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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 1884659, member: 622"] SWC, you are due much respect. On this issue we will disagree. As you state, "Saying we don't have the talent level of these last two teams who blew us out and saying we need to recruit better players," is one thing. Claiming Syracuse may not win another game or cannot go bowling and such are tearing down kids. Being realistic is approaching the new system and evaluating the kids against what they were last season and last week and the week before that. Complaining about the last coaching staff's recruiting is slamming the kids on the team as the majority we recruited by Shafer and Co. You don't have to agree, but the kids do. They know that when reference is made to Shafer's recruits and the kids previously recruited, etc., lack the skills, lack the talent, etc. posters are cutting these kids down. Repetitive complaints about it only makes things worse; not you, but a few posters cannot stop posting about how bad the talent is, in this thread and other threads. As for UConn praise, re-read the posts. If you still disagree, so be it. I have seen nothing from UConn that makes me believe that Syracuse cannot win. I have seen nothing to lead me to believe that Syracuse should not win. As for UConn and Houston, Houston was without their leadership that game. How good was UConn otherwise? Essentially, you imply UConn was great because they beat Houston, not that Houston had one bad game - take a look at why UConn was able to beat Houston; considering where Houston finished and UConn finished, there probably is an aberration in the results. My comments about the other schools was simply to show support for our guys on the team, not to address any alleged claim that a poster wanted kids from PedState. My point had to do with the fact that every kid on the team has chosen to play on the HIll and wear orange. Every kid on the team right now deserves our support as fans. Apparently I failed to make that point clear, that is my failure. Regardless, I support this team because I am an Orange fan. I won't criticize the kids because Shafer recruited them and they don't fit Baber's system. They are learning and they will make mistakes. If they make these same mistakes in week 10 or 12, then there may be some room for criticism for their play, not because Shafer recruited them. Anyway, as I said, you are due much respect. You are generally honest in your analysis and I will continue to read your "Why Opponent Will Win" and "Why Syracuse Will Win" and other posts. [/QUOTE]

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