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Message: [QUOTE="The CDR-Ret, post: 3942475, member: 10751"] John Wooden went through the same "inflated expectations" problem went in the midst of his huge run at UCLA, which made him retire at his last NCAA chapionship presentation ceremony after announcing it before the game to his players. The women are still people, and people do not perform at their highest level 100% of the time, and sometimes opponents all have their best performances all at the same time {Arkansas & Arizona come to mind}. Most times you can learn more from a loss, than from accidentally winning. It helps to focus attention, and "stop believing your own press clippings." Some teams did not need a loss to learn the lesson that the coaching staff knows more about winning than the "good enough - we won" mentality of some (extremely talented) players. This was the focus of my submarine training, as second place in submarine warefare is at the bottom of the ocean, and not coming back... You have to learn from other's misfortune, as you do not have the ability to learn from your own losses, because you are no longer in the fight. The time you have to learn in the presence of people who have "been there" multiple times is precious and needs to be learned at maximum rate, and non-positive attitudes need to be left at the door. [B][SIZE=5]The first step in being a positive fan is to take a deep breath, let it out and keep breathing. [/SIZE][/B] IT is in the past, learn from it and leave it in the past. Time to start building up again. Stop tearing down. Be kind to others, it may be your last time with them - make it a positive experience for them, if not you. [/QUOTE]

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