Expressing Every Little Worry

It's easy to reach the conclusion that today's fans are bigger crybabies than those of two or three decades before. However, in the time before the Internet and access to bulletin boards, us "worriers" basically had to "suffer" alone. Conversely, in the modern world, any body who feels a twinge of unhappiness can promptly go to the Tiger Rant and whine until they get it out of their systems.

Recently, a lot of crybabies can't help but express their discontent over the facts: (1) that our QB who played in the recent bowl game simply didn't instill confidence, which means, to them, that we will suck next year;(2)that LSU has not gotten committments from every single one of the high school seniors that this or that fan proclaims as top notch; (3) that too many of our undergraduate players are "leaving early", which, to them, signals a serious problem with our coaching staff; and (4)that Alabama seems to be hiring assistant coaches who will be unsurpassed experts during the recruiting process.

If everyone would just stop and wait a few hours or so before launching into a "I don't feel well because things aren't going perfectly at LSU" complaint, perhaps the number of whining messages would decrease. Give consideration to the fact that, in the scheme of things, college sports just isn't a life and death matter.

But, this is just wishful thinking. Worrywart and crybabies gonna fret and cry out loud. They seek the "comfort" of knowing that - somewhere out there - someone feels just like they do. I wish they'd all grow up, though.