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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 2523963, member: 961"] I certainly do not watch the board with the same level of scrutiny as Nan, but I disagree with her premise. Start with the team. UConn has consistently great teams, this one potentially among them, so when people complain, they are complaining about a really good team. That said, I believe (without any research to back it up, and who would want to go back and score all those posts on a positivity/negativity scale?) that there have been years when people have been just as critical of players and, at times, the coaching. Coaching critics now have pretty much gone by the boards, because with each passing year, Geno sets new standards and it becomes harder and harder to knock the best coach in WCBB. Critical posts are a significant part of this board for several reasons. First, the BY is an interesting combination of statistics nuts, older folks and everyone else. Older folks tend t0 dither about stuff -- I know I do -- and if they're like me, are natural worriers. Last year's Final Four certainly gave us a good reason to worry. "OMG, it could happen again!" Well, probably not,but it's worth spending some emotional energy thinking about it. The way I see it, if I worry myself half to death about what could go wrong, a victory is that much sweeter. And besides, isn't one of the purposes of this board to give fans an opportunity to explore the "What-ifs?" Some of those discussions tend toward the negative as well, but what's wrong with that? Yes, we're spoiled and yes, we worry too much and yes, we sometimes set ridiculous standards. IMHO, that's what fans do. [/QUOTE]

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