keckjm
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I've seen a few threads that have started to become a trend since the arrival of Dobbs. Let me quickly remind some of you that we haven't won a bowl game since 2007. Dating from 1999-2014 our bowl record is 3-7. :cray:
A guy once told me, "Confidence is a silent strength that comes from mastery, cockiness is a loud, empty drum." Some of these threads lately have been walking the line between cocky and confident. Some of you are quick to forget just how bad the last 4-5 years have been as a Vol fan. I'm all for enjoying winning some games finally, but I was also hoping that the last 4-5 years would eliminate the need to rub it in other's faces. After all the crap we have endured as a fan base, can we just go a week without the, "we are going to rail KY by double digits talk?" Remember, the snake always bites the one who doesn't think he can be bitten.
My biggest worry for our fan base in the coming years is that many of you will forget how bad it sucks to lose. How bad it sucks to turn the tv on just to see our Vols get hammered. Forget just how bad the last 4-5 years have been. No bowls. No wins against great teams. I fear many of you will start to not fully appreciate the wins once they start rolling in consistently in a few years under CBJ. I understand the goal is championships here, but I hope we fully enjoy the 9-3, 10-2, 11-1 seasons to the the fullest degree as well. Remember where we came from Vol fans.
I can't stress enough how thankful we should be right now as a fan base. We can finally talk about going to a bowl game and it be a realstic goal. It's been 4 years, but we aren't there yet. Have some humility. It's embarrassing to see so many threads on how bad KY is or how we are going to run the table. Guys, just three weeks ago I was afraid we may be looking at our first 4-8 season, thank you Dobbs, thank you, thank you, thank you for preventing that hopefully.
Let's all just support this team, keep the trash talk to a minimum considering we have flat sucked the last few years ourselves, and always keep in mind what it's like to be on the losing side of things. Let's have some class guys, and really appreciate what's about to come our way in terms of winning. Let's not become the Alabama's of the world and fail to appreciate winning on a yearly bases.
Anyways, rants over. Go Vols :rock:
A guy once told me, "Confidence is a silent strength that comes from mastery, cockiness is a loud, empty drum." Some of these threads lately have been walking the line between cocky and confident. Some of you are quick to forget just how bad the last 4-5 years have been as a Vol fan. I'm all for enjoying winning some games finally, but I was also hoping that the last 4-5 years would eliminate the need to rub it in other's faces. After all the crap we have endured as a fan base, can we just go a week without the, "we are going to rail KY by double digits talk?" Remember, the snake always bites the one who doesn't think he can be bitten.
My biggest worry for our fan base in the coming years is that many of you will forget how bad it sucks to lose. How bad it sucks to turn the tv on just to see our Vols get hammered. Forget just how bad the last 4-5 years have been. No bowls. No wins against great teams. I fear many of you will start to not fully appreciate the wins once they start rolling in consistently in a few years under CBJ. I understand the goal is championships here, but I hope we fully enjoy the 9-3, 10-2, 11-1 seasons to the the fullest degree as well. Remember where we came from Vol fans.
I can't stress enough how thankful we should be right now as a fan base. We can finally talk about going to a bowl game and it be a realstic goal. It's been 4 years, but we aren't there yet. Have some humility. It's embarrassing to see so many threads on how bad KY is or how we are going to run the table. Guys, just three weeks ago I was afraid we may be looking at our first 4-8 season, thank you Dobbs, thank you, thank you, thank you for preventing that hopefully.
Let's all just support this team, keep the trash talk to a minimum considering we have flat sucked the last few years ourselves, and always keep in mind what it's like to be on the losing side of things. Let's have some class guys, and really appreciate what's about to come our way in terms of winning. Let's not become the Alabama's of the world and fail to appreciate winning on a yearly bases.
Anyways, rants over. Go Vols :rock:
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