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<blockquote data-quote="MtnWasp" data-source="post: 905456" data-attributes="member: 4110"><p>Pastner has coached six complete seasons, 3 good (Years 1, 4 & 5) and 3 not good (Years 2, 3 & 6). </p><p></p><p>That split has the fan base in two camps, optimists and pessimists. The optimists look at the three good years and tend to justify the bad ones. The pessimists look at the three bad years and tend to dismiss the good seasons.</p><p></p><p>For the optimists, when we have bad season, we tend to say, "Well, let's see what we look like next season. We'll be better." But with the pessimists, they will be quiet when the team is playing well but as soon as the team loses, they come out an say, "See? I knew it all along!" </p><p></p><p>Most of the pessimists were Pastner skeptics right from the git-go. Some of them would not forgive the poor seasons regardless of who the coach is. They think it is our due to win all the time and recruit like the blue bloods (Even if we did win a lot, would they be happy?). If Pastner can't do it, then they want the magic booster to come up with the funds to find the magic coach to turn GT into the next blue blood. Even if the odds of that happening are in the ball park of 1000 to 1, they think that is the proper bet (as long as it is not their money on the line). The key view for them is to never settle for mediocrity and the key symbol for not standing for mediocrity is getting rid of the coach. The long process of establishing an infrastructure to support a winning program is too involved and daunting to be given much consideration. Hire the right guy and it all will magically fall right into place. Just get rid of the failure and bring in somebody else. Lather, rinse, repeat.</p><p></p><p>My prediction for this season is that it will not resolve the schism. There will be enough good and bad to fuel both camps. However, the roster pipeline is stable and there will be enough success that Pastner's butt will not be on any kid of hot seat at season's end. This will piss-off the pessimists. They will complain. </p><p></p><p>Pessimists can cross the line to be trolls. You can recognize the troll by their application of the double standard. It goes like this:</p><p></p><p>When the team is doing well, the troll externalizes the success. That success is because of the players or the assistant coaches or it is because of the conference being down, etc. Success is always in spite of the coach. When the coach is assumed to be a poor recruiter, players like Alvarado and Wright are dismissed as flukes, or it is because of the lead assistant. Transfers and late recruits are dismissed altogether. </p><p></p><p>But when the team loses, the buck ALWAYS stops with the coach. Failure is never justified. Injuries should never determine a season. If a solid recruit doesn't pan-out, it is on the coach. If a modest recruit does develop, it is because of the player or assistant. If a coach gets bit by a snake like Ron Bell, it is his own fault. </p><p></p><p>The trolls are very easy to spot in a situation like our's where the coach has had a mix of good and disappointing results. The circular nature of their arguments gives them away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MtnWasp, post: 905456, member: 4110"] Pastner has coached six complete seasons, 3 good (Years 1, 4 & 5) and 3 not good (Years 2, 3 & 6). That split has the fan base in two camps, optimists and pessimists. The optimists look at the three good years and tend to justify the bad ones. The pessimists look at the three bad years and tend to dismiss the good seasons. For the optimists, when we have bad season, we tend to say, "Well, let's see what we look like next season. We'll be better." But with the pessimists, they will be quiet when the team is playing well but as soon as the team loses, they come out an say, "See? I knew it all along!" Most of the pessimists were Pastner skeptics right from the git-go. Some of them would not forgive the poor seasons regardless of who the coach is. They think it is our due to win all the time and recruit like the blue bloods (Even if we did win a lot, would they be happy?). If Pastner can't do it, then they want the magic booster to come up with the funds to find the magic coach to turn GT into the next blue blood. Even if the odds of that happening are in the ball park of 1000 to 1, they think that is the proper bet (as long as it is not their money on the line). The key view for them is to never settle for mediocrity and the key symbol for not standing for mediocrity is getting rid of the coach. The long process of establishing an infrastructure to support a winning program is too involved and daunting to be given much consideration. Hire the right guy and it all will magically fall right into place. Just get rid of the failure and bring in somebody else. Lather, rinse, repeat. My prediction for this season is that it will not resolve the schism. There will be enough good and bad to fuel both camps. However, the roster pipeline is stable and there will be enough success that Pastner's butt will not be on any kid of hot seat at season's end. This will piss-off the pessimists. They will complain. Pessimists can cross the line to be trolls. You can recognize the troll by their application of the double standard. It goes like this: When the team is doing well, the troll externalizes the success. That success is because of the players or the assistant coaches or it is because of the conference being down, etc. Success is always in spite of the coach. When the coach is assumed to be a poor recruiter, players like Alvarado and Wright are dismissed as flukes, or it is because of the lead assistant. Transfers and late recruits are dismissed altogether. But when the team loses, the buck ALWAYS stops with the coach. Failure is never justified. Injuries should never determine a season. If a solid recruit doesn't pan-out, it is on the coach. If a modest recruit does develop, it is because of the player or assistant. If a coach gets bit by a snake like Ron Bell, it is his own fault. The trolls are very easy to spot in a situation like our's where the coach has had a mix of good and disappointing results. The circular nature of their arguments gives them away. [/QUOTE]
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