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Possibly. The reason I am passionate about this topic...
Posted on: September 13, 2021 at 18:54:06 CT
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... is because the fans have an enormous amount of influence, whether they are aware of it or not.
Hell, didn't the Mizzou administration admit it was the fans' passion to join the SEC that made them seriously start to look at it?
I remember when Pinkel got here.. and in his third game we played #4 Nebraska and held them close in the first half, barely giving up an inch on defense. They pummeled us in the 2nd half (the famous Eric Crouch game) and we lost 36-3.
And fans were congratulating Pinkel and what a great effort they gave, and how prepared the were.
Pinkel said this:
I have a passion for winning, and I absolutely despise losing. I think if you start evaluating the team that you play and start giving yourself excuses for why you lost the game that's not very good for our football team. That's not how I want my players to think, or to act, or to react. I felt bad about that game more than any other game I ever lost. There's never a good loss. There's never a moral victory. There's never a, we played against the 4th ranked team in the country and we played a good half. We're not going to do that. We're never going to have that attitude.
He knew that to go 11-1 and play for championships, that throwing away the idea of moral victories was a must. He had to raise the fans' expectations, just as much as he needed to recruit better than the previous regimes, as well play better.
So, yes. I was disappointed when one of Drinkwitz' first thoughts was wondering what fans on twitter would say, and to make sure that everyone congratulated each other on effort, rather than outcome.
And we saw exactly what happened when he did that. Fans immediately took to the advice from the leader of the program and started proclaiming what an effort it was, and how proud they were.
Obviously, we'll see whether or not, this is an overreaction or not. Maybe Drink's way will work.
But, I believe we've seen with our eyes, that raising expectations is the way to do it.
Pinkel is the only one of the last 7 or so coaches that wanted the fans to expect and demand greatness. That losing was not acceptable.
And he is the only one of the last 7 to go 11-1 (twice mind you) and the only one to actually seriously compete for the national title.
I think there is something to that.
Hell, didn't the Mizzou administration admit it was the fans' passion to join the SEC that made them seriously start to look at it?
I remember when Pinkel got here.. and in his third game we played #4 Nebraska and held them close in the first half, barely giving up an inch on defense. They pummeled us in the 2nd half (the famous Eric Crouch game) and we lost 36-3.
And fans were congratulating Pinkel and what a great effort they gave, and how prepared the were.
Pinkel said this:
I have a passion for winning, and I absolutely despise losing. I think if you start evaluating the team that you play and start giving yourself excuses for why you lost the game that's not very good for our football team. That's not how I want my players to think, or to act, or to react. I felt bad about that game more than any other game I ever lost. There's never a good loss. There's never a moral victory. There's never a, we played against the 4th ranked team in the country and we played a good half. We're not going to do that. We're never going to have that attitude.
He knew that to go 11-1 and play for championships, that throwing away the idea of moral victories was a must. He had to raise the fans' expectations, just as much as he needed to recruit better than the previous regimes, as well play better.
So, yes. I was disappointed when one of Drinkwitz' first thoughts was wondering what fans on twitter would say, and to make sure that everyone congratulated each other on effort, rather than outcome.
And we saw exactly what happened when he did that. Fans immediately took to the advice from the leader of the program and started proclaiming what an effort it was, and how proud they were.
Obviously, we'll see whether or not, this is an overreaction or not. Maybe Drink's way will work.
But, I believe we've seen with our eyes, that raising expectations is the way to do it.
Pinkel is the only one of the last 7 or so coaches that wanted the fans to expect and demand greatness. That losing was not acceptable.
And he is the only one of the last 7 to go 11-1 (twice mind you) and the only one to actually seriously compete for the national title.
I think there is something to that.
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