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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin" data-source="post: 1640835" data-attributes="member: 4069"><p>BTW, I started reading this <a href="https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/buckyville/wisconsin-men-s-basketball-seniors-confronted-greg-t103777.html" target="_blank">Wiscy Badger thread</a>. I found it interesting how many old school posters there talked down the players, called them soft, chickens, etc. Here's a sample:</p><p></p><p>"Yup ... if only you loved me more maybe I'd occasionally BOX OUT AND GRAB A F##KING REBOUND."</p><p></p><p>"A relationship? What is this a marriage? ....If you want something deeper I suggest you get a dog or a girlfriend."</p><p></p><p>and of course there are much worse comments deriding the players. What I found them incredibly ignorant about how big time college athletics work. These same posters expect top talent to choose them over all other schools? As if this derision isn't without consequences? How stupid can you be? And as far as being a marriage, YES, but with WAY more time together, and WAY more work on a daily basis. SMH. It's like they think these kids don't have options or control over their own destiny.</p><p></p><p>There were posts pushing back as well, with posters realizing how bad it had to get for an entire senior class to unite against their coach. One of the better comments I saw responding to an old-school comment, "It doesn't matter what you think, it matters what 15-18 year olds think.</p><p></p><p>Coaches lose teams, and when they do it's hard to get them back. Be interesting to see how this unfolds, and whether they can recruit well. The turnover should give Gard a chance, but this story is going to haunt them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin, post: 1640835, member: 4069"] BTW, I started reading this [URL='https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/buckyville/wisconsin-men-s-basketball-seniors-confronted-greg-t103777.html']Wiscy Badger thread[/URL]. I found it interesting how many old school posters there talked down the players, called them soft, chickens, etc. Here's a sample: "Yup ... if only you loved me more maybe I'd occasionally BOX OUT AND GRAB A F##KING REBOUND." "A relationship? What is this a marriage? ....If you want something deeper I suggest you get a dog or a girlfriend." and of course there are much worse comments deriding the players. What I found them incredibly ignorant about how big time college athletics work. These same posters expect top talent to choose them over all other schools? As if this derision isn't without consequences? How stupid can you be? And as far as being a marriage, YES, but with WAY more time together, and WAY more work on a daily basis. SMH. It's like they think these kids don't have options or control over their own destiny. There were posts pushing back as well, with posters realizing how bad it had to get for an entire senior class to unite against their coach. One of the better comments I saw responding to an old-school comment, "It doesn't matter what you think, it matters what 15-18 year olds think. Coaches lose teams, and when they do it's hard to get them back. Be interesting to see how this unfolds, and whether they can recruit well. The turnover should give Gard a chance, but this story is going to haunt them. [/QUOTE]
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