When the Boston Breakers showed signs of emerging from their years-long whirlpool of suck last season thanks to the tireless efforts of head coach Matt Beard and a slightly hodgepodge roster, a ripple went through the fanbase. A tiny one to be sure - these are fans who are used to losing, often and in a myriad of ways. So a couple of wins at the tail end of 2016 weren’t nearly enough to convince everyone that things were different. But you could sense change on the horizon, change that swept in as Beard gutted a roster he partially inherited from predecessor Tom Durkin and entered a college draft with a firmer grasp on the NCAA.