How long before they die?People here care more. Twitter is a mix of casual and hardcore fans. This place is for the diehards.
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How long before they die?People here care more. Twitter is a mix of casual and hardcore fans. This place is for the diehards.
I'm not sure how many of you are twitter users, but I am and I follow like 99% UK related stuff.
Twitter is just overwhelmingly positive most of the time. Sure, they get negative when we lose. But very soon after it's on to "don't give up" "we need this next game, season is not over" "Remember the 2014 run?"
So many people are just overjoyed with the win last night. Sure, I am happy with any win but this season has been a disaster overall.
I lose followers when I call for Cal's head on Twitter.
And then on this board, and it's mainly a negative tone. I personally side more with the sentiments of this board than Twitter to be honest. However, to a degree, both represent this fan base; and both are on complete different sides of the spectrum. Twitter is way too positive, and this board can be way too negative. Am I the only one who notices this?
It's like two different worlds.
I was just going to post about what I see on Facebook which is quite different from what you say. I follow a number of UK sites on FB and they are mostly positive towards UK and Cal. Whenever I post something on any of the FB sites that might be negative towards Cal I get quite a few attacks against what I say. Like I said, I'm on many of the UK sites there and just don't see how you say they are quite fed up with Cal. Hasn't been my experience.
Spot on and many on Twitter and FB aren’t young like the LOD wannabes here want you to believe. I’m on neither as social media is ugly but I do see some tweets. I said the same thing you did last night and they came rushing in as they want to believe that the majority of the fanbase is seething hours every day. LOL at the Legion of dorks.
The UK sites don’t post negative. It’s the fan’s comments that are mostly negative. Go look at Cal’s last Twitter post. Only 2 fan’s commented HBD. 13 commented hit the road. That’s over a 6 to 1 ratio of negative over positive.I was just going to post about what I see on Facebook which is quite different from what you say. I follow a number of UK sites on FB and they are mostly positive towards UK and Cal. Whenever I post something on any of the FB sites that might be negative towards Cal I get quite a few attacks against what I say. Like I said, I'm on many of the UK sites there and just don't see how you say they are quite fed up with Cal. Hasn't been my experience.
this context isn't so much about supporting the coach as it is the level of interest, the post Calipari modern fan versus the people who lived thru delayed telecasts on the Jefferson Pilot network or Cawood Ledford telling fans the cats are running to the left side of your dial.You all overthink this shit. When UK loses, fans don’t like it. When UK wins, they do. If we had a 5 game winning streak this thread wouldn’t exist despite exact same probability of success in future seasons.
I think this board is more vested in looking at support of a basketball coach like some sort of fan democracy. I don’t even know why you care if people “support” the coach. Makes your position look weak.
The UK sites don’t post negative. It’s the fan’s comments that are mostly negative. Go look at Cal’s last Twitter post. Only 2 fan’s commented HBD. 13 commented hit the road. That’s over a 6 to 1 ratio of negative over positive.
And outside of social media. Work, friends, gym I don’t know of a single person that supports Cal anymore. Some were diehard Cal supporters before but have now flipped.
Dude you have a picture of the dude from lonesome dove on your profile. Same name too. I think it’s safe to say you fit the old man category. Not sure how angry you are yetAngry old men? No, it’s actually the same usernames and trolls that destroy every single thread.
I’m not old.Dude you have a picture of the dude from lonesome dove on your profile. Same name too. I think it’s safe to say you fit the old man category. Not sure how angry you are yet
Nobody on this board, or Twitter should have to tolerate this Grom jackass. Nobody would put up with him in real life, which is why he lives on here. Allowing no opinions but his own, bouncing from thread to thread telling people how dumb they are for having an opinion different than his. He makes this place unbearable for anyone but the most negative posters. People absolutely don't post on here just avoid his inevitable know it all insults. RidiculousLet me push back on that a bit gromcat. You don't have to be ultra positive about the direction of the program, Calipari, or even this season but you can still interact with people in a more positive way. I can "allow" someone to try to keep a positive attitude or talk about needing to win an upcoming game or hoping to make the NCAA-T without slamming their positivity and calling them an idiot for having hope. That's where this board could stand some positivity. That's my opinion and I'm not likely to apologize either. We could agree to disagree, but you'd have to be willing to be agreeable to do that. 😀
If I were you I’d put him on ignore if he bothers you that bad.Nobody on this board, or Twitter should have to tolerate this Grom jackass. Nobody would put up with him in real life, which is why he lives on here. Allowing no opinions but his own, bouncing from thread to thread telling people how dumb they are for having an opinion different than his. He makes this place unbearable for anyone but the most negative posters. People absolutely don't post on here just avoid his inevitable know it all insults. Ridiculous
Don’t forget, we are all just McDonald’s workers according to him.Nobody on this board, or Twitter should have to tolerate this Grom jackass. Nobody would put up with him in real life, which is why he lives on here. Allowing no opinions but his own, bouncing from thread to thread telling people how dumb they are for having an opinion different than his. He makes this place unbearable for anyone but the most negative posters. People absolutely don't post on here just avoid his inevitable know it all insults. Ridiculous
How long before they die?
