I knew you would go there ! Or perhaps it would be doo dah day!
There is always somebody here who just loves to send personal attacks at me whether I posted anything in a thread or not!
Yup. Just open a thread and there is a personal attack.
The problem is this board is not anonymous! I’ve had personal attacks against me on this board that revealed my real name, shared my Facebook information and even my personal pictures. They made it personal. And for their efforts, they were applauded and encouraged by others to keep it coming.
There are more harassing insults about my son from people on this board than posts from me praising him. I would post more about his accomplishments but I fear people like you would go to his real job and harass him much like he was harassed in high school when he couldn’t bring our school the state championship they wanted! Do you realize how emotionally hard it is to give 100% And having your own fans boo you because you fell short and didn’t win? Do you realize how much pressure and pain a player goes through when they miss a critical free throw? Or how much despair they go through when they lose a game. When someone heaves up a game winning 60 foot shot.
Many of you are quick to criticize others and bad mouth other fans! But you hate it when other fans bad mouth you or call you out for doing so!
There is a reason my son did not play basketball or football for Purdue. That reason is personal. He’s now a coach where everyday he has some fan berating him and wants him fired because his athletes didn’t bring home a championship! Being a coach Is a very tough job. It’s not steady employment. My son has had three jobs at different schools. in 3 years! Why? Not because he was fired. But rather because he was successful.
However, no matter how successful a person is, there is always someone on the internet who knows who you are and loves to hide behind the anonymous mask the internet provides you.
I once lived in a small town of Carterville, Illinois. That’s the same town Coach Herrin lived in and also Coach Painter lived in when they coached at SIU. That’s also the same town SIBoiler lives in. I attended all of my son’s high school basketball games. I sat in the front row! I heard the boos when he missed and the team lost. It’s funny as a parent you rarely hear the cheers. So, SIBoiler, did you ever cheer my son? Or were you one of the many who was never satisfied with his efforts? I’m sorry my son didn’t deliver that state championship. But as a parent, I know him many physical injuries he suffered . I don’t know how many emotional ones he suffered. He kept those injuries inside!
It’s amazing after being put down so many times for so many reasons by so many anonymous people. That my son still chose the coaching profession. He doesn’t talk very much about his athletes success or failures! One of his athletes is currently having academic issues which is affecting their performance! Who gets the blame? The professor? The athlete? Or the coach?
We celebrate Painter’s success today. But what about the Tennessee coach? He also gave it his 100%. What if he were your son?