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[QUOTE="Hoov50, post: 1221719, member: 1056"]
It always seems that many posters on this site have a "whipping boy" no matter what happens in games whether it's a win or a loss they can't wait to critique a particular player.  Personally, I do recognize that players have ups and downs, I have always felt it is pointless, and downright foolish, to blame a loss on a single player.  No matter the situation a single player does not win or lose a game for a team.  Why anyone would be blaming BJ Johnson for our season is beyond me.  He is a developing, both physically and in regards to his game, player who played very few (if any) meaningful minutes last year.  There are a lot of things that need to improve with this team, if we want to avoid 07-08 results.  If you are posting to attack a player, you had darn well better be attacking a bunch of the players and coaches, because basketball is a TEAM sport.

As for CTO's original question, I don't think we need to tell parents not to frequent the board, but I have gone through situations like this as a coach, when anonymous people bashed decisions I made (or didn't make) based on half or less than half of the information. Coming from a coaching family I knew enough not to look on those message boards, but the information always seemed to find its way back to me anyway.  From my experiences I can tell you with 100% certainty that I would not frequent any message board with anonymous posters if my offspring were a Division I student-athlete.  When it comes to emails and message board postings people suddenly get internet courage, much like beer muscles, and type many things they would never have the guts to say to a person's face.
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