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I do believe that it is important and fair to paint an accurate picture of a player’s abilities, in that there is often a tendency to hype players up only to personalize their inability to meet those expectations. We attribute the incongruity between expectation and reality not to our own shortcomings as analysts, but to some failing of the athlete. This is most common at the team level, where fans will make a youngster out to be their savior–despite evidence to the contrary–only to turn on them.

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That is way too deep...

At USC we're not snobs, we're just better than you.

by TrojanCBB on Nov 20, 2009 1:17 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

+1 lol

The NBA: "Where 27 free throws happens"

by lodisacfan on Nov 20, 2009 9:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The global development of the media (especially the Internet obviously) during the past decade is a major factor in this, plus the huge commercialization of the players.

by ZenBaller on Nov 20, 2009 1:57 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

It is too late for such long words and sophisticated syntax...

At USC we're not snobs, we're just better than you.

by TrojanCBB on Nov 20, 2009 2:00 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Too early too!

Purveyor of Bull Plop

by SayWhat? on Nov 20, 2009 7:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He's obviously referring to...

..the Sergio Rodriguez phenomena. Opp. Cost was Dejuan Blair.

by Smills91 on Nov 20, 2009 4:31 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Fark you, Bobby Hurley.

Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen.

by andy sims on Nov 20, 2009 6:13 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

What? You run out of Len Bias jokes...

It was amazing he even came back after that accident, so even if you are just joking its not funny.

by passionforPERPS on Nov 20, 2009 9:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What I gathered from this is that

we all need to be putting WAY less pressure on Jon Brockman…

Mancakes is only human. He can’t turn this team around on his own, no one can. I know that it has been said that he has the talent to be a top 10 linebacker in this league, but we can’t expect it overnight. The truth is, he may only become an average linebacker, maybe even a sub-par fullback.

Let’s all take a step back, and be thankful for what we’ve got. For we may not have a big ol’ Cadillac, with gangsta’ white walls, a diamond in the back, a sunroof top, and we may never dig the scene with a gangster lean.
But we do have Jon Brockman. And that is good enough for me.

... Now let me show you why they call me the Velour Fog...

by tomroadrunner on Nov 20, 2009 7:53 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Nope

It’s an explanation of why we all hate Peaches so much. It’s not because he is such a loud mouth, know-it-all, sack of hot air. It’s because we had such high expectations for him when he first became a Kings announcer at the impressionable age of twleve.

"Shut up and Coach!"
Vfettke

by SavageBeast on Nov 20, 2009 8:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know

I thought he’d be as good as Little Gordon Ramsay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcZqwR9tbJE

Father of the "Natt this!" movement and Grandmaster of the "Never let AnotherStupidSN forget what a Sham-Wow is" Order.

by Aykis16 on Nov 20, 2009 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In other words....

unrealistic expectations on the part of the observer contribute to the change from hope to offense (anger) when the truth is realized.

by kwill on Nov 20, 2009 8:22 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Interesting. I concur.

One may even be so inclined to interpret the textual language as the author’s hypothesis that it is simply human socio-pathological impulse that compels the collective public conscious, albeit, in reality, occurring on an individual level, to engage in a shared disposition in which majority opinion has a tendency to adversely characterize, and therefore disparage, the individual professional entity who has failed to meet the subjective talent ceiling that was artificially created for said entity.

This common occurrence manifests itself, usually regardless of actual fault on behalf of the professional individual entity, where a misplaced belief has taken root, creating the illusion that the entity has the necessary characteristics, including proper physical, mental and environmental attributes, which would allow the entity to perform at such a level that said entity would transcend not only himself or herself, but an entire organization into an elite operation. When the desired outcome is not achieved, the negative societal phenomenon presents itself.

The potency at which negative public disparagement manifests is usually directly proportional to three factors; 1) the numerical slot in which said entity was chosen by the organization for which it will compete, 2) the rate at which compensation is disbursed to the entity, and 3) the comparative actual ability of other entities participating in the selection process wherein the said entity was chosen by an organization prior to other entities who have demonstrated a more favorable outcome in the realization of their individual talents. The third factor is believed to be half as outcome determinative as the first two factors.

Thus it could be said, that what the author proposes is a formula for this phenomena, which would read as follows:
Where H = Hype, $ = Rate of Compensation, X = Numerical Slot of Selection, T = Time, and WTF = Public Disparagement.

(H$ x 2) X + T = WTF

"If you told him to head-butt the wall, he would do it." -- Paul Westphal re: Brockness Monster.

by PhutureKings on Nov 20, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Son of a...dammit!

New formula:
F = Force, B = Bubble, b = burst, Ce = CloudyEyes, :( = someone pointing out that you’re actually a jackass.

Ce + :( = FBb

"If you told him to head-butt the wall, he would do it." -- Paul Westphal re: Brockness Monster.

by PhutureKings on Nov 20, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you are such an attorney

first off: StR will not pay you by the word. We already know you are reading this site while adding clock to your billable hours.
2nd: you have sufficiently confused the simple syntax with veral ambiguity
3rd: damn, you are good at what you do. You slip into “the language” with quick finesse. I hope I don’t need your services, but if I do… I know where to look.

by betweentheeyes on Nov 21, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yea....what he said

I’m glad you formulated your thesis upon the question at hand because a text without a context is just a pretext for whatever one may like. Well done.

by kwill on Nov 23, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I would add another factor: 4) Need

The need of the of the fan and/or dependence of the organization upon a player, new or old, also contribute to unrealistic expectations. If a great team gets a high draft pick and he does not do well its not nearly as bad as a bad team getting a high draft pick who’s lame.

by kwill on Nov 23, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This gem should also apply generally:
But while [Donnie] Walsh made his choice and will have to own up to it the remainder of Jennings’ career, [Jordan] Hill did nothing to put himself in this position. His career should be judged a success or a failure on its own merits, and not because of where he happened to go in the draft.

Vanquish the Foe, a BYU Cougars blog at SB Nation

by sroufe on Nov 20, 2009 8:52 AM PST reply actions   2 recs

Not me! I have no expectations whatsoever!

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. Vonnegut

by Ice_9ine on Nov 20, 2009 11:18 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Most of the players' hype comes from the teams they play on

…after all, who the heck knew about Jason Thompson?

by CloudyEyes on Nov 20, 2009 11:49 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I'm recing this fanshot

Solely because it was dropped very late at night and that never happens with TZ.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

Oh, hes in the laegue two and Jayson Thomson and that Boggins dude on Milwokee, and Occur for the Jizz. Its a talented laegue.--Kfan in Korea

by pookeyguru on Nov 20, 2009 2:03 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

There is no understanding the philosophy of fanaticism.

and yet we are all so heavily invested in it. Such is the lunacy of human nature.Nice piece. rec’d

by betweentheeyes on Nov 21, 2009 1:38 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

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