On self-fulfilling prophecies
I try to be a good fan. I clap politely for the other team, I don't boo our players, I try to be respectful.
It's hard. What makes it really hard is the ridiculous attitudes of some of our "fans". There is a guy with season tickets that sits behind me who keeps a running commentary during the game -- "stop meddling Joe, throw to the tight end Joe, why do you let Jay call plays Joe?". I'm just going to venture to guess that this guy has probably coached 56 years less than Joe.
Everyone remembers the website saying Joe must go -- too bad that he's coached here for 56 years. Who cares that he graduates more than 88% of his players all the while winning more bowl games than any other coach in history. The guy has a couple of bad years, and he's not good enough anymore. His son gets no end of criticism. He has the audacity to work for his dad, and that must mean he's the most incompetent coach in the land. The rent-a-fans love to say that Jay can't develop quarterbacks and that not only don't they develop, they regress under his tutelage.
So, let's review why Chad Henne chose Michigan over Penn State, shall we? Chad said that PSU doesn't develop QBs and that he was going to go to UM because they do a better job developing their QBs into NFL QBs. Now granted, you could just survey NFL rosters and see more UM QBs than PSU QBs, but if I recall, Tom Brady sat the bench in Ann Arbor for most of his time, didn't he? Personally, my feeling is that PSU "fans" drove Henne from State College to Ann Arbor.
Why don't we read the opinion letters in our student newspaper? Our own students are saying that our coaches can't coach offensive linemen. So -- let's say that you are a blue chip offensive line recruit. If Penn State fans think our coaches can't coach and especially can't coach offensive linemen, where are you going to go?
I'm tired of the negativity and the demands to fire our coaches. I'm tired of people coming to Beaver Stadium so that they can rant and rave at Joe, Jay, Galen, Tom, and the 20 year olds who make up the team. I'm tired of reading the comments on Sunday by the "fans" who found some new reason in Saturday's game to blame our coaches and our players for ruining their lives by losing a game.
Lastly, someone needs to call the letter writer linked above and let him know that Ki-Jana Carter was an amazing running back. I'm going to venture to say that blowing out his knee in his first carry of his first preseason game may have had something to do with his NFL career not going as well as he would have liked. If it were up to me, saying that Carter wasn't any good should revoke a person's Beaver Stadium privileges for life.
It's hard. What makes it really hard is the ridiculous attitudes of some of our "fans". There is a guy with season tickets that sits behind me who keeps a running commentary during the game -- "stop meddling Joe, throw to the tight end Joe, why do you let Jay call plays Joe?". I'm just going to venture to guess that this guy has probably coached 56 years less than Joe.
Everyone remembers the website saying Joe must go -- too bad that he's coached here for 56 years. Who cares that he graduates more than 88% of his players all the while winning more bowl games than any other coach in history. The guy has a couple of bad years, and he's not good enough anymore. His son gets no end of criticism. He has the audacity to work for his dad, and that must mean he's the most incompetent coach in the land. The rent-a-fans love to say that Jay can't develop quarterbacks and that not only don't they develop, they regress under his tutelage.
So, let's review why Chad Henne chose Michigan over Penn State, shall we? Chad said that PSU doesn't develop QBs and that he was going to go to UM because they do a better job developing their QBs into NFL QBs. Now granted, you could just survey NFL rosters and see more UM QBs than PSU QBs, but if I recall, Tom Brady sat the bench in Ann Arbor for most of his time, didn't he? Personally, my feeling is that PSU "fans" drove Henne from State College to Ann Arbor.
Why don't we read the opinion letters in our student newspaper? Our own students are saying that our coaches can't coach offensive linemen. So -- let's say that you are a blue chip offensive line recruit. If Penn State fans think our coaches can't coach and especially can't coach offensive linemen, where are you going to go?
I'm tired of the negativity and the demands to fire our coaches. I'm tired of people coming to Beaver Stadium so that they can rant and rave at Joe, Jay, Galen, Tom, and the 20 year olds who make up the team. I'm tired of reading the comments on Sunday by the "fans" who found some new reason in Saturday's game to blame our coaches and our players for ruining their lives by losing a game.
Lastly, someone needs to call the letter writer linked above and let him know that Ki-Jana Carter was an amazing running back. I'm going to venture to say that blowing out his knee in his first carry of his first preseason game may have had something to do with his NFL career not going as well as he would have liked. If it were up to me, saying that Carter wasn't any good should revoke a person's Beaver Stadium privileges for life.
posted by Chris at 11:02 PM
1 Comments:
Hmm. Kerry Collins had a good career. Larry Johnson may be the best player in the game. I'm sure you know a lot more names than I do.
It's bizarre how people get notions stuck in their heads and refuse to part with them despite all evidence to the contrary.
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