The Fan Triangle

Which spot on the fan triangle comes closest to you?

  • 1 - Sunshine Pumper

  • 2 - Nega-Vol

  • 3 - Parent

  • 4 - NFL Light

  • 5 - Care Bear

  • 6 - Tough as Nails

  • 7 - Balanced (or close)

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#29
#29
sccshortstop said:
Maybe a tour in the military like most did at 18 back in the day! Viet Nam was a hell hole and these so called kids complain about every thing that is free, but the National Anthem is good for kneeling. Not just our team but for all that are unappreciative! JMHO
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It really does hurt to see how bad they are. Thank God for this country and everyone who serves
 
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#32
#32
Almost 70% view themselves as 7. That surprises me; reading individual posts does not make me think "balanced". I suspect many of the poll participants are not regular posters, and hold their opinions close to the vest.
 
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#33
#33
"tempered by care for the student-athletes"

It's funny that you idiots think the athlete gives a single **** about the fans or views us as people
 
#34
#34
Steve_Smith89 said:
"tempered by care for the student-athletes"

It's funny that you idiots think the athlete gives a single **** about the fans or views us as people
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This isn't a thread about how the players see fans. It's a thread about how fans view the program and what motivates us. You kind of got that bit backward.
 
#35
#35
VFL1953 said:
Almost 70% view themselves as 7. That surprises me; reading individual posts does not make me think "balanced". I suspect many of the poll participants are not regular posters, and hold their opinions close to the vest.
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It's still early, only about 70 people have participated in the poll so far...we can expect anywhere from 150 to 500 to, ultimately, if past polls are any indication.

But based on what we have so far, it does indeed seem that most of us think of ourselves as somewhere nearer the center of that triangle (motivated in all three ways) than the edges or corners.

That's probably a very good thing. It's good to have balance with these 3 considerations in play. You'd like everyone to enjoy success. You'd like everyone to want championships. And you'd like everyone to care for our lads. So...it's really good that most feel all three.

To do some cross-referencing, we can tease out a few more nuggets:

-- Just under 15% of us who have joined in don't spend much or any time thinking of the players as people beyond the football field. That's the folks who answered (1), (2), or (4). That means 85% of us DO care about the lads as people. It's really good that so many do, I think.

-- 12% of us don't care much or at all about winning championships (answered (1), (3), or (5)). That's a bit surprising. I would think it would be an even smaller number. You'd expect that number to grow at places that have rarely or never won any championships (say, Vandy). Maybe this number grows as we spend years out in the wilderness, and will shrink again after we get back to winning.

-- Almost 17% of us aren't enjoying the wins we do get ((2), (3), and (6) combined). Either too completely focused on the lads as individuals, or too completely focused on missed chances at championships. That's a bit sad; I feel for these folks. You gotta have some joy in life. Maybe they get all theirs in other ways.

Finally, there's probably some built-in bias to a poll like this. The way it is built and the way it is worded might tend to encourage the (7) response more than others. In reality, maybe people are a bit more pushed out toward the edges than their responses indicate. *shrug* No one ever said this was scientifically valid, heh. Just for fun.

Go Vols!
 
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#37
#37
I tend to be a contrarian and try to maintain perspectives that either go against the grain or aren’t widely accepted as popular belief.

For example, if everyone is dogging Heupel I would probably step in and offer some support.

On the other hand, if everyone is praising Heupel I would probably step in and offer some criticism.

I guess that’s balanced?
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
This isn't a thread about how the players see fans. It's a thread about how fans view the program and what motivates us. You kind of got that bit backward.
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and how does what I said not impact that? "what motivates us" there you go buddy you just played yourself
 
#45
#45
VFL-82-JP said:
It's still early, only about 70 people have participated in the poll so far...we can expect anywhere from 150 to 500 to, ultimately, if past polls are any indication.

But based on what we have so far, it does indeed seem that most of us think of ourselves as somewhere nearer the center of that triangle (motivated in all three ways) than the edges or corners.

That's probably a very good thing. It's good to have balance with these 3 considerations in play. You'd like everyone to enjoy success. You'd like everyone to want championships. And you'd like everyone to care for our lads. So...it's really good that most feel all three.

To do some cross-referencing, we can tease out a few more nuggets:

-- Just under 15% of us who have joined in don't spend much or any time thinking of the players as people beyond the football field. That's the folks who answered (1), (2), or (4). That means 85% of us DO care about the lads as people. It's really good that so many do, I think.

-- 12% of us don't care much or at all about winning championships (answered (1), (3), or (5)). That's a bit surprising. I would think it would be an even smaller number. You'd expect that number to grow at places that have rarely or never won any championships (say, Vandy). Maybe this number grows as we spend years out in the wilderness, and will shrink again after we get back to winning.

-- Almost 17% of us aren't enjoying the wins we do get ((2), (3), and (6) combined). Either too completely focused on the lads as individuals, or too completely focused on missed chances at championships. That's a bit sad; I feel for these folks. You gotta have some joy in life. Maybe they get all theirs in other ways.

Finally, there's probably some built-in bias to a poll like this. The way it is built and the way it is worded might tend to encourage the (7) response more than others. In reality, maybe people are a bit more pushed out toward the edges than their responses indicate. *shrug* No one ever said this was scientifically valid, heh. Just for fun.

Go Vols!
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I answered 1 - people call me a Pollyanna because I always try to find the good in the bad - I don’t know if that makes me a sunshine pumper. I do know this, though...I care about those kids that stick with the Vols, so maybe I’m not really a sunshine pumper. I guess I don’t really know where I fit! 🤷🏻‍♀️
 
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#46
#46
SmokinBob said:
I answered 1 - people call me a Pollyanna because I always try to find the good in the bad - I don’t know if that makes me a sunshine pumper. I do know this, though...I care about those kids that stick with the Vols, so maybe I’m not really a sunshine pumper. I guess I don’t really know where I fit! 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Bob, since you always look on the bright side (1), and you care for the lads (3), maybe you're right in between those. So a (5)? Maybe?
 
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#47
It would be interesting to do a poll with these same parameters, but instead of ‘where do you see yourself’, have it be ‘where do you see others on this board’. It would be interesting to see if we generally see others like ourselves, or do the posters not like yourself stand out when we read the board? Like, there’s ten posts similar to your’s, but that one that disagrees really stands out. This is a good sociological study. Thanks @VFL-82-JP !
 
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