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svetbird said:
I don't get all the crap this girl gets. Almost no one said any of this stuff about Sadie even when she left. Ekmark has missed a lot of time. To write her off at this point is insane. Has she done some bone head plays? yah. is she a freshmen playing her first few games after being out almost half the season? yes. give her a year and reevaluate. I cant believe people are saying she can not play at this level after a handful of games!
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AeffingMEN!!!
 
Stewie Fan said:
Why?
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meyers7 said:
Because they are not competitive. I would much rather see them playing against teams that they get a little competition from than 50 point blowouts all of the time. I fine myself rooting for the other team to score every once in a while. I wonder if sooner or later when they play against a team that's giving them a tighter game if it's not going to come back to bite them. I guess I really shouldn't be worried about that though because from what I've seen from other teams play I don't think anyone in the country right now can beat them.
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Your remarks are similar to remarks that have been made many, many times over the course of years, here and elsewhere. I think most of the girls, if not all, would like better competition, as would Geno and his staff but when you're as good as this team is, with this type of coaching staff, there just isn't too many teams that can do that. A lot of schools tend to refuse to play the Huskies because they might end up getting beaten badly and they are worried about the image of their team or maybe hurting their team's psyche. Others play in a large conference and they are mandated to play an appreciable amount of their games against them, leaving very few games to schedule a lot of OOC opponents. The Huskies are good enough to annihilate a good amount of the top 25 teams, while soundly beating the cream of the crop. There's talk on this site by a few who feel that even the top ranked South Carolina team will be beaten badly by the Huskies next month. If that's true, then who is there left to challenge them to the type of game that you would be interested in watching?
 
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DobbsRover2 said:
Nah, you're perfect for the BY, and you may have already earned your math Ph.D. I've seen posters here take huge UConn statistical advantages and "prove" that the opponent was doing better. I guess it's all in the way you look at the numbers.
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You are so right. What makes me crazy is that if an opponent hits a shot and UConn doesn't come down and score and they next come down and hit a 3 point shot, some announcers talk about that team as being on a 5-0 RUN, as if they are kicking the Huskies around when they haven't really done much of anything. A RUN needs to be something appreciably more than two baskets put together without their opponent answering. That's certainly a pet peeve of mine.
 
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ericsandiego said:
:confused: - Where's my "dislike" button?!!!
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Truth to tell, though, this current crop of naysayers is VERY small taters to some of the greats of the past. Different old-timers will have different choices as to whom they consider the champ of all time; me, I am not sure. One nominee would certainly be BBall***** (numbers forgotten) who spared no pain to his fingers in trying to share with the rest of us his absolute conviction that Maria was a hopeless case and would never see a minute of significant playing time. He was absolutely evangelical about it. Then there was (as I recall; correct me if I am wrong here) Stop-n-Pop (he had a previous handle, too. This was back in the days when a poster could have as many different handles as he chose). I can't seem to recall whom his particular bete noir was, but he was persistent, beligerent and verbose. (And, of course, wrong.) Then many would favor the candidacy of OOVY, akd SonofOOVY, who was sufficiently obnoxious for the most refined taste and Newby1, who turned out to be the step-father of Brittany Hunter, (now former step-father) who had wanted to come to UConn but whom he had browbeaten into going to Duke instead, and he kept up a steady drumbeat about what a schmuck Geno was for many, many months. (I forget exactly how Geno had offended him, but seem to recall that it had something to do with Koolaid. Real Koolaid.) He kept it up just about up to the time when Brittany transferered to UConn.) There are probably other nabobs whom I have forgotten. Nominations are in order.

Anyway, aggravating as I (and apparently I am not alone) find the current crop of nns, they are as nothng compared to the above-mentioned giants of the ganre, and are, indeed, so few and so mild that they may well be considered an endangered species. (This may be because there is just so very little to bitch about recently; dunno.) I put about four of them on ignore (a marvelous invention) not so much because they were irritating as because they were just so predictably boring. I find the board much more interesting without them.
 
