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Message: [QUOTE="Stainmaster, post: 2143449, member: 5260"] Because some of us are multi-generation fans whose families packed the fieldhouse back when the program had to play Maine and UVM as part of its conference slate (which always makes me laugh when people whine about that - are you guys fans of UConn basketball, or of the other teams in the league?). We are fans of UConn not as a means to an end, but as an end in and of itself. Being one of the best programs in the nation under JC was something we all enjoyed very much, and we would like the program to return to a similar perch, but doing so is not a condition of our fandom. We all want success and are frustrated when it doesn't come, but some of us happen to not feel that near-perfection is our birthright. You and at least a dozen other people are only here because UConn started winning championships and sending guys to the lottery, with absolutely zero respect for where the program came from or how miraculous it was that we went from competing with America East schools to going toe-to-toe with Duke and UK over a ~20-year span. This program has been blessed with a rise unlike anything before it, and will never be duplicated again as long as college basketball is played. God forbid if UConn turns into another Minnesota or Stanford, I'll still be following the team and watching and attending games like I always have. I predict that if that happens, within 6 months a the people crying about how they are entitled to more will quit board and chuck all of their Huskies gear into the garbage. Furthermore, none of this is in our hands. "Demanding more" accomplishes nothing besides forcing the rest of the board to read irritating screeds written by grown men that would sound more appropriate coming from spoiled children. You guys sound like my younger relatives when their parents tell them they can't play with their tablet computers at the dinner table. Perhaps you think that by stirring discontent among the fanbase and convincing people that withholding their material support until the program reaches your astronomically high standards for "success" again, you're somehow a knight in shining armor. Not only is that beyond foolhardy, but[I] only supporting a team when they're winning is not something to be proud of[/I]. I'm expecting an avalanche of replies saying people don't like my attitude. To you folks, I say: congratulations, I'm not the biggest fan of yours either. [/QUOTE]

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