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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1427722" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>I enjoy following this site and the conversations, and have for years, but never post. I graduated 30 years ago this past spring and have learned during the past decade to be patient with hoops. I watch when I can from time to time though I always follow the recaps. </p><p></p><p>I watched the complete game tonight. First time I've done that in a while. And I enjoyed it. Yes, these guys are young and make mistakes. Watching them is, however, for the first time in years, fun. They'll probably get shredded in conference this year periodically but they have talent and potential. The transition game is exciting for a change and so much more enjoyable to watch than those years of awful half-court sets. They're not as catastrophically weak in the post as I feared. Giorgi has tremendous upside. The guy is a freshman! It's anyone's guess what Adonis can do. Trent wasn't even on the floor tonight. Andres Feliz relentlessly making steals, atoning for his mistakes by forgetting them immediately, and then making a defensive stop or forcing a TO was inspiring. And Ayo? Playing point for the first time in only his second NCAA game? Wow. </p><p></p><p>They need to learn how to finish. I have no doubt that BU will teach them. He hasn't really even begun to recruit and look at the product on the floor tonight compared with the past several years. If we still had Leron we'd be looking at a completely different situation. If you don't see improvement even among all the mistakes, then I don't believe you're looking intently.</p><p></p><p>I'd love to get back to the teams of the '80s when I was in school and see those sorts of seasons again (when, come to think of it, we never won the conference and rarely made it deep into the regionals.) We're getting there and we'll be back to the early '00s before you know it. BU is the man for this. Be patient with them and support them. Having a meltdown because Kipper botched some plays at the end of the game isn't going to change anything. You can tell he beats himself up about it. Enjoy all of them. The idiotic mistakes and occasional glimmers of manic brilliance all wrapped together. 'Cause, really, what else are we gonna' do? It's a long game. I like this bunch we have on the floor this year. I sense it will only get better from here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1427722, member: 2886"] I enjoy following this site and the conversations, and have for years, but never post. I graduated 30 years ago this past spring and have learned during the past decade to be patient with hoops. I watch when I can from time to time though I always follow the recaps. I watched the complete game tonight. First time I've done that in a while. And I enjoyed it. Yes, these guys are young and make mistakes. Watching them is, however, for the first time in years, fun. They'll probably get shredded in conference this year periodically but they have talent and potential. The transition game is exciting for a change and so much more enjoyable to watch than those years of awful half-court sets. They're not as catastrophically weak in the post as I feared. Giorgi has tremendous upside. The guy is a freshman! It's anyone's guess what Adonis can do. Trent wasn't even on the floor tonight. Andres Feliz relentlessly making steals, atoning for his mistakes by forgetting them immediately, and then making a defensive stop or forcing a TO was inspiring. And Ayo? Playing point for the first time in only his second NCAA game? Wow. They need to learn how to finish. I have no doubt that BU will teach them. He hasn't really even begun to recruit and look at the product on the floor tonight compared with the past several years. If we still had Leron we'd be looking at a completely different situation. If you don't see improvement even among all the mistakes, then I don't believe you're looking intently. I'd love to get back to the teams of the '80s when I was in school and see those sorts of seasons again (when, come to think of it, we never won the conference and rarely made it deep into the regionals.) We're getting there and we'll be back to the early '00s before you know it. BU is the man for this. Be patient with them and support them. Having a meltdown because Kipper botched some plays at the end of the game isn't going to change anything. You can tell he beats himself up about it. Enjoy all of them. The idiotic mistakes and occasional glimmers of manic brilliance all wrapped together. 'Cause, really, what else are we gonna' do? It's a long game. I like this bunch we have on the floor this year. I sense it will only get better from here. [/QUOTE]
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