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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 2775126, member: 181"] I just got around to reading this with care. "Your contingent"? Hardly. For the most part, I remain resolute in advising settlement and wondering what or who has most impeded it. From the looks of Likes alone, I find myself in surprised agreement with certain sustained Ollie detractors, including some who I used to have on Ignore. Similarly, I can recognize that some of my favorite posters have taken what seems like a more sympathetic stance toward the departed coach. Throughout, I believe that nearly the entirety of posters lack fundamental pieces of information that possibly could shift opinions one way or another. I count myself firmly in this group. Throughout, I remain in the lookout for a certain type of pro-KO partisan who doesn't show clear evidence sustained over time of having the program or team's success as their clear focus. I regard such posters as this season's version of last post-season's negative recruiting trolls, people like Russ56 pursuing an agenda that doesn't align with my sense of a UConn fan. I was delighted by the unexpected success of 2012-13, thrilled by the 2013-14 team coming together, disappointed by the follow-up year, more accepting of 2015-16, and a clear member of the late majority in recognizing that the past two years featured a lot of lousy basketball beyond the undeniable injury narrative. Anything I write could be interpreted as a clue toward where I think the settlement number should be. For a variety of reasons and factors, I think anyone at or anywhere near either pole is being unrealistic . And yet, the still unconfirmed Arbitration path offers only all or nothing. I think there would be bad energy over the long haul for all parties if either of those outcomes is reached. [/QUOTE]

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