So, Are We Allowed To Boo?

by dishingoutdimes on Nov 26, 2009 2:59 AM CST in Basketball Comment 9 comments

Would booing (like these fans are doing?) be tasteless?

Are we allowed to boo? Because this has been one of the most pathetic performances by any sports team I've rooted for. Ever. Like in my lifetime. My entire lifetime. Spanning all sports.

I don't think I've seen a collection of such talented players try less hard. Ever.

What could possibly motivate them? When they return to the LNC, will they be booed? I suppose it depends on whether they turn in another stinker against Houston, but this has been a terrible excuse for a basketball team. Like a friend told me, it looks like a bunch of guys who got together to play at the Y, not a collection of talented D-1 basketball players and 3 McDonald's All Americans.

I'm on the verge of just turning off the TV for the year. It sickens me to see people in the crimson and cream put forth no effort at all.

Anyways, thoughts on the terrible game - fire away!

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Was staying up all night for that!

by ccmachine on Nov 26, 2009 4:07 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Are these guys related to the OU FB players?

by scarab on Nov 26, 2009 8:12 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

When it rains,....

I was just reading an article on Yahoo Sports about how this year is easily Texas’ best overall team in basketball. They are headed towards a MNC in football and it looks like they will be heading to the Final Four also. This year stinks.

by chrisabo on Nov 26, 2009 8:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

You know what they say?....

..that “Misery loves company”. Obviously the BB team has been watching the product Stoops and Co. have put on the field this year. I don’t think I have ever seen a bigger contrast in the quality of teams that OU has put forward like they have between 2008 and 2009. In 2008 we had a FB team playing for a NC and a BB team that was a contender for most of the season and in 2009 both team have fallen flat on their faces right out of the gate. I realize we had the best FB player in the nation and the best BB player in the nation last year which certainly helped our cause but that doesn’t explain the uninspiring effort these 2009 teams have shown us. I will always be true Sooner but they sure has been difficult to find anything to be proud of this year. I guess we do have something to look forward to though because it can only it can only get better from here.

by fzzjjv on Nov 26, 2009 9:10 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

"Allowed?" Maybe, but don't!

Fans support the team through thick and thin. No matter how much ESPN-fueled “they’re mini-pros” crap you hear, they’re still 18-22 year-old kids playing high-pressure games in front of thousands of people and perhaps on national television. If they’re your team, you support them.

Sure, you can agitate for better plays and coaching, you can groan, you can be miserable when they don’t play to the level of the talent you know they have. But booing your team’s student athletes? Not cool. Why would you pay for a ticket to do that?

The term for people who only root for winners is “Yankees fans.”

by mdeatherage on Nov 26, 2009 10:55 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

oh well

so much for my hopes of fans getting out and supporting this team. If they continue to play like this, I certainly won’t be able to complain about LNC being half empty (that’s if they can even get it that full). I’m certainly not endorsing people not to go, quite the opposite, but given our history as b-ball fans I’m not going to hold my breath.

by jtesooner on Nov 26, 2009 11:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I think we need to remember

That the 2nd through 4th best players on this team are freshman and with freshman there will be a lot of ups and down. I think as home fans we need to use the power of positivity when they are at home. I have learned that negativity from the crowd/bench truly does affect the guys on the floor.

Plus why boo guys that don’t get paid to play? As young as they are, they could really just shut it down and make it worse by booing.

Boomer Sooner!

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by Jubanator14 on Nov 26, 2009 1:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Plus

Home court/field should always be a good place for your team to play in where they feel they can play loose and the game comes easier and booing them would probably just make them press harder or quit on us.

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by Jubanator14 on Nov 26, 2009 1:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i agree 100%

As I said, I am in no way advocating not showing up or booing. Quite the contrary, I think filling LNC would be the best possible thing to do in order to give these kids an actual home court advantage. I feel like Capel’s more than done his part in getting the top recruits here, no it’s our turn to get out there and show them they made the right decision. As good as Capel has been and could be, even he won’t be able to overcome a half empty arena every night. The kids will either stop coming or he’ll get frustrated and leave (or both) and I for one definitely do not want either.

by jtesooner on Nov 26, 2009 3:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs