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WOW , bingo !!!!!........very valid thoughts .........kudos to you .........
When i was a sales manager for "" apiece of the rock "", I did it for over ten years and i usually had a staff of around 100 peeps to manage on an average year......it didn't take me very long in the early years of my career to determine that out of those 100 ,peeps that 20 of them i didn't have to worry about .....they were mature , responsible employees who took their job seriously and performed to the best of their ability and almost all of them made over 100 K in new business commissions.....needless to say , as their career's blossomed , their income increased 10 fold b/c of the renewal residuals in addition to their new business.....
I also learned that around 20 of that 100 peeps i would have to fire b/c of poor work ethics and being to immature to realize the opportunity at hand........I laugh when i think of those peeps and wonder what became of them and their lot in life.......
I also realized the strength of my staff depended on the remaining 60 peeps and what i could do to help them and in the process help myself ....Not being greedy at all , it's just reality smack dab in front of you.........
Seems like here at good ole loyalty we have similar percentages that smack you right in the face........20 % that are mature enough to handle the ups and downs of a season of sports and the accompanying highs and lows related to games won and lost.......
you also have 20 % that are so negative that even if we would win a natty their response would be " what took us so long "......
The internal soul of a sports fan has to adopt a handling of the ups and downs that come with being a fan and cheering for your favorite team..........In baseball , if you hit .300 then you're a star......that also means you failed on 7 out of 10 times at bat.......
and so on and so on ...........................As for myself , i just can't be down on the Illini no matter what season we have in BB or FB.......
I'm not built that way.........glass half full is a tried and true way I reason how i want to live my life......
i would assume that the most vocal debbie downers are not happy with their life in total and put all their displeasure into rooting for a team to lose themselves in and forget the reality of their life as it really is .......I have sympathy for those folks who think posting crap aboot the Illini will make them feel better and really even feel bigger in their role in this life.....
sorry , but it doesn't work that way......i have to decide how far is too much and how far is not enough......it's a slippery slope that I have failed in life many times , but i have also learned from my mistakes and try not to make that said mistake again.....
Only you can change your life .....being an armchair analyst and bringing up all the bad in sports you cheer for should get old after a period of time.....at least it would for me.......
well , i'm just an old fart who talks to much sometimes , but lord god , why peeps post such hateful stuff is beyond me .........
it's time for my meds and some food , then maybe a snappy movie on HBO MAX or Prime Video for me ..........
see you all tomorrow and have a joyous evening everyone......