Please quit blaming players - fire away at coaches

[UConnDan97]

We (Husky fans/alumns) expect our team to win, no?

So this sentiment is the exact reason why I have always had a problem with booing your own team. What I mean by that is; how on earth does booing help turn the situation into a win?!? Do you think that the players are saying to themselves, "Holy crap! These guys are booing, so we had better start playing better now! Otherwise, they may continue to boo us!!"

In their heads, it's actually more like, "F#$k this. Everything has gone wrong and even these bums in the crowd have turned on us! F#$k it..."

I believe in the power of the 12th man. I've played in a different sport whereby hearing the cheers on the sidelines helped propel me and my team throughout the game. And that was very small-time ball with a very small-time crowd. Can you imagine what a 20 year old is thinking when he hears 35k people cheering him on, even when the proverbial $#it has hit the fan? THAT'S the point! That's what we should aspire to be as fans....an extension of the team; a true 12th man...

 

[Adios]

don't have luxury of DVR but pretty sure those boos were for play call (short pass on 3rd and long)

Exactly. Moronic writer. Maybe they boo players down south.

 

[whaler11]

I'm not a big fan of booing at college games outside of the officials - but yesterday was just some frustration. I can't imagine that any of the players took it too personally, but maybe I'm wrong. It was pretty tame.

 

[ASweet3781]

Is there a bigger straw man that shows up on the Boneyard after every loss than the focus on the fans? Be it booing players, showing up late, or not showing up in large enough numbers? Who the heck cares?

It seems to me there is a focus on this by certain posters to distract from what's happening on the field. In the Pasqualoni era we are winless in winnable 50-50 close non conference games. Vanderbilt, Iowa State, Western Michigan, and now NC State. Seeing our Big East record is almost always around 4-3 or 3-4 this is unacceptable as losing our key non conference games means we will likely NOT be eligible for a bowl by seasons end.

But hey by all means, make post after post on fan behavior and protocol if it takes your mind of the REAL problems right now.

 

[BlueMAB]

BTW - to fans who jingle their keys to make noise - stop it. Yell, clap, stomp the bleachers if you can, but just stop with the key jingling. It doesn't generate noise.

Watch the student section. Then watch a Michigan game where their students do it too. If you can walk and chew bubble gum, you can jingle your keys and scream.

 

[BlueMAB]

HBD, listen I'm not directing this as an attack on your situation. But as a guy who has bilateral arthritis in both knees, needs a total hip replacement on my left hip, and is bone on bone in my spine @ L4/L5 as well as c6/c7. I have NO sympathy for people who Sit on their ass! Last year I sat in the handicapped section in 138 after having spinal surgery. I was walking w/ a walker like a little old man and needed a cane to stand up and sit down, but I managed to get up and down for the team last year just fine. My point is this, if your able, get the hell off your ass, if you cant, we're still glad your there, but if you just don't bother, STAY HOME!

Yes, that's what we need to do more of. Tell the fans who make noise while seated to stay home. Because, you know, there's plenty of other people outside the stadium dying to get in.

 

[Doggie Style]

Yes, that's what we need to do more of. Tell the fans who make noise while seated to stay home. Because, you know, there's plenty of other people outside the stadium dying to get in.[/


Not my point. If your not going to help provide an atmosphere that gives us an advantage, we don't need u there empty seats or not. The most passionate fans are the backbone of the program. Case in point, the 6000 fans who went to ND brought the house down in South Bend! those on the board who went you know exactly what I'm talking about, we owned that stadium! I'd rather have those people in the stadium along with the rest of the die hards all day long, half empty stadium or not. It creates the passion others need to step up and display on a routine basis.

 

[BlueMAB]

I was in ND, it was awesome.

I get your point. "My point is this, if your able, get the hell off your ass, if you cant, we're still glad your there, but if you just don't bother, STAY HOME!"

Stand up or don't bother showing. It's a stupid point seeing as how somebody can make plenty of noise sitting down. And if they choose not to make noise, they still purchased tickets and went to the game. Telling people who go to games, not to go to games, just because they won't stand and scream is stupid.

 

[UConn9604]

Our fan base isn't there yet but there are alot of things that are done well at UConn on game day- good response 9604.

I'm obviously barking in the wrong forest after that awful loss, but he's trying to make us sound like we're Duke (in football), just because we're Duke in basketball. Instead, he's making himself sound like an idiot.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

HBD, listen I'm not directing this as an attack on your situation. But as a guy who has bilateral arthritis in both knees, needs a total hip replacement on my left hip, and is bone on bone in my spine @ L4/L5 as well as c6/c7. I have NO sympathy for people who Sit on their ass! Last year I sat in the handicapped section in 138 after having spinal surgery. I was walking w/ a walker like a little old man and needed a cane to stand up and sit down, but I managed to get up and down for the team last year just fine. My point is this, if your able, get the hell off your ass, if you cant, we're still glad your there, but if you just don't bother, STAY HOME!

I do stand up sometimes - just saying I can scream just as loud sitting as standing - just ask my wife and kids. I had total left hip replacement 5-1/2 months ago and I highly recommend it. I need right knee replaced next.

 

[Doggie Style]

I do stand up sometimes - just saying I can scream just as loud sitting as standing - just ask my wife and kids. I had total left hip replacement 5-1/2 months ago and I highly recommend it. I need right knee replaced next.

Again, my rant was a general one not directed at you. Go Huskies!!!