The expectations were there for the basketball team last year just like football this coming season. I am VERY cautious about getting too hyped about the press they have been getting. Been there done that… a lot. Definition of insanity.
Gowlves (and 44), I understand caution and I I’ve been cautious when there was something at risks. We need to be clear about one thing here. We are in the stands, not on the field. We don’t have anything at risk. The definition of insanity doesn’t apply to us. We are not trying the same thing over and over each time expecting a different result. We are in the stands cheering our team on.
Mr. DOG said, “Belief is its own reality. Whether that’s belief in your coaches, your teammies, or yourself, it’s the last wall to bust to win on a regular basis.” Conversely disbelief has its own reality. When we come to Carter-Finely cautious and full of fear of failure, we suck the energy out of the stadium and level the playing field. C-F used to be a tough place to come to play. We the fans have reduced it to just another venue.
Sure we can blame it on the past. “If the team would win (without us and our backing) we could support the team again.” What a crock of excrement! The atmosphere in the stadium is on us. It’s time to take back the that home field advantage.
Sometimes when I see cheerleaders doing their thing when a team is losing badly, I ask myself, ‘How do the do it?’ The answer is simple. They generate it. If we ever want a winning program we are going to have to generate some enthusiasm. Fake it ’til we make it if we have to. I’m not talking optimism here, I talking about enthusiasm and support.
For the 2017 team what I have right now is a lot of enthusiasm. I’m enthusiastic about going down to FSU and seeing what they go and how we are going to play them. I’m not particularly optimistic that we will win or am I particularly pessimistic. I’m enthusiastic about going to play ND and I’m enthusiastic about Clemson and L’ville coming to C-F. You get the picture. Remember when we all whined about the cupcake schedule? No excuse this year.
Western cultures have an “I believe or don’t believe” way of looking at life. Eastern cultures have a “I neither believe nor disbelieve” way of looking at life. In an eastern philosophy kind of way I am neither optimistic nor pessimistic about our team winning “X” number of games. I am enthusiastic about playing the games on our schedule.
I’m human so when we come home from Tallahassee 4-0 I’ll be excited and start to get optimistic. After we take care of L’ville and are 6-0 I’ll be excited and very optimistic. When we come home from ND 8-0 my optimism is going to be out of control.
BTW I have enthusiasm for the basketball team. too.
