Appftw wrote:TheMackAttack wrote:Appftw wrote:CharleyHustle wrote:Let me add a little sanity to this discussion. I love the Mountaineers and see all the home games and most of the others. But lets be honest here. Baylor beat the heels because they are bigger on both lines and have superior speed. If we faced the Heels we would face the same obstacles. Their offense would have its way with ASU, and we would have a little success against their average defense because of their superior size and speed. Remember the difficulty we had against Ohio's larger defensive line. The Sun Belt is not now and never will be the ACC. Why can't we as fans be realistic and enjoy what was probably, all things considered, the best year in Mountaineer football history. On our level, we are simply fantastic, and chances are we will get even better! Go Apps!!!!
PS. I don't understand all the Tar Heel hate on this board. Check out the Carolina board and feel all the love they give the Mountaineers.
Woooowww. I didn't think it was possible to have one poster, in a single post no less, embody everything that is wrong with and holding back our fan base, but you sir have done it.
You not only suggest that we're insane and should know our place ("on our level") but you then top it all off by suggesting we should join the heels bandwagon!
I'd rather jump off Howard's Knob.
Personally, I won't respect them until they sack up and schedule us. In the past decade they've played just about every FCS/FBS in the carolinas except for us and that's no coincidence.
Their fans are throwing a complete tantrum on our Twitter just because someone else in the state is having success and even though we'll never get the spotlight they do, they can't stand it. I love it!
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You're connecting dots that don't even exist.
The quote function doesn't work very well for me on Tapatalk but check "Charley Hustle"s original post (on page 1, I believe) and I think I summed up his thoughts pretty well. That kind of mentality will not help us continue to grow our fan base.
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It quoted fine and I didn't find anything about his post offensive or worthy of your outburst. You just put a ton of words in his mouth and went on a little diatribe.
He said "Let me add a little sanity to this discussion", which he clearly wasn't calling anybody insane, just saying that we are getting ahead of ourselves and being unreasonable.
He never at any point said that we should "know our place". He was saying that our program is great compared to other G5 programs. Which is a statement of fact and not a slap in the face to our team or fan base in any way, shape, or form. In fact, it's a compliment when you consider that we only just finished our first full season.
At no point did he ever suggest that anybody cheer for UNC. You simply made that part up.
If we lined up and played UNC they would be the favorites and they should beat us by about two touchdowns. This isn't Torbush's Tarheels anymore. Fedora is no slouch. Keeping the game that close would actually be pretty impressive considering we don't even have a full roster of FBS recruits right now.
Being honest about where we are as a program and having realistic expectations is important. That allows you to grow your fan base slowly and surely with diehard fans, not bandwagoners. I want us to be like Texas A&M, who fills a 100,000+ seat stadium every home game and doesn't beat anybody of note, not like Miami who doesn't get anybody to show up unless they're undefeated. Treating other fans the way that you have in this thread are how you don't build a fan base. Who wants to get talked to like that? Who wants to have their words twisted so they can be attacked on a whim?
