The Season is Over

[GOX]

There is much pessimism in the air this morning.
From what I am reading on the various threads, it seems like many of you think our season is over.
I don't think it is over , we just have to recalibrate our expectations.
The consensus Big East prediction was 12 wins, 6 losses, and a 6 seed.
That's not going to happen.
We might struggle to get in.
We might go to he NIT.
Whatever it is, it is.
Don't lose hope and enjoy whatever victories might come our way.

[Xavier]

We know you have been trolling for awhile, and no one will bite. 90% of the posters understand the circumstances, adjust expectations, and realize its an extreme long shot to miss the tournament.

[casualfan]

How has this guy not been banned?

[ammtd34]

Glad to see he went with the optimism since there is pessimism in the air.

[Wheelhouse]

Hahaha. This guy is the best. Keep posting, bro. Reading your insights makes my day.

[GOX]

Hahaha. This guy is the best. Keep posting, bro. Reading your insights makes my day.

Wheelhouse :
Thank you for sticking up for me.
When I came to this site I thought I was joining graduates like me : successful, rich,having done and seen all of the things to do and see, and thus bored.
Instead I find myself with the guys who entered and graduated from Xavier on probation
I start great threads, others hijack them, they come on and fight with the hijackers, but always see my name as the thread starter, and do that guilt by association thing.
I have explained to them I provide a valuable service. I am the target for them to vent their anger for being stuck in a dead career. They make me feel blessed that I am rich and not left hating the Man they slave for.
It really is reciprocal.

[Tardy Turtle]

Wheelhouse :
Thank you for sticking up for me.
When I came to this site I thought I was joining graduates like me : successful, rich,having done and seen all of the things to do and see, and thus bored.
Instead I find myself with the guys who entered and graduated from Xavier on probation
I start great threads, others hijack them, they come on and fight with the hijackers, but always see my name as the thread starter, and do that guilt by association thing.
I have explained to them I provide a valuable service. I am the target for them to vent their anger for being stuck in a dead career. They make me feel blessed that I am rich and not left hating the Man they slave for.
It really is reciprocal.

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[paulxu]

Wheelhouse :
Thank you for sticking up for me.
When I came to this site I thought I was joining graduates like me : successful, rich,having done and seen all of the things to do and see, and thus bored.
Instead I find myself with the guys who entered and graduated from Xavier on probation
I start great threads, others hijack them, they come on and fight with the hijackers, but always see my name as the thread starter, and do that guilt by association thing.
I have explained to them I provide a valuable service. I am the target for them to vent their anger for being stuck in a dead career. They make me feel blessed that I am rich and not left hating the Man they slave for.
It really is reciprocal.

Are you sure you're not this guy, and they've taken away your unsecured phone so you can't tweet anymore?

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[STL_XUfan]

We might go to he NIT.

Over? Over!? Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!? No! and its not over now.

[XMuskieFTW]

Are you sure you're not this guy, and they've taken away your unsecured phone so you can't tweet anymore?

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Lmao. Halfway through that post this is exactly what came to mind.

[blueblob06]

It's not over until Trevon Blueitt says it's over! Hey did you guys know Tim Stainbrook's older brother, Matt, played for Xavier and was a Uber driver?

[GoMuskies]

It's not over until Trevon Blueitt says it's over! Hey did you guys know Tim Stainbrook's older brother, Matt, played for Xavier and was a Uber driver?

Not until last night. Props to Raf for the deep research.

[muskiefan82]

Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! The hell's the matter with you?! Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Musketeers, with a capital 'M', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw Old Yeller? Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end? Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure. I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces. We're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to tie our fanaticism to a college basketball team. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us! We're Musketeers, but we're Xavier Musketeers! We've been kickin' ass for 34 years! We're 788 and 327! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we have enough guys to even practice. We don't have to worry about whether Blueitt's ankle gets better soon. All we have to do is to be the great Xavier Musketeer fan that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud. Fall in!

[Irishjohn68]

Xavier has a lot of basketball left to play. But X needs TB to comeback and soon.

