Booing the Vols

Is it acceptable to boo your own team?

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#126
#126
bka414 said:
Is the no booing crowd the same people that don't want the score kept at youth games anymore? The ones that prefer timeouts instead of paddling. Maybe we should turn off the scoreboard Saturday.
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Not necessarily. I just think that booing your own team is childish. Yes we as fans are upset, but it is just a game after all. Albeit a game that makes millions of dollars for schools... It is a low class, low brow move IMO. It's not going to stop regardless of what I think.
 
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#127
#127
mkil5 said:
It is only ok to boo when it is undoubtedly directed at your head coach on the hot seat for doing something stupid (i.e. Dooley kneeing the ball against Missouri)
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One of the few times I remember booing at a game. He let time run out in the first half when we had time outs and were driving the ball. In the second half when we had lost all momentum he decides to willingly go into overtime.

No clue how to manage the clock. Your average high school coach would have been an upgrade.
 
#128
#128
1. Never boo your own team
2. How would the players know the difference if you booing them or the coaches?
3. Does anyone really think booing will make any player want to play better really?
4. Does it make you feel important to boo the team you say you are supporting?
5. The only booing that is acceptable at times is a crap call by refs.
6. To say booing is owed to you for buying stuff is stupid if your not happy with the business stop buying the product.
7. Never ever boo your own team!!!!!!!!!
 
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#129
#129
The team needs fan support most during the down years.

Being a fan when we are winning is easy.

Fans need to stay tough during the bad times when the truly team needs the emotional lift.
 
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#130
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TrueVol87 said:
1. Never boo your own team
2. How would the players know the difference if you booing them or the coaches?
3. Does anyone really think booing will make any player want to play better really?
4. Does it make you feel important to boo the team you say you are supporting?
5. The only booing that is acceptable at times is a crap call by refs.
6. To say booing is owed to you for buying stuff is stupid if your not happy with the business stop buying the product.
7. Never ever boo your own team!!!!!!!!!
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:good!:
 
#133
#133
As much as some of us may be displeased with the failings of some of the players, booing is stupid. There are various reasons why these young men chose to come to Tennessee. Many of them came hoping for a good path to the NFL. Some came, because Tennessee offered the courses required to a career beyond football. For whatever reasons they came, they represent Tennessee. They make sacrifices to play for us. Most of us have little comprehension of just how hard they work.

Those who come to the games and have the gall to boo them should have the decency to sell their tickets to someone who will support them. All that does is take away what little confidence some of these guys have. They need folks in the stands who have their back through the good and the bad. That kind of support through the years was something most of the teams in the past were given through some very thin years.

Get behind this team. The win loss record at the end of the season may not be what we would hope for, but that does not change the fact that these guys are giving their all for Tennessee. Despite the results, win or lose, excelling or struggling, I for one am proud of these young men. Each and every freakin one of them. GO VOLS!!!
 
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#134
#134
mkil5 said:
No, don't boo. At least not this team. This is a first year coach with a talent deficiency, we have known this would be the case months prior to the season. The natural moans and groans that happen when the pass is incomplete on third down is different.

It is only ok to boo when it is undoubtedly directed at your head coach on the hot seat for doing something stupid (i.e. Dooley kneeing the ball against Missouri)
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No, don't boo even then. In that case, yell, "Dooley, you idiot!" or something comparable that might be unsuitable on a message board. Booing can always be misinterpreted, even when directed at a lame duck coach. And since his sorry butt is now screwing up the Dallas Cowboy's receivers, that is a mute point.
 
#135
#135
It is kind of classless to boo anybody except Florida or maybe even Alabama! It is NEVER a good idea to boo our own team......REGARDLESS OF HOW SORRY WE MAY BE PLAYING!!!
 
#136
#136
NEVER NEVER NEVER boo your own college team!!! These are kids not Pros. To clarify -- NEVER! :no::nono:
 
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#137
#137
No. They are 18-22 yr old kids, trying their best...unless you think they enjoy losing. Some people need to just enjoy the game for what it is..a game. If you feel like booing, please feel free to be a front-runner and switch teams.
 
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bka414 said:
Is the no booing crowd the same people that don't want the score kept at youth games anymore? The ones that prefer timeouts instead of paddling. Maybe we should turn off the scoreboard Saturday.
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Hardly.

I was coached in HS by a man who played football for General Neyland. I was taught to play as hard as I could play from snap to whistle, and at the end of the game, you look the men wearing the other color jerseys square in the eye, shake their hand and move on - win or lose. I was taught that your personal honor and character are FAR more important than the outcome of the game.

