Smiling and laughing??
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Probably florida thinking they are all that and one of our players in the dugout just waved the national title banner at them from when we beat them in omaha, bwwaaaaaa.
Michael Roth is not walking through that door.
Cutting up and staying loose is fine when it is natural and you are winning. BUT, when it is forced and contrived, and the team is losing, it is a problem.
Speaking of forced and contrived...can you believe Byron the Bunny is still has an active Twitter account?
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When they win, it's branded "staying loose" and is attributed to sticks, bunnies and fish. When they lose, it's called smiling and laughing like they don't care.
If you think these college guys really give a damn or lose any sleep over whether they win or lose are fooling yourself. Their attitude doesn't change from game to game or from win to loss. They are probably out drinking and partying after after either before you can make your first GC post asking what's wrong with the team.
For the great majority, winning or losing in college doesn't impact their life at all. They don't care at all if your life is negatively impacted by a losing season and embarrassing team and personal performances. Different generation. Different perspective on life and sports and team and competition and accountability. And attitudes have changed a lot since 2010. It's all changing really fast. Morales and Wingo have both passed through here as coaches, and even they can't change the emotion or the want-to with these guys.
There's only so much a coach can do. A lot of it is just based on dumb-luck team chemistry and maybe finding one or two real leaders. Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't. As the HBC says, paraphrasing, "we'll just see how it goes". Look at how wildly inconsistent and generally mediocre big-time college sports teams are in general today. Get used to more of this.
Just enjoy the weather and the tailgating and stop worrying why 20 somethings don't care about winning and don't suffer about losing as much as a fan does.
If you think these college guys really give a damn or lose any sleep over whether they win or lose are fooling yourself. Their attitude doesn't change from game to game or from win to loss. They are probably out drinking and partying after after either before you can make your first GC post asking what's wrong with the team.
For the great majority, winning or losing in college doesn't impact their life at all. They don't care at all if your life is negatively impacted by a losing season and embarrassing team and personal performances. Different generation. Different perspective on life and sports and team and competition and accountability. And attitudes have changed a lot since 2010. It's all changing really fast. Morales and Wingo have both passed through here as coaches, and even they can't change the emotion or the want-to with these guys.
There's only so much a coach can do. A lot of it is just based on dumb-luck team chemistry and maybe finding one or two real leaders. Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't. As the HBC says, paraphrasing, "we'll just see how it goes". Look at how wildly inconsistent and generally mediocre big-time college sports teams are in general today. Get used to more of this.
Just enjoy the weather and the tailgating and stop worrying why 20 somethings don't care about winning and don't suffer about losing as much as a fan does.
I wouldn't say they don't care. Just like many with jobs going bad, still find a way to enjoy life outside work and have a cocktail or two. But I wouldnt say they don't care. At the least they care deeply at least about their personal performance, as almost all kids recruited to a program like USC have visions of pro ball in their future. And while Holbrook is like most coaches, just a high paid mercenary without the emotions for the old school colors, he also cares deeply as he wants to keep his high paying gig. As far as the emotions of winning and losing, it sometimes does get to the fans much more than it gets to players and coaches. But their emotions are more immediate as opposed to lifelong fandom. Things just aren't working this year for whatever reason. Things happen that way. Had a couple of years there where it seemed USC seemingly got every bounce, every timely hit, and every defensive stop. These things tend to equal out over the years. Things just aren't working this year. It happens
To say an athlete doesn't care whether he wins or loses has to be one of the dumbest things I've read on here. You've obviously never played any kind of competitive sports. You should stop posting.
F, tailgating and weather. If that is what mattered they as well not play the game.
This post was edited on 4/12 1:53 PM by ReadR00ster
I guarantee you that the USC women's team care about winning. That's a team that's worth spending money to see. Any team that doesn't care about winning isn't worth following.
Anyway, I'm getting concerned. We had a few bad weeks of losing a few close games, and I didn't see that as an emergency. But getting beaten by double digits every weekend and getting swept? That's not acceptable for USC baseball. Things need to turn around in a hurry.
I don't see it getting better this year and doubt seriously if Holbrook can right the ship. Changes are necessary.
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Any "smiling and laughing" from the time they arrive at the park until the time they finish their business while getting their a$$es beaten like this is unacceptable in so many ways.
It's on the coaching staff who allows this to even happen and butts need to be benched.
Anyone who thought this would have happened with prior coaching staffs while getting your a$$ handed to you is crazy.
This is not KKKlempson.
This post was edited on 4/12 5:24 PM by NaturalGC7
It's on the coaching staff who allows this to even happen and butts need to be benched.
Anyone who thought this would have happened with prior coaching staffs while getting your a$$ handed to you is crazy.
This is not KKKlempson.
This post was edited on 4/12 5:24 PM by NaturalGC7
