It just never ends does it? 'Bama fans are kicked and beaten and spat upon from all corners, inside and out of the program.
To hell with all of them. It wasn't my job to keep Andre Smith from being a dumbass, was it? I have a job and do it to the best of my ability and don't blame anyone else if something goes wrong. Then again, I am 37 years old and don't subscribe to the new age thinking of nothing is ever really my fault.
Was it my job to prepare the team for the Sugar Bowl? I didn't know that it was but, according to Coach Saban, perhaps I am wrong. What did I do wrong to allow Florida to pull out a victory over us in the 4th quarter of the SEC Champ game? Notice I liberally use the word "us" because I am apparently a coach now. Did I wish too hard for a victory? Did someone know I was going to feel bad when 'Bama lost? Does my life affect Andre Smith or Caldwell or any of the other players?
Now, I have to wonder, if when I am driving home from a game we lost and I feel bad about the loss, is it my fault? Does my attitude of being upset or disappointed directly affect the ability of someone to properly prepare the team.
I have always, naively I suppose, thought that all fans of all teams wanted their teams to win and felt badly when they lost. Nope. The only people who feel bad when their team loses are stupid, irrational, unrealistic 'Bama fans. Also, and even more importantly, wishing for a win is not what being a fan is about. Being a mute, emotionless drone is what Coach Saban is after, the next generation fan.
We are the only fans in America who, before a season starts, actually have high hopes and desires and wishes for a good season. This sick attitude of cultural decadence needs to end. We, as 'Bama fans, need to be automated in our actions and all behave as one. We need to show no emotion because that can be used to illustrate that we are not educated and live in trailers, thus contributing to team defeats and the perception of us around the nation.
It is always, always reassuring to hear a man that has been hired to run "your" team chirping in his two cents of the same old, same old regurgitated bile that has been spewed onto 'Bama fans for the last 12 years.
Ooh, look at me, I was disappointed for a couple of days because we lost to Florida, same with Utah. I am the problem, and other fans like me. I have human emotions and allow them to affect me, thus causing defeats and complete unpreparedness. I am evidently not with the program.
I wonder how many games us fans will directly cause our beloved Alabama team to lose next season?
Perhaps 'Bama needs new fans; we might not be good enough. Look at how stupid we all seemed going to a spring game and filling up the stadium. That was so embarrassing as an Alabamian. Remember how all of us were lambasted and raked over the coals, by the media and rival fans, for doing that? Of course, the direct cause of that event were the unrealistic expectations of 'Bama fans and all the crazies who didn't have anything better to do on a Saturday.
You know, it is a cultural thing here at Alabama. This is not a cherished and beloved cultural thing, like so many are, but a reviled and disgusting cultural phenomenon that needs to be stamped out. Unrivaled fan support is bad, bad, bad.
Give me a break, Coach Saban. Do your job. If you will open your eyes and stop sucking up all the stereotypes you have been fed about us, just like everyone else in the nation, you may even like us.
We are football fans, we are Alabama fans, we have roots here and will always be here. If you don't like it, if it doesn't suit you, if total and unconditional support and unrivaled adoration is too much for you, hit the road.
I will not allow you or anyone else to dictate how I am supposed to behave as a fan. Keep on pushing us, keep on picking like everyone else does, keep on sniping at us in underhanded ways.
I feel that many times coaches are so used to being around teenagers, kids, that their perspective on how to speak to adults is skewed. They live in a teenager's world and 75 percent of their time is spent talking to them and being around them, they lose contact with the adult world.
Just keep on piling on like everyone else does; it is fun for you just like it is for everyone else. Just remember, you are going to be the failure if you can't make it work here at Alabama. You will be the failure, along with all 'Bama fans. But hey, we are used to being vilified and ostracized. You just had a small little sampling when you were hired of what we, as 'Bama fans, have to live through constantly. In ending, it is really gratifying to know that our coach is now against us also.
