Tommy Armstrong's Instagram

[Husker Psycho]

More self pity.

Sad

Do these people ever look up in the stands? Did they not hear the roar of the husker nation during the Michigan State game? Do they think they're in the stadium on game day alone?

Adults need to step in and save these people from themselves, but there don't appear to be any.

Honestly, I thought your post was referring to those whining about "us against the world."

That is what my post is about.

 

[Bowfin]

Armstrong can be as good as he wants to be, so kudos to him if he is going to make a huge push to turn things around next season.

Not much else to say about it.

 

[theknife]

More self pity.

Sad

Do these people ever look up in the stands? Did they not hear the roar of the husker nation during the Michigan State game? Do they think they're in the stadium on game day alone?

Adults need to step in and save these people from themselves, but there don't appear to be any.

I think it's specific to the idiot fans, which in my estimation is a vocal, ignorant majority. Christ the comments on instagram say it all.

He would be the same person who walked out on practice because the COACH was criticizing him. .. not the fans... the coach.

Unfortunately Tommy cannot accept any criticism from anyone... including his own coaches. So his statement would imply that the coaches are against him as well.

Adults need to step in. This is all very unhealthy, self destructive.

Not to mention that his tweet appears to anoint himself the starter next year.

He's a two year starter and going into his Senior Year, would you rather he not believe he's going to start and push the team to new levels? Nothing like a QB who started the previous year not thinking he will next year...

Also unless you have inside information beyond the limited reports of him walking out, you're just speculating on what was said after the practice and his actual relationship with the staff.

 

[Husker Psycho]

More self pity.

Sad

Do these people ever look up in the stands? Did they not hear the roar of the husker nation during the Michigan State game? Do they think they're in the stadium on game day alone?

Adults need to step in and save these people from themselves, but there don't appear to be any.

Honestly, I thought your post was referring to those whining about "us against the world."

Some Husker fans are incredibly thin skinned... apparently needing to be coddled by the very players they try desperately to live vicariously through.

That is what is truly sad.

As far as the stands during a big win, how about the times the stadium has emptied early? Or boos have rained down. And before we feel to special, Michigan, Texas, Florida and other programs that suffered through awful seasons kept their stadiums packed, too.

My post is about TA's "us against the world" comment and the self pity he is feeling for himself.

 

[Enhance]

If he considers the fans against him that would be incorrect. The most critical fans hope for every player and the team to have success. I wouldn't call that being against them or a player even if they want them benched for another player. Hopefully he is just referring to other teams.

Good to hear that he is motivated to improve but talk is cheap. Hopefully he puts in the effort during the off season to make it happen.

It's challenging for any person to see the better side of "the most critical fans" when they hop on Twitter and vehemently insult them. I think a lot of people would struggle with that.

He just has to do his best to ignore it all. It's really the only way to go about it. It's difficult and near impossible to block it all out, but when you sign up to be a college football player, it's what you gotta do.

 

[RADAR]

If he considers the fans against him that would be incorrect. The most critical fans hope for every player and the team to have success. I wouldn't call that being against them or a player even if they want them benched for another player. Hopefully he is just referring to other teams.

Good to hear that he is motivated to improve but talk is cheap. Hopefully he puts in the effort during the off season to make it happen.

It's challenging for any person to see the better side of "the most critical fans" when they hop on Twitter and vehemently insult them. I think a lot of people would struggle with that.

He just has to do his best to ignore it all. It's really the only way to go about it. It's difficult and near impossible to block it all out, but when you sign up to be a college football player, it's what you gotta do.

All the more reason players should be banned from social media during the season. Some coaches do it, all should.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

If he considers the fans against him that would be incorrect. The most critical fans hope for every player and the team to have success. I wouldn't call that being against them or a player even if they want them benched for another player. Hopefully he is just referring to other teams.

Good to hear that he is motivated to improve but talk is cheap. Hopefully he puts in the effort during the off season to make it happen.

It's challenging for any person to see the better side of "the most critical fans" when they hop on Twitter and vehemently insult them. I think a lot of people would struggle with that.
He just has to do his best to ignore it all. It's really the only way to go about it. It's difficult and near impossible to block it all out, but when you sign up to be a college football player, it's what you gotta do.

All the more reason players should be banned from social media during the season. Some coaches do it, all should.

Maybe idiot fans should be banned instead...maybe people shouldn't tell players to "die" or "transfer" or "get hurt"

 

[Husker Psycho]

More self pity.

Sad

Do these people ever look up in the stands? Did they not hear the roar of the husker nation during the Michigan State game? Do they think they're in the stadium on game day alone?

Adults need to step in and save these people from themselves, but there don't appear to be any.

I think it's specific to the idiot fans, which in my estimation is a vocal, ignorant majority. Christ the comments on instagram say it all.

He would be the same person who walked out on practice because the COACH was criticizing him. .. not the fans... the coach.

Unfortunately Tommy cannot accept any criticism from anyone... including his own coaches. So his statement would imply that the coaches are against him as well.

Adults need to step in. This is all very unhealthy, self destructive.

Not to mention that his tweet appears to anoint himself the starter next year.

He's a two year starter and going into his Senior Year, would you rather he not believe he's going to start and push the team to new levels? Nothing like a QB who started the previous year not thinking he will next year...

Also unless you have inside information beyond the limited reports of him walking out, you're just speculating on what was said after the practice and his actual relationship with the staff.

The same people making non stop excuses for everything... are now supporting players self pity.

Why is that not surprising ?

Self pity is the same problem that caused him to walk out on practice. Very unhealthy and here you are supporting and encouraging it.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

More self pity.

Sad

Do these people ever look up in the stands? Did they not hear the roar of the husker nation during the Michigan State game? Do they think they're in the stadium on game day alone?

Adults need to step in and save these people from themselves, but there don't appear to be any.

I think it's specific to the idiot fans, which in my estimation is a vocal, ignorant majority. Christ the comments on instagram say it all.

He would be the same person who walked out on practice because the COACH was criticizing him. .. not the fans... the coach.

Unfortunately Tommy cannot accept any criticism from anyone... including his own coaches. So his statement would imply that the coaches are against him as well.

Adults need to step in. This is all very unhealthy, self destructive.

Not to mention that his tweet appears to anoint himself the starter next year.

He's a two year starter and going into his Senior Year, would you rather he not believe he's going to start and push the team to new levels? Nothing like a QB who started the previous year not thinking he will next year...

Also unless you have inside information beyond the limited reports of him walking out, you're just speculating on what was said after the practice and his actual relationship with the staff.

The same people making non stop excuses for everything... are now supporting players self pity.

Why is that not surprising ?

Self pity is the same problem that caused him to walk out on practice. Very unhealthy and here you are supporting and encouraging it.

No, it is not.

 

[RADAR]

If he considers the fans against him that would be incorrect. The most critical fans hope for every player and the team to have success. I wouldn't call that being against them or a player even if they want them benched for another player. Hopefully he is just referring to other teams.

Good to hear that he is motivated to improve but talk is cheap. Hopefully he puts in the effort during the off season to make it happen.

It's challenging for any person to see the better side of "the most critical fans" when they hop on Twitter and vehemently insult them. I think a lot of people would struggle with that.
He just has to do his best to ignore it all. It's really the only way to go about it. It's difficult and near impossible to block it all out, but when you sign up to be a college football player, it's what you gotta do.

All the more reason players should be banned from social media during the season. Some coaches do it, all should.

Maybe idiot fans should be banned instead...maybe people shouldn't tell players to "die" or "transfer" or "get hurt"

Agreed that is really out of line and no fan should contact any player. All the more reason to force the players away from it during the season.

 

[Dansker]

Nebraska fans are so thin skinned... it's almost incredible.

I think the "us vs. the world" idea has been blown completely out of proportion the last few years. People looking to find fault take it and try to say it means WAY more than it actually does.

It's simply supposed to be a quick way to convey the idea that the only people who really have your back are your teammates and coaches. It doesn't mean that EVERYONE else is against you, just that you can't necessarily count on them to always be supportive and thus shouldn't necessarily take what they are complaining about too seriously.

Unless you're winning every game by three touchdowns (and maybe not even then), there are going to be people complaining. It's just part of the deal. "Us vs. the world" is just a way to remind you not to get distracted by the negativity.

Case in point, this is one of Benning's responses to someone asking about TA's post:



Now, are people going to make the argument that the Huskers of the mid-90s had an unhealthy attitude flowing through the program that needed to be cleansed?

