oh, we're in this bitch, and yes, Dick Vitale still has a job

I heart dick vitale.
here's his latest bit of insight on the Florida basketball program. Some background: Billy Donovan is a darling of the media, mostly because he used to play for Rick Pitino (at Providence) and he definitely made the most of his talents there. Here at FDV we think he's a good coach but his teams should really be more comptetitive. He's got all the pieces: good facility, good boosters, good location, big school, and barrel scraping academic standards. I'm too lazy to check his graduation rates but I'm pretty sure they're awful. so, on to the article. as always, The Dick's insight in bold, and my witty rejoinders in plain text.

These kids play hard, work as a team and have a commitment to defense that has been missing at times in recent years.

Dick, wouldn't this lack of defensive commitment be the fault of the same coach that you are so fond of? I guess it's okay to say that someone isn't performing "at times", but only if you talk about it in the past. way to maintain high levels of milquetoast, Dick.

Having grown up with athletics as part of the background, these players know the pressure of expectations.

Poorly constructed sentence, but I get the idea. Several Florida players are related to former pro athletes. They understand pressure. Ok so far...

This Gators squad didn't have the same expectations as recent Florida teams since [former starters] Roberson, Walsh and Lee accounted for over 45 points per game last season.

Wait, if we're talking about pressure of expectation as a positive, why is it relevant if the current team doesn't have the same expectations? does that make sense? i know it's hard to make sense sometimes. The Dick reverts to form in subsequent paragraphs, but there's no reason to repeat them here. Short summary: Florida will be better than some people expect.

thanks for reading.