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<blockquote data-quote="85Escape" data-source="post: 331169" data-attributes="member: 3560"><p>The great news is that unless we win the natty, you'll be able to claim that you were right. If we were to lose in the NC then you could say...'yeah, but if we'd had Mills we would've won a Championship!" And who could prove you wrong? Critics and naysayers typically adopt those bad habits because it is a safe place to shelter their egos.</p><p></p><p>The "rose colored glasses" you so proudly disavow is not naive optimism but is instead dogged determination to not be a victim to circumstances. There will only be a drop-off if the team suffers from your level of victimhood. If instead, they take ownership of the situation and decide as a team that they will not be denied, then I'm fairly confident that we will be at least as successful as we would have been before the sad story unfolded. </p><p></p><p>But who can ever say? I personally would prefer to be wrong in believing that I am not a victim of circumstances than to be right in believing myself incapable of rising above them.</p><p></p><p>So why be so negative about it when neither side can ever be right? And why try to proselytize the victim mentality when at best it only serves to establish your grounds to say 'I told you so' in the future?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="85Escape, post: 331169, member: 3560"] The great news is that unless we win the natty, you'll be able to claim that you were right. If we were to lose in the NC then you could say...'yeah, but if we'd had Mills we would've won a Championship!" And who could prove you wrong? Critics and naysayers typically adopt those bad habits because it is a safe place to shelter their egos. The "rose colored glasses" you so proudly disavow is not naive optimism but is instead dogged determination to not be a victim to circumstances. There will only be a drop-off if the team suffers from your level of victimhood. If instead, they take ownership of the situation and decide as a team that they will not be denied, then I'm fairly confident that we will be at least as successful as we would have been before the sad story unfolded. But who can ever say? I personally would prefer to be wrong in believing that I am not a victim of circumstances than to be right in believing myself incapable of rising above them. So why be so negative about it when neither side can ever be right? And why try to proselytize the victim mentality when at best it only serves to establish your grounds to say 'I told you so' in the future? [/QUOTE]
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