re: Be careful about how you talk about the players

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I agree but it's part of what you sign on to.

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I agree...it is. The question is...WHY is it that way? I mean...it doesn't HAVE to be that way, right?

What is it about being a fan that makes someone feel that they need to tear a guy apart personally when they don't perform up to the standards of the fan?

Again...these young men CHOSE LSU. They wanted to be here. This isn't the NFL where they were drafted and have no choice in the matter. Hell...there's an entire industry surrounding the luring of these young men to the university and we have a page dedicated to watching it happen in real time.Part of that, presumably, was because of the fan support they thought they'd get. and what happens once they do? Fans start sharpening the knives in case they don;t perform well enough...

What would be so hard about simply taking a breath and realizing that what these guys are doing is simply playing a game for our entertainment. It's not life or death...at least for us. For them, it's actually far more important, if they intend to play professionally that is. But for us, even if we've been surrounded by this for decades, it's still ONLY a past time.

The minute this whole thing becomes so important that you or anyone else feels the need to shred a playing personally for not providing the level of entertainment you think you deserve might be the very minute it's time to step back and reassess things.

That's my opinion of course...the mileage of others may vary.