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At least my opinion thus far as little as it means......
Most of us bought into what we saw the last 3 games.......we were unbelievably happy with the MSU win as they came out like a team of destiny and held off a charge by a good Spartan team. We won't see many starts like that this year and that's okay. We will see a lot of starts where we will all wince a little at some plays, the lack of rebounding vs smaller opponents and the inability to find the basket on offense. That's okay too.......see we all knew they were going to have an up and down year, we wrote it and thought it........they aren't going to magically turn it around either but they are going to work to get better and come to play with the UCONN on their jersey's wearing it proudly......
We now know they will get out rebounded a lot, sometimes killed I'm sure, and yet they may stay in the game. We will write our thoughts on this board about certain guys in certain games with hopes they improve, that's okay too. Again, 30 practice games with a group of kids playing their hearts out, trying to be everything you want them to be, KO and the staff want them to be and every Husky of the past want them to be. My gut feeling, knowing Donny Marshall, Ray Allen, Travis Knight, Caron Butler, Kemba Walker, Jim Calhoun, Dee Rowe etc etc, these guys will be more respected for their hard work and effort no matter how many wins they get, than last years tourney team.
It's a long year and after watching the last 3 games it's not going to get any shorter if you are looking for the pot of gold........but I do know this, they will all be better and be very focused on getting that uniform they are so proud to wear back to the NCAA tourney in 2013-14 and that's what this year is all about.......and at 4-1 so far this year I must admit despite some ugliness I expect they will do just that!!!!
Most of us bought into what we saw the last 3 games.......we were unbelievably happy with the MSU win as they came out like a team of destiny and held off a charge by a good Spartan team. We won't see many starts like that this year and that's okay. We will see a lot of starts where we will all wince a little at some plays, the lack of rebounding vs smaller opponents and the inability to find the basket on offense. That's okay too.......see we all knew they were going to have an up and down year, we wrote it and thought it........they aren't going to magically turn it around either but they are going to work to get better and come to play with the UCONN on their jersey's wearing it proudly......
We now know they will get out rebounded a lot, sometimes killed I'm sure, and yet they may stay in the game. We will write our thoughts on this board about certain guys in certain games with hopes they improve, that's okay too. Again, 30 practice games with a group of kids playing their hearts out, trying to be everything you want them to be, KO and the staff want them to be and every Husky of the past want them to be. My gut feeling, knowing Donny Marshall, Ray Allen, Travis Knight, Caron Butler, Kemba Walker, Jim Calhoun, Dee Rowe etc etc, these guys will be more respected for their hard work and effort no matter how many wins they get, than last years tourney team.
It's a long year and after watching the last 3 games it's not going to get any shorter if you are looking for the pot of gold........but I do know this, they will all be better and be very focused on getting that uniform they are so proud to wear back to the NCAA tourney in 2013-14 and that's what this year is all about.......and at 4-1 so far this year I must admit despite some ugliness I expect they will do just that!!!!