[xu82]

Someone is desperate for attention.

[BandAid]

Xavier has a lot of basketball left to play. But X needs TB to comeback and soon.

Ya, it'd be great if all our opponents got tuberculosis

[scoscox]

Xavier has a lot of basketball left to play. But X needs TB to comeback and soon.

yes. virtually any other loss was sustainable, but no trevon is not. this season has been one of the more frustrating. we still don't know who we are yet at 18-8. I never know what to expect.

[XUMIOH12]

Wheelhouse :
Thank you for sticking up for me.
When I came to this site I thought I was joining graduates like me : successful, rich,having done and seen all of the things to do and see, and thus bored.
Instead I find myself with the guys who entered and graduated from Xavier on probation
I start great threads, others hijack them, they come on and fight with the hijackers, but always see my name as the thread starter, and do that guilt by association thing.
I have explained to them I provide a valuable service. I am the target for them to vent their anger for being stuck in a dead career. They make me feel blessed that I am rich and not left hating the Man they slave for.
It really is reciprocal.

hahahaha this is too good.

[XUMIOH12]

is there any way to get rid of GOX's ability to start threads?

[xu82]

is there any way to get rid of GOX's ability to start threads?

There is an ignore feature I've used in the past, but don't recall where it is. With some fumbling around (or some advice from a pro) you might find that. Better than nothing...

[GOX]

hahahaha this is too good.

I just finished my afternoon swim and massage and I was getting my updates from the Washington Post and New York Times. It's a slow News Day. Trump hasn't fired anyone and Wolf Blitzer isn't apoplectic because no new lies have surfaced.
I see I have some comments on my most recent thread .
The usual assortment of some of our undergraduates coming onto our Board and posting maniacal pictures of Donald Trump and saying those snarky things that only kids just graduated from High School can conjure up.
It occurred to me that many of you are curious about my commitment to help you through the tedium of your day.
I owe you an explanation of how Sports Blogs really function.
There are 4 constituencies.
The first are the Cheerleaders, aka, the Blind Loyalists. Second are The Fans, aka, the Hopeful. And then we have the Never Satisfied, aka, as the Unrealistic
Now each of these 3 constituencies are selectively ignorant in their own way.
And the result is , nothing ever gets sorted out.
Enter the Trolls.
The Trolls bring these blind souls into an engagement of ideas not otherwise possible.
Go through the threads on this Board. It is a cacophony of babble. Here you have fat, paunchy middle aged men trying to be expert in a sport they never partipated in.
Sure, many of them were Student Managers and groupies who hung around with Jocks and can talk the lingo
When I was playing my sport I was constantly being friended these hapless nerds that wanted some of my charisma to rub off on them.
So in the autumn of my life I want to help these pathetic creatures out.
I never aspired to be a Troll.
It just seemed like the right thing to do.

[GOX]

Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! The hell's the matter with you?! Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Musketeers, with a capital 'M', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw Old Yeller? Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end? Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure. I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces. We're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to tie our fanaticism to a college basketball team. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us! We're Musketeers, but we're Xavier Musketeers! We've been kickin' ass for 34 years! We're 788 and 327! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we have enough guys to even practice. We don't have to worry about whether Blueitt's ankle gets better soon. All we have to do is to be the great Xavier Musketeer fan that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud. Fall in!

MuskieFan82
You are the most optimistic member of this Board bar none.
There was so much pessimism surfacing this morning that I wanted to put an end to it.
But I never expected you would flat out nail it.
I see none of the children have thanked you for your optimism.
So I will for them and myself.
Thank You.

