[quote="panther2" post=403989][quote="Mike Zaun" post=403897]Nice post panther...I will admit I'm often not as optimistic as you but appreciate your insight and sentiments. The thing I will say is: compare our results with our reactions as a fanbase. Would we really be so "negative" if our results weren't mostly negative for the past 20 yrs? You reap what you sow. Yes, as fans we will ride and die with our team. But it doesn't mean only pointing out positives. Being a fan is toughing out the bad times and savoring the good times. I have not seen 1 poster on here who could be deemed "negative" lose all hope. The hope is always there. Unfortunately, the results often have not been.
Being "negative" is being down even in moments we have good reason to be thrilled. When we have had real reason to be thrilled, I have not seen one fan on here giving us the gloomy outlook. When we beat a ranked team, I literally spend the next several days reading articles, looking at box score, and a big smile is on my face. Last year I was at the game we beat WVU and it was such a nice train ride home. I wasn't pessimistic about a big win. I woke up at 3 AM to check our score vs. Arizona and woke up my gf yelling "holy crap we won!" (which she wasn't as thrilled about). Why? Because I'm nuts for the program. I want them to do great things and I do have hope even if it's tested many times. Everyone deserves a right to vent when things are not looking up. The worst thing you can do is hold it in to protect overly sensitive people from reading different opinions. Venting should be appropriate, but it should be allowed because we are humans. Just my thoughts.[/quote]
Mike, I understand your feelings and respect your passion for St Johns basketball. The part that I take issue with is the reference to the past. That's over, ain't nothing we can do to change that.
Let me give you an example. When I was younger, I got engaged and my fiance cheated on me, I was devastated and it took me a while to get over it. It affected me to the point that I made a conscious effort not to get involved emotionally, which was very unhealthy. I eventually realized that I would never be able to have a healthy relationship until I let go of the past. If I had not let go, I would not have been able to enjoy the relationship I have with my wife.
I have suffered with you regarding the ups and downs of the past twenty years. Father Harrington, coaching changes and decisions, lack of administrative guidance all have played a part.
With Mike Cragg and Coach Anderson in charge, I am not focusing on the past twenty years, only on what they have done since they have been here. So far, I like what I see.[/quote]
The only time, in my memory, to changing history was the Jarvis stain where we were forced to retroactively forfeit games we had won. Let’s look forward to the future with outstanding leadership and character in the persons of Mike Craig and CMA.
