Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas. Beyond grateful to have all of you as members. While we always don't agree ( that would be boring) love having all the interaction with everyone.
As I was watching DRock notch another win tonight I thought back to how over the moon we all were when we joined the Big East. And while we have had some huge wins and now almost yawn when we see Ohio State on our schedule, I watched the joy of that Drake team winning that game tonight and it made me realize that it was a far simpler time/league. I think we all miss St Louis and probably miss being the big fish in the small pond.
Now look- so I'm clear- I love being in the Big East and love playing ranked teams on a regular basis. Awesome that we get to play at the World's most famous arena every year and that every game is on national TV. I don't know if we all truly understood that every year to be successful it would be such a grind and that even as we upgrade talent every year it means little as every other team upgrades too.
So I guess as this long story comes to an end and the prospect of a Big East season that might not be as as good as I thought I'm going to try and remember that even when things get bad that the alternative is to be thrilled beating Indiana State and to be excited winning the Vegas Classic. That when and if times get tough this year we still are in a great place and if we keep upgrading talent eventually that year will happen when it all comes together. And maybe being a little more positive might help too.
Merry Christmas
As I was watching DRock notch another win tonight I thought back to how over the moon we all were when we joined the Big East. And while we have had some huge wins and now almost yawn when we see Ohio State on our schedule, I watched the joy of that Drake team winning that game tonight and it made me realize that it was a far simpler time/league. I think we all miss St Louis and probably miss being the big fish in the small pond.
Now look- so I'm clear- I love being in the Big East and love playing ranked teams on a regular basis. Awesome that we get to play at the World's most famous arena every year and that every game is on national TV. I don't know if we all truly understood that every year to be successful it would be such a grind and that even as we upgrade talent every year it means little as every other team upgrades too.
So I guess as this long story comes to an end and the prospect of a Big East season that might not be as as good as I thought I'm going to try and remember that even when things get bad that the alternative is to be thrilled beating Indiana State and to be excited winning the Vegas Classic. That when and if times get tough this year we still are in a great place and if we keep upgrading talent eventually that year will happen when it all comes together. And maybe being a little more positive might help too.
Merry Christmas
