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Message: [QUOTE="Kitaman, post: 2529030, member: 67"] I'm convinced we are becoming irrelevant, and somewhat forgotten with each loss, especially the bad ones. None of our players are nationally known or recognized. When televised announcers continue to refer to our past and seem to struggle with good/new things to say about us. I seem to hear a lot of pity these days. Nearing February we are now usually listed as a bubble team in best case scenario. Like others said our road game arenas are less than half filled. We have no real exciting players or plays, sans Jalen (who balances highlights with miscues). We have no highlight dunkers, shot blockers or ball handlers. We seem to have a boring, undisciplined, unexciting product. Our starting lineups change so frequently, that sportscasters have to study 9 players so they can keep up. We have only one player that may sneeze at an AA list, but not this year. I don't expect to see any of our game replays, highlights (player or team) or special news on the major network sports news. We don't pass well, shoot well or play as a team well, so we look amateurish to the unfamiliar. All my family and friend (non UConn) who once were closet/remote UConn fans have moved on, not even asking how we are doing. I watch games now multitasking, not making much noise, willing to miss a play or two to grab something, even answering the phone (I still don't make calls), and worse my family doesn't even know I'm watching the game upstairs/downstairs. Hell even after victories I don't even check the highlights or boxscore, just a writeup or two. I've become a casual, quiet and unemotional fanatic. I could continue but the more I type the more depressed I get, and the more of an oblivion feeling sinks in. Anyway I'm not conflicted, I'm just feeling hopeless about our immediate future. We need some exciting players again, because David O, Andserson, Vital, Larrier and others aren't enough to even get me clapping and stomping like days of old. Love me some Jalen but like the announcer said last night 'Jalen Island' ain't enough. Our Coach also seems resigned to accepting losing with standard/pat unemotional responses. At this point I don't even know what he wants to do or get out of this group of players, allowing them to shoot at will, make unforced turnovers, and make poor defensive decisions without any concern of repercussion or coaching penalty. Where I once was a UConn basketball addict, I'm in involuntary recovery now. I'm so 'cured' that now if I miss a game (seen them all so far) I may no longer will feel sad or dejected, like I used to. Losing Sucks (and we have a winning record)! [/QUOTE]

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