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Reading the posts this evening has certainly convinced me that we are the worst, most poorly coached, #2 nationally ranked, Conference champion team in  the country…  :-)

I expected that sentiment from you and you are certainty entitled to it.  From my perspective you seem to have an inability to evaluate team performance objectively.  Did you hear the announcer say in the fourth set you have the #2 ranked team and an unranked team looking the same?   Not sure where you get "worst, most poorly coached" team.  I don't see that extreme anywhere in this entire thread.

Sorry. Next time I’ll try to make the smiley face a little bigger.  I’m just thinking that the Board has a tendency to be a little overly critical and, for lack of a better term, nit picky. Does the team sometimes seem to lose focus? Absolutely. But tonight, it seemed to me that the big story was a nine point run to open Set 5. 
The Board is a tough crowd. I get it. I was just trying to add a little levity after what seemed to me a pretty good win over a very motivated (even if unranked) team that was playing pretty well overall.
As for objectivity, you’re probably 100% correct. I’m a big fan of the WVB team (and have been since my wife and I ran the QuickSet Club for a few years and saw our first title match in Albuquerque). I also think Hambly is a very good and personable coach (and, more specifically relevant to this thread, has a remarkably good record in challenges). So, yes, I readily confess that I am very likely to be an unobjective fan of both the team and Hambly. Apologies if that is upsetting…

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Reading the posts this evening has certainly convinced me that we are the worst, most poorly coached, #2 nationally ranked, Conference champion team in  the country…  :-)

I expected that sentiment from you and you are certainty entitled to it.  From my perspective you seem to have an inability to evaluate team performance objectively.  Did you hear the announcer say in the fourth set you have the #2 ranked team and an unranked team looking the same?   Not sure where you get "worst, most poorly coached" team.  I don't see that extreme anywhere in this entire thread.

Sorry. Next time I’ll try to make the smiley face a little bigger.  I’m just thinking that the Board has a tendency to be a little overly critical and, for lack of a better term, nit picky. Does the team sometimes seem to lose focus? Absolutely. But tonight, it seemed to me that the big story was a nine point run to open Set 5. 
The Board is a tough crowd. I get it. I was just trying to add a little levity after what seemed to me a pretty good win over a very motivated (even if unranked) team that was playing pretty well overall.
As for objectivity, you’re probably 100% correct. I’m a big fan of the WVB team (and have been since my wife and I ran the QuickSet Club for a few years and saw our first title match in Albuquerque). I also think Hambly is a very good and personable coach (and, more specifically relevant to this thread, has a remarkably good record in challenges). So, yes, I readily confess that I am very likely to be an unobjective fan of both the team and Hambly. Apologies if that is upsetting…