[XUMIOH12]

I just finished my afternoon swim and massage and I was getting my updates from the Washington Post and New York Times. It's a slow News Day. Trump hasn't fired anyone and Wolf Blitzer isn't apoplectic because no new lies have surfaced.
I see I have some comments on my most recent thread .
The usual assortment of some of our undergraduates coming onto our Board and posting maniacal pictures of Donald Trump and saying those snarky things that only kids just graduated from High School can conjure up.
It occurred to me that many of you are curious about my commitment to help you through the tedium of your day.
I owe you an explanation of how Sports Blogs really function.
There are 4 constituencies.
The first are the Cheerleaders, aka, the Blind Loyalists. Second are The Fans, aka, the Hopeful. And then we have the Never Satisfied, aka, as the Unrealistic
Now each of these 3 constituencies are selectively ignorant in their own way.
And the result is , nothing ever gets sorted out.
Enter the Trolls.
The Trolls bring these blind souls into an engagement of ideas not otherwise possible.
Go through the threads on this Board. It is a cacophony of babble. Here you have fat, paunchy middle aged men trying to be expert in a sport they never partipated in.
Sure, many of them were Student Managers and groupies who hung around with Jocks and can talk the lingo
When I was playing my sport I was constantly being friended these hapless nerds that wanted some of my charisma to rub off on them.
So in the autumn of my life I want to help these pathetic creatures out.
I never aspired to be a Troll.
It just seemed like the right thing to do.

please continue hahaha this is great

[xu82]

please continue hahaha this is great

Please don't feed into this. Ignore it, and let it die. He's just starving for attention.

[94GRAD]

Please don't feed into this. Ignore it, and let it die. He's just starving for attention.

Completely disagree. I'd rather read the back and forth on this topic rather than the Climate Change thread. Speaking of, I need to stoke that fire a little.

[X-band '01]

Completely disagree. I'd rather read the back and forth on this topic rather than the Climate Change thread. Speaking of, I need to stoke that fire a little.

The season's over - we need to get separate threads on climate change, fake news and healthcare reforms going again.

[xu82]

Completely disagree. I'd rather read the back and forth on this topic rather than the Climate Change thread. Speaking of, I need to stoke that fire a little.

I go to Climate Change a few times/year. I like actual decent basketball conversation. Or anything funny. Or any decent topic. This feels suspiciously like previous clowns who pop up from time to time to "be provactive and generate replys". If it were at all funny, or intelligent in any way I'd probably feel differently. At least be clever and amusing....is that too much?

I'll go to Climate Change now, just for the hell of it! HA!

[paulxu]

Son, if you think I'm an undergraduate, you haven't spent anytime on this board.
But the more you go on, the more I'm convinced the picture of Trump fits you perfectly.
After watching his press conference and reading your stuff, you may, in fact, be him.

[GOX]

XU 87
I read your post asking me to "Move On" last night before our Maid turned down our covers and I slipped into bed for a great nights sleep.
It was a gentle way to put it.
Your showing some class that we Muskies must always put forth.
I understand why you would like me gone.
Contrary opinions can be upsetting to people fixated on their parochial views.
But while your post did not have the consequence you intended, it was not in vain.
You induced a dream that I wanted to share with you and my fellow Muskies.
In this dream, it was like l was in the middle of a Passion Play.
I was Jesus. You and your ilk were the blind Jews who could not fathom my divinity.
You went to SkyWalker ( Herod ) and wanted me eliminated.
SkyWalker said "I have no beef with GOX. Handle it yourselves."
So you and the rest of the Losers hatched a plan.
The Plan was you would ask your wives for an advance on your weekly allowances and meet at Dana Gardens .
You would pool your meager resources to create a "Get SkyWalker Drunk Fund".
When drunk, he would sign an order banning me for life.
But the Plan fell apart.
SkyWalker was late.
Because he was tardy, and your guys were drunk, you dipped into the SkyWalker fund to buy more shots for yourselves. When the SkyWalker Fund went dry you asked my old friend Hershel Ware to put you on credit.
Hershel's new bosses are more profit driven than old Dan, but he took a risk and kept you rolling.
By the time Skywalker arrived, one of you had dared the other to be a baller like J.P. and drop Trou.
SkyWalker walked in to see a group of paunchy , middle aged white men , hanging on the bar, with one of them hanging their junk for all to see.
He called me for advice.
What do I do with these Losers he said.
I told him not to ban your sorry asses from the Board like you Losers wanted to do to me.
I know he told you about my magnificence.
And I know because you are Men For Others, you will be like the Wise Men, wanting to send me gifts.
None of that is necessary.
Just pay your Dana's bar bill before I see Hershel.
He knows I am the only Muskie that comes in that has any extra money to bail the Losers out.

