California Husker
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Perhaps I am missing your point here. I think I was on your side. I think wining is important. But you don't let your players cry. That is weak and pathetic. You teach them to play hard and win. And if they lose, you have them hold their heads up, deal with the sting of losing, so they will come back and win the next time. My 11 year olds that lost the city title came back and won it a year later when they were 12 year olds. They didn't cry when they lost, but they remembered what it was like to come up a game short and didn't let it happen again.Okay, so some of you don’t like the pictures that this guy posted…but come on. Sure, they are kids, but they are adult kids. I coached 11 year olds that unfortunately lost a city championship, and I wouldn’t let them cry. I am so sick of grown men getting emotional over a win or loss in a sports contest. Yes I love the Huskers. Yes Husker football is important to me. But players should be taught to hold their heads up…win or lose. They look weak and pathetic when they cry over a lost football game. I don’t blame the player; the coaches should teach these young men to be just that…young MEN. I am not saying it’s not okay for a man to cry, but not when you lose a football game. When a beloved family member passes…when you watch your newborn baby take its first breath…that’s when it’s okay to cry. NOT when you lose a game.
And P.S. There is nothing wrong with gloating. I am so sick of the sanctimonious lecturing people give out when someone has a little fun after a win. When you sit and listen to the trash talking for weeks preceding a game, what the H3LL is wrong with giving a little back when your team comes through.
Okay, now I will sit back and wait for all the holier-than-thou “That’s not how Husker fans act” replies. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. We are supposed to have more “class” than that. But before you fire off those replies, I would like to let you all know that I don’t let someone else define class for me. It is classless to throw crap at opposing fans. It is classless to boo opposing players just because they are beating your team, but it is not classless to talk a little crap after a win. What really lacks class is when a bunch of yay-hoos come on here trying to pump themselves up by acting as though they are above it all. Here’s a news flash…nobody cares what you think.
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I suppose you like the idea of not keeping score and giving EVERYONE a participant trophy at the end of the season also?!?! :sarcasm
Celebrate mediocrity...today's society. Wait...now I'm going political. Scratch that.
Believe me, I am far from the "don't keep score, and give everyone a participation trophy" kind of guy.