Re: Easton Stick
Originally Posted by
2011BisonAlumni
Klieman has an issue with it. I personally hate it when he says “we are going to lose some games”. He gets more fired up about tempering fan expectations versus discussing areas that the team needs to get better in. The fact that after the SDSU game he referenced winning 100 games since 2010 as being justification for a loss is worrying. In the next sentence he says “we need to move on”.
A coach , IMO, should never have an expectation they will get beat. Period. We all realize that is unrealistic, but Klieman needs to quit talking about how they will get beat.
Good post. The message needs to be "We expect to win every game period. We know our fans expect to win every game and we hate to disappoint them and ourselves. Time to get back to work, make adjustments and re-focus." What NDSU fan wouldn't respect that? I would hope the average fan's expectations are not higher than our staff and team? What is the point in reminding us we have won 100 games in the last decade? That was a head scratcher. Is it a shot at fans having too high of expectations? One would hope our players and coaches came here to win knowing any loss will draw criticism. Figure it out and win. That is the NDSU way. Don't push back, embrace it. Hell of a lot better than being part of a program where nobody gives a shit or expects losses.
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