Fire Dave Paulsen / Hire Tony Skinn
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Darn!
On that topic, I was a fan once. Then I was a die-hard fan. Thanks to TOC, I became a "fan". After the Mason AD pulled out their best "fan" treatment for me, I became a former fan, I redecorated my office that had been a shrine to Mason hoops (it even included Mason green colored drapes). Then I hated everything Mason for several years. Now I am an apathetic "fan" and I entertain myself watching Mason shoot itself in the foot at every opportunity while holding out the ever decreasing hope that at least once before I die Mason will become relevant again. At that point I guess I'll qualify as a bandwagon fan.
And that my friends, is the typical lifecycle of Mason basketball fandom.
Used to be a time when I'd climb mountains to get access to a signal to listen to Mason games on a weak AM station. Today, I can access any game via cable or ESPN+ and I rarely watch a game live or delete the recording after following the game thread here. Why invest so much into a program that doesn't invest in itself or the fans.
I canceled ESPN+ in March. Struggling with the decision to pick back up today or not.
Some "fan" you are. There is an exciting Mason team. We need to be positive. Go Patriots. Yay!
In fairness, my puppy just sh*t all over the house after I pressed send. So no worries, the karma has already been taken care of.
that’s the spirit. Who’s bringing the milk and cookies to the bonfire later?
I'll bring a guitar or uke and we can sing kumbaya. But I have to warn you if I get even a little drunk, I'll end up throwing a bunch of Mason memorabilia into the bonfire.
You know I'm half tempted to suggest someone should set up a Zoom and maybe someone can make a bonfire and we can actually do this just for shits and giggles.
Yeah I don’t know what to think. Like it was a good effort and fun to watch but ultimately they lost, and that’s all that really matters I feel like. I’m not livid like I was after Norfolk state, but I think I’m just “meh” since it’s more of the same in conference even with it being year 6. Every winnable game will probably be very close.
for the long term it’s probably better to lose a game like yesterday than win, because the more losses help justify what we all want.
for the long term it’s probably better to lose a game like yesterday than win, because the more losses help justify what we all want.
Pablo
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"But with every starter from last season returning, the leash has been short on team from those on the outside of the program. It all led to a tipping point when the program lost to MEAC opponent Norfolk State the day after Christmas.
Fans were in an uproar, athletic department-affiliated accounts were publically calling out the fandom of some of their alumni. Parents of players had even taken their frustrations public on social media."
Nice to know that if everything falls into place we can be a "pretty decent" team after six seasons.
Sadly athletics is the only area where mediocrity is tolerated at Mason
Does it seem like to anyone else that our teams never are focused to start the season? It isn't just about COVID, which everyone is dealing with, every single season it's the same thing (we have to figure out identity, our rolls; we weren't focused before this game, but now we are). I mean, this team only has 3 new players that have come in, and two of them don't play, so to not know this at the start of the season is pretty insane to me.
Whose fault is it, Mr. Paulsen, for our teams to never have an identity to start the season? For our players not to understand what their rolls are going to be? For them to be so unfocused for large parts of the season? Who sets that tone?
And how do you ever expect to be in position to compete for an at-large bid if you spend the OOC portion of the schedule every year figuring out stuff that should’ve been ironed out in preseason workouts?
Anyone who thinks this “lack of identity” is a result of COVID is kidding himself.
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