[ammtd34]

Serious question. What's with the single line typing? Is it some sort of poetry that's over my head?

[TheBull]

My friends! We meet again!
2153

[paulxu]

Narcissistic Personality Disorder


Definition
By Mayo Clinic Staff

Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of ultraconfidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism.

A narcissistic personality disorder causes problems in many areas of life, such as relationships, work, school or financial affairs. You may be generally unhappy and disappointed when you're not given the special favors or admiration you believe you deserve. Others may not enjoy being around you, and you may find your relationships unfulfilling.

[XMuskieFTW]

My friends! We meet again!
2153

Theeeeeere it is.

[FIGHTING MUSKETEER]

There is an old saying in Spanish that goes something like this, tell me what you brag about and I will tell you what you lack. Smart people in this board will understand and laugh, the others.... well the others I guess will try to respond in a "cool" "smart ass" manner.

Now, about the team, this season before Sumner got hurt, even before Myles "retirement" our team was not playing to their full potential. In our case, the sum of the parts simply have not add up. We have a bunch of players with soooo much potential but they can't consistently play, as a team, up to their full potential. At least, not for a whole game. We all want to get to the tournament but we will not get there unless we get our fundamental in place. I bet that Coach is not worrying so much about the tournament as he is about getting his depleted team to play fundamental basketball in a consistent fashion. I'm getting mentally ready for any scenario but I will continue to rook for my beloved team.

Being a real fan is the best and worst thing in the world because you reach a special ecstasy when you win but suffer deeply when you lose. Its hard and it is sometimes difficult to be objective, but you should try it Gox.

[muskieindent]

Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! The hell's the matter with you?! Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Musketeers, with a capital 'M', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw Old Yeller? Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end? Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure. I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces. We're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to tie our fanaticism to a college basketball team. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us! We're Musketeers, but we're Xavier Musketeers! We've been kickin' ass for 34 years! We're 788 and 327! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we have enough guys to even practice. We don't have to worry about whether Blueitt's ankle gets better soon. All we have to do is to be the great Xavier Musketeer fan that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud. Fall in!
That's the fact Jack.Now Lighten up Francis

[GOX]

There is an old saying in Spanish that goes something like this, tell me what you brag about and I will tell you what you lack. Smart people in this board will understand and laugh, the others.... well the others I guess will try to respond in a "cool" "smart ass" manner.

Now, about the team, this season before Sumner got hurt, even before Myles "retirement" our team was not playing to their full potential. In our case, the sum of the parts simply have not add up. We have a bunch of players with soooo much potential but they can't consistently play, as a team, up to their full potential. At least, not for a whole game. We all want to get to the tournament but we will not get there unless we get our fundamental in place. I bet that Coach is not worrying so much about the tournament as he is about getting his depleted team to play fundamental basketball in a consistent fashion. I'm getting mentally ready for any scenario but I will continue to rook for my beloved team.

Being a real fan is the best and worst thing in the world because you reach a special ecstasy when you win but suffer deeply when you lose. Its hard and it is sometimes difficult to be objective, but you should try it Gox.

You are one of the few Posters that makes good points in an even handed manner.
On the objectivity front , I will proof read my posts to make sure they are balanced.

[GOX]

Son, if you think I'm an undergraduate, you haven't spent anytime on this board.
But the more you go on, the more I'm convinced the picture of Trump fits you perfectly.
After watching his press conference and reading your stuff, you may, in fact, be him.


