DO NOT RUSH THE COURT
- Thread starter SoapyCy
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If it was just cyclone alley out there, then bring on the real bears. Throw in some hungry polar bears too
Why do I think that this thread is dumb? I hope that ISU wins... what the fans do is up to them...
We are entering a very tough stretch of Conf games. Fred's got the team in the top ten for the first time in a very long time. We've gotten a lot of great national press. Every win we get extends the longest unbeaten streak and a long consecutive win streak. There is tons of infectious excitement with this program and the Magic is back. If the Magic inspires, nay, compels the fans to rush the court, so be it. Every win should be enjoyed and savored.
Fun haters can stay home.
Rushing the court is bush-league when you do it every single time... When I was in school we held people back from doing it, and I was at some big games (99-2004)... Not to say the court didn't get rushed a few times, but nothing like this season.
I do get why it happens, and I'll even forgive the Iowa game slightly as I definitely went a bit nuts in that win too. But to threaten to do it every time, especially now that we're ranked in the top 10 is embarrassing.
IMO it's a combination of the younger generation's inability to delay gratification paired with the fact that there aren't any students in the stands who actually have been there before (so it's hard to ask them to act like they have). They literally have no clue that it is considered "uncool" in the basketball world.
And to any fun hater old people comments, it's not that we are old (I'm 33), or hate fun. We were just fortunate that those in front of us (who had been there before) taught us the ways of college basketball fandom... Obviously, the easy scape goat here is Natty Light and McD... That decade of misery degraded our collective basketball IQ to the point that current students think it's cool to rush the court all the time...
I do get why it happens, and I'll even forgive the Iowa game slightly as I definitely went a bit nuts in that win too. But to threaten to do it every time, especially now that we're ranked in the top 10 is embarrassing.
IMO it's a combination of the younger generation's inability to delay gratification paired with the fact that there aren't any students in the stands who actually have been there before (so it's hard to ask them to act like they have). They literally have no clue that it is considered "uncool" in the basketball world.
And to any fun hater old people comments, it's not that we are old (I'm 33), or hate fun. We were just fortunate that those in front of us (who had been there before) taught us the ways of college basketball fandom... Obviously, the easy scape goat here is Natty Light and McD... That decade of misery degraded our collective basketball IQ to the point that current students think it's cool to rush the court all the time...
DON'T RUSH THE COURT....
...but it's perfectly acceptable to scream gratuitous profanity-laced chants
...but it's perfectly acceptable to scream gratuitous profanity-laced chants
Exactly...I honestly think rushing the court after every win could be a thing. Nothing wrong with a bunch of people getting together in celebration slapping hands and going a bit crazy in a positive way.
Meh college kids are going to be college kids. Excitement around the program is good.
That said don't be idiots and end up mauling/hurting a player.
That said don't be idiots and end up mauling/hurting a player.
a) No one is threatening to rush the court every time. Most of these posts are in response to posts like yours, where people are "too cool" to rush the court.
b) LE may have had off-court issues but his teams won games (well, most of the...except that team which shall not be named). The losses began to mount under Morgan & McD.
c) 33 is not as wise and mature as you may think. You're the same age as my youngest kid. Get back to me when you have a couple of decades of watching your own kids get excited about things. You'll understand a little better by then.
d) Remove the stick that extends from your nethers, relax, and enjoy life a little more. And let the students do the same. You had your turn. It's theirs now. If they want to rush, let 'em. You're not going to stop them anyway, so you (and the rest of the grouches, old & young) might as well quit griping at them or about them.
b) LE may have had off-court issues but his teams won games (well, most of the...except that team which shall not be named). The losses began to mount under Morgan & McD.
c) 33 is not as wise and mature as you may think. You're the same age as my youngest kid. Get back to me when you have a couple of decades of watching your own kids get excited about things. You'll understand a little better by then.
d) Remove the stick that extends from your nethers, relax, and enjoy life a little more. And let the students do the same. You had your turn. It's theirs now. If they want to rush, let 'em. You're not going to stop them anyway, so you (and the rest of the grouches, old & young) might as well quit griping at them or about them.
