Really wanted to get this win as a parent

[Marsh01]

Especially for my son. He was only 2 when they won it in 2003 and he so wanted to experience a championship that he could remember. I so wanted it too for him.

Things they dont tell you in parenting school is consoling your kid when they are so devastated when the game is over. I will admit it even brought me to tears. I am glad that i got to share this season with him and glad i raised him a syracuse fan.




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[Rocco]

You got a great kid. You've done well Marsh!

 

[Yegorange]

On the bright side ... !!!

 

[MikeSU02]

He'll get one. And he'll be eternally grateful you made him a Syracuse fan.

 

[Deano]

Especially for my son. He was only 2 when they won it in 2003 and he so wanted to experience a championship that he could remember. I so wanted it too for him.

Things they dont tell you in parenting school is consoling your kid when they are so devastated when the game is over. I will admit it even brought me to tears. I am glad that i got to share this season with him and glad i raised him a syracuse fan.




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Dude I hear you. My daughter was born 20 minutes after we won it in 2003 and she really wanted us to win tonight, cause I told her if we did we were going to drive over from Alabama to the game Monday night.

 

[Orangezoo]

i always remembered how much fun 96 was as 87 i was too young to really remember other than pictures and stories. As devastating as it was it was still a fond memory and i never will forget it. Its something he will never forget and can enjoy watching the highlights of the journey forever. Then maybe one day they will win it all and he can experience the same incredible emotional high we all did in 03..

 

[We Are Syracuse]

Especially for my son. He was only 2 when they won it in 2003 and he so wanted to experience a championship that he could remember. I so wanted it too for him.

Things they dont tell you in parenting school is consoling your kid when they are so devastated when the game is over. I will admit it even brought me to tears. I am glad that i got to share this season with him and glad i raised him a syracuse fan.




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I was in the third grade when the cuse won it. Tell him that... Greatest year of my life.. freaking awesome... wanted the feeling so bad again... what can u do?

 

[Shermthegeneral]

It's tough! I was 14 in 87 and it was tough as a kid. I was super disappointed but that makes you even more of a die-hard fan! I guess you realize you don't get everything you want.

 

[mountaincuse]

I hear you brother

Having to put to bed a crying eight year old because he is crushed is tough.

I told him that it will be just as sweet when they win it.

Told him I was eight and in the same place in 1987, but that made 2003 so worth it.

Hope he doesn't have to wait as long as I did.

 

[NKR1978]

Especially for my son. He was only 2 when they won it in 2003 and he so wanted to experience a championship that he could remember. I so wanted it too for him.

Things they dont tell you in parenting school is consoling your kid when they are so devastated when the game is over. I will admit it even brought me to tears. I am glad that i got to share this season with him and glad i raised him a syracuse fan.




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Dude, I'm 35 and I'm devastated. You're a dad and you're devastated. It never gets easier, but we have moments like Georgetown in a sold out Garden and turning Indiana into a low level Big East team that gets us through these losses. And your son got to see us through this magical run. And it was magical. I've never been so proud to be Orange, and your son will understand that one day.

We're going to the ACC next year and he's going to get to see Scott Shafer and Quinta and PTG, Jerome and AAM and our amazing defense storm that conference and lock Clemson in the Dome on Homecoming. He's going to get to see the lacrosse team get back to where it belongs. Hopefully the women's lax team will live up to its preseason hype.

I'm sad but satisfied. And of my parents, only my mother cares about sports. And she's a UConn fan. So at least your son doesn't have to deal with that.

 

[fairfaxcuse]

Especially for my son. He was only 2 when they won it in 2003 and he so wanted to experience a championship that he could remember. I so wanted it too for him.

Things they dont tell you in parenting school is consoling your kid when they are so devastated when the game is over. I will admit it even brought me to tears. I am glad that i got to share this season with him and glad i raised him a syracuse fan.




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Great post and I am in the same boat. My 10 year old, named Davis, was upset after the game. It was tough, but then I thought,man how crappy would it be if I didn't have something like this to share with him. Sad tonight, but as you note, great for life.

I'd follow up w the post, but I am trying to end on a positive note for the tourney so ill end with fgcu


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[sabach]

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Especially for my son. He was only 2 when they won it in 2003 and he so wanted to experience a championship that he could remember. I so wanted it too for him.

Things they dont tell you in parenting school is consoling your kid when they are so devastated when the game is over. I will admit it even brought me to tears. I am glad that i got to share this season with him and glad i raised him a syracuse fan.




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Marsh, I just read this post to my son who was also 2 during the 2003 run. We both have tears in our eyes as I type this.

 

[JoeCollege]

Especially for my son. He was only 2 when they won it in 2003 and he so wanted to experience a championship that he could remember. I so wanted it too for him.

Things they dont tell you in parenting school is consoling your kid when they are so devastated when the game is over. I will admit it even brought me to tears. I am glad that i got to share this season with him and glad i raised him a syracuse fan.




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Totally agree, but learning from disappointment is such a huge part of life. At least for me it has been.

Makes me sad as a parent too, because I teach my kids to play basketball as a game of hands-off, fundamental, selflessness (I am big on passing, defense, boxing out, and rebounding) but all that is being promoted these days is thug life, chest-thumping rugby style basketball that is so contrary to how I think the game is meant to be and ought to be played.

