CHANGE OF ATTITUDE, EXPECTATIONS

[apaladin]

Back when CBF was in charge I had to change my attitude about FU football. I had to just enjoy the games and drop any kind of thoughts that we were good and could compete for anything. When I adopted this attitude my stress level went way down, I am reinventing this mindset. I have to be thankful that I lived through the glory days when you would go to the games not hoping to win but wondering how much you would win by. I have to realize that those days are gone and are not coming back. It’s been 16 years since we have had a really good football team. The landscape has changed dramatically. We have 7 games left and I am going to just enjoy the games. If we win fine, if not it’s ok. I would like to beat WC and Citadel. Maybe that should be our new goal to just beat those 2 and finish around .500. I think that is doable with the current staff and team. Maybe not. It is what it is. From now on I am going to try not to get all bent out of shape over something I have no control over. I am thankful we still have a football team unlike baseall. I will continue to cheer for and support our Paladins. I feel better already.

[gman84]

As I have aged, I learned that life is too short to get bent about things you can't control. It's not easy to control emotions about things we are passionate about.

[Sad Din]

was there a coaches show today?

[The Jackal]

Saw this on twitter from Coach Lunsford at Georgia Southern (who I think was fired the week after this video), but it's a good perspective.

[apaladin]

was there a coaches show today?

No, pretty sure DS was guest hosting on espn upstate today.

[purplehorse]

Saw this on twitter from Coach Lunsford at Georgia Southern (who I think was fired the week after this video), but it's a good perspective.

Oh my goodness! I am impressed with him! Easier to say than have that attitude but I think he is 100% correct. He makes up for a few Ga Southern coaches in the past who seemed to be lacking in character.

[purplehorse]

Back when CBF was in charge I had to change my attitude about FU football. I had to just enjoy the games and drop any kind of thoughts that we were good and could compete for anything. When I adopted this attitude my stress level went way down, I am reinventing this mindset. I have to be thankful that I lived through the glory days when you would go to the games not hoping to win but wondering how much you would win by. I have to realize that those days are gone and are not coming back. It’s been 16 years since we have had a really good football team. The landscape has changed dramatically. We have 7 games left and I am going to just enjoy the games. If we win fine, if not it’s ok. I would like to beat WC and Citadel. Maybe that should be our new goal to just beat those 2 and finish around .500. I think that is doable with the current staff and team. Maybe not. It is what it is. From now on I am going to try not to get all bent out of shape over something I have no control over. I am thankful we still have a football team unlike baseall. I will continue to cheer for and support our Paladins. I feel better already.

Sad that the quality of a program forces you to come up with some of the above conclusions but they are ultimately true. It is just a game but winning adds to the joys of life for sure. I am not optimistic at all about the future of Furman football. We have lost so many fans since 2005 and if we can no longer be near the top of a mediocre Southern Conference the future is not bright.

[FUBeAR]

Saw this on twitter from Coach Lunsford at Georgia Southern (who I think was fired the week after this video), but it's a good perspective.

Oh my goodness! I am impressed with him! Easier to say than have that attitude but I think he is 100% correct. He makes up for a few Ga Southern coaches in the past who seemed to be lacking in character.

GaSou sux. This is an example of how much character the Team he led demonstrates…

[Davemeister]

This Bud's for you, Gavin!

[The Jackal]

This Bud's for you, Gavin!

GSU is now a poor man's Coastal Carolina.

[Affirm]

Back when CBF was in charge I had to change my attitude about FU football. I had to just enjoy the games and drop any kind of thoughts that we were good and could compete for anything. When I adopted this attitude my stress level went way down, I am reinventing this mindset. I have to be thankful that I lived through the glory days when you would go to the games not hoping to win but wondering how much you would win by. I have to realize that those days are gone and are not coming back. It’s been 16 years since we have had a really good football team. The landscape has changed dramatically. We have 7 games left and I am going to just enjoy the games. If we win fine, if not it’s ok. I would like to beat WC and Citadel. Maybe that should be our new goal to just beat those 2 and finish around .500. I think that is doable with the current staff and team. Maybe not. It is what it is. From now on I am going to try not to get all bent out of shape over something I have no control over. I am thankful we still have a football team unlike baseall. I will continue to cheer for and support our Paladins. I feel better already.

Sad that the quality of a program forces you to come up with some of the above conclusions but they are ultimately true. It is just a game but winning adds to the joys of life for sure. I am not optimistic at all about the future of Furman football. We have lost so many fans since 2005 and if we can no longer be near the top of a mediocre Southern Conference the future is not bright.

You, purplehorse, are right. But we will be good enough.

[Affirm]

Back when CBF was in charge I had to change my attitude about FU football. I had to just enjoy the games and drop any kind of thoughts that we were good and could compete for anything. When I adopted this attitude my stress level went way down, I am reinventing this mindset. I have to be thankful that I lived through the glory days when you would go to the games not hoping to win but wondering how much you would win by. I have to realize that those days are gone and are not coming back. It’s been 16 years since we have had a really good football team. The landscape has changed dramatically. We have 7 games left and I am going to just enjoy the games. If we win fine, if not it’s ok. I would like to beat WC and Citadel. Maybe that should be our new goal to just beat those 2 and finish around .500. I think that is doable with the current staff and team. Maybe not. It is what it is. From now on I am going to try not to get all bent out of shape over something I have no control over. I am thankful we still have a football team unlike baseall. I will continue to cheer for and support our Paladins. I feel better already.

You, apaladin, are right. But we will be good enough.

[Affirm]

Back when CBF was in charge I had to change my attitude about FU football. I had to just enjoy the games and drop any kind of thoughts that we were good and could compete for anything. When I adopted this attitude my stress level went way down, I am reinventing this mindset. I have to be thankful that I lived through the glory days when you would go to the games not hoping to win but wondering how much you would win by. I have to realize that those days are gone and are not coming back. It’s been 16 years since we have had a really good football team. The landscape has changed dramatically. We have 7 games left and I am going to just enjoy the games. If we win fine, if not it’s ok. I would like to beat WC and Citadel. Maybe that should be our new goal to just beat those 2 and finish around .500. I think that is doable with the current staff and team. Maybe not. It is what it is. From now on I am going to try not to get all bent out of shape over something I have no control over. I am thankful we still have a football team unlike baseall. I will continue to cheer for and support our Paladins. I feel better already.

"It's been 16 years since we have had a really good football team"?
That would have been about 2005.
I think the next year, 2006, was about when I started going to as many Furman home football games as I possibly could, every year.
From 1974 through 2005, I may have attended only about 1 (one) home Furman football game per year, and in numerous of those years, I attended zero. (I did go to games at Georgia, Clemson [many], Georgia Tech, Alabama, UofSC [many] - not versus Furman - during all of those years, in a addition going to about 1 (one) home Furman football game per year during those years).
Question: "What's the point of all the above?"
Answer(s): A. "Maybe we would get a lot better if I would just stop attending games."
B. "I should have stuck with Furman during all of those years, because look what I
missed."