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The Jim Boeheim Show after Virginia Tech

His overall tone across a broad range of his posts tends to be, IMO, very critical and somewhat disparaging.

I did not mean to ask it like, "How old are you, twelve?".

I actually ask it because I, too, tended to be these way when I was in my twenties and early thirties.

As I've gotten older, and experienced both successes and failures in life, I feel as if I've gained a different perspective and I have a vast measure of appreciation for a man who has had the ability to bring his A game for 40+ years.

And I've gotten curious as to whether the posters on our board that I view as inappropriately critical tend to skew younger.

I was not trying to call him/her out although, given my history of going after people who I view as unfairly criticizing JB, the coaching staff, the players etc., I can certainly understand why you would have gotten that impression.

I actually feel bad that I went after Nirvana as hard as I did and I am trying to understand posters' perspectives and motivations rather than just unloading on them.

Iommi is a great example. I could not stand the guy from what he would post on the board and in the chatroom and he and I would have knock-down, drag-outs in both places.

Then, the pure appreciation he showed CTO plus the non-poster side that he demonstrated through his posts on the Bahamas gave me a totally different perspective on the guy...
Thanks. This was a very thorough and enlightening response. It's why I tried to make my question to you be phrased as neutrally as possible. I occasionally indulge in being snarky online, but find being dispassionate in asking people questions is usually more productive.
 
Unless we change our recruiting strategy and try to get kids with little to no hope of ever getting to the NBA, I'm afraid that kids leaving is going to be an on-going saga.

Put it this way, if we are not worrying about kids leaving then your agita level will be much, much higher for other reasons...


Yes, that's what college basketball has become, and it makes it harder to follow the game, especially when it comes to teams in other conferences. There's too much turnover to keep up with.

I understand that guys are going to leave. You just wish they'd stick around long enough to become mature well-rounded players. I'd like to see a 2 year minimum. That's really what most players need.
 

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