Bunch of goshdarn complainers. . I seriously may have to abandon this board, you'd think we were supposed to go undefeated and have the ship forfeited to us. I mean seriously, cheer for your team but the you guys post is just unreal 99% of the time.
Every fall I go outside and scream at the trees for dropping their leaves, making a mess on my driveway and lawn and forcing me to rake and get my leaf blower. I scream and scream and ignore my neighbors concerns. And then spring hits and the pollen drops and I got to wash the outside of the house and I scream and scream and ignore my neighbors concerns. I swear I'm going to cut down all the trees. And then I remember some of my neighbors electric bills are considerably higher than mine because their houses aren't shaded in the summer.
And I put the saw away. Until fall and spring come around and then I swear I'm gonna get the saw as I'm screaming at the trees.
What's wrong with this picture! I'd be locked up as a nutcase to act like this. Yes I hate the extra work the trees cause me, but they also give me value. I understand the nature of the trees and accept that's part of life. So I complain (to myself) about the problems but have learned to just deal with it.
This game and this season have been difficult. I have no problem with criticism and venting. But a large amount of the complaining is as over the top as my hypothetical public screaming at the trees. The team has problems. Obvious! Will this team get better because I'm screaming at them.? Who am I kidding? Maybe I ought to get my neighbors who have trees and we should all stand outside screaming at them. That will accomplish what? I'll tell you what. The property values will go down. Sooner or later people have to learn to accept this team for what it is or continue to behave like ranting lunatics.
Complaining is good when it's constructive. Complaining is good when it allows us to get anger out of our system. Complaining is detrimental when it is habitual, when it continues incessantly, when it is repetitive, and when there is little that can be done about the circumstances. I don't feel good after these types of games. I challenge myself to move on as quickly as possible. I don't enjoy watching so many people castigate the players and coaches. I challenge myself to be as minimally affected by them as possible.
JLock, there are a lot of reasonable posters with positive attitudes. If you leave because of the negativity what does that mean you are doing? It means you are ignoring the positives in this forum and you are allowing yourself to be impacted by negativity. There are a lot of things in life we have no control over. But handling bad games, seasons and negativity in this forum are certainly possible.
If it's not possible for people just stay away from here after tough losses. We all know the same culprits will come here and spew their vitriol whenever there is a loss. People aren't any different then trees. All you need to do is understand their nature and figure out ways to cope with it.
