Re: Dare to expect BIG THINGS from this team

[richard l. kandell]

I think what is really funny is that anybody who knows Jon or has spent any
time at all on this Forum feels the need to defend him in regard to whether
or not he is a UC "fan."  More years ago then I care to remember I suggested
on the Forum that my experience on the Forum had led me to believe widening
the "membership" base was not necessarily beneficial to the quality level of
the discussions.  A number of the "old timers" disagreed.  I reiterated that
point when Aji left to go home to India and then again after the Bearcat
News triumvirate were good enough to take over, which is when it became
significantly more public.  I still think I am (was) more right than wrong,
but I have noticed over the course of years many of the lesser lights have a
tendency to leave, or at least not post, when people either disregard what
they post, or explain their annoyance with silly comments.  The dimmer bulbs
blink out when they don't get any electricity from other sources.

That said I suggest a new poll - how many of those who were involved with
the Forum within 2 years of its inception believe that the quality of
discussion is higher now, the same as back then, lower than back then?
While over the last decade we have added some really high quality
commentators,       we've "lost" a number - but are we better off today then
back then, or not?

Richard K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Marshall" <address@hidden>
To: "'UC Basketball Forum'" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Dare to expect BIG THINGS from this team


> LOL...
>
> I think it's getting pretty funny when Breiner is called Not a fan..
>
> So anyone that is realistic is NOT a fan
> So far I've heard Breiner, Richard, Don and Myself all agree on keeping
> things real.
>
> I think it's getting time to start putting money on this :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:31 PM
> To: UC Basketball Forum
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Dare to expect BIG THINGS from this team
>
> "It makes no sense to call yourself a fan. . . . "
>
> I would most definitely call Jon Breiner a Bearcat fan.
> http://homepages.uc.edu/~zureick/bc/bb96/101795
>
>
> --
> Mike Ryan
>
>
>
> On 7/5/06, Brad Mckinney <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Jon,
> >
> > U remind me of the people that i dont enjoy talking about the bearcats
> > with.  Why not just expect 0-30 than you will be super stoked!  It
> > makes no sense to call yourself a fan, if you do not hold your team in
> > the highest regards.  Too many risk managers in todays society...
>
>
>
>
> jon breiner <address@hidden> wrote:
> >   I am not changing my "wishlist". If UC makes it into the NIT that
> > will be quite a feat. The schedule might be easier this year than
> > last, but not by much, and this year's team would lose to last year's
> > team. I am not tempering my enthusiasm, I am letting it build to
> > heights I feel comfortable with. If I expect 25-6 and get 15-15, I
> > will be very disappointed. But since I expected the worst earlier
> > (like immediately after AK's injury last
> > year) and have simply been hoping this year's team can be .500, I will
> > stick to that. If they achieve more, great, but I do not expect this
> > team to be in the NCAA tourney next year. if they are, I would say
> > Mick's coaching job was as good as Andy's last year. Better in some
> > respects, but no one
> > (likely) will ever have more difficult extenuating circumstances than
> > Andy had, so his success was truly remarkable.
> >
> > Jon