I am going to try my best to not hurt anyone's feelings here...
I think I am the "someone who rarely posts" who "fired off the entitlement
email." It is true that I rarely post, but I have been part of this group
going back to the Prodigy days on my Commodore 64. There have been times
when I have not posted for years at a time, but usually because
gatorzone.com would block emails I sent from whatever email system I was on
at the time. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately depending on your
perspective, I am currently able to send emails to the list and will start
posting occasionally again.
My original email that seems to have kicked off a "sordid affair" that
"mushroomed" was actually about "my opinion" that there is an attitude
difference between us older generation gator fans and gator fans who have
come along more recently. What I was trying to say, and must have said
poorly, was that there is a process to developing a football team and that
it doesn't happen in an instant, but that in the opinion of this old
football fan, watching the process of development is an enjoyment in itself.
It is very rare that any team is going to play at peak effeciency for every
single game of an entire season. In fact, I can't even think of an example
where it has happened. And it is my opinion that fans who don't appreciate
the process of development are missing something really fun, interesting,
and even beautiful. It seems like, in my opinion, that those fans not only
miss something really, really enjoyble, but also make themselves miserable
at the same time.
The thing that really sets me off, and does tend to bring me out of very
long term lurk mode, is when some of these fans who are making themselves
miserable at unmet expectations start visciously attacking the best coaching
staff I have seen yet at developing a team over an entire season. I
actually think that last year was possible their worst job of coaching, but
I am willing to forgive them because in my opinion there were some
unprecedented circumstances, including tebow mania, that made the entire
season very strange. Besides, 13-1 is a keeper.
As for this year, I do have concerns even after the KY game. In fact, I now
have a new concern that we may become too predictable in the red zone now
that Trey has been discovered. However, where I think I differ from some
who are not as old and worn out as I am, is that I do wear pollianna brand
orange and blue glasses so I trust this great coaching staff to give us the
best season achievable with this collection of experience and talent that we
have on this team. I will celebrate every win no matter the score and I
will enjoy every minute of watching these guys develop and grow. Even if
there is no championship earned this year, and I am a long way from giving
up on that hope, I will still enjoy this season and look forward to a large
group of these guys coming back next year to try again.
And every once in a while, I will "fire off" a post that will hurt the
feelings of someone who posts a lot more often than I do if I think they are
unfairly criticizing a staff who has earned every bit of our trust and
respect.
Rick
aka as alag8r since the mid-80's or originalalag8r on gator country.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Platt" <pcga...@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <gatortalk@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:08 PM
Subject: RE: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] [Foxsportsflorida.com] Gator
offense finds its identity
Cee,
Like most things, this whole sordid affair has a mushroomed way out of
proportion. Someone, who rarely posts, fires off the entitlement email
because Scott, Woody and Keith are frustrated with Gators performance.
BTW,
the aforementioned poster, has not posted since posting his entitlement
post
except for one quick retort to Woody, that sent Woody on a walk about.
Then
Scott, Woody, and Keith, assume that entitlement poster speaks for all of
us
on Gator Talk and take exception and viola' here we are. My personal
opinion is we all could use a little better understanding of the fact that
no one person on this list speaks for all, no matter which opinion they
may
hold. Terms like I think or my opinion is are much easier to relate to
than
generalization as Gator Nation, everybody, or anybody. No one wants words
put in their mouths or, heaven forbid, have their Gator loyalty
questioned.
I am not the biggest fan of the wording of some of the posts posted on
GatorTalk, but I will defend anyone's right to post whatever they feel,
within GatorTalk 's stated guidelines. Anytime you get a group of people
together to discuss anything you will have different opinions, very few
opinions will be changed on the spot, however you may be able to start the
process of change by giving someone something else to consider.
Randy Platt
aka "PCGator"
aka "The Armchair Quarterback"
aka "The Other Randy"
Later Gators! Afterwhile the Rest!
-----Original Message-----
From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Cecilia
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 4:12 PM
To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] [Foxsportsflorida.com] Gator
offense finds its identity
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Baldwin" <ke...@baldwinnc.com>
My concern lies in people that think we don't have any problems, willing
to
accept whatever excuses they hear and don't want to think through what
their
eyes are seeing.
Who has done that? Even those of us who have said we're happy with a 4-0
season and the team is performing at about the level we expected have
acknowledged repeatedly that there is room for improvement. Of course
there
is. These are young men who have a lot to learn. No one has denied that.
I don't know how disagreement with what someone wrote has come to be seen
as
personal attacks. Other than the "Pollyanna" label, which the Pollyannas
among us bear proudly, I haven't seen any name-calling. I like reading
the
different perspectives and opinions, and I'd hate to think that any of us
are not free to disagree with anything said here.
I can tell you guys are nervous as cats on a hot tin roof right now,
anticipating and even dreading the Bama game. That kind of anxiety always
manifests itself in a big meltdown here on GatorTalk. Always has. Y'all
chill out. Have a beer or something. Stop being so touchy.
Cee
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