You can't trust
@hog88. He is a known curmudgeon with a most vile heart and questionable spirit. Actually, he and I are good friends in the political forum.
I tried to clarify the "undefeated" line earlier. Let me take a step back and reset the conversation. I'll be more careful in my sentence structure this time.
Anyone holding high expectations doesn't bother me. In fact, even if you were to say we can go undefeated every year, I would not hold that against you. Fans are supposed to be fanatical in their support. I certainly wouldn't agree that we could go undefeated. I would take the approach of if you think we can go undefeated I support you, knock yourself out. The opinions of others about the expectations of our team don't effect my enjoyment when we play well and they don't impact my disappointment when we play poorly. We've had posters in the past and have posters currently who bring those expectations to the board every year.
Additionally, it doesn't hurt me if someone has a higher expectation than mine but less than undefeated. I believe this is where you are. You typically bring a reasoned approach to your assessments which I find insightful even if I disagree with your conclusion. In fact, you stating your case in a logical manner is why I follow you in my user settings. So, I am not looking to do battle over 9-3 or 6-6 or where we 'should' be as a program. I am more interested in how you are arriving at your position. The same is true for my two questions. I am not aware of fan expectations outside of the influential fan group impacting the outcome of an established coach. If you had evidence, even anecdotal, of a time when casual fans were a catalyst for change with a coach, I am sincerely interested in it. I may not agree with the conclusion, but I like to see how you come to your opinion.
And because you generally post in a logical way, I do not understand why you want to take a "count me out" approach if other casual fans didn't share your expectations. I would understand if it were boosters, administration, season tix holders, etc.
Hope this resets the unintended take you had in the tone in my posts. If I was unclear on anything, just let me know and I will do my best to improve.