Lepay/Lucas and Badgers postgame

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Anyone listen to the Badgers postgame show?

Lepay and Lucas could not have been more complimentary to MU, raving about MU's three-headed monster (Rowsey, Howard, Hauser), the ball screens that freed them, and crediting the changing double-teams on Happ to  hold him down a bit and force some turnovers.  They also weren't afraid of criticizing UW's players and the mistakes they made.  They also discussed the injuries and what UW needs to do going forward, but they were not used as an excuse.  You got the sense they knew that even without the injuries, there are real issues with the Badgers roster.

Then on the call-in show that followed, those hosts (don't remember the names) actually really let a few UW players have it, calling out guys for inconsistent play.  I can't recall any host on ESPN540 ever even slightly ripping an MU player.

It was so refreshing to listen to announcers get into some good X's and O's discussion and not be afraid to criticize the players on the team they work for, as opposed to Homer, who now just acts as a PR arm for MU and phones in his play-by-play (was in Vegas and listened to his call of MU vs Georgia...you never got the sense of why anything was happening) and will never, ever call out an MU player for poor performance.

I'm really not a big fan of school employees or contractors or whatever you want to call college announcers being too critical of student athletes. I like them to go easy and Mac and Homer can be critical, but not overly so. Part of their job is to criticize and evaluate, but they should also hold back and go very lightly recognizing these are college kids.  Others may see it differently, and part of my view is probably because I am older and see these players as kids/very young men, who are still developing as the humans they will become - outside of basketball which will end for most of them very soon.  Not being completely positive and being honest is important, but it should normally be done in a respectful way recognizing this is a game and that society places way to much value on these games and has lost sight of what matters and that the development of these kids is what counts most.  If they are hustling and trying, and giving 100%, that counts more in my book than putting the ball in the hoop and winning.  Ya, we all want to win, but not at any cost.

[BrewCity83]

I'm really not a big fan of school employees or contractors or whatever you want to call college announcers being too critical of student athletes. I like them to go easy and Mac and Homer can be critical, but not overly so. Part of their job is to criticize and evaluate, but they should also hold back and go very lightly recognizing these are college kids.  Others may see it differently, and part of my view is probably because I am older and see these players as kids/very young men, who are still developing as the humans they will become - outside of basketball which will end for most of them very soon.  Not being completely positive and being honest is important, but it should normally be done in a respectful way recognizing this is a game and that society places way to much value on these games and has lost sight of what matters and that the development of these kids is what counts most.  If they are hustling and trying, and giving 100%, that counts more in my book than putting the ball in the hoop and winning.  Ya, we all want to win, but not at any cost.

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[tower912]

I'm really not a big fan of school employees or contractors or whatever you want to call college announcers being too critical of student athletes. I like them to go easy and Mac and Homer can be critical, but not overly so. Part of their job is to criticize and evaluate, but they should also hold back and go very lightly recognizing these are college kids.  Others may see it differently, and part of my view is probably because I am older and see these players as kids/very young men, who are still developing as the humans they will become - outside of basketball which will end for most of them very soon.  Not being completely positive and being honest is important, but it should normally be done in a respectful way recognizing this is a game and that society places way to much value on these games and has lost sight of what matters and that the development of these kids is what counts most.  If they are hustling and trying, and giving 100%, that counts more in my book than putting the ball in the hoop and winning.  Ya, we all want to win, but not at any cost.

More message board denizens should adopt this attitude. 

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