Having been a huge K-State basketball fan my entire life, I have always believed and been optimistic, even during some pretty lean years. My point is that when the team is struggling, the need for fan support in the arena is even more important. When our athletes that wear our team colors with pride come out of the tunnel, the last thing we need to do is show them a lack of confidence and support, because there are going to be some games when it gets close, when they need a boost and when our crowd can and does make a difference.
This is one poor shooting team, that is small in size and has a rough schedule ahead. No one is denying that, infact, Coach Weber had been saying that all summer.
It's unfortunate that many fans have become so caught up with immediate gratification, and have seemed to have forgotten that we just won our first conference title since 1977.
A lot of people want to blame Frank for leaving the cupboard bare and oscar for not bringing in some great players right away, but whose fault is it that you, the fairweather fan, have turned your back on purple pride?
It's not John Currie's fault, it's not Tom Asbury or Dana Altman or Jim Wooldridge's fault either, nope, just you.
The freshman on this team have promise, the upper classmen are disappointing. (but are playing just like expected so far, unfortunately) Gipson was supposed to be able to possibly be a stop-gap for us this year and then got injured and is not 100%. Sometimes the moons just don't line up.
I have season tickets, had them now for 25 years. I am not going to miss any games. I will be cheering for the Cats just like always. I will have moments of happiness, surprise, disappointment and puzzlement. I choose this team to support. If I wanted to have a guaranteed winner, and rarely be disappointed as a basketball fan, I would cheer for the other guys down the road. I don't care to ever do that. If you are too caught up in immediate gratification to ride out this up and down year with pride, then scoot your way further down the Kaw, because we don't really need your types here.
How great would it be if this team, which is not supposed to be very good, got better and surprised some people...That's what makes cheering for college athletics fun. Maybe they will or maybe they won't, either way, I am all in. Go Cats.
