[Quickkickonthird]

I don't think saying 9-1, 10-0, 15-0 is putting pressure on the players. They are in the weight room in January because they are trying to go 15-0. I will guarantee Coach doesn't care about 300. Someone had to tell him when he won 250 at Lee VA a few years ago.
They're are different "supporters": those fair weather ones that gave up after Belfry last year, or bad mouth the coaches, or the people that said I hope they don't open that stadium against Bell County because they'd hate to lose the first game there, or only come to the big games, the ones who question teenagers, then there's the ones win or lose are there waiting on the team in the parking lot to tell them how proud they are, or the ones who almost fight an old man in McDonald's over them. I'd say the ones of us on here talking about this in January are ones that will be there through thick and thin.

I guess I'm not a realist just the crazy one that tried to start an uprising on Madison Southern for staying the night in HC.
Picking your team to lose is just my biggest pet peeve.

Picking your team to lose is wrong?? The Dallas Cowboys are my pro team so I have to pick them 16-0 and a Super Bowl win?? Its not wrong to be a little realistic. Kids go into a season losing a game or 2 that EVERYONE picked them to win, it really causes the kids to get down on themselves. It makes practices much more difficult. Its much harder on the coaches to get them prepared for the next game. The kids hear some of the "fans" talking about the coaches, causing the kids to question the coaches in their minds. Its just all-around bad business. Look at the expectations for the past year and what happened. I thought that they had an outstanding year considering the schedule, but I guarantee some of the kids feel like the season was a failure due to the expectations they were hearing. Setting high goals is an absolutely good thing, but they should really be realistic. Dont set the bar so high that the kids can never get over! I understand your feelings and I respect them, but I sure dont want to make it any tougher on them next season than its already going to be!!!