Ashevillevol
Kiss of Death
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I check out this board often but usually don't post. I've been on here everyday since Saturday and have taken in all the histrionics since. I am convinced the biggest problem with Tennessee football is the fans. There are probably 5-10,000 "fanatics" that drive all this vitriol.
The big majority of people who go to games and support the team let it go after it's over. Everyone wants to win but when we lose, these 5-10,000 act as if thee earth has fallen off its axis. These are the ones who populate these message boards and analyze ad nauseum every utterance or non-utterance of anyone associated with the program from the president of the university to the AD to the head coach to the assistant coaches to the GAs to the 18-21 yr olds who are playing, their friends, acquaintances, relatives, teachers, neighbors, and anyone who ever saw them out in a store or bar or doctors office or anywhere. Social media stalkers monitor every facebook post or tweet and immediately get on here to report the"major breakng news" or rumor or crazyspeculation to all the rest of us.
The scrutiny and pressure we place on these kids is unfathomable. The misguided pedestal they are placed on gives them a skewed sense of self-importance after years of adulation. It's no wonder many of them are self-absorbed and not good team players..
You look on here and we are already stalking our next victims by the time they are in the 10th grade if they show any potential to be our next 5-star. These fans apparently find it informative.or self-serving in some capacity that in 2-3over years they have found the time and felt the need to regale us with their opinions and observations 20,000, 30,000, 40,000, or even 50,000 times.
My point in this rant is I guess to get some of us to look at how much importance we are attaching to something that should just be a pleasant diversion. Let these kids be themselves and have fun without the sorry of death threats if they throw too many interceptions, or something akin to worthless if they can't get their kickoffs in the endzone, or if they don't fall forward for two more yards after initial contact.
Every one of these players are busting their tails every day to play for UT. We ignore all the hours of workouts,weights, running, and practice they give and we call them terrible because they dropped a pass. Many on here rake them continually because they dropped don't live up to their hype or our standards. In fact, to hear many on here you would assume they could go out there and play much better. Same goes for the coaches. Seems like 80% of posters act like they could walk over to the athletic complex and do a better job. No matter what the talent or maturity level of the team is we should be able to compete with anyone just by virtue of coaching.
I just hope some people on here would take a look at some of the things they are posting and decide does this really need yo be said. Would you appreciate it being said about you own son or daughter or about yourself
The big majority of people who go to games and support the team let it go after it's over. Everyone wants to win but when we lose, these 5-10,000 act as if thee earth has fallen off its axis. These are the ones who populate these message boards and analyze ad nauseum every utterance or non-utterance of anyone associated with the program from the president of the university to the AD to the head coach to the assistant coaches to the GAs to the 18-21 yr olds who are playing, their friends, acquaintances, relatives, teachers, neighbors, and anyone who ever saw them out in a store or bar or doctors office or anywhere. Social media stalkers monitor every facebook post or tweet and immediately get on here to report the"major breakng news" or rumor or crazyspeculation to all the rest of us.
The scrutiny and pressure we place on these kids is unfathomable. The misguided pedestal they are placed on gives them a skewed sense of self-importance after years of adulation. It's no wonder many of them are self-absorbed and not good team players..
You look on here and we are already stalking our next victims by the time they are in the 10th grade if they show any potential to be our next 5-star. These fans apparently find it informative.or self-serving in some capacity that in 2-3over years they have found the time and felt the need to regale us with their opinions and observations 20,000, 30,000, 40,000, or even 50,000 times.
My point in this rant is I guess to get some of us to look at how much importance we are attaching to something that should just be a pleasant diversion. Let these kids be themselves and have fun without the sorry of death threats if they throw too many interceptions, or something akin to worthless if they can't get their kickoffs in the endzone, or if they don't fall forward for two more yards after initial contact.
Every one of these players are busting their tails every day to play for UT. We ignore all the hours of workouts,weights, running, and practice they give and we call them terrible because they dropped a pass. Many on here rake them continually because they dropped don't live up to their hype or our standards. In fact, to hear many on here you would assume they could go out there and play much better. Same goes for the coaches. Seems like 80% of posters act like they could walk over to the athletic complex and do a better job. No matter what the talent or maturity level of the team is we should be able to compete with anyone just by virtue of coaching.
I just hope some people on here would take a look at some of the things they are posting and decide does this really need yo be said. Would you appreciate it being said about you own son or daughter or about yourself
