I appreciate the sentiment about coming together for the sake of the program, but is it time? Not even close. This is raw right now. Even if I were inclined to put it aside at some point and just support the team, I wouldn't be ready today. No, it's not time. I'll be honest, I may not get there at all. I may watch games, but my heart won't be in them, not like before.
I've been invested since the late 70s when I was just a kid. I fell in love with Kyle Macy, Jim Masters, Dirk Minnifield, Dicky Beal, Sam Bowie, Melvin Turpin, Kenny Walker, and on and on. I was faithful through Kentucky's shame and watched Pitino revive the program, loving guys like Mashburn, Pelphrey, Feldhaus, Farmer, Woods, and on to guys like Delk, McCarty, Anderson, Mercer, Muhammed, Pope, and on and on. And even through the Tubby years I was invested to the end. Calipari came along and rejuvenated my investment to an even higher level.
But here's where I am- I have been burned so many times having completely given myself fully to believing in the team and expecting success only to have those dreams crushed, and not just a loss here or there or just a bad game in a tournament here or there, but first and second round losses to nobodies, to teams with half the talent. You can only get burned like that so many times before you become jaded and numb to it all. I'm not gonna be invested again until I feel there is a chance of a good return on that emotional investment. It's like trying to have a relationship with a cheating spouse. How many times can you put your heart and soul into this only to get crushed? You get jaded. You get guarded. You lose all trust. You are slow to trust again. UK fans are right there.