And the Worst Fans in America are....

[01Neaggrad02]

The UCONN Fans! After sitting here and reading post by many of the fans of the boneyard I have come to the conclusion that CT Husky Fans are the worst in America.
First off, after these losses against the #1, and #2 teams in the nation we have blamed and questions the players, their drive, their dedication.,.... we have called them soft, scared, and of course we have offer them our expert opinions on how to improve. "Don't stand too close to the basket, get the rebound, stop turning the ball over" etc.

Secondly people have question and blamed Geno and the coaching staff for the losses and have often stated that Geno was out-coached. Geno should have called a time out, Geno should have told the players to get the ball in the hands of KML. Geno should have... etc. At this point in the season this team should be able to do things without Geno telling them every minor detail. Oh but that must be another shortcoming of his.

Third, UCONN has the best team, the best players but they just cannot pull it out in the end. Lets not take into consideration that Bria entered the season with a bad ankle and it has affected her game all season long. That Brianna Banks is out with the ACL. That KML was out a game, Kiah missed multiple games, Morgan Tuck, Breanna Stewart...... If I am not mistaken only Kelly has not missed a single game. (Stef was out with the stomach bug).... But of course having an injured team has nothing to do with the fact that ND and Baylor beat us. Who know what it would have looked like with Banks in the line up. Or if Hartley had the confidence because she was not injured. Or if Stewart had not been injured due to overly physical play at the start of the season. Notice when she came back from missing her games her scoring dropped.....

Oh and I know I am a horrible fan myself... because I point out the Refs in some of the losses. SUch as Dee's failure to eject Griner after pulling Dolson down twice. Or the fact that Stef was elbowed in the throat againt ND at ND and there was a foul called against Stef..... or the fact that Dee called a charge on Breanna and when they showed the replays over and over again even the announcers said it was a block. All three of those things changed the outcome of very close games.
We lost to ND by 1, 2, and in a triple over time. Baylor we lost by what 6? But that was because at the end we were fouling trying to get the ball back... That margin is misleading.

The fact is we were close in all these games. Injuries hurt us.

Stop attacking the players, the coaches, and celebrate a great season. We will finish with a 30+ win season and probably another final four.

Don't be the worst fans, be better than that. Support our team and our coaches.

 

[huskybill]

But as you point out, the fans you are talking about are not the UConn fans, but the Boneyarders. These are two different collections of fans. I would guess that most of the UConn fans at the games do not even know what the Boneyard is. Aren't they the lucky ones?

 

[RadyLady]

I don't disagree with his points, though. the Boneyard is supposed to be for the fans. I confess I couldn't go on the board last night because I didn't want to see the vitriol that was likely to be flung by some posters. UConn's success has bred a sense of entitlement with some fans, and that is never good. We don't win because we are supposed to win. We win because we earned the win.

More than anything I wish we had earned that win last night - we were so close...yet it went the other way. - that last play just fell apart, and we didn't win. that's it.

On to the dance - GO HUSKIES!!!!

 

[01Neaggrad02]

Geno called this board on on his TV program on SNY. Pointed out what this board and other like it do to these 18-22 year old young women and how it does not help them.

 

[trisailin]

Geno has said there are a group of "fans" who are not fans of the team or even of basketball but fans only of winning. When they are deprived of the W, they feel cheated.
Truth is I feel sorry for them. It has to stink going through life having one's disposition determined by somebody else.

 

[RadyLady]

Some on this board used to mock another board when it crucified its players for the better part of 4 years when they didn't live up to their hype and lost critical games. It's the pot calling the kettle black i think...

 

[vtcwbuff]

"Geno called this board on on his TV program on SNY. Pointed out what this board and other like it do to these 18-22 year old young women and how it does not help them. "

So if I understand you correctly it's OK for Geno to launch a public, in your face, spittle flying, profanity laced tirade against one of these 18-22 year old women, but a BY poster that simply questions a player's performance is not a fan but a vitruiolic hater?

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[Icebear]

"Geno called this board on on his TV program on SNY. Pointed out what this board and other like it do to these 18-22 year old young women and how it does not help them. "​

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So if I understand you correctly it's OK for Geno to launch a public, in your face, spittle flying, profanity laced tirade against one of these 18-22 year old women, but a BY poster that simply questions a player's performance is not a fan but a vitruiolic hater?​

Yes, because Geno has their backs and has earned that right everyday with those girls in practice and the average fan has not earned any right other than to be a fan. Fans rarely have any understanding of what they are seeing or why things are as they are. But always know everything better than the coach and the players who put it on the line every day.

