We're On the Eve of Destruction!

[Kibitzer]

Finally! Our UConn Huskies season is about to start! And that means gearing up here for our Boneyard Badass Awards. Here's how it got started:

About one year ago, I composed a post expressing my admiration and appreciation for our keen stats experts/analysts and added a comment to the effect that my ineptitude with numbers forced me to rely on my "eye test" assessment of players.
Next, I elaborated by breaking my assessment process into seeking answers to two questions: (1) Can she play? and, if so (2) Is she a Badass?
This very basic evaluation technique caught on, and the game-by-game identification and recognition of Badasses began on the Boneyard.
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And here's how it works:

Badass Awards are based on big-time clutch play. Timely buckets at crunch time, steals, rebounds, gritty stuff -- not mere scoring stats. And NEVER for dirty play, boorish behavior, or poor attitude -- toward anybody!
No honorable mentions, BUT multiple awards for special performances in a big game, especially if tightly contested.
By popular acclaim, Boneyard Badass recognition was awarded to a few, outside the lines, so to speak: Swin Cash, Rosemary Ragle, Tierney Lawlor, and a few others.
We never recognized anyone as a Badass after a loss. DOH! No losses last year. I don't think we should name any Badass, if the inevitable setback occurs.​

OK, game on vs. FSU. Who will be the first Badass of the 2016-2017 season? Stay tuned -- and GO HUSKIES!

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[Gus Mahler]

Finally! Our UConn Huskies season is about to start! And that means gearing up here for our Boneyard Badass Awards. Here's how it got started:

About one year ago, I composed a post expressing my admiration and appreciation for our keen stats experts/analysts and added a comment to the effect that my ineptitude with numbers forced me to rely on my "eye test" assessment of players.
Next, I elaborated by breaking my assessment process into seeking answers to two questions: (1) Can she play? and, if so (2) Is she a Badass?
This very basic evaluation technique caught on, and the game-by-game identification and recognition of Badasses began on the Boneyard.
​

And here's how it works:

Badass Awards are based on big-time clutch play. Timely buckets at crunch time, steals, rebounds, gritty stuff -- not mere scoring stats. And NEVER for dirty play, boorish behavior, or poor attitude -- toward anybody!
No honorable mentions, BUT multiple awards for special performances in a big game, especially if tightly contested.
By popular acclaim, Boneyard Badass recognition was awarded to a few, outside the lines, so to speak: Swin Cash, Rosemary Ragle, Tierney Lawlor, and a few others.
We never recognized anyone as a Badass after a loss. DOH! No losses last year. I don't think we should name any Badass, if the inevitable setback occurs.​

OK, game on vs. FSU. Who will be the first Badass of the 2016-2017 season? Stay tuned -- and GO HUSKIES!

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Was this rhetorical? 'Cause I vote Gabby.

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[j66kicker]

It will be Gabby. Gabby is going to be a major league badass this year!

 

[Carnac]

Gabby gets my vote too. I see Gabulous recording the season's first double-double, and making plays all over the court. Final score, the envelope sez: UConn 70 - FSU 55. Go Huskies.

 

[Jimbo]

Barry McGuire would approve of this thread title, over and over and over again.

 

[JS]

Barry McGuire would approve of this thread title, over and over and over again.

I thought it was going to be a "We're dooooooomed" thread, perhaps satirizing another front-page thread.

For a writing precisionist, Kib was unclear in his title just who will get destroyed. Evidently it's the upcoming victims of the Badasses.

 

[Kibitzer]

I thought it was going to be a "We're dooooooomed" thread, perhaps satirizing another front-page thread.

Tell you what. When Tony posts, "We're Doooooomed!," that's when I run for the hills!

 

[bags27]

Gabby has to be the safe choice, but Geno has been saying a lot of different things about Lou the past 2 weeks, playing her up and then knocking her down, and then playing her up again. Geno has been talking about Lou's outstanding practice performance a lot, and, since we can't see them, it's a tease. So Lou as an emerging superstar is a big question mark for us, I think.

 

[Kibitzer]

A peek back in time. Some notable examples of Badass moments:

- NC game vs. ND. Score 56-50 and the Irish making a move, issue in doubt with about 4 min. to go. BANG! Kaleena for three! Moments later, Kaleena for two! ND played on, but it was over.

- Madison Garden, Maggie Dixon Classic, Maryland closing in on UConn. BANG! Saniya for three to shut the door on the Terps.

- And my personal favorite: Polly Pulido. That Shot!
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Just a few great Badass moments of yore. Best of all, there are many more to come!