tykurez
For Your Health
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I get it ... we're UConn. We've been the dominant program of the last 20 years. We're the capitol of the college basketball world. At times, we've made it look easy.
But it's not that easy.
This season came with inherent risk. If there's one thing The Boneyard is good at, it's throwing all perspective out the window and having completely overblown reactions.
But as of about 7 or 8 months ago - two of the starters on this roster had never played with anyone else on the team.
Not only that, but one of them is the starting point guard.
His backup? A freshman.
One of our "stars"? He's having a hell of a sophomore slump.
Our starting all-defensive center? Broken finger half-way thru the year.
Our coach? In his fourth season as a head coach after taking over for a hall of famer.
That's a lot of adversity, and it's not even including all the other hot garbage that the program is still recovering from in terms of the APR ban, recruiting limitations, and conference realignment.
But these guys have now only played 20 games together. 11 of them without Amida Brimah. This isn't the NBA - where you just pick up two offseason veterans and work them in through an 82-game schedule. There was inherant risk that the very things that are happening now were going to happen. They're either eventually going to figure it out, or they're not. Or maybe something in between.
Get angry after a loss. Blow off some steam. But for the love of god keep that perspective, continue to root for this team and our coach, and look forward to a couple top-10 recruiting classes.
But it's not that easy.
This season came with inherent risk. If there's one thing The Boneyard is good at, it's throwing all perspective out the window and having completely overblown reactions.
But as of about 7 or 8 months ago - two of the starters on this roster had never played with anyone else on the team.
Not only that, but one of them is the starting point guard.
His backup? A freshman.
One of our "stars"? He's having a hell of a sophomore slump.
Our starting all-defensive center? Broken finger half-way thru the year.
Our coach? In his fourth season as a head coach after taking over for a hall of famer.
That's a lot of adversity, and it's not even including all the other hot garbage that the program is still recovering from in terms of the APR ban, recruiting limitations, and conference realignment.
But these guys have now only played 20 games together. 11 of them without Amida Brimah. This isn't the NBA - where you just pick up two offseason veterans and work them in through an 82-game schedule. There was inherant risk that the very things that are happening now were going to happen. They're either eventually going to figure it out, or they're not. Or maybe something in between.
Get angry after a loss. Blow off some steam. But for the love of god keep that perspective, continue to root for this team and our coach, and look forward to a couple top-10 recruiting classes.