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Why Mediocrity Is the Worst

Winning big? Everyone is happy.

Losing like crazy? Everyone is mad.

Mediocre? Doogs find something to point to as evidence for next year being different (youth! SRS! bumper crop in recruiting!), and Half Brains are chided for being too unreasonable and impatient for expecting more.

I just want to remind everyone that the doogs have been wrong and the half brains have been right for almost two fucking decades.

Fuck off.
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  • ThomasFremont
    ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325

    Thanks more cock

    Happy to help.
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club

    Winning big? Everyone is happy.

    Losing like crazy? Everyone is mad.

    Mediocre? Doogs find something to point to as evidence for next year being different (youth! SRS! bumper crop in recruiting!), and Half Brains are chided for being too unreasonable and impatient for expecting more.

    I just want to remind everyone that the doogs have been wrong and the half brains have been right for almost two fucking decades.

    Fuck off.


    The truth is always abundance.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,270
    Your frustration is noted ...

    But the past, particularly the distant past of say 10 years ago, isn't in any way of an indication of what we will see going forward.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,270
    And 2 of those 15 years are tied to Petersen.

    1st year was primarily a change in culture and 2nd a change in roster.

    I get the frustration of the last 15 years but at maximum only 2-3 of those 15 years have any bearing on the 2016 season.
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club

    Tequilla said:

    And 2 of those 15 years are tied to Petersen.

    1st year was primarily a change in culture and 2nd a change in roster.

    I get the frustration of the last 15 years but at maximum only 2-3 of those 15 years have any bearing on the 2016 season.

    If the Huskies go 7-6 next year, you will start the year by saying "10 wins or its time for a change", and at season's end you'll be equivocating like crazy. That's the script. It's what you like to do.
    Are you suggesting an #AuburnDoogPOTD ?
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,270

    Tequilla said:

    And 2 of those 15 years are tied to Petersen.

    1st year was primarily a change in culture and 2nd a change in roster.

    I get the frustration of the last 15 years but at maximum only 2-3 of those 15 years have any bearing on the 2016 season.

    If the Huskies go 7-6 next year, you will start the year by saying "10 wins or its time for a change", and at season's end you'll be equivocating like crazy. That's the script. It's what you like to do.
    That's a complete BS statement and you know it.

    You always need to look back at a year in retrospect and understand what happened and how what happened differed from the underlying assumptions you had in your forecast. Sometimes what happens is very explainable. Sometimes it is just a flat out miss in the underlying assumptions.

    Last year I was about as spot on on my season predictions as you could get calling 7-6. The only area that I missed was being optimistic with a 5-4 conference record and a bowl loss while stating that I thought that 4-5 and a minor bowl win was probably more realistic. I also stated that the high end of what I thought was possible was in the 8-9 range.

    Unlike a lot of people around here, I don't back down from my predictions. Pointing out what was different about what happened and my underlying assumptions isn't dooging it up or whatever other BS others say. Failure to adhere to my assumptions isn't necessarily grounds for an automatic firing like others would have. I very well understand that I am aggressive in my goal setting and by making stretch goals make it far more difficult to achieve them than not.