Competitive sports is a great opportunity for life lessons. It teaches young people all sorts of wonderful things. Learning how to handle success and failure - winning and losing - is among those.

Booing is the ultimate display of hypocrisy, IMO. First of all, those doing the booing have none of the abilities of those players on the field or the coaches on the sideline. People boo some 20-year-old kid trying to throw a football when they couldn't even get their guts underneath the jersey.

Further, those players and coaches have the unique circumstance of putting their lives' passions and endeavors on display for the world to see. I have to wonder how many of the booers would respond if they had someone watching them work, play, manage a marriage, parent their children, etc and proceed to boo them every time they made a mistake.

As an alumnus, fall Saturdays represent far more than a football game. Those players and coaches are representing my university. The represent all of the traditions and fond memories that I treasure. My days on campus were one of the most formative times in my life. It's important to me.

CBJ and his staff are doing all they can to represent all of those things as well as possible AND move the program back into winning ways. Everything he has said and done suggests that. I am not going disrespect him and the team by sounding off like some drunk jackass from up north.

Lastly, you can't target boos. If you spew them out, they are targeting everybody.
 
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#141
#141
Booing is classless.

For people who think it's okay to boo, ask yourself these questions:
  • Would you boo if your son or brother was down on the field playing?
  • Would you boo if you were sitting next to Worley's parents?
  • Would you boo if an immediate family member of yours was on the coaching staff?
  • Would you boo if you were sitting next to Coach Jones' wife and kids?
  • Would you boo to a player's face?
  • Would you boo to a coach's face?
If the answer to any of these are "no" but you boo from your seat then I call you a coward. If the answer to any of these are "yes" then I call your character into question.
 
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#142
#142
Since when is a 20 year considered a kid? If these young "men" can't handle some booing, then they shouldn't be playing football at the college level
 
#143
#143
No! You sit in silence and let it build up to a tumor. Or you could just go home kick the dog & break a 5 gallon bucket full of light bulbs.
 
#144
#144
PowerT83 said:
No! You sit in silence and let it build up to a tumor. Or you could just go home kick the dog & break a 5 gallon bucket full of light bulbs.
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Kicking lighbulbs is okay and quite satisfying. :thumbsup:
 
#148
#148
SaintLouisVol said:
Hardly.

I was coached in HS by a man who played football for General Neyland. I was taught to play as hard as I could play from snap to whistle, and at the end of the game, you look the men wearing the other color jerseys square in the eye, shake their hand and move on - win or lose. I was taught that your personal honor and character are FAR more important than the outcome of the game.

Competitive sports is a great opportunity for life lessons. It teaches young people all sorts of wonderful things. Learning how to handle success and failure - winning and losing - is among those.

Booing is the ultimate display of hypocrisy, IMO. First of all, those doing the booing have none of the abilities of those players on the field or the coaches on the sideline. People boo some 20-year-old kid trying to throw a football when they couldn't even get their guts underneath the jersey.

Further, those players and coaches have the unique circumstance of putting their lives' passions and endeavors on display for the world to see. I have to wonder how many of the booers would respond if they had someone watching them work, play, manage a marriage, parent their children, etc and proceed to boo them every time they made a mistake.

As an alumnus, fall Saturdays represent far more than a football game. Those players and coaches are representing my university. The represent all of the traditions and fond memories that I treasure. My days on campus were one of the most formative times in my life. It's important to me.

CBJ and his staff are doing all they can to represent all of those things as well as possible AND move the program back into winning ways. Everything he has said and done suggests that. I am not going disrespect him and the team by sounding off like some drunk jackass from up north.

Lastly, you can't target boos. If you spew them out, they are targeting everybody.
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Not to sound too much like an old guy (even though I am an old guy), this is what is becoming more and more rare in society today. I agree with your post 100%.
 
#149
#149
Nope. Booing teenage, amateur athletes is pretty lame. Especially when they're doing something dangerous for your entertainment. (I know 5% of them will be rich professionals some day. Then, they'll be fair game.)

Coaches are fair game, too. I think you can sometimes be clear that you're booing coaches and not players by picking your spots. Boo when the punt team comes out on 4th and 1 at the opponent 40, for example. I think Palardy will know it's not for him.

The Worley situation is tougher. Assuming you don't want Worley in there, but also want to boo the coaches instead of the player, I'm not sure when you boo.
 
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