My neighbor, formerly The Donald , now our Blowhard President , is flying in again to my winter residence , the Island of Palm Beach. The Secret Service locks the island 10 hours before until after he leaves.
If you want to Jet out to the Carribean , or motor your yacht over to Atlantis to gamble, you have to get out of dodge early.
I had a Board Meeting earlier in the day, so, I missed the window and am stuck here for week end.
My only solace will be to see the Muskies rally to takedown poor DePaul.
Being on lockdown, I can now turn my attention to my new vocation , rehabilitating my fellow graduates that stumbled on their journey out into the World.
When I was building out my company, I used to hire females to conduct Focus Groups.
I used Females because one of the few things I learned at Xavier was that men were pathetic .
They are so tied up in their own egos and aspirations they can't focus on anything other than their own gratification.
If I hired a Focus Group to indentifiy Muskies needing rehabilitation, there is no doubt that XU 82 would hit all of the metrics's The handle 82 suggests he graduated in 1982. which means he is now 57 assuming he graduated at age 22 . Now that I am getting to know him I need to consider he was on the 6 year plan, graduating at age 24., and he is now 59.
It makes no difference, the guy just needs help even if he is now 80.
As XU 82 has pointed out , I thought that the rascal that posted our new President's on my thread to insinuate that was me, was a young undergraduate that wanted to show his dorm mates that they knew how to cut and paste.
Give XU 82 credit , however , he recognized our new President was an asshole, and he was willing to step forward and admit he was the culprit.
But here is where the tool stumbled again.
He started his post by calling me " Son" and then spiraled down from there.
When I was running my Company , I encouraged my employees to take continuing education courses.
And a few of them, all underperformers that I kept on the payroll as a defense against the claim I was a Merciless Madman, I sent to remedial education.
While I no longer have corporate funds to waste, I am rich and philanthropic .
I wired some money over to XU to pay for a course for XU 82.
The course I chose was English Composition. I would have thought he would have he might have taken it, but maybe they had one those dumb down curriculums off catalog , that I and my fellow Honor Program members never learned about.
English Compostion, for any one out that may have forgotten, is designed to teach you to compose, present, argue and defend a particular point of view , with words not pictures.
I am confident that once XU 82 accepts my generosity and completes the course he will be a wordsmith and drop the pictures.
I will try to keep my other posts shorter than this one, because I know you are probably stealing time from you Employers to hear me out, and since I was once an Employer I know how it pissed me off I was when one of my peeps was on social media, instead of creating the wealth that I now enjoy.

[paulxu]

My only solace will be to see the Muskies rally to takedown poor DePaul.

Of course.

[SemajParlor]

I was out on the troll but after that long read and a few chuckles, I'm back in. Well done.

[Tardy Turtle]

blah blah blah words words some other bullshit

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[muskienick]

Completely disagree. I'd rather read the back and forth on this topic rather than the Climate Change thread. Speaking of, I need to stoke that fire a little.

Me too! I heard that it was dropping down into the 50's overnight (2-17/18-2017) here in Cincinnati.

[cutterX]

Is GOX really "Richard from Indian Hill"? For you 700WLW listeners.
Pretty funny GOX but you are stealing Richard's shtick. And can you keep the posts a little shorter? My attention span is such that I can't get through to the end of your last couple.

[X-band '01]

I think I've heard the name Richard once on Reds postgame, but I'm not familiar with his schtick.

[cutterX]

Richard calls in to the Eddie and Tracy show on 700 in the afternoon. Has a house in Indian Hill but is a bit of a jet setter with his travels to Turks and Caicos and his yacht that sails around the Caribbean. He and Tracy always rip on the "ham and egger" Reds fans from places like Deer Park , Norwood and the West Side.
Basically what we're getting from GOX.

[bjf123]

Doesn't Richard also drive an Aston Martin, or is it a Bentley. Whatever it is, I guess his chauffeur does the driving.


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[slysyl]

Richard was a WLW plant.

Go X is a DICK HEAD.

[bjf123]

Richard was a WLW plant.


WHAT?!?!?! You mean Richard from Indian Hill, Rod from Norwood, etc., aren't real people? I'm shocked!


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[GIMMFD]

What the actual hell did I just read for 5 pages...

[paulxu]

What the actual hell did I just read for 5 pages...

Adjust your settings and you only have to wade through less than 2 pages.

[xu82]

Adjust your settings and you only have to wade through less than 2 pages.

.....or, adjust your selectivity and wade through none of it.