Patience Needed

If you’ve been following The Sabre men’s basketball message board since the departure of Dave Leitao, you may feel like you belong on an island in an ABC sitcom. After all, far too many fans have completely lost track of time. In nine days, Hoos have gone from euphoric hope to troubled despair.

Nine days? Nine days! Have some much-needed patience.

Look, I know many fans believe that UVa Athletics Director Craig Littlepage had a successor not only in mind, but also in line and ready to go when the decision on Leitao was made. I know Cavalier fans, trained in heartbreak as we are, can’t shake that nagging feeling that this coaching change won’t work out for the better. I know the Tubby Smith speculation has only fanned the flames.

But nine days is no time to start the “shoot-me-now panic talk” as sewdog put it on the boards. After all, just because the cardinals can pick a new pope in less than three days doesn’t mean there should be white smoke floating out of the John Paul Jones Arena already. Some things take time to get right.

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