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[QUOTE="realorange, post: 2043105, member: 292"]
[SIZE=5]Belatedly, I just finished reading [/SIZE][U][SIZE=5]Bleeding Orange.[/SIZE][/U]

[SIZE=5] While it is mainly about JB’s coaching life, it goes into a lot more than that.  I didn’t realize just how much until I finished reading it and most of the posts on this board over the last week.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=5]Take the time to read it and find out Jim’s philosophy on coaching, the zone, player recruitment, managing players, etc., etc. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=5]Many of the posts I have read recently make statements that frankly are off the wall with no idea of the facts.  Read [/SIZE][U][SIZE=5]Bleeding Orange[/SIZE][/U][SIZE=5] and educate yourself.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=5]While I would be the first to say tell it like it is, that doesn’t mean just throw stuff against the wall and see if it sticks.  For threads to go on and on saying JB should leave, that the staff doesn’t know what they are doing, that we should hire a current head coach over Hop and any other negative some can think of makes me sick.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=5]I’ll finish this post with a short excerpt from the book.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=5]JB talks about “slippage”,  things that can happen to a program causing it to falter.  I quote from [/SIZE][U][SIZE=5]Bleeding Orange[/SIZE][/U][SIZE=5], what he says regarding slippage:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=5]“It’s a combination of things, and I’ll tell you what exacerbates it more than anything: a fickle fan base.  Nothing will wound a program quicker than a fan base that doesn’t stay loyal.  We have always had that here, and it’s been a major factor in our success.  You can have bad coaching years, bad recruiting years, bad playing years, but if your fan base stays behind you, there is almost no chance you won’t recover.”[/SIZE]
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