Welcome to the Friday Feedback, which bids adieu to an old friend today. This is the final weekend in Morgantown for Back Bay, which is an oddly tragic occasion. I’ve felt this week a little like I did as the series finale of The Shield and The O.C. The Sopranos approached. So good for so long, so sad to see it go. I keep telling myself, “It’s just a seafood restaurant. It is what it is…” Between the all-you-can-eat and the BYOB, there was a lot of debauchery there, but there were many other meals for meaningful moments, too.
You know what’d make me feel better about all this? A John Flowers dance.
“I’m really just trying to lighten the mood,” said Flowers, of Waldorf, Md. “Sometimes people forget basketball is supposed to be fun. I try to have fun with that to make it fun for everyone else.”
Much better.
One more thing. Jarrett Brown’s having a pretty good week at the Senior Bowl in Alabama … but did you hear about this Tebow guy?
Onto the Feedback. As always, comments appear as posted. In other words, sic ’em!
Spot the Ball said:
at future games, i hope the students (and all WVU fans for that matter) heed this letter. i’m not saying Huggs doesn’t win with class but this is a Beilein legacy. we were lucky to have him and i think Ken Gray’s letter reflects that impression he made on our program – that is, it’s cool to win with class. foul language and poor sportsmanship by the fans gives people reason to continue to hold on to negative WV stereotypes.
There are so many ways to look at this situation and, as best as I can tell, there is only one wrong way: “Ken Gray is a crybaby.”
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