 

[Samanthabrown3]

"Geno called this board on on his TV program on SNY. Pointed out what this board and other like it do to these 18-22 year old young women and how it does not help them. "​

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So if I understand you correctly it's OK for Geno to launch a public, in your face, spittle flying, profanity laced tirade against one of these 18-22 year old women, but a BY poster that simply questions a player's performance is not a fan but a vitruiolic hater?​

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Yes--well, not in your face, spittle flying, profanity laced; I never support that, although I know Geno does that (don't know about the spittle). But he knows those players and they him; they're together for every practice, trip, and game. We don't know the players' health, worries, or frustrations for a particular game.

Commenting on the way a player did something ("Bria's passes didn't have much of an arc on them") is different from questioning a performance ("Bria was lazy and sloppy").

 

[Samanthabrown3]

Yes, because Geno has their backs and has earned that right everyday with those girls in practice and the average fan has not earned any right other than to be a fan. Fans rarely have any understanding of what they are seeing or why things are as they are. But always know everything better than the coach and the players who put it on the line every day.

Ice--can you tell I love the way you think?

 

[msf22b]

So if I understand you correctly it's OK for Geno to launch a public, in your face, spittle flying, profanity laced tirade against one of these 18-22 year old women, but a BY poster that simply questions a player's performance is not a fan but a vitruiolic hater?

Excellent point...but probably both are right.

 

[RadyLady]

Yes, because Geno has their backs and has earned that right everyday with those girls in practice and the average fan has not earned any right other than to be a fan. Fans rarely have any understanding of what they are seeing or why things are as they are. But always know everything better than the coach and the players who put it on the line every day.

excellent clarification. Thank you Ice.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Yes, because Geno has their backs and has earned that right everyday with those girls in practice and the average fan has not earned any right other than to be a fan. Fans rarely have any understanding of what they are seeing or why things are as they are. But always know everything better than the coach and the players who put it on the line every day.

Exactly right Ice.

"Earned" is the critical value.

 

[OneTrickPony]

Ice, so refreshing...this team does deserve the best fans, and I think they need great fan support to achieve their potential...I'm going to try to do better...!

 

[cferraro04]

the word "Fan" is short for fanatic. Sure "the fans" voice their displeasure regarding the play of some of the players on this current version of the Huskies team but that doesn't mean that they aren't still die-in-the-wool Huskie fans. This is what message boards are for...the back and forth banter of fans who thinks they know why their team didn't perform the way they think they should have. No, they don't make the big bucks so they meet with similar minded folks on cyber media and exchange ideas...if they made the buck to do what Geno does they would have no reason to be here as they would be dealing with the issues face to face with the players themselves. I myself am guilty of being a fan...I also do not agree with those who claim that the refereeing did not have a deleterious affect to the negative against UConn in this past game. I find the referees affected the play of UConn especially in the first half. It was the combination of calls against UConn and the no-calls against Notre Dame that prevented UConn from getting into their rhythm and getting out and run. The no calls on the reach-ins by ND were appalling while every single call went against UConn in the first half. I was hard-pressed to find calls that went against ND in the first half. Someone mentioned that the calls favored UConn because Achonawa sat the bench with foul trouble...well, she should have sat the bench...none of her fouls were questionable. We must remember that it only took Bria Hartley 4 minutes to find her way to the bench with foul trouble. The second half with the exception of only a few instances, the calls were fairly consistent. The fact that the referees decided to swallow their whistles when Skylar had the ball with seconds remaining and was dribbling up the side-line before she got the ball to Achonawa for the game winner was in fact a game changer. It is totally acceptable basketball strategy for teams who have fouls to give to foul to use clock and it is common practice for referees to do their job and make the call. Not calling the fouls when Diggins was clearly being fouled especially after the ticky-tac foul at an inconsequential time that they called on Dolson in the second half for simply touching her opponent was mind-numbing and it did impact the game. If the foul is called UConn can get into its half-court set and more than likely we have an over-time game...not a loss in regulation.

