Piggybacking on the Wolf Pack loss...

Ah the vagaries of fan-dom. Because Nevada lost at home to Pacific, there are some folks up Reno way who see the sky as falling. Granted, there are also those who stress patience. Fan-dom encompasses the spectrum but any judgments or pronouncements either way at this point are simply premature because nobody really knows. With Mark Fox in particular, his teams tend to finish strong but we'll simply leave it with time will tell.

There ought to be a mandatory mantra along the likes of "it's one game" or possibly "it's early in the season" for the fans prone to hyperventilating. Granted, such fans would counter with "quit the little Mary Sunshine act" or "put away the rose-colored glasses."

Maybe the bottomline is that having people care is what's important because, in our most potent form of Zen-like butchery, if a Wolf Pack basketball team loses at home and nobody makes a sound...

Anyway, here's some of the fan responses to Chris Murray's articles on the Nevada loss:

beantown1 wrote

Where has Armon Johnson gone? He doesn't in any way resemble a WAC player of the year. The best player on this team is Babbitt by far. He is the only one who stepped up and hit any shots down the stretch. Malik is progressing nicely, but there really lacks leadership on this team. Burleson is a horrible offensive player. He hits his 1 maybe 2 shots a game then proceeds to throw lazy pass after lazy pass, most of which are being taken the other way for fast breaks. One in particular I saw him just stand there and spectate instead of hustling back on defense. Sit him on the end of the bench and leave him there. Lets get London Giles his minutes. In contrast, Malik turned the ball over and hustled back and blocked a shot on their fast break. I can live with mistakes, they're human, but when your lazy and won't try to make up for them, it's time to ride the pine. There are some good kids on this team, but if they don't improve soon, we will barely be a .500 team.

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hammer3995 wrote

Just like football, some Pack fans have all the answers when the teams do not meet their expectations. Maybe you fail to live up to your own expectations and that makes it easier to judge others. I think they call that Bandwagon Jumpers! The Pack basketball team will be just fine.

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Teddyballgame wrote:

Replying to hammer3995:

I agree with the "Hammer" let these boys grow, learn, develop as a team. "Fans" for god sakes, let Coach Fox coach and you try to be positive. It's really not that hard!

Just like football, some Pack fans have all the answers when the teams do not meet their expectations. Maybe you fail to live up to your own expectations and that makes it easier to judge others. I think they call that Bandwagon Jumpers! The Pack basketball team will be just fine.

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15RMGR wrote:

This team has a long way to go...especially on offense. Personally, I saw some good things from our guys last night. I think we should not lose heart just yet. We certainly wouldn't want our players and coaches to lose heart, would we? I don't think fans should, either.

No one should be surprised that our team is struggling. But we've had rough starts before in seasons that turned out fantastic. We knew this team was young and that it had 6 newcomers. But...we also knew our recruiting class was ranked 26th in the nation, our coach is one of the hottest in the country, that we have 5 straight 20-win seasons and 5 straight conference championships, 6 straight post-season appearances...etc.

My point is that we shouldn't lose heart just yet. We have a lot of talent (albeit, unrefined talent) and we have a lot of momentum in the past few years to build on. We're going to take some bad losses. We all know that...but we don't have to lose heart, just yet...

Happy Thanksgiving!

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wolfie19 wrote:

Replying to hammer3995:

Just like football, some Pack fans have all the answers when the teams do not meet their expectations. Maybe you fail to live up to your own expectations and that makes it easier to judge others. I think they call that Bandwagon Jumpers! The Pack basketball team will be just fine.

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SuperBad wrote:

Are we going to hear for the next two years "how young the team is", we heard this same excuse last year from the coach. Fox needs to learn some new offense schemes, he does not have Fazekas or Kemp to lean on anymore. This year will prove how good of a coach Nevada has - we know he is an excellent recruiter, but the jury is still out on him game performance.

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wolfie19 wrote:

It's very frustrating but be patient....these guys will come around. We'll have to endure some ugly games like Pacific and no doubt UNC but this team will gel. When they do you'll all forget these early season losses and jump back on the band wagon.