Honest question

[panther-state]

Re: Honest question

Then why are so many arguing with my point?

Your point has been that we're only blaming coaches for recent performances. We aren't. Your point of that point was that players are NEVER blamed for the results on the field and that its just Farley. My entire post explained that isn't the case. How in the world did you whiff on that?

So, am I to just pull my love for my team because I'm not having things my way?

Sounds like a fairweather fan to us folks who were raised in Minnesota.

Do you believe we've all stopped loving the UNI Panthers? Serious question. You honestly believe that we hate the program so much that we willingly waste our time on arguing with you? C'mon dude. Fairweather fans are the ones you DON'T get to argue with right now because they aren't coming to this board. They DON'T CARE that we lost on Saturday and are the ones you, sadly (or maybe not), WON'T see on Saturday because they've dropped their faith until the next victory.

No one here is "pulling" their love for the Panthers. No one here is telling you to "pull" your love for the Panthers. What we're doing is trying to explain to you why "loving" the Panthers is different from metaphorically jerking off Mark Farley and patting him on the head for making questionable coaching decisions that, in our minds, were part of our loss to the #1 team in the FCS.

Criticism, when necessary and warranted, should not only be allowed but encouraged. Otherwise you are enabling others to become satisfied with the status quo and waste their potential.

[ban basketball]

Re: Honest question

Your point has been that we're only blaming coaches for recent performances. We aren't. Your point of that point was that players are NEVER blamed for the results on the field and that its just Farley. My entire post explained that isn't the case. How in the world did you whiff on that?




Do you believe we've all stopped loving the UNI Panthers? Serious question. You honestly believe that we hate the program so much that we willingly waste our time on arguing with you? C'mon dude. Fairweather fans are the ones you DON'T get to argue with right now because they aren't coming to this board. They DON'T CARE that we lost on Saturday and are the ones you, sadly (or maybe not), WON'T see on Saturday because they've dropped their faith until the next victory.

No one here is "pulling" their love for the Panthers. No one here is telling you to "pull" your love for the Panthers. What we're doing is trying to explain to you why "loving" the Panthers is different from metaphorically jerking off Mark Farley and patting him on the head for making questionable coaching decisions that, in our minds, were part of our loss to the #1 team in the FCS.

Criticism, when necessary and warranted, should not only be allowed but encouraged. Otherwise you are enabling others to become satisfied with the status quo and waste their potential.

Regarding your first point, then why is everyone arguing with me about the coaches? I'm saying that the coaches are not solely to blame, and I spent a good chunk of the day arguing with people over that point. If they weren't solely blaming the coaches, then why were we arguing?

Regarding your second point, look closer. Can't recall who, but one or maybe two people today were saying that the pulling of support is HOW you send a message of dissatisfaction. Furthermore, and as a wrestling fan, I watched the wrestling fan base go down to about 100 people. Today (even though the results have been almost identical to Penrith's at this point in his reign), the West Gym is packed to the rafters every home meet. So, if people don't pull support and become fairweather fans, why did that happen?

[run&blade]

Re: Honest question

I said it and it is fact. If you want change the best way to get it is to stop going to games. Sad but true.

Weaver would probably still be the coach of the basketball team if they packed the dome every night.

I intervene know what fair weather fan means at UNI. Even during the best of times there is no media hype.

Sitting it the stands for almost every home game for 15 years watching this football team waste the talent it has had does not equal band wagon. It equals sick and tired.

[ban basketball]

Re: Honest question

I said it and it is fact. If you want change the best way to get it is to stop going to games. Sad but true.

Weaver would probably still be the coach of the basketball team if they packed the dome every night.

I, at least, appreciate your honesty and that you own your own comments.

Something that I admire.

[Trapped in California]

I'm the fair weather fan that is flying back from Miami for homecoming rather watching the game on the beach, then driving 5-6 hours back home to KC (on the bandwagon).

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

[UNIdad]

Re: Honest question

Ban and 100 need to read more and post less.

[Panther100]

Re: Honest question

Ban and 100 need to read more and post less.

This is America.

[SteinPizza]

Re: Honest question

This is America.

Completely agreed. While I may not agree with some/most of what I've read from Ban and 100, it's good to get some dissenting opinions to balance out some of the kool aid drinking horsepoop. That stimulates debate, and some here don't seem to like that. So be it, but a lively board is better than a dull one.

[Panther100]

Re: Honest question

Completely agreed. While I may not agree with some/most of what I've read from Ban and 100, it's good to get some dissenting opinions to balance out some of the kool aid drinking horsepoop. That stimulates debate, and some here don't seem to like that. So be it, but a lively board is better than a dull one.

Amen. That's the kind of board I expect.

[Born-a-Panther]

Re: Honest question

I'm the fair weather fan that is flying back from Miami for homecoming rather watching the game on the beach, then driving 5-6 hours back home to KC (on the bandwagon).

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

Let me be the first to say thank you!

[ban basketball]

Re: Honest question

I'm the fair weather fan that is flying back from Miami for homecoming rather watching the game on the beach, then driving 5-6 hours back home to KC (on the bandwagon).

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

That ain't no fairweather fan to me.

[UNI92]

Re: Honest question

Getting kinda salty in here...winning cures everything.
We need to run off a string of victories and things will be good again!

[Alum 99']

Re: Honest question

That ain't no fairweather fan to me.

It's called sarcasm...Google it

[ban basketball]

Re: Honest question

It's called sarcasm...Google it

Your note would have been pertinent had I accused him/her of being a fairweather fan. From what little I know about him/her, fairweather fan wouldn't even show up on my radar as a possible description, and why that was not directed toward him/her.

Plus, I prefer Bing.

[claw]

Re: Honest question

Plus, I prefer Bing.

That's not shocking