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We love our Canes. There is absolutely no disputing that fact. For us, it is, and will always be All about The U. Our fan base is arguably the most passionate fan base of any team in the country, regardless of the sport. It has been this way for decades. It will continue to be this way for decades to come. Week in and week out we pride ourselves on how passionate we are about our canes. ****, I've even seen people on this site ridicule and criticize other fan bases for not having a lot of activity on their respective message boards, hence insinuating that their lack of activity is a direct parallel to their lack of passion. That is absolutely hilarious and quite sad at the same time.
Webster defines passion as a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something. Simply put, passion is just an emotion. Passion should never be mistaken with the 'act' that is being carried out based upon the emotion that is being felt at that present time. Imagine 5 cars getting stolen from a Ford dealership and when the cops catch the thief, they ask him why did he steal the cars and he responds with, I am passionate about Mustangs and Explorer's. That is not called passion, it's actually called Grand Theft.
Is the previous scenario a bit extreme? Of course it's extreme. However, I cant even think of a scenario extreme enough to showcase how ridiculously extreme our fan base has become over the past few days. Extremism is not passion, extremism is extremism. Calling for the head coach to be fired after just 5 games, is extremism not passion. Calling for a banner to be flown regarding Kaaya, is extremism not passion. Anyone that cannot distinguish the difference between the two, is probably, well how can I put it, extreme!
This website is by far the best as it relates to providing information regarding The U. Pete does an outstanding job providing us with insight that is, in my opinion, second to none. LuCane provides excellent analysis regarding X's and O's. There are other posters that add a lot of value to the site as well. As of late, it has been extremely hard to find the value, let alone embrace it, because of all of the filth that been spewed across almost every thread since the loss to FSU.
Grow the **** up! We lost! I am just as disappointed as the next cane. But trashing our current players and coaches is not going to solve anything. As a matter of fact, it does the complete opposite. Trust me, if we recognize that this is the best site for Canes info, so do recruits. Not to mention, current players are definitely visiting these type of message boards and other forms of social media as well. If you think differently, you are fooling yourself. They are kids. Opinions to them, might as well be truth. They are not going to look at all of the negative thoughts and think to themselves, "man, we have some passionate fans."
I am fully aware that the down votes are going to come with this type of post. One, because a lot of you are passionate about down voting. Secondly, because of the content. Lastly, because of the length of my post (my fingers are tired as ****). However, I am willing to take the backlash and endure the pain of typing to fuc**** much, in order to stop the madness.
We are much better off today than we have been in 15 years. Does that mean we have made it to the promise land? Nope! However, it is enough to have a positive outlook about our team instead of looking for any reason to say that you were right about a given issue or topic.
The last couple of days has been the manifestation of what happens when ignorance has a voice. However, the great thing about this country is everyone has a voice, or at least they should have a voice. Therefore, show your passion through your voice, not your ignorance!
Webster defines passion as a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something. Simply put, passion is just an emotion. Passion should never be mistaken with the 'act' that is being carried out based upon the emotion that is being felt at that present time. Imagine 5 cars getting stolen from a Ford dealership and when the cops catch the thief, they ask him why did he steal the cars and he responds with, I am passionate about Mustangs and Explorer's. That is not called passion, it's actually called Grand Theft.
Is the previous scenario a bit extreme? Of course it's extreme. However, I cant even think of a scenario extreme enough to showcase how ridiculously extreme our fan base has become over the past few days. Extremism is not passion, extremism is extremism. Calling for the head coach to be fired after just 5 games, is extremism not passion. Calling for a banner to be flown regarding Kaaya, is extremism not passion. Anyone that cannot distinguish the difference between the two, is probably, well how can I put it, extreme!
This website is by far the best as it relates to providing information regarding The U. Pete does an outstanding job providing us with insight that is, in my opinion, second to none. LuCane provides excellent analysis regarding X's and O's. There are other posters that add a lot of value to the site as well. As of late, it has been extremely hard to find the value, let alone embrace it, because of all of the filth that been spewed across almost every thread since the loss to FSU.
Grow the **** up! We lost! I am just as disappointed as the next cane. But trashing our current players and coaches is not going to solve anything. As a matter of fact, it does the complete opposite. Trust me, if we recognize that this is the best site for Canes info, so do recruits. Not to mention, current players are definitely visiting these type of message boards and other forms of social media as well. If you think differently, you are fooling yourself. They are kids. Opinions to them, might as well be truth. They are not going to look at all of the negative thoughts and think to themselves, "man, we have some passionate fans."
I am fully aware that the down votes are going to come with this type of post. One, because a lot of you are passionate about down voting. Secondly, because of the content. Lastly, because of the length of my post (my fingers are tired as ****). However, I am willing to take the backlash and endure the pain of typing to fuc**** much, in order to stop the madness.
We are much better off today than we have been in 15 years. Does that mean we have made it to the promise land? Nope! However, it is enough to have a positive outlook about our team instead of looking for any reason to say that you were right about a given issue or topic.
The last couple of days has been the manifestation of what happens when ignorance has a voice. However, the great thing about this country is everyone has a voice, or at least they should have a voice. Therefore, show your passion through your voice, not your ignorance!
