I'm sorry, but the paddy cake stuff has to stop. Cheer the team, be happy after getting bounced in the first round of the NIT, etc. That's your prerogative.
But I'm tired of being told to sit down and stop being loud and not to express frustration etc at some of these games.
I was surrounded tonight by RU fans and some REALLY vocal Hofstra fans. We were all talking our shit and cheering, but no one confronted or addressed each other unless it was friendly.
We miss the rebound and the end of regulation and I'm sorry but i'm pissed off...I just yell "com'on God damnit!" "Can't miss those boards" "com'on guys gotta crash those damn boards!"
And some lady in front of me feels the need to confront me and say I'm not cheering for Rutgers properly. Mind you I'm one of rhe loudest in my section at any given game and attend every damn game. I say "whatever don't tell me how to cheer. Don't care. Turn around" and some other guy decides to confront me about "yelling at her" (meanwhile her own husband says nothing bc he knows it's not right). This second guys wife tells him to chill out, and mind you, I'm not even moving or attempting anything physical. Just telling him to turn around and don't tell me how to be a fan ....I'm a bigger guy and quite a bit younger than him too...just no need...a minute later this guy is screaming at the refs about how terrible they are lol. BTW the two guys in my row were hanging w me the whole game and had no problem with me, nor did anyone else.
Anyway, I'm pissed off on a few levels. But man, enough with the cupcake middle school stuff. We should have done better to end the year. Period. Not taking anything away from these young men or this staff as people or men, at all.
We've really gotta grow up as a fan base. It's all for fun and I get that, but let's have expectations and admit it's ok to be frustrated.
The way this season ended is not cool. We will live, we still love the players and coaches, but we deserved better, esp those of us who came out tonight once again.
Anyway, I've got more to say, but just venting. Really pissed me off.
Hope you all have a great night as best you can. Man what a crappy way to go out. And getting into arguments with our fellow fans is just making the experience worse. Bad enough I had to deal w the Hofstra guys (who I congratulated)
But I'm tired of being told to sit down and stop being loud and not to express frustration etc at some of these games.
I was surrounded tonight by RU fans and some REALLY vocal Hofstra fans. We were all talking our shit and cheering, but no one confronted or addressed each other unless it was friendly.
We miss the rebound and the end of regulation and I'm sorry but i'm pissed off...I just yell "com'on God damnit!" "Can't miss those boards" "com'on guys gotta crash those damn boards!"
And some lady in front of me feels the need to confront me and say I'm not cheering for Rutgers properly. Mind you I'm one of rhe loudest in my section at any given game and attend every damn game. I say "whatever don't tell me how to cheer. Don't care. Turn around" and some other guy decides to confront me about "yelling at her" (meanwhile her own husband says nothing bc he knows it's not right). This second guys wife tells him to chill out, and mind you, I'm not even moving or attempting anything physical. Just telling him to turn around and don't tell me how to be a fan ....I'm a bigger guy and quite a bit younger than him too...just no need...a minute later this guy is screaming at the refs about how terrible they are lol. BTW the two guys in my row were hanging w me the whole game and had no problem with me, nor did anyone else.
Anyway, I'm pissed off on a few levels. But man, enough with the cupcake middle school stuff. We should have done better to end the year. Period. Not taking anything away from these young men or this staff as people or men, at all.
We've really gotta grow up as a fan base. It's all for fun and I get that, but let's have expectations and admit it's ok to be frustrated.
The way this season ended is not cool. We will live, we still love the players and coaches, but we deserved better, esp those of us who came out tonight once again.
Anyway, I've got more to say, but just venting. Really pissed me off.
Hope you all have a great night as best you can. Man what a crappy way to go out. And getting into arguments with our fellow fans is just making the experience worse. Bad enough I had to deal w the Hofstra guys (who I congratulated)
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