For whatever reason, right or wrong, I feel like most of what you call "positive" posts are really posts of hatred toward other schools, coaches, officials, commentators, or others. For example, we can't mention the word Kentucky without a stream of invective coming out. To me, this is sheer anger, not positivity.
Re: the specific players/teams, I definitely have my opinions. I love CJ and BT b/c they do their business and don't bitch, showboat or otherwise pretend it's about anything but the name on the front of their jerseys. I think Dion is a tremendous talent with a Nuke Laloosh head. I think Melo is a surefire NBA player but nowhere near ready to be anything but an 8th-9th man on an NBA roster. Scoop and KJO are solid college players. Good enough to help you win most games, but nothing special so I rarely comment on them. They are nowhere near as close to my hear as a Cipolla, Sims, Janulis, or Burgan. I think Southerland is awful, but I've decided to let that ship sail a long time ago. And I think Mookie quit on the team and/or himself. Kill me. I'm very excited about Cooney.
I'm certainly not gonna praise our schedule, b/c I feel it's been sub-par, on average, for years. And I think the Big East, on average, embarrasses itself more often than not (since the late 80s).
I'm not gonna partake in the blame the refs game, or bash the commentator game. I think that's some combination of naive, foolish, and immature. In the long run (when we're not all dead) things regress to the mean. And it ruins my enjoyment of the game; i.e. if we lose its b/c we were robbed, but if we win we need to justify things to feel better. Why not just accept that their are 13 people on the court? Why bother about what Karl Hess, Jim Burr, or Tim Higgins is or isn't doing? (Did you see that no call on Aaron Craft by Ted Valentine tonight? I keed. I keed.)
I most appreciate the threads about the game of CBB itself, and nostalgic/trivia type threads.
I enjoy gambling, so 690 is certainly appreciated. But Congress has really crimped my style and messed with my .com.
I try to watch a wide variety of games, though nowhere near the Marsh level anymore. I appreciate different styles of the game. I am cool with games that are played in the 50s. I like to root for the underdog, but who doesn't. I feel like people view praising other players and teams as tantamount to hating on the Orange. That's simply not true.
still waiting for poppys first positive post about syracuse. or his first post where hes not arguing against syracuse. or his first post where hes not comparing syracuse unfavorably to other teams. come on dude, youre a cuse fan, say something good about them, i know you can do it. just cause someone says something great about the team doesnt automatically mean you gotta come here with a counter argument.
