Where Did the Posters Go

by **Ricardo del Rio** » January 10th, 2016, 10:23 am

What happened to the heavy poster traffic that used to be on this fine forum?

I have an idea, but I will hold it for now.

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by **ShoxNAwe** » January 10th, 2016, 10:30 am

I suspect by now that fans of half of the league's teams realize they are not locks for the Sweet Sixteen. Wind is out of the sails, bloom is off the rose...whatever cliche you prefer.

by **isumvc1** » January 10th, 2016, 1:55 pm

my guess

mvcfan2 wrote:
Or for that matter, any UNI fan, where are the UNI supporters that were plentiful just a week ago?!

This website, more than any other, is very dependent on the success of their respective teams...nothing good to talk about with their team, they avoid the website like the plague.

hot nuts wrote:Part of the reason is the belittling that goes on here.

by **mvcfan** » January 10th, 2016, 2:50 pm

I heard that a WSU poster or two (maybe more) keep people off of this board. The ironic thing is that WSU has been taking a significant amounts of grief by numerous posters (there have been some very nice posters too) the past six weeks. I know what will happen if we lose a couple of games. They'll be back.

by **ShoxNAwe** » January 10th, 2016, 4:16 pm

Does holding people accountable for delusions of grandeur really count as belittling?

by **PurpleAcesFootball** » January 10th, 2016, 4:50 pm

Valley play on the court is down this year, and by extension Valley fandom.

The question I have is whether or not this is the "new normal"? Has the MVC turned into the Midwest WCC with Wichita playing the role of Gonzaga?

As long as every thread doesn't turn into 'the Shox are the greatest team since Naismith hung peach baskets' - the board can be interesting.

by **Wufan** » January 10th, 2016, 6:05 pm

PurpleAcesFootball wrote:Valley play on the court is down this year, and by extension Valley fandom.

The question I have is whether or not this is the "new normal"? Has the MVC turned into the Midwest WCC with Wichita playing the role of Gonzaga?

As long as every thread doesn't turn into 'the Shox are the greatest team since Naismith hung peach baskets' - the board can be interesting.

I wouldn't say this is the new norm. A few things have put us here I think:

1. WSU injuries lead to WSU losses against the bread and butter RPI teams.
2. Creighton is gone (not that they'd be worth a damn) and LUC is not what CU was.
3. SIU, ISUr, MSU and Drake lose their young talent to P5 teams. This is probably the biggest problem.
4. Under-scheduling by Evansville

by **MissouriValleyUnite** » January 10th, 2016, 6:32 pm

It really comes down to this year being incredibly depressing for the MVC and mid majors in general. For me, it's been the least interesting year of college basketball.

I would love to see how active ValleyTalk was in 05-06.

by **ShoxNAwe** » January 10th, 2016, 9:10 pm

Thanks to a friend of mine, I present you with a sampling of what VTalk was like that year, just before Bradley and WSU went to the Sweet Sixteen:

Dawg_Tired Sept. 23, 2005 8:43am
“I don't think you'll recover that easily with the seventh best recruiting class. I predict the Shuckers will once again not meet expectations.”
“To tell you the truth I think that WSU and Drake will battle for sixth. I think WSU is down in talent and Drake is up. As far as WSU goes, you lost your two best players. You didn't replace them with players who are as good as the players you lost.
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Old dirty brooks Oct. 5, 2005
Re: Matt Shaw, beginning of soph year
“Just remember what you say now, because by the time he graduates from SIU, he will be a great college basketball player.”
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True BlueJay 2/19/06 7:19pm
“Watching this game yesterday it was amazing to see the glossed over look of the Shocker players. Here they were again, reliving old nightmares. A late season crash. They couldn't believe the hammer that came down on them so hard. They tried to look to the deafly quiet crowd for help, but to no avail. It was just another ugly loss at home for the Shockers. No luck in this game to help them like the luck from their last game. Pure and simple, the Shockers we all know and love were back on the floor, blowing any homecourt advantage they thought they should have had.

It was something to again watch the Shocker players and their coach, hang their head low and slowly waltz out of the Roundhouse. Don't you think they don't know what is coming? Every last player on that team is expecting it now. The dreaded crash & burn at the end of the season. The only real question left for this WSU team is - have they done enough up to now to take them to the promised land? They know the rest of the year is nothing but a free fall.
Oh well....if that cliff is large enough and the NIT comes calling, I know at least one of you who will be jumping for joy!”
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Crjays1 2/20/06 5:32am
“The end of the season shocker choke job is starting, it will be fun to watch.”

by **Championz** » January 10th, 2016, 9:27 pm

Those were some classics.

Those that really stood out were:

The BJ quotes. Absolutely classic. You can tell they were extremely sour after Matty Brauer destroyed their hearts at the buzzer a few days earlier. And then of course seeing them go to the NIT while WSU went to the Sweet 16.

The other quote that stood out was a Drake fan talking sh*t. LOL. :lol:

Fantastic! As we can tell with this board too, some things never change.

Good stuff. Thanks for the visit down memory lane.