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[QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4425959, member: 12088"]
You could also adapt the maxim and say, “Realism is the last refuge of a fan.” Lol. Jk. Hahahahaha! Emoji emoji emoji.

I don’t like criticizing teenagers, and I tend to be quick to defend them, perhaps too quick. Maybe it’s because I’m a college professor and have spent four decades working with kids this age. I see all their foibles and their virtues up close, so I can’t help sympathizing with them. Realism sometimes seems to me like little more than a mask for unsympathetic reactions to the behavior of kids.

I’ve also been disappointed by a few of the players and given into criticizing them, perhaps too harshly. So I try to take my cues from Geno. He obviously values something in Nika’s play, for example, which means my “eminently realistic” criticism of her play must be based on only a partial view of all that she brings to the team. I may see flaws in her offense, but he sees something else she brings to the team that may be more important. Or he sees a potential in Amari’s play, to take another example, and has a lot more experience in seeing how kids develop over a season than I do.
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