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Message: [QUOTE="connie, post: 3933908, member: 7882"] It would take too much of my day to state my opinion on a lot of the comments that I’ve been flying around the Boneyard for the last 16 hours. But I cannot sit idly by and allow the acrimony, accusations, recriminations and blame to go without some response. As anyone who has ever followed college or professional sports must surely know, it is hard – damn hard – to go all the way. That is why it simply does not happen that very often – at least in those sports that have been around long enough for parity to set in. Are there things that explain why one team lost to another one? Of course. If you rewound history’s tape, changed some thing here or there and played it again, would the result differ? Possibly. One might engage in such exercises interminably. But I question whether the game is worth the candle. In the final analysis, I absolutely loved this year‘s team and enjoyed pretty much every bit – from the anticipation and build up in September and October, through the early games, the shadow of Covid, watching the players begin to gel, adjusting to setbacks, injuries etc., and the overall improvement as things headed into the homestretch. They far exceeded my expectations and provided real joy. They gave everything and owe us nothing. And with luck they will all (or almost all) be back to do it again next year. I’ve commented before that sometimes the best team doesn’t win. It is also useful to remember that more often than not the best team [I]does[/I] win. I think that happened yesterday. There is no shame in that. You can’t win them all. Any sports fan who does not feel that sentiment in their bones may as well go through life sitting in the reception area at the dentists office. [/QUOTE]

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