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Message: [QUOTE="CaptainJ, post: 2063355, member: 1553"] (To warn anyone, this post of mine rambles, I am not sure if anyone other than mods will read it, being they have to, lol. I think I tried to shift focus away from the entitled fans onto the team and the rest of us, if you want a summary. It's the mantle Ottoingrotto spoke of, and sometimes I really try, regardless of the outcome!) I liked your post not because I agree with everything, but there certianly seemed to be some truth in it. Ive seen years of threads arguing about how we should be included as "elite" or "blue bloods". I think this season humbled some of those folks, but the last few games have made most of us grateful. I'm not going to seek out who is in a hurry to get rid of JB, but am going to choose to focus on the joy that's currently available to us. I mean is it all JB? Did he inspire Gillon to go @p3$h ? To nail the crazy and heroic 3 in response to the opponent's crazy and heroic 3? Or any number of plays toward the end of today's game, could have had it going the other way...and we could be having very different conversations. It is what it is though, and all of these coaches have players that at times excecute out of their minds(how about Dennis Smith Jr on that Globetrotteresque spin shot?). Im not exactly sure what I'm trying to say, other than how arbitrary all of this can be at times...including BBallBeadle 's article about the scientific aspect of energy (anyone who saw the first McGregor/Diaz fight might understand why McGregor kept talking about energy after his loss...it wasn't in the common usage of the term), of forces we can't see of often fully understand. I imagine coaching and inspiration effects these energies and outcomes. Sometimes these type of things can be referred to as "magic", and certain folks in different professions seem to possess it in different amounts. RITUALS/BELIEFS can lead to their manifestation, and I believe Boeheim's zone is part of it. You really can compare it to a "religion", and I think it goes along with Beadle's article. No, I am not drunk nor high(other than "energy shots"!!), but I like if folks can look at as many angles as possible...especially being that's what these boards are greared for. Market, I think you're at least partially right about the spoiled/entitled mentality that has fomented here, but I still see it as less jerkish than some other teams' fans. I certainly dont see it in everyone, and even in those whom I do see it(I rarely pay attention to names or even remember who says what), I like to gently tease. Maybe there is something wrong with me if I take pleasure in seeing the former Big East flip off the posters on here who [I]revel [/I]in [I]calling [/I]the people who beat us "mid majors", which really is a concept very similar to racism, mocking something that cant be changed/controlled. Those teams exacted revenge on these egos this season. They won their "superbowls", at least. I'd love if we can win ours, whatever it may be this season(I'd settle for Duke, lol). Regardless who is coach next year, I hope we can appreciate the heck out of the coach and team we have this year. I also hope the aforementioned will be like Eckhart Tolle and appreciate the sacred Now, and forget about the earlier season. JB and his players are putting out in heroic fashion right now, doing at least enough to keep us in the discussion(and make folks with a guilty conscience like Andy Katz make wild proclamations! lol). JB shocked the board when he called last season (his) BEST(before correcting himself with the NC season). This season still has the opportunity to surpass it with the stepping stones recently taken. Just get us a ticket to the dance, and let JB and this team work it's magic. Let's embrace the anxiety and rename it "excitement". It's my wish we can all rally around a team that I think has every bit a possibility to be even more special than last year's, byt JB's own definition!!! Let's go Orange!!!!!!! [/QUOTE]

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