HawkeyeWalker
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but it has been very hard to invest so much energy into the Hawks this year. Maybe I need to get perspective and not care quite so much but I am embarrassed to say that I almost would rather get beat convincingly than have to watch week in and week out us come down to the wire having this sick feeling we are going to lose. I guess this is the exact opposite of last year when we were winning these games.
I don't consider myself a dilusional fan, if anything I begin each game thinking we have to play well to win. I am very happy with 10 win seasons and don't yet believe we are an elite team.
My frustration is THAT we lose, it's how and to whom. I don't care about the "curse" of NW. What I do care about it me sitting there with my wife with a 10 point lead and the ball at midfield and having an awful feeling, its not fun and it gets old. Again, maybe this is more on me than my team. Basically they break my heart a little to often. It doesn't help that I live in Omaha, NE and have to deal with you know what.
I am not going to blame the coaches (although I question things at times), Stanzi (love the guy no matter what but really wonder on his decision making at times), the D (I know the philosophy works in the big picture but so hard to stomach at times like this).
Basically, It HASN'T beeen a great time to be a Hawkeye in many of these games this year!
I just don't see us beating OSU and honestly I don't think MN is an absolute after the last two weeks. I don't expect Titles every year (although I would like to see one before I die and I am only 34, which isn't a given).
My brother said something that I think is true, we Hawkeye fans have become a little entitled and it has raised the bar as to what we expect (much like the Husker fans, which sicken me). All the pieces where there this year and at times this team performs like a top 10, maybe top 5 team. The problem is they perform like a average to below average team just enough to keep us in the "Good, but not great catagory".
It just hurts so much and honestly, it's not healthy. Again, maybe it just my issue.
Sorry for the long post, need to vent.
Damn.
I don't consider myself a dilusional fan, if anything I begin each game thinking we have to play well to win. I am very happy with 10 win seasons and don't yet believe we are an elite team.
My frustration is THAT we lose, it's how and to whom. I don't care about the "curse" of NW. What I do care about it me sitting there with my wife with a 10 point lead and the ball at midfield and having an awful feeling, its not fun and it gets old. Again, maybe this is more on me than my team. Basically they break my heart a little to often. It doesn't help that I live in Omaha, NE and have to deal with you know what.
I am not going to blame the coaches (although I question things at times), Stanzi (love the guy no matter what but really wonder on his decision making at times), the D (I know the philosophy works in the big picture but so hard to stomach at times like this).
Basically, It HASN'T beeen a great time to be a Hawkeye in many of these games this year!
I just don't see us beating OSU and honestly I don't think MN is an absolute after the last two weeks. I don't expect Titles every year (although I would like to see one before I die and I am only 34, which isn't a given).
My brother said something that I think is true, we Hawkeye fans have become a little entitled and it has raised the bar as to what we expect (much like the Husker fans, which sicken me). All the pieces where there this year and at times this team performs like a top 10, maybe top 5 team. The problem is they perform like a average to below average team just enough to keep us in the "Good, but not great catagory".
It just hurts so much and honestly, it's not healthy. Again, maybe it just my issue.
Sorry for the long post, need to vent.
Damn.
