vlang

I think it is important to keep in perspective that the game was not decided by the fans. The reference to the fans is an attempt to take away from the heart and desire of the players. As I recall, I heard fans from LMS saying things that as you say " ..person could lose respect for them." It is more "sour grapes" than anything else as it relates to the game that was played. The only real negative to the LMS - Cleveland game was the poor officiating. If you go back and review the tape, you will find that LMS benefited tremendously from this officiating. Unfortunately, this was not fair to the players and a LMS fan told me directly that the officials played a key part in this game. As a fan, I will not sit by and watch as our team gets mistreated because of bias or incompetence of the officiating. We had players knocked out of air with no fouls called. As a matter of fact 34 fouls were called on CMS and less than 15 called on LMS. There is no way to justify the disparity in the number of fouls called when both teams were playing physical. Ultimately, two great teams played and settled it on the court. I am sure the fans on both sides were emotionally committed to the game but no one did any better than the other in that aspect. So if we are congratulating teams, let??™s not make it a conditional congrats but one that truly says good job. The fans do not play the game. I think LMS has a great team and you can see the talent with the team. In addition, Macon is a great team with an awesome point guard with exceptional skills. Again, I sat next to the Macon fans and we had great conversation before and after the game. Incidentally, I was beside a relative of the point guard and we cheered for our teams with high expectations. We understood there could be only one champion and we congratulated each other after the game. So before you cast a negative cloud over the Cleveland fans and players, it might be a good idea to get to know a few.