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Message: [QUOTE="RSHERMVIKES, post: 2465455, member: 2251"] Posted this on the DePaul game thread but it bears repeating here! [COLOR=#ff0000]Golly can you people cut the end of the bench some slack? You make it sound like these last 3 or 4 are all HS All-Americans that now suck! Big difference between HS ball and UCONN ball! They're out there trying their best playing better competition that just played most of the game with the hockey-subs system! They'll need a lot of time with the first and 2nd teamers to improve their games! Working only with the end of the bench mostly in practice isn't going to make them improve their games by leaps and bounds! It's amazing how fast an average player improves when having to work with the best players on the team! When I coached HS Wrestling my JV practiced with the Varsity all the time so they had to raise their "game" to keep their heads above water! I told the JV's they better give the varsity kids they're best or else, don't chicken out, attack and see what happens! I was usually quite proud of the improvement my JV's made from start to end of the season! You complainers couldn't succeed at your jobs if someone was always dragging you down and holding you to an impossibly high standard! Give 'em a break, will ya! [COLOR=#000000]It really disturbs me to read such damning comments as if the last 4 on the bench are costing UCONN wins with their learning experiences! I have followed UCONN seriously since 1995 and every single year the last off the bench has made a rough transition to College BB! It isn't like the last year or 2 the learning curve has gotten lower![/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][COLOR=#000000]If the starters + 2 start blowing 30 point leads than we have something to worry about! [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][COLOR=#000000]If we win by 35 or win by 20 points I couldn't care less! The whole team is still the cream of the Division I WBB world and I'm not going to sweat the small stuff that the last 5 minutes may be![/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][COLOR=#000000]If the last 5 to 8 minutes are upsetting you so much DON'T FREAKING WATCH, SHUT IT OFF and you'll only see the first team play and you can relax the rest of your evening! Otherwise don't spout your negative crap to the real fans of UCONN WBB![/COLOR][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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