re: Will Wade addressed incoming freshmen at Stripes event in Tiger Stadium

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Well that's a change from the dreaded Johnny Jones regime. His mantra was, "Next year we won't suck quite as bad".

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Poor Johnny, he was/is a good soul thrust upon us by his old mentor, teammates and players who really liked him because he was such a good soul. Not a good head coach mind you.

and he was able to escape serious scrutiny his first three years under the false perception that the team improved each of his first three years. But if you watched closely you could see the pattern of eroding accountability and consistent effort overtaking the program until it imploded in year 4 in embarrassing fashion.

As I have said repeatedly, I just look forward to seeing a team that plays hard consistently as sad as that is to say. But I have no doubt we'll get at least that under Wade.

I'll hold the higher aspirations for now, but there is hope which was gone at the end of year 4 under CJJ.