FB is the same way. There are DIE HARD Calists on there. And if you bring up the T25 record and Q1 record you’re a “bad fairweather fan”. I got close to cussing an old woman on there who thought she was better than me because of it.100% right . It’s like twitter is watching a different team from this board. Find myself agreeing more with the board than twitter .
No. Cancel him!If I were you I’d put him on ignore if he bothers you that bad.
For the most part, people on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram aren't hiding behind an avatar and unidentifiable username.
Easy there Nancy. There's a huge difference between getting booted from a very specialized message board, for constantly talking down to, and picking fights with everyone. And getting canceled. This is a very small corner of the world. I doubt he'd lose his unemployment or get kicked out of his mom's basement.No. Cancel him!
Seriously though. Amazing the work people go through to bitch and moan when they’re a button to solve the issue. People do the same thing about TV shows. Don’t like it? There’s a remote for that.
Calm down and drink a cold beverage and enjoy your Friday.Easy there Nancy. There's a huge difference between getting booted from a very specialized message board, for constantly talking down to, and picking fights with everyone. And getting canceled. This is a very small corner of the world. I doubt he'd lose his unemployment or get kicked out of his mom's basement.
I thought that was calm. Let me check my blood pressure...Calm down and drink a cold beverage and enjoy your Friday.
I need to remind myself to do the same thing. Theirs only one person that posts on rafters that I can’t stand.I thought that was calm. Let me check my blood pressure...
Yeah, I get that. I hate that I let some random words on a message board get under my skin. I should be better than that.I need to remind myself to do the same thing. Theirs only one person that posts on rafters that I can’t stand.
It happens to us allYeah, I get that. I hate that I let some random words on a message board get under my skin. I should be better than that.
We all are guilty of that.Yeah, I get that. I hate that I let some random words on a message board get under my skin. I should be better than that.
That’s for sure. I’d rather talk to Leadbelly by far than one of our fans that posts on here pretty regularly. At least Leadbelly makes funny posts at times.,We all are guilty of that.
Lol. The idea is still the same. If you don’t like something. Don’t engage it. Or give it heed.Easy there Nancy. There's a huge difference between getting booted from a very specialized message board, for constantly talking down to, and picking fights with everyone. And getting canceled. This is a very small corner of the world. I doubt he'd lose his unemployment or get kicked out of his mom's basement.
They should be run off the board. There’s no room for optimism when the program is suffering. You either care about the program or you don’t. If the coach who’s the gatekeeper isn’t producing, you should voice nothing but displeasure. Too many men have put too much time into this program than to watch a foreigner like Calipari come in and wreck it.
I will be happy when the program is being taken care of. That’s my position and I don’t apologize for it.
You, I and all on here are entitled to our opinions.Yeah, I get that. I hate that I let some random words on a message board get under my skin. I should be better than that.
I doubt there's many Cal supporters left here but can we all acknowledge that repeatedly typing "Cow" or "CCC" or "Cal nuthuggers" or anything similar is pretty childish? I'm 38 and would be embarrassed to type that lame nonsense, so why do posters older than me think that calling Cal "Cow" is clever or hilarious? Louisville fans came up with that weak insult a decade ago, so no one here even came up with it on their own.
It'd just be nice to have or even see a rational, adult conversation about the issues surrounding the program here, and I'm sure that happens from time to time. I guess you've just gotta scroll past 45-70 year olds tossing out middle school insults that are in no way clever.
Gonna have to disagree with this one.They should be run off the board. There’s no room for optimism when the program is suffering. You either care about the program or you don’t. If the coach who’s the gatekeeper isn’t producing, you should voice nothing but displeasure. Too many men have put too much time into this program than to watch a foreigner like Calipari come in and wreck it.
I will be happy when the program is being taken care of. That’s my position and I don’t apologize for it.
Gonna have to disagree with this one.
There's always room for optimism or else your life is gonna be filled with misery and your rhetoric screams that.
Sure, we need a new coach but saying Cal came in and wrecked the program is asinine. Calling him a "foreigner" is illogical because Pitino would fit that mold as well.
I understand that but it can easily spread to your life as well. If you let your basketball life consume you that is.My basketball life is screwed up. Life is doing well.
I’m okay with a foreigner who produces. I was okay with Calipari when he was prostituting the program but winning for it.
Now he’s just a foreign northerner with a big mouth that needs the boot.
You're right, Calipari is nothing more than white noise (no pun intended) at this point. It's pretty obvious the game has passed him by. Calipari has become a distraction.My basketball life is screwed up. Life is doing well.
I’m okay with a foreigner who produces. I was okay with Calipari when he was prostituting the program but winning for it.
Now he’s just a foreign northerner with a big mouth that needs the boot.