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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 3365787, member: 181"] First, without criticism of you, I see meaningful differences between the two. Second, and so in the realm of my seeing distinctions and regarding them as meaningful, I'm not reading a whole lot of happy face+everything fine = NCAAs, let alone "because they look better." But I do believe that they look better and are better. Third, "PTSD, " "shell-shocked," and other terms have been bandied about. The most neutral version is "rebuild." Except for those old enough to remember when we'd never been relevantly good, we've been through a period of unprecedented collective horror. Yeah, it's hard to trust after something like that. Is it really over? Here's where it depends on your version of "over. '" Your recitation of the W-L records after 9 games during the two prior years is factual, but I think that your eyes have seen 17 of 18 'competitive' halves, results that have been more favorable than the spread to a greater extent than we've been seeing, a rising KenPom that still draws from last year, no crippling in-season injuries (though Tuesday's first half 2-foul sit downs could be labeled traumatic in their affect), no beat downs or total surrenders. That which stunk has stunk. Nobody is denying that. Really. You're watching. You're cheering. That says something. To me, that adds up to calming down. But that's me, and the guy who posted it, and others who agree. It could include feeling less more so than feeling better. Your choice, and no great harm if you don't agree. I just want as many people (players, coaches, and fans) as possible to access their best toward having as good a season as possible. [/QUOTE]

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