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Shouldn't the subject line be "TomFitzGerald in fantasy land"?  Or would that suggest that a member of the media might have taken leave of his senses?

Look, I don't think losing Bright is going to be the difference between a lock to get to the Final four and another 9th-place Pac-12 finish.  And, just to be clear, this is definitely not a post arguing for any contract extension.

Still, the only portion of that "fantasy land" quote actually attributed to Dawkins is fairly reasonable, at least based on what I've seen so far, given that Sanders is out for the season, neither of the Allen twins looks like they're world-beaters [yet], and not having Bright in the game to work with [as opposed to be replaced by] Brown and/or Randle gives us fewer options on offense than if he were still playing. 

The second portion of the quote -- and the one with which you appear to take umbrage -- looks to me to be FitzGerald's take on the situation.  But, like Wilner, he's a journalist, so he can't be wrong, ... right?

And, even if those ARE Dawkins' comments, I certainly wouldn't expect [or want] him to throw Bright under the bus [which, of course, would really make that shoulder hurt...  ;D ] by saying or even implying that he wasn't much good so losing him was no big deal.  That would be sort of like saying you knew you couldn't really compete because your point guard was so slow.  But what coach would say that...?

[76lsjumb]

Shouldn't the subject line be "TomFitzGerald in fantasy land"?  Or would that suggest that a member of the media might have taken leave of his senses?

Look, I don't think losing Bright is going to be the difference between a lock to get to the Final four and another 9th-place Pac-12 finish.  And, just to be clear, this is definitely not a post arguing for any contract extension.

Still, the only portion of that "fantasy land" quote actually attributed to Dawkins is fairly reasonable, at least based on what I've seen so far, given that Sanders is out for the season, neither of the Allen twins looks like they're world-beaters [yet], and not having Bright in the game to work with [as opposed to be replaced by] Brown and/or Randle gives us fewer options on offense than if he were still playing. 

The second portion of the quote -- and the one with which you appear to take umbrage -- looks to me to be FitzGerald's take on the situation.  But, like Wilner, he's a journalist, so he can't be wrong, ... right?

And, even if those ARE Dawkins' comments, I certainly wouldn't expect [or want] him to throw Bright under the bus [which, of course, would really make that shoulder hurt...  ;D ] by saying or even implying that he wasn't much good so losing him was no big deal.  That would be sort of like saying you knew you couldn't really compete because your point guard was so slow.  But what coach would say that...?