Head Coach oscar Weber

[Blackcats]

I'm becoming apathetic about basketball

That would be Stage 5 of Weberball

The Multiple Stages a Fan Will Go Through During a oscar Weber Era

Stage 1. DISAPPOINTMENT

This generally occurs at the moment the news of his hiring is released to the media by the schools Athletic Department. There will be a lot of disappointment for the fan base during the Weber Era. However, disappointment at this stage is more attributed to finding out that your school was unable to land any one else and had to settle for oscar.

Stage 2. ACCEPTANCE

After hearing all of the pumping by the local media, AD, etc. that this is a great hire, a Weber team fan base will eventually accept him as their coach. Acceptance at this stage still comes with a level of uncertainty, but the fan base is generally willing to give the guy a chance based on his experience.

Stage 3. EXCITEMENT

The fan base will soon realize that oscar Weber has an uncanny ability to win games and achieve a high level of success in his first couple of seasons at the new program. This guy is fantastic at coaching other coaches players.  At this stage, those fans who may have been unsure of the hire become bandwagon oscar fans. All is good with the program and everyone is happy. There is likely some big wins during this stage, including conference championships and deep runs in the NCAA Tournament.  This stage (for the majority of the fan base) generally peaks out after year 2.

Stage 4.  CONCERN

It is typically in Year 3 where serious concern begins to occur within the fan base of a Weber coached team. Significant changes begin to occur with the team internally. Transfers of key players, low ranking recruiting classes, poor behavior by players outside of the program, embarrassing losses to lower level teams, etc. This stage can last up to 3 years, with many fans still holding on to hope based on oscar's early success and the fact that he runs a clean program. However, a large faction of the fan base begins to change their opinion of oscar Weber due to all of the negative signs of a declining program. This is where a serious divide occurs within the fan base (See- WFF {Weber First Fans} vs Weber Haters) which results movement to Stage 5.

Stage 5.  APATHY

This stage is the result of continuous heartbreak for the fan base. Poor recruiting, continual "bubble" situations each year in March (See "Why do they call oscar Weber "Bubbles"?") This can start at different times for different fans. For realist fans, this typically starts in year 4 or 5. During this stage, there will be significant attendance issues for home games.  A lot of fans will actually forget that there was even a game until the next day when they happen to hear the score on the radio driving to work. This is a sad time for fans. You begin to question your loyalty to the school you love. The administration begins to take a lot of heat for allowing the unsatisfactory results to continue. The divide between the fan base gets even stronger. The message boards become a voice for the frustrated fans to express their anger. The WFF population begins to get quiet, as the results no longer support their meme.

Stage 6. HAPPINESS

Luckily, AD's typically change every 6-8 years. It is this change that will prompt the change of the Head Basketball coach, bringing joy back to the hearts of the fan base. The day it is announced that oscar Weber is no longer your head basketball coach is one of the best days of your life. It is one of those events where you will always remember where you were when you heard the news.

Take. Him. Back.

[jasn88cubs]

[jasn88cubs]

ahh memories

Illinois coach oscar Weber is back at it. He again criticized his predecessor, Bill Self, in a story Wednesday that focused on Illini guard Dee Brown in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "Bill was (the player's) buddy. He told them how good they were," Weber said. "The first thing I said to Dee was, 'Dee, you can't make a left-handed layup and your pull-up jumper is awful and you tell me you want to play in the NBA. I'm trying to help you, but somebody screwed you up and didn't make you do those things.' Dee didn't know how to deal with that

[michigancat]

Bread! Clean this crap up!

[Mr Bread]

Bread! Clean this crap up!

Maybe if all the emaw browns weren't interacting with them and enticing them to stay I could help.  They think they belong.  It's confusing for them. 

[steve dave]

Bread shouldn't be responsible for his entire fanbase, but he should anyway

[420seriouscat69]

I just wanna go on record for saying I've always totally understood the hate for this guy. He will eventually burn this crap in the ground, but man, what a ride it's been. You can't overlook the conference title and the 2 KU wins, but he's definitely a dunce and this season was unnessary. However, it's been entertaining to watch. My emotions have never been this unorthodox.

[illinibri92]

Might be a few yrs off… but how are you feeling EMAW nation?

[MakeItRain]

We're fine, he gave us two conference championships and an elite eight. A decade at one school is a great run.

I have two questions. How has Illinois been since he left? A decade later why do you all still care?

The Illinois fan thing was weird in 2012, I mean the dude got fired ffs, he didn't quit. A decade later some of these guys are still acting like OU football fans are right now. It's the strangest crap.

[pissclams]

i don’t think it’s weird at all, we share a common thing, this virus that is oscar

them coming here is like a support group

[420seriouscat69]

It's definitely weird. They were quiet as eff when oscar broke the streak on their other good ole boy. Their University has sucked in the sport for about 4/5 the time oscar has been here. New $ fans, SMGDH.