But the glaring difference is Bo Pelini was the driving force of "Us Against The World" his 2 leaked audio tapes give testimony to that. You don't think that that kind of mentality has a psychological impact on a young adult playing football at a major program like Nebraska? I dislike how Benning has to chime in with his whole, "We did this in the 90's..." They didn't have to deal with social media back then or BBS a lot of things didn't exist back then so it's unfair to compare today to the glory days. I really believe Bo psychologically screwed with his players' emotions/heads and its a virus that has to be absolved.

Someone call Jack Stark

The only fans who felt insulted by the first leaked tape were the ones to whom the shoe fit.

The second tape had nothing to do with fans.

You misunderstood. Bo clearly taught "Us against the World" to his players. Are the fans part of the "Us" or the "World"? Based on his emotions and those leaked tapes, he showed his true colors regarding Nebraska fans and helped deliver a pink slip to his door step.

So because Bo made an a$$ of himself, each and every player that says it is about them as brothers and teammates they get thrown into the same category as Bo?

The logic with some of the fans is unreal...they bash the kid for having a terrible game, they bash him for trying to be a leader. Would be very interesting to see how much of the bashing can and will be used in the recruiting world....

No, not at all. Most perceive Bo as the one that made the fans the enemy of his staff/players and they did a pretty good job of hiding that. I think this year the players have embraced the fans more than recent years. The fact that he said "Us against the World" raises eye brows. Don't kid yourself if you think these players aren't still grieving over the firing of Pelini. A lot of them may never get over it until their time is done at UNL.

 

[Touchdown Tommie]

Nebraska fans are so thin skinned... it's almost incredible.

I think the "us vs. the world" idea has been blown completely out of proportion the last few years. People looking to find fault take it and try to say it means WAY more than it actually does.

It's simply supposed to be a quick way to convey the idea that the only people who really have your back are your teammates and coaches. It doesn't mean that EVERYONE else is against you, just that you can't necessarily count on them to always be supportive and thus shouldn't necessarily take what they are complaining about too seriously.

Unless you're winning every game by three touchdowns (and maybe not even then), there are going to be people complaining. It's just part of the deal. "Us vs. the world" is just a way to remind you not to get distracted by the negativity.

Case in point, this is one of Benning's responses to someone asking about TA's post:



Now, are people going to make the argument that the Huskers of the mid-90s had an unhealthy attitude flowing through the program that needed to be cleansed?

But the glaring difference is Bo Pelini was the driving force of "Us Against The World" his 2 leaked audio tapes give testimony to that. You don't think that that kind of mentality has a psychological impact on a young adult playing football at a major program like Nebraska? I dislike how Benning has to chime in with his whole, "We did this in the 90's..." They didn't have to deal with social media back then or BBS a lot of things didn't exist back then so it's unfair to compare today to the glory days. I really believe Bo psychologically screwed with his players' emotions/heads and its a virus that has to be absolved.

Someone call Jack Stark

The only fans who felt insulted by the first leaked tape were the ones to whom the shoe fit.

The second tape had nothing to do with fans.

You misunderstood. Bo clearly taught "Us against the World" to his players. Are the fans part of the "Us" or the "World"? Based on his emotions and those leaked tapes, he showed his true colors regarding Nebraska fans and helped deliver a pink slip to his door step.

So because Bo made an a$$ of himself, each and every player that says it is about them as brothers and teammates they get thrown into the same category as Bo?

The logic with some of the fans is unreal...they bash the kid for having a terrible game, they bash him for trying to be a leader. Would be very interesting to see how much of the bashing can and will be used in the recruiting world....

No, not at all. Most perceive Bo as the one that made the fans the enemy of his staff/players and they did a pretty good job of hiding that. I think this year the players have embraced the fans more than recent years. The fact that he said "Us against the World" raises eye brows. Don't kid yourself if you think these players aren't still grieving over the firing of Pelini. A lot of them may never get over it until their time is done at UNL.

There is no doubt that there are players that are probably still upset about the decision to fire Bo....

However, what I think is tough for the kids is that every time they make a comment or action that reminds people of Bo, they automatically get completely trashed by clowns!

 

[Dansker]

Nebraska fans are so thin skinned... it's almost incredible.

I think the "us vs. the world" idea has been blown completely out of proportion the last few years. People looking to find fault take it and try to say it means WAY more than it actually does.

