The Current State of Gator Sports
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Maybe if you finally send money, I'll change my mind. You've sat on your wallet for six years now.
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It's definitely good advice. Try and enjoy the blessings that you have. Watching gator athletics excel certainly hasn't happened in ages. I haven't watched much of our baseball team yet, but the season is early and we at least have some arm talent that has potential. The good news is with our lineup they don't need to be Pedro or Maddux for us to win on the diamond. On the flip side we have the worst athletic director in the country, and a football coach thats owned by the lowly Kentucky WIldcats.
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Good Lord Ox, Just tell us what it will take to keep this thing chugging along, and we will pony up.... or not.
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@Durty South Swamp I get and share your frustration with football and to a lesser extent basketball. (Billy D was special and I can’t expect NCs. I set that bar at making the tournament regularly and the Sweet 16 is a very good year.)
In other men’s sports, we’ve won [edit] 9 NCs in the last 10 years, including our only-ever in baseball and men’s tennis. I doubt many programs can top that. But we don’t go to track, golf, tennis etc. I would if I lived in Gainesville. But I don’t and those are rarely broadcast.
But to revive your interest and dispel the gloom a bit, I suggest to focus less on the staff and take interest in the players as more than a means to an end. It’s easier to cheer for Mertz, for example, knowing who he is. Lagway too.
Case in point:
I’m old enough that I suffered through the 70’s, and I was a student when we rose in the early 80’s only to see everything snatched away and demolished. Then came SOS. We ought to contend for the SEC every year. We’ve gone from “Wait til next year!” To “Remember when…” But I’ve never lost that sense of being with and behind the players. That’s getting rocked by the portal, but it’s still the heart of my fandom.
“We suck” may be true, but it’s a lousy mindset when a team is trying to come together. I wouldn’t put up with it with my kids’ teams or anywhere else, honestly. It’s no way to lead or to be a team member. “In all kinds of weather,” right?
In other men’s sports, we’ve won [edit] 9 NCs in the last 10 years, including our only-ever in baseball and men’s tennis. I doubt many programs can top that. But we don’t go to track, golf, tennis etc. I would if I lived in Gainesville. But I don’t and those are rarely broadcast.
But to revive your interest and dispel the gloom a bit, I suggest to focus less on the staff and take interest in the players as more than a means to an end. It’s easier to cheer for Mertz, for example, knowing who he is. Lagway too.
Case in point:
I’m old enough that I suffered through the 70’s, and I was a student when we rose in the early 80’s only to see everything snatched away and demolished. Then came SOS. We ought to contend for the SEC every year. We’ve gone from “Wait til next year!” To “Remember when…” But I’ve never lost that sense of being with and behind the players. That’s getting rocked by the portal, but it’s still the heart of my fandom.
“We suck” may be true, but it’s a lousy mindset when a team is trying to come together. I wouldn’t put up with it with my kids’ teams or anywhere else, honestly. It’s no way to lead or to be a team member. “In all kinds of weather,” right?
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Friday nights are what I use to reset, unwind, eliminate and throw off the stress.
I made a huge mistake in planning my late afternoon to watch that game yesterday.
So, my Friday night SUCKED!!!!
Sitting here on a peaceful Saturday morning with the birds chirping and the sun just now getting through the oaks in my back yard, you would think that knot in my neck would have subsided by now.
Hell, We don't even have Baseball to fall back on now.
Maybe Softball can come through for us?
Basketball at least shows some promise. Even with the horrible refs we had yesterday, we would have won that game with Handlogten in the lineup.
I digress.
Yeah, I agree with the general sentiment here. This ****ty coaching and ****ty teams and lack of pride for the Orange and Blue, starts in the AD's office.
It's just not enjoyable to watch anything we're putting on the field, the court or the diamond.
After 42 years of Die hard, confident, proud fandom, I'm completely deflated and worn out.
Definitely need to find something else to do or somewhere else to place this passion for sport.
I made a huge mistake in planning my late afternoon to watch that game yesterday.
So, my Friday night SUCKED!!!!
Sitting here on a peaceful Saturday morning with the birds chirping and the sun just now getting through the oaks in my back yard, you would think that knot in my neck would have subsided by now.
Hell, We don't even have Baseball to fall back on now.
Maybe Softball can come through for us?
Basketball at least shows some promise. Even with the horrible refs we had yesterday, we would have won that game with Handlogten in the lineup.
I digress.
Yeah, I agree with the general sentiment here. This ****ty coaching and ****ty teams and lack of pride for the Orange and Blue, starts in the AD's office.
It's just not enjoyable to watch anything we're putting on the field, the court or the diamond.
After 42 years of Die hard, confident, proud fandom, I'm completely deflated and worn out.
Definitely need to find something else to do or somewhere else to place this passion for sport.
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If that's your number, then at least everyone knows what it's going to take.
I'll talk to my banker to see how far out I can finance this.
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Love the positivity. Thanks for posting this.
Sorry to say though brother.......We hear this same BS EVERY Spring.
I for one, am not buying it anymore until I see some progress on the field, which might be pretty hard because I'm not sure I want to continue to torture myself through another football season.
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Ironhead…If that's your number, then at least everyone knows what it's going to take.
I'll talk to my banker to see how far out I can finance this.
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At the end of the day sports are entertainment, nothing more. Those of you that get horribly depressed and have chest pains really shouldn't watch anymore. It's not worth it. Go get a 3D printer or something.
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That would make someone happier than watching Gator sports, yes.and by something, do you mean prostitute?
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Or a prostitute?
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Dang. I always felt you had a side gig. Now I know for sure…and by something, do you mean prostitute?
…and in cahoots with Ox to boot!
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Dang. I always felt you had a side gig. Now I know for sure…
…and in cahoots with Ox to boot!