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elzorrogris said:
Truth to tell, though, this current crop of naysayers is VERY small taters to some of the greats of the past. Different old-timers will have different choices as to whom they consider the champ of all time; me, I am not sure. One nominee would certainly be BBall***** (numbers forgotten) who spared no pain to his fingers in trying to share with the rest of us his absolute conviction that Maria was a hopeless case and would never see a minute of significant playing time. He was absolutely evangelical about it. Then there was (as I recall; correct me if I am wrong here) Stop-n-Pop (he had a previous handle, too. This was back in the days when a poster could have as many different handles as he chose). I can't seem to recall whom his particular bete noir was, but he was persistent, beligerent and verbose. (And, of course, wrong.) Then many would favor the candidacy of OOVY, akd SonofOOVY, who was sufficiently obnoxious for the most refined taste and Newby1, who turned out to be the step-father of Brittany Hunter, who had wanted to come to UConn but whom he had browbeaten into going to Duke instead, and he kept up a steady drumbeat about what a schmuck Geno was for many, many months. (I forget exactly how Geno had offended him, but seem to recall that it had something to do with Koolaid. Real Koolaid.) There are probably other nabobs whom I have forgotten. Nominations are in order.

Anyway, aggravating as I (and apparently I am not alone) find the current crop of nns, they are as nothng compared to the above-mentioned giants of the ganre, and are, indeed, so few and so mild that they may well be considered an endangered species. (This may be because there is just so very little to bitch about recently; dunno.) I put about four of them on ignore (a marvelous invention) not so much because they were irritating as because they were just so predictably boring. I find the board much more interesting without them.
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Yes, BballXXXXX has earned a place in Boneyard lore as the most negativo negatoid ever to post on the 'yard. My favorite bon mot? The ol' classic - "I'm sure Maria Conlon is a lovely young lady but she'll never see a minute of time on the floor of an important game". Except, of course, all those Final Fours including her senior year where she had 9 assists to 0 turnovers in 2 big games. But Bball wasn't happy saying it once, oh no, s/he had to say it every day for about 2 years. It was so bad that Tim Conlon, Maria's dad, asked me to ban him so he wouldn't be tempted to respond. THAT's bad.

So folks, think before you hit the Post button. Do you really need to say the same thing for the billionth time? Even drops of water will wear through granite if the drip is steady enough.
 
elzorrogris said:
Truth to tell, though, this current crop of naysayers is VERY small taters to some of the greats of the past. Different old-timers will have different choices as to whom they consider the champ of all time; me, I am not sure. One nominee would certainly be BBall***** (numbers forgotten) who spared no pain to his fingers in trying to share with the rest of us his absolute conviction that Maria was a hopeless case and would never see a minute of significant playing time. He was absolutely evangelical about it. Then there was (as I recall; correct me if I am wrong here) Stop-n-Pop (he had a previous handle, too. This was back in the days when a poster could have as many different handles as he chose). I can't seem to recall whom his particular bete noir was, but he was persistent, beligerent and verbose. (And, of course, wrong.) Then many would favor the candidacy of OOVY, akd SonofOOVY, who was sufficiently obnoxious for the most refined taste and Newby1, who turned out to be the step-father of Brittany Hunter, (now former step-father) who had wanted to come to UConn but whom he had browbeaten into going to Duke instead, and he kept up a steady drumbeat about what a schmuck Geno was for many, many months. (I forget exactly how Geno had offended him, but seem to recall that it had something to do with Koolaid. Real Koolaid.) He kept it up just about up to the time when Brittany transferered to UConn.) There are probably other nabobs whom I have forgotten. Nominations are in order.

Anyway, aggravating as I (and apparently I am not alone) find the current crop of nns, they are as nothng compared to the above-mentioned giants of the ganre, and are, indeed, so few and so mild that they may well be considered an endangered species. (This may be because there is just so very little to bitch about recently; dunno.) I put about four of them on ignore (a marvelous invention) not so much because they were irritating as because they were just so predictably boring. I find the board much more interesting without them.
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane. As noted, these folks were persistent and guaranteed to bump my BP up a dozen points. Obviously, gone but not forgotten.
 