With regards to the fans at last nights game...I was there and they were awesome...the noise level was the loudest I had heard the Civic Center in a long time. Fans were rising to their feet...they were encouraging the team...you couldn't have asked for a better fan reaction than you got yesterday at the civic center

Now some can say you can't blame the refs... I say, Why? Why can't we as fans point out in a game of magnitude when the calls or lack of calls impact a game? It is after all a facet of the game isn't it? It isn't bad sportsmanship to point out bad refereeing if it is you true opinion just as it isn't wrong for those to disagree to voice their disagreement to those observations. Can anyone here really stipulate that inept refereeing has never impacted or influenced the outcome of a game?

 

[RadyLady]

So if I understand you correctly it's OK for Geno to launch a public, in your face, spittle flying, profanity laced tirade against one of these 18-22 year old women, but a BY poster that simply questions a player's performance is not a fan but a vitruiolic hater?

Excellent point...but probably both are right.

Questions a player's performance is one thing. Out and out nasty is another.

 

[hoopsdiva]

Geno has said there are a group of "fans" who are not fans of the team or even of basketball but fans only of winning. When they are deprived of the W, they feel cheated.
Truth is I feel sorry for them. It has to stink going through life having one's disposition determined by somebody else.

The key word there is "group." There is another group of us who are not so much disappointed in Our Girls, as for Our Girls. I still believe in them and support them.

 

[msf22b]

Just to make myself clear.
I agree that fans should not ever be nasty or personal, nor Geno (in public).

 

[VivaLsVgs]

Worst fans in America? Give me a break....Uconn has some of the best fans. They are passionate about this team and the players, that's why their losses hurt so much because the fans CARE. As someone posted above, XL was rocking last night and we gave it our all to cheer the team to victory. I'm sure many of the 300+ Division I schools would love to have a fan base like Uconns. As someone mentioned on the Men's board, this is a Div. I sport, you don't get "participation trophies". The politically correct pendulum has swung so far the other way that now fans can't even come to a message board and vent about a loss without being taken to task. Monday morning quarterbacking is what fans DO....get used to it!

 

[Forty_four]

Yes, because Geno has their backs and has earned that right everyday with those girls in practice and the average fan has not earned any right other than to be a fan. Fans rarely have any understanding of what they are seeing or why things are as they are. But always know everything better than the coach and the players who put it on the line every day.

And the boards only acceptible response is to make only positive comments, pat the girls on their back and joyfully send them on their merry way?

 

[ASweet3781]

Woman up.

If Ryan Boatright made the same type of turnovers repeatedly or if Kevin Ollie made some of the same strategic end of game errors that have now been a trademark over every single close last possession game over a now 2 year span than they'd be crucified. And I don't think many here would object to it.

But because the girls are girls we have to turn another cheek? Than the women's basketball haters are right. It's not a sport to be taken seriously.

 

[Wonkster]

The UCONN Fans! After sitting here and reading post by many of the fans of the boneyard I have come to the conclusion that CT Husky Fans are the worst in America...

And I have concluded that you should be ignored. Button pushed!

 

[VAMike23]

Yes, because Geno has their backs and has earned that right everyday with those girls in practice and the average fan has not earned any right other than to be a fan. Fans rarely have any understanding of what they are seeing or why things are as they are. But always know everything better than the coach and the players who put it on the line every day.

1. "Yes" to what exactly? He asked a two-part question.
2. Defined how.....?

 

[meganmatthews]

And I have concluded that you should be ignored. Button pushed!

. . . . And the valcano continues to spew lava . . .

 

[vtcwbuff]

Yes, because Geno has their backs and has earned that right everyday with those girls in practice and the average fan has not earned any right other than to be a fan. Fans rarely have any understanding of what they are seeing or why things are as they are. But always know everything better than the coach and the players who put it on the line every day.

Ice - Your response could not better illustrate the fundamental difference between the two types of fans on the BY. Some are content to be nothing more than cheerleaders for "our girls" and good for them. Other fans believe that they have earned the right to comment and criticize whether they "understand what they are seeing or not" (that's a really condescending comment BTW). They earn that right by investing their money, their time and their emotions on the team.

This board has rules regarding "attacks" on players and the mods do a very good job enforcing them. The majority of the back and forth arguing is from cheerleaders carping about what they perceive as an unwarranted attack on their girls.

My rule of thumb is that if it's factual, it's fair game.