fans that’s causing the team to play without cohesion..” -“Why the hell should we tolerate a awful product on the court?! We’ll always root for our beavs and wish for the best, but don’t ever put the blame on the fans!!” -“Mr Silvia Sr is sooo dead ass wrong on this one bruh!” your five friends are pretty much spot on. Team and coaches need to look in the mirror and decide if they want to play better. This is not a fan issue and attendance will not make the team play better.
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Post by irimi on Feb 9, 2022 8:06:17 GMT -8
How about this for perspective? Roman Silva blocking Cade Cunningham Date Opponent MIN FGM/A % FTM/A % OFF DEF TOT AST BLK PTS 03/19/21 Tennessee 25 8-8 1.000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 0 3 1603/21/21 Oklahoma St. 31 2-5 .400 3-4 .750 4 8 12 2 4 7 Bolded stats are career highs that Roman Silva set or tied during those games. Roman Silva had his two biggest games in two of the arguably five biggest basketball games at Oregon State over the past 40 years. I mean Oregon State does not beat Tennessee or Oklahoma State without Roman Silva. After what Roman Silva did for Oregon State, if his dad wants to tell a bunch of Oregon State fans that they are a bunch of entitled Negative Nellies and Debbie Downers and generally are worse than pond scum, hell yeah, that dude is 100% right! I mean you could be talking about how freaking clutch Roman Silva was for decades to come. And you are going to attack his dad over a random post? Sure, his dad has a right to complain about the lack of fan support, but can you blame the fans? If the team showed half as much heart as it did in the clip you posted, then Gill would be packed. Beaver fans would still be there. It’s not losing that turns us off: it’s how they lose.
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Post by carlosdanger on Feb 10, 2022 0:05:29 GMT -8
I mean you could be talking about how freaking clutch Roman Silva was for decades to come.
Any idea when construction of the Roman Silva statue is set to begin?
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Post by TheGlove on Feb 10, 2022 6:36:49 GMT -8
I mean you could be talking about how freaking clutch Roman Silva was for decades to come.
Any idea when construction of the Roman Silva statue is set to begin?
Wilky is putting the Silva statue next to his Robbb Thomas reflecting pool.
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Post by ag87 on Feb 10, 2022 10:00:42 GMT -8
I like Silva. He gets the most out of his skill level and I can see he works hard at expanding those skills. Saying that, who are going to be front court players next year? Rand (assuming he does not transfer out) and who else? I think the answer is the portal. Choi?
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Post by Judge Smails on Feb 10, 2022 10:06:23 GMT -8
I like Silva. He gets the most out of his skill level and I can see he works hard at expanding those skills. Saying that, who are going to be front court players next year? Rand (assuming he does not transfer out) and who else? I think the answer is the portal. Choi? I believe Andela can come back. Also, I think both recruits coming in are 6'8".
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Feb 10, 2022 13:19:54 GMT -8
Any idea when construction of the Roman Silva statue is set to begin?
Wilky is putting the Silva statue next to his Robb Thomas reflecting pool. My 49-year-old dad drove the family from Oregon to the Fiesta Bowl in 2001. He asked me once, if I realized why he spent all of that money and time. When I said that I did not, he said that he doubted that he would live to see a better Oregon State team and wanted to make sure that the family got to experience it in person. And the idiot 20-year-old that I was, I told him why he was crazy and about how the 2001 Fiesta Bowl was just a jumping off point. That was more than half a lifetime ago for me. My dad is now a paraplegic 70-year-old. And I realize now that I did not appreciate how lucky I was to get to see that team in person seven times in 2000 and 2001. Allen, Atkinson, Barnett, Battle, Carlyle, Carroll, Cookus, Cornell, Edwards, Fessler, Gibson, Grant, Heyward-Johnson, Houshmandzadeh, Jackson, Johnson, Kintner, Kuykendall, Manning, Maurer, McCall, Prescott, Roberts, Robinson, Sandoval, Seigler, Simonton, Smith, Sykes, Trimmer, Walker, Weathersby and White. Those were just names. And now those dudes are legends. I am sure that there would be at least one or two dudes on here that would fight you in a bar, if you badmouth pretty much any one of them. I fear that 2021 basketball may be one of those 2001 Fiesta Bowl moments. You may not see a basketball team come together and put on a run like 2021 for another decade or two. Heck, 2021 was the best basketball run in the past almost 40 years. And, if you do not count the vacated 1982 run, you are back into 1963 or 1966. You may not see another run like that for another 55-60 years. Just unreal. And you will have those names: Alatishe, Andela, Calloo, Hunt, Lucas, Reichle, Silva, Silver, Thompson and Tucker. I want those names to all be relatively forgettable. They were jumping off points toward something better, like the 2005 Oregon State baseball team. But I fear that this is one of those decades-long pinnacles that we all look back as the measuring stick to measure every subsequent season against. I worry that anyone who badmouths any of those 10 is going to look like a complete idiot in 5-10 years. Those 10 did something that was almost impossible. They downed UCLA, Oregon, Colorado, Tennessee, Oklahoma State and Loyola-Chicago over a 16-day period. Unreal. In 2001, as I watched Oregon State get humiliated at Reser by 7-4 UCLA by 31 points in a game broadcast across the country on ABC, I thought for the very first time that my dad just may have been on to something. Last season was something special. I hope I live to see the next one.
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