Actually, 50ish, my "memory lane" is more of a goat path. I am sure that other, younger old-timers will be able to add many more interesting details and corrections.
 
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Buzzyboy said:
What makes me crazy is that if an opponent hits a shot and UConn doesn't come down and score and they next come down and hit a 3 point shot, some announcers talk about that team as being on a 5-0 RUN, as if they are kicking the Huskies around when they haven't really done much of anything. A RUN needs to be something appreciably more than two baskets put together without their opponent answering. That's certainly a pet peeve of mine.
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Or how about the phrase "5-point swing" after Team A screws up (or a ref screws up in Team B's favor) and Team B then proceeds to score a 3-pointer? That would be a 5-point swing if, but only if, Team B wasn't going to get the basketball back if Team A had scored. Otherwise, it's just 2 or 3 lost points for Team A, like any other failed trip down the court. But then, sportscasters utter so many dumb, redundant, overblown, incomprehensible, pompous, trite, and/or ignorant statements, it's hard to choose one's most un-favorite.
 
But the best ones are those math theorems that posters make up to fit their fervent beliefs, like this year's "an 8-5 record is better than a 9-0 one." Obviously loony stuff and often dreamed up by other teams' fans to hold on to the crumbling vestiges of their dream worlds, but math can be used to support many odd beliefs.
 
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ericsandiego said:
It's supposed to be red! I guess i can go for the blue one next time!
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Well, hell, maybe it IS red. I don't see as well as I used to. However, keep in mind that you can never go wrong with blue.
 
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elzorrogris said:
Well, hell, maybe it IS red. I don't see as well as I used to. However, keep in mind that you can never go wrong with blue.
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Maybe it's just your monitor? Or maybe it's mine!!
 
Okay, freak out time. I went to the list of "Famous Canadians" on two sites including Wikipedia, and although one of them included the group Steppenwolf, neither mentioned Joni Mitchell or Neil Young. Is rock music completely dead in Canada and is all they care about their Road (South Park reference)?

On the other hand, Wikipedia has a section for the Canadians called "Wrongfully Convicted and Lynched" but neither Joni or Neil are in there. And yes there is a linked page for famous musicians where they might get a mention, but shouldn't they flat out be in on the top page of Famous Canadians?

Phil, oh wiki-meister, can you help out here?
 
Stewie Fan said:
I know it's not their fault they are in this conference but to me a lot of these stats really don't mean anything. It really is hard for me to watch these games. Yes it's great the subs get game time experience and they will playing in this conference but with that said I would rather see Geno put them in with 4 starters early in a game to see how some of them react. It's one thing to play when you have a 40 point lead but it's a lot different when it's a 10 point lead. I just think it would serve them better down the road to get quality minutes. Lets face the fact here that no matter who he puts in with some of the starters they will still win by 40 every game in this conference so if they get some quality minutes then stats may mean something.
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What does "quality minutes" mean? We're a minimum of 45 points better than any team in our conference. Why should the bench interrupt "the quality minutes" the starters get on the court with another? They deserve "quality minutes" too?

IMO these games aren't all about developing the bench.
 
Stewie Fan said:
UOTE="meyers7, post: 1201627, member: 343"]Why?
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Because they are not competitive. I would much rather see them playing against teams that they get a little competition from than 50 point blowouts all of the time. I fine myself rooting for the other team to score every once in a while. I wonder if sooner or later when they play against a team that's giving them a tighter game if it's not going to come back to bite them. I guess I really shouldn't be worried about that though because from what I've seen from other teams play I don't think anyone in the country right now can beat them.[/QUOTE]

We like different things. A poster brought up a while ago on another thread the double overtime game Kentucky men won and beat Texas A&M. KY shot 28% whiel TAM shot 33.3%. . TAM shot 53% from the ft line and had seven assists for the entire game. I turned it off after a couple of minutes. Ky got a whopping 13 assists in 50 minutes of paly with 12 turnovers. Give me a 40 point blowout where I can watch some real ball movement and seem actual skill of players at least on one team able to shoot and pass.
 
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