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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3577013, member: 3535"] Paige is not a china doll. Nor should we as fans be frightened of our own shadow. There’s a reason why Paige is getting the hype - she has performed at levels to deserve the hype. Being thought of as "near as good as" Boston and Jones while they were seniors and Paige just a junior and may have been even better than them only reinforces the notion that she is one helluva player. Why is it that South Carolina can have 2 starters help their team go undefeated, UCONN had 1 starter solidly contribute this year and one last year, while Maryland had a frosh pg getting 27 minutes, yet UCONN fans are supposed to feel caution for Paige? C'mon. There is no reason for some of us to "walk back a tad" (whatever that means) or "be patient" (whatever that means) with an expectation that Paige is not going to be a good basketball in her freshman year. There is no reason not to expect this is one helluva player who should get quite a lot of minutes. Please stop being scared. Instead of being scared of my own shadow, I am delighted in knowing we got one helluva player and I realize she is not Jesus and as a result she will probably have more bad games her freshman year vs her soph year vs her jr year vs her sr year. There is no reason to walk back to some mythical "tad" or "be patient" in expecting a good basketball player. If some of you want to be scared that's your business. I have the expectation that UCONN has one helluva player and that player is not perfect. Even Diana Taurasi missed a jump shot now and then. [/QUOTE]

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