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[QUOTE="DoctorBombay, post: 1316332, member: 626"]
Exactly.
It also leaves many of us in the precarious position for accusations of being "sunshine pumpers" or wearing  "orange-colored glasses", when we speak up for players like TE, Donte Greene, Jonny Flynn, hell...almost every player who's been drafted in the last 10 years, and from OUR OWN FANS!
As a personal observation, it seems like that "take" is more prevalent on this forum than others. There seems to be a pervasive theme that somehow if one of our players gets drafted, that he pulled something over on the NBA, or he didn't really "deserve" to go that high, or he'll be "exposed" soon enough at the next level. TE getting sent to the D-League is greeted with a multi-page "I told you so thread",  same with any negative issues involving Donte, Jonny, MCW, etc.   The negatives are emphasized, whereas the positives are minimized, rationalized, and picked apart.
I don't get why the constant nit-picking of our own guys shines anything other than a negative light on some of our fanbase. We can be hard on ourselves w/out seemingly acknowledging every negative aspect involving the player(s)...just to make a point.
No one wants to be a blind follower, and message boards are places for diverse opinions obviously. But the constant pessimistic emphasis towards former SU players seems a little bizarre.  JMHO
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