[81alum]

The men play well and win a fairly exciting victory over those debauched swine from across the Bay. And on the CardBoard, the hottest threads are about Stan Musial and a football game in New York nine months from now. Meanwhile, Stanford announces that the announced (ie inflated) crowd 5,877 is easily the biggest of the men's season. And yet it's smaller than the crowd Tara's team drew last week for the 59ers. If Johnny Dawkins serves out the final three years of his contract, will there be a program left?

I am one of the culprits.  I used to be an avid men's fan during the Monty years--going back to Todd Lichti.  But my interest in the men's game drained away, and I guess I am waiting for something to reignite it.

Part of it may well be my nostalgia for the Monty era.  I was very fond of him, since it was his doing (and Todd Lichti) who got me interested in basketball for the first time.  I remember that when Monty was finished with the pros I was very hopeful we would get him back again--Stanford had essentially reserved his services by putting him on the payroll as some sort of advisor so he would be on hand for whenever Trent left.  But in the flurry of coaching changes the timing was off by five days.  Monty took the Cal job on April 5 and Trent Johnson announced his departure on April 9.  Hard for me to call Monty a traitor for that--but it eats at me that we let him get away.  But who knows.  There is probably an inside story.  But when he went to Cal he probably sealed the fate of my interest in men's basketball.

I've watched a number of men's games over the last few years but not once have I become attached to a player or overall team the way I used to do regularly with the men's program, and still do with the women's program.  I'm not exactly sure why.

[81alum]

The men play well and win a fairly exciting victory over those debauched swine from across the Bay. And on the CardBoard, the hottest threads are about Stan Musial and a football game in New York nine months from now. Meanwhile, Stanford announces that the announced (ie inflated) crowd 5,877 is easily the biggest of the men's season. And yet it's smaller than the crowd Tara's team drew last week for the 59ers. If Johnny Dawkins serves out the final three years of his contract, will there be a program left?

I am one of the culprits.  I used to be an avid men's fan during the Monty years--going back to Todd Lichti.  But my interest in the men's game drained away, and I guess I am waiting for something to reignite it.

Part of it may well be my nostalgia for the Monty era.  I was very fond of him, since it was his doing (and Todd Lichti) who got me interested in basketball for the first time.  I remember that when Monty was finished with the pros I was very hopeful we would get him back again--Stanford had essentially reserved his services by putting him on the payroll as some sort of advisor so he would be on hand for whenever Trent left.  But in the flurry of coaching changes the timing was off by five days.  Monty took the Cal job on April 5 and Trent Johnson announced his departure on April 9.  Hard for me to call Monty a traitor for that--but it eats at me that we let him get away.  But who knows.  There is probably an inside story.  But when he went to Cal he probably sealed the fate of my interest in men's basketball.

I've watched a number of men's games over the last few years but not once have I become attached to a player or overall team the way I used to do regularly with the men's program, and still do with the women's program.  I'm not exactly sure why.