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At the risk of speaking for emhokie…

What is particularly annoying is that whenever there is a disappointing result, there are certain posters who appear like clockwork to complain and a flood of new posters who come over to join in the complaining. But when there are good results (and there are a lot of them with this program), those same posters seem to disappear. If you’re (not you personally) going to whine when the team loses to NC State at the ACCs (and boy were there a lot of those folks), it would be nice if you showed up again two weeks later when the team outperformed NC State at the NCAAs to congratulate the team on a job well done. And if you’re(again, not you personally) going to complain when Mekhi loses to Starocci, it would be nice if you also celebrated with us when he avenged a loss against Karchla a couple weeks earlier. This phenomenon is not limited to the wrestling board by the way (though it’s the one I follow most closely). Whenever a VT sport has success (softball, women’s b-ball, etc) there are always a bunch of folks (some of the same who show up here) who seem compelled to show up and complain when that team loses. It’s fine to express frustration, question decisions, etc. - and that is part of what makes for good discussion- but it gets old hearing complaints from folks who never seem to have anything positive to say. If watching a program that consistently produces several all-Americans leaves someone with nothing but disappointment, there are other hobbies out there.
Posted: 11/22/2023 at 11:44 AM ET
(In response to this post by tigerpark135)

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Some food for thought for the naysayers, negative Nancy’s etc re:
emhokie 11/22/23 08:18 AM ET
I think there is some truth to what you are saying, but I would also say
vivitron73 11/22/23 10:15 PM ET
I don’t disagree
Rokie08 11/22/23 09:35 PM ET
A few thoughts back at you
tigerpark135 11/22/23 10:32 AM ET
Also critiques are not necessarily
VAHokie89 11/25/23 02:33 PM ET
That’s the spirit, keep aiming to be a positive, contributing poster here…
emhokie 11/22/23 12:30 PM ET
lol
tigerpark135 11/22/23 12:49 PM ET
Is your name Scott?**
vivitron73 11/23/23 07:32 PM ET
..
tigerpark135 11/23/23 08:06 PM ET
You may remember me from your Single A website days :P I had the Region D
vivitron73 11/23/23 09:49 PM ET
Chilhowie
tigerpark135 11/24/23 05:45 AM ET
Amen**
Palmetto Hokie 11/22/23 12:12 PM ET
At the risk of speaking for emhokie…
NYC2000 11/22/23 11:44 AM ET
That trend is certainly true in Football and Basketball...
No_Limit_Hokie 11/22/23 01:00 PM ET
You should see the 247 forum lol
Hikinghokie 11/22/23 08:20 PM ET
..because every problem is a simple fix of firing one person... **
AirborneHokie96 11/23/23 10:07 AM ET
"BURN THE PLACE DOWN!!"**
No_Limit_Hokie 11/22/23 08:22 PM ET
You are describing "fair weather fans or johnny come lately's"
tigerpark135 11/22/23 12:47 PM ET
Amen**
emhokie 11/22/23 11:50 AM ET
I feel like message boards are for everyone to share their opinions.
MC4VT 11/22/23 09:19 AM ET
Your comment will be liked by similar thinking followers
emhokie 11/22/23 11:51 AM ET