Think I'm done with these guys

[CBallfan]

I am in the process of being treated for optic neuropathy, I thank my lucky stars that I still had total vision in both eyes to witness last years run. Don't know what will happen with my eyesight, but not being able to see how this team has crumbled isn't exactly like I am missing anything anyway.

Hope they find a way to get it back together, and if my vision is corrected, I will see them reach greaterheights, anything would be better than this right now

Hope you will be able to see the huge run they will be making come sat 2/4 and forward!
Everyone will be hitting shots and playing lock down D!
Let's go Huskies!
Don't Ever Give Up!

 

[JellyBean]

Why do people feel the need to announce that they're no longer watching the team? We don't care either way.

Thank you. You took the words right out of my mouth. Stop telling folks that you are done with the team, just leave. My goodness.

 

[JellyBean]

I've followed this team through hell and high water since the late 60s. This is the first time since JC's arrival that they've been literally no fun to watch. By 'done with these guys', I was talking about not watching the rest of this game. The season's been bad, but Sunday and today they have been absolutely without joy and without effort.

Oh sorry, RichZ. I thought that you meant the team all together. Disregard my comments then. Peace.

 

[willie99]

I've followed this team through hell and high water since the late 60s. This is the first time since JC's arrival that they've been literally no fun to watch. By 'done with these guys', I was talking about not watching the rest of this game. The season's been bad, but Sunday and today they have been absolutely without joy and without effort.

I retract my statement about calling you a fair weather fan

sorry

 

[hoopsknowitall]

Ha ha. Some fans in here have short memories about their jumping ship in the Dyson/Robinson year.

 

[nomar]

RichZ has been a Yarder longer than anyone in this thread who's insulted him.

He was venting. That's what you're doing by going after him.

 

[Henry]

No fun at all watching this team.

I agree. I stopped watching after half time. I don't care if they lose it's how they look doing it. If the players don't care, why should I?

 

[UC990411]

Hope you will be able to see the huge run they will be making come sat 2/4 and forward!
Everyone will be hitting shots and playing lock down D!
Let's go Huskies!
Don't Ever Give Up!

 

[jleves]

I totally understand Rich's comments. Being on the west coast, I have to watch the 7pm games on DVR when I get home from work. For the first time since I started watching in 90/91, I don't look forward to coming home to see the game. I don't challenge yellow lights to get here a few minutes early. I don't rush through the coming home chores to get to the game as quickly as possible. I almost forgot to even record the last game - something I've always done the night before. I had to pull out my phone to set the recording a few hours before it started. After the first 10 minutes, I just jumped to real time with about 3 minutes left - saw the score, saw Napier score his first point and went outside to do other things.

I have no problem watching the down years when the kids are playing hard and you can see improvement and some passion. This team is so freakin flat it isn't funny. They continue to do the same things wrong every game. The pounding the ball 35 feet out, the swinging it from side to side without ever testing the D, the lack of defending three point shooters, the matador D on drives, the problems making an inbounds pass and maybe mostly the ridiculous turnovers and more mostly (yes, I just said that) total lack of passion makes watching them one step above getting a root canal. Both as a team and individually, they look worse than they did a month ago. We've seen Alex dominate on D and now he's playing 7 unproductive minutes. We've seen Lamb light up good competition from deep and with floaters and now we're getting single digit scoreing nights. We've seen Napier light teams up with pullup jumpers and threes with a man in his face or dish out double digit dimes and now we have him scoring 1 point with 2 assists in 31 minutes. We've seen Roscoe defend like a wild man, make important put back hoops off of tough rebounds and hit open threes and now we have him not being able to hit a layup and cringing when he takes an open three.

I have no idea why all these things are happening and it's not all about the loss of Kemba. With Kemba gone, Alex should be getting more rebounds. With Kemba gone, Napier should be getting double digit points. With Kemba gone, Roscoe should still be able to make a layup.

They are just painful and depressing to watch. Show me something positive and I'm all in. Go through the motions, make the same mistakes, regress in your progress and well, it's not exactly worth my time to bother.

I'll never jump off the bandwagon and I'll continue to watch, but my attention span is short and if they continue with this crapass product, my attention will be more interested in weeding or cleaning the pond.

 

[Fishy]

Everyone is free to come or go as they please.

But, if you go, don't pretend you never left when you come back.

Because what we're seeing from a team that has eight freshmen and sophomores in their nine man rotation ain't going to be the final word from this crew. If they don't put it together this year, they will next year.

So if that don't jibe with your expectations, get going. If this crew isn't winning enough or scoring enough, feel free to bail out. Perfectly acceptable. I do that with the Knicks all the time - win and I'm in. Lose, I'm out.

But, when the ship straightens out and you come running back, at least be honest with yourselves. It wasn't their effort that improved to allow them entry back into your good graces, it was that they just starting winning enough to suit your spoiled asses.

Understand and accept the bandwagon label that you will have earned.

 

[DogMania]

I understand what your saying if you meant not watching any more of that GU game. I felt the same way with about 4 to 5 minutes to go and almost shut the damn thing off. The words "lack entertaining value" came to mind.

Now the playes don't owe us anything, but the brand of hoops the past couple games has been flat out unentertaining. Not fun! Sucky basketball. Where has Husky hoops gone? Where is the out will and out work you effort. Where are the athletic plays, exciting steals and transition hoops.

I hope they play well on saturday and put Wednesday's game in the rearview mirror and never look back. I can't imagine them looking any worse. They are far too talented a team to be playing as badly as they are.

 

[Elitehuskies]

To the players, scoring has become a chore instead of being a natural instinct. They all feel the pressure, but they all have recoiled. No smiles when they score, nobody slapping the floor...hardly even a high five to cheer your own teammates on.

