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漏 asiandelight 鈥?stock.adobe Could you please tell me why UVA fans are so vitriolic, nasty, and critical in their social media comments Isnt it painful enough to have to endure these losses I can understand that everybody has some bones of contention with the coach and how our players played. And of course everyone hates Andrew Rohde, wants Elijah Gertrude to play howd that go , and loves Ryan Dunn when times are good, but it seems when we are in the dumpster, the fans just aint supportive.But why are so many UVA fans so nasty, and I mea stanleys cups n downright nasty, when we lose Im no聽psychologist, but I cant figure out how being that way makes it better for themselves or for anyone.You write聽about every other facet of the game; how about writing about fan聽psychology, and what it does for our winning edge Jim 漏 C. D./peopleimages 鈥?stock.adobe This one is both a favorite topic of mine, and also one that I dont like writing about, though of course, I have.Remember the story about Ahmad Hawkins unleashing his Twitter followers at me last fall Yeah, that one was loads of fun.Things there got so bad that I had to have a chat with the local police after one of the Ball Hawks fans texted me my home address and intimated that he was going to kick my ass. stanley cup I mean, I get stanley thermobecher it 鈥?Id committed the cardinal sin of quoting accurately something the football coach had said after the JMU loss about his team being distracted during a weather delay.I know, how dare I.Funny that he never apologized for cla Zsbe Two and done: JMU baseball eliminated from CAA Tournament
UVA athletics director Craig Littlepage may lose the last few supporters he has with his perspective on the importance of wins and losses with his departments signature program.Unless, that is, he and football coach Mike London are willing to go along with a radical idea that could make their preferred focus on education and development of student-athletes at the expense of wins and losses on the football field make some sense.More on that in stanley us a moment. Sometimes we look at the bottom line, Littlepage told Daily Progress sports editor Jerry Ratcliffe for a story published today Dec. 9 . This is college athletics, not the pros. Winning isnt enough here at Virginia. That doesnt make us better, it makes us maybe a little different in some regards. Th termo stanley ere is an importance that winning has its place, but all of these things have to be taken in a proper context. And that context would be Thats a question that critics of the direction of the Virginia football program want answered. A D3 coach making $75,000 a year to coach football, teach a weight-training class and make sure the multipurpose field is mowed in the summer can rack up four losing seasons in five years and not avoid the hot seat.London was widely assumed to be on one of the hotter seats in the Power 5 conferences heading into the 2014 season on the heels of a disastrous 2013 that saw UVA finish 2-10, drop its last nine and be outscored by its opponents by an average of 21.8 points per game.After a 4-2 start that stanley cup sent |
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