Explain how it’s toxic to say I’m not giving up on the team until we’re mathematically eliminated from the B1G tournament.
Your view wreaks of toxic pessimism.
We’re not done yet
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Your view wreaks of toxic pessimism.
No you are missing the odds that we win the big ten tournament. That alone can account for say 3-4% of the odds. You’re also using the midpoint of those ranges. I would think if you want to use the low end of wins, you lose the low end of the 5-10%
Well, no, the idea that we have a non-zero chance at a bid is quite realistic.
I googled "toxic optimism" and everything I get is about "toxic positivity". According to Wikipedia,
Toxic positivity is a "pressure to stay upbeat no matter how dire one's circumstance is", which may prevent emotional coping by feeling otherwise natural emotions.[2] Toxic positivity happens when people believe that negative thoughts about anything should be avoided. Even in response to events which normally would evoke sadness, such as loss or hardships, positivity is encouraged as a means to cope, but tends to overlook and dismiss true expression.
You will need to do a LOT of work to show that this describes the thread.
We should be focusing discussion on what we need to do to make the BIG tournament for one last “fresh start” with a healthy Dylan. Even without Ogbole, there’s a non-zero chance our stars can get hot at the right time and at least make things interesting.
If Bart is still saying we have a better statistical chance at an At Large bid at this point than the auto bid, his tool should be flushed down the toilet. Beyond the numbers, we can at least hope Dylan will be healthy by the BIG tournament. First have to get in though.
We had a healthy Dylan who carved up Alabama for 37 points and went downhill and could not be stopped. We got a more consistent Ace against Alabama and Texas A& M . Jeremiah scored 20 against Texas A&am and was our third scorer when Dylan only had 18.
Illness and injuries have derailed Dylan and Jeremiah has taken the worst turn for a worse performance every game. Ace has elevated his overall game but still can have an off shooting night like the Notre Dame game.
The rest of the supporting cast bungled in Vegas and have been mostly terrible since Vegas. Just a little better play , a few. Ore rebounds and less second chance points , a few more shots made by that crew and we are looking at wins against Alabama ,Texas A& M , Indiana , Wisconsin , and Penn State.
I think I’d just tell them you tried, unfortunately you came to RU and we never seem to capitalize properly on opportunities so the team sucks. I do appreciate the effort.
Hopefully Dylan doesn’t even travel, if he does he shouldn’t play a second.
Practice and prepare your rotations minus him
I agree with this, been saying since we were 8-8 we need to go 10-5 the rest of the way....A BIG issue was playing D Harp on Saturday. SHOULD NOT have and continued PT so he can play tonight! I watched him limp through a shoot around. NO WAY should he have played...May have screwed whatever chance we had as I'd be surprised if he played tonight or was really able to help ...BTW, if he's 80% I would SIT HIM tonight as well!!!! We can NOT have any other regressions with him!
What is RUs BIG record in games D Harp was not injured or played with FLU (5 total games and all losses)...Answer: 3-1 That's the receipt...BIG issue now is D Harps foot as he SHOULD NOT have played vs M St Saturday...
Bac and guys like him relish in the negstives-- they never realized that it's harder to find positives and easier to attack. If you had a position of authority ,those that want to look good think that constantly finding negatives will boost their position -- in actuality being able to find positives in a person and helping that person to use and extend those positives makes you a more successful leader.
