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Message: [QUOTE="bballbeadle, post: 3208537, member: 548"] YOU HAVE TRIPLETS???! If I wore a hat, I would doff it! I really liked your post. I keep thinking that as upset and worried as we are, what is it like for the players? How do they go to practice every day, and keep their spirits up? How can they stay in the games mentally? The Iowa game was so frustrating because in the first half we were in it, and in the second half, suddenly we weren’t. (Yeah yeah, I know, the Iowa coach made adjustments.) The mental aspect of this is so damn tough. Let’s take our level of distress and multiply it by 10 for our players and coaches. We know JB is going to retire relatively soon and we know this is a year where we will be building towards a better team next year (although with Elijah leaving . . . ). We have never been in this situation before. Will we be able to recover, as Carolina did eventually after Dean Smith left? It took them a while. Or will we remain in mediocrity no matter who replaces Boeheim? Everyone has to answer that for themselves, and although I hope most fans will stay the course, I can’t negatively judge anyone who gives up. We have a great tradition and a fantastic environment for basketball up here. The Dome is being renovated and we have fans willing to drive two hours one way to see our teams play. We have built it, they came, and we will rebuild it, and they will come again. I am as befuddled as the next fan about how to get through this transition, and I still have hopes that our team will get it together and surprise people. I feel that if I am there when we are up, I should still be there when we are down. I REALLY like our players, and will have my seat in the Dome for every game this year. I honor Boeheim for everything he has given to us, even as I sympathetically understand that he is near the end of an incredible career. If I had anything to say about it, he would go out in a blaze of glory. Go Orange! [/QUOTE]

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