Watching Bobcats is even worse. They've surrounded a bunch of nobodys around Kemba and it's hurting his game. Now that's painful...

But, I will continue to watch the Huskies and hope they turn the corner.

 

[RichZ]

A couple points. When the team goes into a funk, I usually just avoid the yard because I can't stand all the negative posts. And I made the mistake of posting one myself this time. I became the guy I try to avoid following a bad loss.

But really, the last two games I couldn't watch the whole thing. I saw guys who I really didn't want to watch any more.

When was the last time one of them smiled during a game?

I don't know. When was the last time I smiled during a game?

I can't stand turning off a Husky game mid-2nd half, but I couldn't watch any more. Hell, there was an atrocious call at one point and I couldn't even yell at the ref. What's the point? 2 more points weren't going to help them anyway.

Got to admit, I'm still pretty disgusted. But I sure as hell can't not sit down in front of the tube with hope in my heart come next game.

 

[zls44]

Know whats dumber than reactionary posting? Judging people based on reactionary, or any, posting.

If Rich is frustrated by watching them, he's got the right. Doesn't make him a bad fan or a terrorist or someone who hates freedom. Its a message board. Jesus. Who gives a damn.

 

[Fishy]

When was the last time one of them smiled during a game?

I don't know. When was the last time I smiled during a game?

Have you tried Nyquil? It really takes the sting out of these games.

I spent half the game gnawing through my TV screen because I thought JT III was a Teddy Graham.

I didn't realize UConn lost until about lunch time today.

 

[Donyell]

Thank you fishy , your explanation says it all so well put and right to the point. I'm faced with bandwagon jumpers at work and try to find the right philosophical words and can not seem to find them you did in that awesome post . Your last post was not too bad either maybe I'll try that next time maybe even a little Jack Daniels thrown into the mix.

 

[imno1]

Have you tried Nyquil? It really takes the sting out of these games.

I spent half the game gnawing through my TV screen because I thought JT III was a Teddy Graham.

I didn't realize UConn lost until about lunch time today.

You must still have a few bottles of the old formula around.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Know whats dumber than reactionary posting? Judging people based on reactionary, or any, posting.

If Rich is frustrated by watching them, he's got the right. Doesn't make him a bad fan or a terrorist or someone who hates freedom. Its a message board. Jesus. Who gives a damn.

I think that the people who give a damn are the ones who want the Boneyard to remain a place worth coming to. When it gets taken over by posters calling players names and becoming practically a lynch mob because college players don't meet our desire to win basketball games, it stops being that place. I, for one, would rather call out the posters turning the place into a cesspool rather than leave (as many of the best long-time posters have done--left, that is). I will at least make the effort.

The chat for the last game was the worst ever by a long, long shot. It was a disgusting group session of throwing our players under the bus in a nasty way and was unmoderated. I really enjoy the chat for the most part, but I won't participate if it continues to be like that. I hated seeing the team struggle and play so poorly as well, but there needs to be some level of respect maintained to make the chat (and the board) worthwhile.

 

[Donyell]

After last years Big East and National Championship this team has earned a long grace time at least with me. I will never forget what they did last year. Yes we had Kemba but most of the rest are here. Let them go threw there growing pains.

 

[Matt (Chicago)]

I am in the process of being treated for optic neuropathy, I thank my lucky stars that I still had total vision in both eyes to witness last years run. Don't know what will happen with my eyesight, but not being able to see how this team has crumbled isn't exactly like I am missing anything anyway.

Hope they find a way to get it back together, and if my vision is corrected, I will see them reach greaterheights, anything would be better than this right now

kind of puts things in perspective doesn't it? good luck sir.

 

[The Funster]

Never give up.

Never, ever give up.

 

[cohenzone]

My take on this team. The last game was by far the least watchable in this streak, but some people forget just how unwatchable the Dyson, Robinson team was for too much of the time. They are still a very young team that had a terrific leader last year. The kid with the most experience who happens to be the captain and the kid who should require very little maintenance requires maybe more maintenance than any other player on the team. That is a horrible thing. They have had a very key player have to sit several games and then slide back in. The coach has tried various schemes and does not stick with any of them very long. So I think it translates into the team not playing with confidence. And shooting is a skill that requires confidence rather than wishful thinking, but whatever the cause, the reason UConn looked as bad as it did in DC is that kids who are reasonably good (SN) to very good (JL) both couldn't hit the broad side of a barn in that game . That sort of thing does happen in hoops. That being said, until the GTown game, every game was winnable until the last minutes. I did not see the team quit in any game, including the Gtown game where they played reasonable D and teams always look lousy when shots aren't falling, especially from the kids the team relies on to score. This coach has rarely shown that that he coaches well against zone Ds in the sense that ball movement is not his strong suit, so we too often wind up, as against GTown, with too much dribbling and too much shot clock gone with resulting rushed or bad shots. I've been watching UConn teams since the early 1960s and there have been enough teams along the way that have had poor stretches to ever make me quit on a team even when it takes more effort to stay enthusiastic.

 

[sparky]

It is painful to watch them flail, especially after last year. I keep expecting to see a flicker grow into a glow, but nada. I believed in this team in October and will continue to believe. They will find their way and if not in 2012 look out 2013.

 

[Waquoit]

A couple points. When the team goes into a funk, I usually just avoid the yard because I can't stand all the negative posts. And I made the mistake of posting one myself this time. I became the guy I try to avoid following a bad loss.

But really, the last two games I couldn't watch the whole thing. I saw guys who I really didn't want to watch any more.

I know just what you are saying. But like they always said to me in Little League after two horrible swings at the ball, "It only takes one!"