Hoov50
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Perhaps most of you won't care, but to those posters whom I've developed a message board "friendship" with I wanted to post this.
Over the last year and a half or so I've gone from someone who couldn't wait to check this board on a daily basis to someone who rarely checks this board. It has turned into what Facebook, Twitter and social media in general has become. All people do is complain and nitpick every tiny detail. I have no problem with criticism, in fact if you look through my posts I am critical of our players and coaches quite a bit. Now instead of being a site where I can go to enjoy spirited exchanges with other SU fans (some I agree with and some I don't) I end up trying to sort through post after post of nonsense. I watch sports for an escape from the constant doom and gloom attitude of the world (and rest of the internet), now it seems that doom and gloom has invaded syracusefan.com.
After an excellent win last night when most non-fans and many "fans" thought we didn't even deserve to make the tournament, I came here hoping to read about it. Of course that didn't happen instead, 3 of 4 posts are about our "crappy" zone (which was a major factor in holding the PAC-12's leading scoring team to a season low) or posts about a single decision our coach or a player made in the heat of competition. What a bunch of posers! Get a grip, we are and have been a severely limited team all season long, regardless of the reasons, we have been. From moment our names popped up on TBS and then was spoken after the 4 second audio delay we have been playing with house money. Enjoy it, this team has overachieved and if things fall into place next season should have a very good chance to be an excellent team.
I have may not post as frequently as some of the "regulars," but I have been part of this community through at least the last three iterations. To all the "friends" I have made on this board, you know how to contact me if things around here ever go back to normal or if some of you split off.
Don't bother posting any snarky or sarcastic comments because I don't plan to check back here, I won't say ever, but certainly not for a while.
Whether you think I offered any insight or value to this board or not, I'm out.
Go Orange!
Over the last year and a half or so I've gone from someone who couldn't wait to check this board on a daily basis to someone who rarely checks this board. It has turned into what Facebook, Twitter and social media in general has become. All people do is complain and nitpick every tiny detail. I have no problem with criticism, in fact if you look through my posts I am critical of our players and coaches quite a bit. Now instead of being a site where I can go to enjoy spirited exchanges with other SU fans (some I agree with and some I don't) I end up trying to sort through post after post of nonsense. I watch sports for an escape from the constant doom and gloom attitude of the world (and rest of the internet), now it seems that doom and gloom has invaded syracusefan.com.
After an excellent win last night when most non-fans and many "fans" thought we didn't even deserve to make the tournament, I came here hoping to read about it. Of course that didn't happen instead, 3 of 4 posts are about our "crappy" zone (which was a major factor in holding the PAC-12's leading scoring team to a season low) or posts about a single decision our coach or a player made in the heat of competition. What a bunch of posers! Get a grip, we are and have been a severely limited team all season long, regardless of the reasons, we have been. From moment our names popped up on TBS and then was spoken after the 4 second audio delay we have been playing with house money. Enjoy it, this team has overachieved and if things fall into place next season should have a very good chance to be an excellent team.
I have may not post as frequently as some of the "regulars," but I have been part of this community through at least the last three iterations. To all the "friends" I have made on this board, you know how to contact me if things around here ever go back to normal or if some of you split off.
Don't bother posting any snarky or sarcastic comments because I don't plan to check back here, I won't say ever, but certainly not for a while.
Whether you think I offered any insight or value to this board or not, I'm out.
Go Orange!