The off season is a long, long time. If you're like me, you crave little bits of information from coaches, players, whoever will throw us a bone. Problem is, that doesn't happen much from January to July (except for spring practice) and that leaves us, the fans, to do the talking. And boy, do we.
So I have created some rules that we all must follow. These rules are meant to protect us from becoming the rabid fans that we make fun of (even though we have already slightly morphed into said 'rabid fans'). Keep these in mind as we progress from spring practice into fall camp.
1. You will no longer mention the name of a certain WR that chose to go to UT instead of Georgia. Let. It. GO.
2. Phrases that you will no longer use include “a good game manager”, “senior leadership”, ‘bend but don’t break’, ‘blitz every down’,
3. You will stop hyping our players so much that it becomes a disappointment if the ‘Ealey/King connector’ only stretches 78 yards in a game.
4. You can no longer say that Richt is ‘too nice’ to do something. He gave one of his closest friends a chance to right the ship, the friend didn’t do it, and Richt fired him (along with others who were underperforming).
5. You will not turn on Jakar Hamilton or Alec Ogletree the first time they get burned for a touchdown. You will also not call for their back ups to come in. (even though this may have been acceptable with Bryan Evans).
6. You may only use these analogies once per month: Lakatos’ secondary shut down the Gamecock’s air attack, Belin did more with less at Vandy, Grantham made Jay Ratliff a star @ Dallas……etc.
7. You WILL NOT dissect every single quote from Coach Richt (or any other coach) until you find fault with it. You WILL REMEMBER that the players are between the ages of 18 and 23, and react accordingly (remembering your OWN actions/words at that age).
8. You MAY call for Coach Richt’s job if, and only if, you come up with a viable, reasonable replacement. Until then, pour yourself a nice tall glass of ‘shut the hell up’ and chug it.
9. You WILL accept whoever is anointed as the starting QB – even if it’s not Aaron Murray.
10. Gators suck. Vols suck. Nerds suck. Tigers suck (both of 'em). And the Gamecocks, oh hell yes they suck.
