The problem with this argument is that people here are confusing sheer stupidity for malice. The very notion that there's some sort of group of covert UConn haters astroturfing this website regularly with the hopes that this team loses games is absolutely preposterous. One of the reasons it annoys me so much when it gets repeatedly brought up, conveniently during the programs down periods, is that it supports the silly notion that if you don't see it my way, then you must be a hater troll that probably isn't even a UConn fan.
Maybe, just maybe there actually were one or two of these trolls posting just to use misery to create a reaction, JSM would fit this category. But to say the issue is systemic is basically turning a blind eye to the simple fact that when there's bad news, people's posting, especially during the offseason, will reflect that. Add in the important detail that lately with UConn it's been bad news after bad news that when considered in the context that the program was already on a major downswing during a post-title era that should conceivably be successful given Ollie and the program's resume on paper and weak competition, yet it isn't the case, it's only been moving in the opposite direction.
Times are tough, and people are dumb, it's really as simple as that, there's nothing more to it, there's no need for the childish Cold War era spy accusations.
