I will bite. As someone who has posted threads and similar long opinions around being optimistic and not unnecessarily pessimistic, for me it's about sharing in the sentiment that things are not all well and that many are not thrilled with the idea of offering support financially to a program that doesn't feel committed to helping itself in the current downturn. For those who don't know my posting record and labeling me or coming at me for criticism it's been a bit frustrating because optimism has been my M.O. and still is generally speaking.
Also- when things are as they are right now, posting a fools gold positive seems pointless to me. In a forum of discussion the genesis of the conversation is likely to be flavored congruent with the status of the program. The old "meltdowns" were flashes in the pan of a passionate fan base.
SU Hoops is a brand and a part of all our lives here. That part is wounded pretty badly right now. Negative or positive it's passion based for sure.
There is nothing wrong with being positive. But being confrontational in being positive as is happening and confrontation when negative which has happened too is few and far between but also has no place.
Right now it's about ensuring that the forums that have a voice small or not are representative of how the fanbase and alums feel who use that medium. Right now I am not sure how anyone could feel good about the program. That said there is not a complete abandoning ship here. We still care. Last night's game thread was a litany of positive comments with the normal criticisms in years past.
As someone who has felt there was too many negative posts in the past, I think the criticism today is both warranted and fair and makes sense. Not everyone feels the need to write letters to JW or make comments on the radio so this is another outlet.
