Ima feed the troll cuz it's Friday and I feels like it.
I've been a fan since I was born at the UIHC. Any of you Tavern Hokks able to say you were born at the UIHC?
Pops got his masters degree there, mom was a nurse at the UIHC before I came along. Grew up outside the U, had season ducats for both football and basketball. Got my teef fixed at the dental school. Honed my hoopz skillz at the field house. Went to school there myself. Must confess that I studied barology too much as opposed to the classes that actually counted towards graduations and instead got my degree from St. Edwards. So there's my background haterz.
<Climbs on pulpit.>
Now if being a fake fan means wanting a coaching staff that will put the players in a position to win, then I am a FF. If wanting coaches that recognize when changes need to be made, then I am a FF. If wanting coaches who aren't afraid of taking chances and trusting in the players, then I am a FF. If wanting a coaching staff that shows emotion, both good and bad, to motivate, encourage, and chew out players when needed, then I am a fake fan. If wanting better for the men who are dedicating 4-5 years of their life to playing a game that provides entertainment for me and a million other people, then I am a FF. Will I still be cheering for those men who put on the black and old gold next year? Hells yeah. Will I be happy when they win and dejected when they lose? Yup. Do I think the current coaching staff, or at least the HC, feel the same way. Nope. I just want something better for those men out there and wonder if our current HC can get back to being that guy or if this is the middle of the end for him. If all of that makes me a fake fan, then so be it.
<Steps down from pulpit.>
Kirk needs to take the next couple of weeks and do some serious soul searching about whether or not his heart is really in it anymore. He needs to take a look at himself and figure out if he is willing to do what it takes to return to glory or if it is time to move on to someplace where he will be re-energized. Hayden had to do it. He wasn't happy about it but he realized that the time had come and he needed to move on.
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