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11-22-2009, 04:38 PM
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Dantonio's quote about the glass being half full
"(It's) disappointing, but the glass if half full, and we're moving forward."
I am so sick of Dantonio patting his players on the back after they come off the field after getting burned!!! How is the glass half full when the defense got exponentially worse after pretty much just losing an undrafted safety. How can you honestly look at this season and say we've moved forward? Seriously...I wish he would toughen up and take some blame instead of sugar-coating everything all the time.
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11-22-2009, 04:41 PM
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The glass is half full, problem is it's half full of pee.
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11-22-2009, 04:41 PM
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11-22-2009, 04:42 PM
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Yeah why doesnt he take the Rich Rod approach to talking to his players, that seems to be working.
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11-22-2009, 04:42 PM
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You walked on, then walk off and go somewhere else.
You don't matter. Prez Simon, a majority of the BOT and AD Hollis matter. You just don't.
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11-22-2009, 04:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Born2Kill
"(It's) disappointing, but the glass if half full, and we're moving forward."
I am so sick of Dantonio patting his players on the back after they come off the field after getting burned!!! How is the glass half full when the defense got exponentially worse after pretty much just losing an undrafted safety. How can you honestly look at this season and say we've moved forward? Seriously...I wish he would toughen up and take some blame instead of sugar-coating everything all the time.
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Yep, he should publicly rip them a new one 2 or 3 times a game, just like RR. 
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11-22-2009, 04:45 PM
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Seems to me MD spends more time thinking up cute little quotes all week than preparing his team.
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11-22-2009, 04:48 PM
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The offense did well this year and D not so great
sounds half full to me
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11-22-2009, 04:48 PM
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You walked on, then walk off and go somewhere else.
You don't matter. Prez Simon, a majority of the BOT and AD Hollis matter. You just don't.
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Thanks. before you told me this i thought i had a direct line to simon and hollis and they would listen to everything i say.
But you know what, I am a student, I have season tickets, I love this team more than anything. I DO MATTER.
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11-22-2009, 04:51 PM
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Yank schollies.... that will teach them!
Hang them out to dry... We will have recruits to replace them! (what... you say they wont come to MSU if the coach throws them under a bus... I don't believe you.) That is not what real demand excellence programs do...
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dbags who wish MSU is something it isn't...
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11-22-2009, 04:53 PM
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Then think. Its not Dantonio's style to rip players or his program in public. Never has, never will be. Think. There is a reason Ray and Anderson are no longer on the team but you didn't see or hear Dantonio ripping them publicly.
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11-22-2009, 04:54 PM
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Yank schollies.... that will teach them!
Hang them out to dry... We will have recruits to replace them! (what... you say they wont come to MSU if the coach throws them under a bus... I don't believe you. That is not what real demand excellence programs do... sincerely dbags who wish MSU is something it isn't...) |
So your name fits what you expect of the team...AvgMSU
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11-22-2009, 04:54 PM
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The glass is half full due to the offense...It is the defense that is the empty part.
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11-22-2009, 04:55 PM
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So your name fits what you expect of the team...AveMSU
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Realism is a biatch.
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11-22-2009, 04:55 PM
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You guys act like any coach who has ever yelled at his players before has never had success...i don't get it. i'm not saying i want coach D to start turning against all of his players but a little emotion might light a fire under 'em.... every time i watch our secondary come off the field after getting torched he is right there clapping and giving them fives.
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11-22-2009, 04:56 PM
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Let me guess, my vote doesn't matter either in an election, right?
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11-22-2009, 04:57 PM
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Then think. Its not Dantonio's style to rip players or his program in public. Never has, never will be. Think. There is a reason Ray and Anderson are no longer on the team but you didn't see or hear Dantonio ripping them publicly.
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Plus, what would be the benefit? The season is over... Wouldn't you WANT the kids to want to work hard all summer? Throwing them under the bus isn't going to get them up every morning to run or lift this summer.
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11-22-2009, 04:59 PM
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You guys act like any coach who has ever yelled at his players before has never had success...i don't get it. i'm not saying i want coach D to start turning against all of his players but a little emotion might light a fire under 'em.... every time i watch our secondary come off the field after getting torched he is right there clapping and giving them fives.
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Coach D = Warm and Fuzzy...
seriously?
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11-22-2009, 04:59 PM
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But you know what, I am a student, I have season tickets, I love this team more than anything. I DO MATTER.
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Then you weren't even born the last time MSU went to the Rose Bowl. Find some perspective. The program is 100% better off than it has been during most of your lifetime.
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11-22-2009, 05:00 PM
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Let me guess, my vote doesn't matter either in an election, right?
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Individually, no it doesn't matter.
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11-22-2009, 05:02 PM
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I respect that MSU doesn't air its 'dirty laundry' in public. Its best to handle those things internally
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11-22-2009, 05:02 PM
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Logic and reason does not work with these people - knee jerk reactions and finger pointing is all that they know...
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11-22-2009, 05:04 PM
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Then you weren't even born the last time MSU went to the Rose Bowl. Find some perspective. The program is 100% better off than it has been during most of your lifetime. |
I realize that, all i am saying is that this season is extremely disappointing compared to coach's first 2 seasons. That is it. People here act like this season was another step forward and i don't agree with that.
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