I should've raised a punk-ass shirt-clutching bully instead of a respectful and hard working quiet competitor.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Especially for my son. He was only 2 when they won it in 2003 and he so wanted to experience a championship that he could remember. I so wanted it too for him.

Things they dont tell you in parenting school is consoling your kid when they are so devastated when the game is over. I will admit it even brought me to tears. I am glad that i got to share this season with him and glad i raised him a syracuse fan.

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My 9 year old didn't make it through the game so when he woke up at 2:45 he came in and asked me if we had won. I was going to try and take him down for the championship game tomorrow night. He cried for at least 20 minutes before he finally fell back to sleep. Killed me to hear him.

 

[Flacusian]

Maren

Marsh, I'm 57 and I've been raising kids for 30 years. My oldest son lives in NYC, oldest daughter in San Fran, one in CT. and my two youngest here in Fla with me. My soon to be 7 year old daughter schootched up next to me on the couch during the game and when my wife asked her what she was doing she said, " I'm going to watch the "Cuse" with daddy".

At that point, it served as a reminder that win or lose, the important things in my life had nothing to do with a win or a loss of my favorite team. Maren didn't cry when we ended up losing and in fact she was consoling me! " Daddy, it's ok, the Cuse will win the next one".

It was at that point that I knew I had won, regardless of what the score said. You and your son won too Marsh!

 

[gilardino]

I was at the final 4. My oldest who was 10 called my crying last night. I so wanted this for him. It's a tough pil to swallow. I hope that one day all my boys can enjoy a title.mmcuse for life, heck of a season

 

[Fairlylegal]

I really wanted this one too. Started at Syracuse in Fall '03 and even though I followed since '01 because my sister went there, the '03 championship didn't feel like mine since I wasn't a student yet. I'm happy to wait though. As the last 3-4 years have taught me, you never know what seasons will be the successful ones. I look forward to next year.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Totally agree, but learning from disappointment is such a huge part of life. At least for me it has been.

Makes me sad as a parent too, because I teach my kids to play basketball as a game of hands-off, fundamental, selflessness (I am big on passing, defense, boxing out, and rebounding) but all that is being promoted these days is thug life, chest-thumping rugby style basketball that is so contrary to how I think the game is meant to be and ought to be played.

I should've raised a punk-ass shirt-clutching bully instead of a respectful and hard working quiet competitor.

One of those punk-ass kids knocked our team's best player out of our AAU season on Friday night. The kid fell to the ground on a rebound and proceeded to clip our player as he grabbed the board and started to break the other way. Our guy fell and broke his thumb. Out two months. The punk and his dad, who is also the coach of their team, showed up at our game yesterday, sat near our fans, and were cheering loudly for the other team, whom they had no ties to at all. He was just baiting our fans who got on him after the Friday night game. My son told me the kid was heckling him from the stands. Total classless jerks. It's really sad that guys out there like that are allowed to coach kids.

Back to the topic, my daughter ran out of the room crying in the second half, completely crushed that we went back down by 8. My oldest seemed to take it in stride, but he was upset. I think it's because we celebrated the hell out of the Elite Eight win over Marquette last week and he was happy to actually witness an SU Final Four. I think he's more upset with me that we didn't have him a few years earlier so he could have experienced 2003 and remembered it. He was only 3.

 

[SUintheVille]

Marsh, whatcha gonna do now that college basketball season is essentially over? Are you an NBA guy at all? Seems like you will have serious withdraw til at last football season. Sorry for your son. And sorry for all us Cuse fans and our Cuse fan kids.

 

[UConn76]

Especially for my son. He was only 2 when they won it in 2003 and he so wanted to experience a championship that he could remember. I so wanted it too for him.

Things they dont tell you in parenting school is consoling your kid when they are so devastated when the game is over. I will admit it even brought me to tears. I am glad that i got to share this season with him and glad i raised him a syracuse fan.



I can relate to this note as I have kids that are both UConn and SU grads. On the other hand, I'm assuming your son doesn't know your handle on this site given the normal profanity you write..

 

[007]

You and your son are going to get a couple more shots at this before he graduates, Marsh.

 

[orange79]

On the other hand, I'm assuming your son doesn't know your handle on this site given the normal profanity you write..

Yeah, because a 12 year old has never seen or heard the term ' something' before. Might scar him for life.

 

[Marsh01]

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Maren

Marsh, I'm 57 and I've been raising kids for 30 years. My oldest son lives in NYC, oldest daughter in San Fran, one in CT. and my two youngest here in Fla with me. My soon to be 7 year old daughter schootched up next to me on the couch during the game and when my wife asked her what she was doing she said, " I'm going to watch the "Cuse" with daddy".

At that point, it served as a reminder that win or lose, the important things in my life had nothing to do with a win or a loss of my favorite team. Maren didn't cry when we ended up losing and in fact she was consoling me! " Daddy, it's ok, the Cuse will win the next one".

It was at that point that I knew I had won, regardless of what the score said. You and your son won too Marsh!

No doubt!

 

[Marsh01]

He just learned how to say Uconn76 now. Thanks for the tip douchebag

 

[strumpfasaurus]

Marsh if your son's first words were how proud of father would you be? (no sarcasm btw)