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<blockquote data-quote="GTpdm" data-source="post: 71645" data-attributes="member: 1451"><p>I have to disagree; as someone in the live audience, the sense that <u>I</u> got from that call was really "gosh Coach, I expect a lot from this team—why are <u>you</u> satisfied with a seven win-season followed by a bowl loss?" There was nothing constructive in that call; it was purely a gripe about the team not winning enough. How is that not antagonizing, to a guy like CPJ? Anyone with 3/17ths of a brain knows that he is competitive by nature, and wants to win every game if possible. To throw out a question that implies Coach doesn't care about winning (or doesn't know how to make wins happen) is a slap in the face; doing so while managing to sound "reasonable" or "polite" doesn't change the fact that it is nothing more than poorly disguised criticism.</p><p></p><p>Granted, Coach didn't answer the question as diplomatically as he might have—but why should he have to? We all know he doesn't suffer fools, and that particular question rated pretty high on the a**-hat-o-meter. I commented a few posts back about the look on Coach's face during this question. It was something I read as, "Really? <em>This</em> again? Thanks for being the one Tech fan who cares about wins; the rest of us are sitting around stunned with the brilliance of your insight that 'winning=good'; it sure never occurred <u>me</u>."</p><p></p><p>What's more, it seemed evident from Brandon's reaction that the caller's question was <u>not</u> what he was expecting; when a caller says one thing to the screener and then asks something else, it's a pretty sure bet that that person was grinding a personal axe, nothing more. Why should fans wanting to support the team have to endure that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTpdm, post: 71645, member: 1451"] I have to disagree; as someone in the live audience, the sense that [U]I[/U] got from that call was really "gosh Coach, I expect a lot from this team—why are [U]you[/U] satisfied with a seven win-season followed by a bowl loss?" There was nothing constructive in that call; it was purely a gripe about the team not winning enough. How is that not antagonizing, to a guy like CPJ? Anyone with 3/17ths of a brain knows that he is competitive by nature, and wants to win every game if possible. To throw out a question that implies Coach doesn't care about winning (or doesn't know how to make wins happen) is a slap in the face; doing so while managing to sound "reasonable" or "polite" doesn't change the fact that it is nothing more than poorly disguised criticism. Granted, Coach didn't answer the question as diplomatically as he might have—but why should he have to? We all know he doesn't suffer fools, and that particular question rated pretty high on the a**-hat-o-meter. I commented a few posts back about the look on Coach's face during this question. It was something I read as, "Really? [I]This[/I] again? Thanks for being the one Tech fan who cares about wins; the rest of us are sitting around stunned with the brilliance of your insight that 'winning=good'; it sure never occurred [U]me[/U]." What's more, it seemed evident from Brandon's reaction that the caller's question was [U]not[/U] what he was expecting; when a caller says one thing to the screener and then asks something else, it's a pretty sure bet that that person was grinding a personal axe, nothing more. Why should fans wanting to support the team have to endure that? [/QUOTE]
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