sooneronas
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Earlier in the year, I posted a question about the digs on Willie Warren.
Sometimes OU fans are too quick to find a scapegoat. And part of this is because we are primarily a football school (like it or not). And in football: one loss can destroy an entire season when your team is Top 5-caliber year in and year out. As a result, OU fans have this all-or-nothing mentality (maybe rightly so in terms of football).
But basketball is a much different game. Your entire body of work is considered when tournament time comes.
I'm afraid some OU fans carry their all-or-nothing mentality of football on to the basketball court.
This is evident through the rhetoric of absolutes:
"******* has been selfish ALL year"
"******** is a COMPLETE bust"
"******** will NEVER be a good player"
"********* has NOT prepared these kids AT ALL"
This team is a young, young team. Our coach is young. Being a fan of college basketball involves being flexible to the ebb-and-flow of a season.
So, let's make this board one of the of the BEST in sports period by continuing the reasonable, well-rounded discussion, criticism, praise, and humor.
And overall, just keep things in perspective!
Sometimes OU fans are too quick to find a scapegoat. And part of this is because we are primarily a football school (like it or not). And in football: one loss can destroy an entire season when your team is Top 5-caliber year in and year out. As a result, OU fans have this all-or-nothing mentality (maybe rightly so in terms of football).
But basketball is a much different game. Your entire body of work is considered when tournament time comes.
I'm afraid some OU fans carry their all-or-nothing mentality of football on to the basketball court.
This is evident through the rhetoric of absolutes:
"******* has been selfish ALL year"
"******** is a COMPLETE bust"
"******** will NEVER be a good player"
"********* has NOT prepared these kids AT ALL"
This team is a young, young team. Our coach is young. Being a fan of college basketball involves being flexible to the ebb-and-flow of a season.
So, let's make this board one of the of the BEST in sports period by continuing the reasonable, well-rounded discussion, criticism, praise, and humor.
And overall, just keep things in perspective!