Lets face it, we as fans can be pretty bi-polar. We love winning, but more importantly we crave progress and advancement.
6 weeks ago, Shaka Smart was taking a beating on VCU message boards about
coaching decisions he was making that theoretically cost his team
games. Never mind that he had taken VCU to 5 straight NCAA tournaments,
had taken them to a Final 4, and would soon be taking them to another
NCAA tournament. You heard about decisions that resembled the same bad
decisions he had made during the SFA tourney game the prior year. For
goodness sake they were paying him so much money they should be at least
Elite 8 every year. Never mind, Shaka had taken a mid-tier bball
program and firmly established it on the National BBall map. Finally
Shaka took more money at a bigger program. VCU fans are bordering
between angry and despondent.
I can not predict whether or not he will win in TX. One thing I will predict is Fans there will also be
unhappy the first year he does not advance as far as the prior year.
It is not just a VCU issue. We are no different. Mooney takes us to 2
tournaments and our First Sweet 16 since the late 1980s. We pay more to
keep him and he rewards us with loyalty. 4 years have gone by. Each
year he has run a clean program, been in the mix for post season play
and had me sitting on the edge of my seat come Feb and March as every
game mattered. This year in particular he has taken a beating on the
message board for not doing enough to earn the money one alumnus seems
to be paying him(interesting that we are all experts in other people's
money) Next year, our "fans" have put him on notice that it is "dance"
or else. I have no doubt that we will be a talented team next year. I
hope we will be dancing come March. Maybe we will get back to the Sweet
16. Come April I wonder if these same fans will be angry if/when
Mooney decides to leave for a bigger job? Quite frankly I would not
blame him. Our loyalty comes at a cost. Keep winning and progressing
or else...
This post was edited on 4/10 10:54 AM by UR Fan 2
6 weeks ago, Shaka Smart was taking a beating on VCU message boards about
coaching decisions he was making that theoretically cost his team
games. Never mind that he had taken VCU to 5 straight NCAA tournaments,
had taken them to a Final 4, and would soon be taking them to another
NCAA tournament. You heard about decisions that resembled the same bad
decisions he had made during the SFA tourney game the prior year. For
goodness sake they were paying him so much money they should be at least
Elite 8 every year. Never mind, Shaka had taken a mid-tier bball
program and firmly established it on the National BBall map. Finally
Shaka took more money at a bigger program. VCU fans are bordering
between angry and despondent.
I can not predict whether or not he will win in TX. One thing I will predict is Fans there will also be
unhappy the first year he does not advance as far as the prior year.
It is not just a VCU issue. We are no different. Mooney takes us to 2
tournaments and our First Sweet 16 since the late 1980s. We pay more to
keep him and he rewards us with loyalty. 4 years have gone by. Each
year he has run a clean program, been in the mix for post season play
and had me sitting on the edge of my seat come Feb and March as every
game mattered. This year in particular he has taken a beating on the
message board for not doing enough to earn the money one alumnus seems
to be paying him(interesting that we are all experts in other people's
money) Next year, our "fans" have put him on notice that it is "dance"
or else. I have no doubt that we will be a talented team next year. I
hope we will be dancing come March. Maybe we will get back to the Sweet
16. Come April I wonder if these same fans will be angry if/when
Mooney decides to leave for a bigger job? Quite frankly I would not
blame him. Our loyalty comes at a cost. Keep winning and progressing
or else...
This post was edited on 4/10 10:54 AM by UR Fan 2