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[QUOTE="tomcat, post: 2445184, member: 961"]
Well, since I started this, I probably should at least take a stab at an answer. We, all of us, are spoiled. We are used to a certain level of play, and we are used to seeing players push to achieve the unachievable -- perfection. Over the last two years, IIRC, BYers have come to agree that a major reason we like watching the team even when they win by 40 or 50 is because it's a sort of performance art. That the score is irrelevant, mostly, because what we want to see is a great level of play.

Well, they aren't at that level yet. That's really the main point I was making. And honestly, I think it's a normal thing to find that at least some observers are having this reaction. Not for years has this been a fan base that was simply happy with games that end 96-46, or whatever. We've tended to be folks who want to know HOW it happened, and to be assured that it happened because of a level of quality displayed by superior players coached superbly. I can speak for no one else, but for me, the margin isn't the point. The way they play is the point.
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