It's simply supposed to be a quick way to convey the idea that the only people who really have your back are your teammates and coaches. It doesn't mean that EVERYONE else is against you, just that you can't necessarily count on them to always be supportive and thus shouldn't necessarily take what they are complaining about too seriously.

Unless you're winning every game by three touchdowns (and maybe not even then), there are going to be people complaining. It's just part of the deal. "Us vs. the world" is just a way to remind you not to get distracted by the negativity.

Case in point, this is one of Benning's responses to someone asking about TA's post:



Now, are people going to make the argument that the Huskers of the mid-90s had an unhealthy attitude flowing through the program that needed to be cleansed?

But the glaring difference is Bo Pelini was the driving force of "Us Against The World" his 2 leaked audio tapes give testimony to that. You don't think that that kind of mentality has a psychological impact on a young adult playing football at a major program like Nebraska? I dislike how Benning has to chime in with his whole, "We did this in the 90's..." They didn't have to deal with social media back then or BBS a lot of things didn't exist back then so it's unfair to compare today to the glory days. I really believe Bo psychologically screwed with his players' emotions/heads and its a virus that has to be absolved.

Someone call Jack Stark

The only fans who felt insulted by the first leaked tape were the ones to whom the shoe fit.

The second tape had nothing to do with fans.

You misunderstood. Bo clearly taught "Us against the World" to his players. Are the fans part of the "Us" or the "World"? Based on his emotions and those leaked tapes, he showed his true colors regarding Nebraska fans and helped deliver a pink slip to his door step.

So because Bo made an a$$ of himself, each and every player that says it is about them as brothers and teammates they get thrown into the same category as Bo?

The logic with some of the fans is unreal...they bash the kid for having a terrible game, they bash him for trying to be a leader. Would be very interesting to see how much of the bashing can and will be used in the recruiting world....

No, not at all. Most perceive Bo as the one that made the fans the enemy of his staff/players and they did a pretty good job of hiding that. I think this year the players have embraced the fans more than recent years. The fact that he said "Us against the World" raises eye brows. Don't kid yourself if you think these players aren't still grieving over the firing of Pelini. A lot of them may never get over it until their time is done at UNL.

There is no doubt that there are players that are probably still upset about the decision to fire Bo....

However, what I think is tough for the kids is that every time they make a comment or action that reminds people of Bo, they automatically get completely trashed by clowns!

Maybe he shouldn't have posted on social networking for the entire public to see? These are grown men who play big boy football at Nebraska. They aren't little darlings.

 

[cm husker]

More self pity.

Sad

Do these people ever look up in the stands? Did they not hear the roar of the husker nation during the Michigan State game? Do they think they're in the stadium on game day alone?

Adults need to step in and save these people from themselves, but there don't appear to be any.

Honestly, I thought your post was referring to those whining about "us against the world."

Some Husker fans are incredibly thin skinned... apparently needing to be coddled by the very players they try desperately to live vicariously through.

That is what is truly sad.

As far as the stands during a big win, how about the times the stadium has emptied early? Or boos have rained down. And before we feel to special, Michigan, Texas, Florida and other programs that suffered through awful seasons kept their stadiums packed, too.

Michigan stadium was half empty most of last year

The year that they were 3rd in the country in attendance and averaged 103k per game?

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2014/12/michigan_football_season_atten.html

 

[Dansker]

If he considers the fans against him that would be incorrect. The most critical fans hope for every player and the team to have success. I wouldn't call that being against them or a player even if they want them benched for another player. Hopefully he is just referring to other teams.

Good to hear that he is motivated to improve but talk is cheap. Hopefully he puts in the effort during the off season to make it happen.

It's challenging for any person to see the better side of "the most critical fans" when they hop on Twitter and vehemently insult them. I think a lot of people would struggle with that.
He just has to do his best to ignore it all. It's really the only way to go about it. It's difficult and near impossible to block it all out, but when you sign up to be a college football player, it's what you gotta do.

All the more reason players should be banned from social media during the season. Some coaches do it, all should.

Maybe idiot fans should be banned instead...maybe people shouldn't tell players to "die" or "transfer" or "get hurt"

Where are the people that say these things? Is this truth or some drawn up conclusion in your own mind? I haven't seen any one person say these things maybe except dumb fans who call into the radio after an emotional loss that a player should transfer or be demoted. A lot of people say stupid things in the heat of the moment.