Sometimes I think I do but then I read something online and it gives me pause.
I came here, as a lifelong Kentucky fan, to say that you have an outstanding basketball coach and to wish you luck in your upcoming game with UofL. I'm not going to get into the why's or how's but things always tend to work out for the best even in tough situations and I know both your program and ours will benefit in the end. I wish nothing but success for Minnesota Basketball* and can say you'll achieve it with Coach Smith at the helm
But I also came here to say some things that trouble me. I ask you not to judge all Kentucky fans like those that can be found here:
http://kentucky.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1708&tid=122141221&mid=122141221&sid=888&style=2
We're not all crazy, bigots like SOME poster/s of FRIENDS will suggest. Kentucky Basketball has meant a lot to me in my life and I've met a lot of great, awesome people through it. I've also met some real basketcases with misplaced priorites who think the greatest sin in the world is not winning enough games. It's hard for me to accept sometimes that normal, intelligent people will lose all sorts of class, decency or basic human respect towards other people based on the outcome of a basketball game. That they'll propagate rumors about a coach, his family, his private life to make themselves feel better. It saddens me to no degree.
I guess what I'm trying to say is appreciate what you have because at the end of the day there are things more important than winning or losing. It's taken me a long time to learn to understand that and watching your current basketball coach operate in a sea of misery at times over the last decade and never stoop to the level of his detractors, never engage in the hatred or venom that was spewed in his direction by some, helped me to come to that realization. Good luck, God Bless and beat UofL!
*Unless your playing us and I hope we beat you by 30!
I came here, as a lifelong Kentucky fan, to say that you have an outstanding basketball coach and to wish you luck in your upcoming game with UofL. I'm not going to get into the why's or how's but things always tend to work out for the best even in tough situations and I know both your program and ours will benefit in the end. I wish nothing but success for Minnesota Basketball* and can say you'll achieve it with Coach Smith at the helm
But I also came here to say some things that trouble me. I ask you not to judge all Kentucky fans like those that can be found here:
http://kentucky.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1708&tid=122141221&mid=122141221&sid=888&style=2
We're not all crazy, bigots like SOME poster/s of FRIENDS will suggest. Kentucky Basketball has meant a lot to me in my life and I've met a lot of great, awesome people through it. I've also met some real basketcases with misplaced priorites who think the greatest sin in the world is not winning enough games. It's hard for me to accept sometimes that normal, intelligent people will lose all sorts of class, decency or basic human respect towards other people based on the outcome of a basketball game. That they'll propagate rumors about a coach, his family, his private life to make themselves feel better. It saddens me to no degree.
I guess what I'm trying to say is appreciate what you have because at the end of the day there are things more important than winning or losing. It's taken me a long time to learn to understand that and watching your current basketball coach operate in a sea of misery at times over the last decade and never stoop to the level of his detractors, never engage in the hatred or venom that was spewed in his direction by some, helped me to come to that realization. Good luck, God Bless and beat UofL!
*Unless your playing us and I hope we beat you by 30!
