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Post by catamountalum04 on Sept 15, 2024 9:41:48 GMT -5
Thoughts on this post by the new DC... i don't see anything
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Post by catamountalum04 on Sept 15, 2024 9:45:01 GMT -5
honestly i didn't see anyone talking about the defense. All the complaints were focused on the offensive side of the ball
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Sept 15, 2024 10:22:06 GMT -5
I have complained before out of long endured frustrations. I like many of you, think that we have so much potential but we never seem to achieve it. Our past leadership has always been like, we can’t do any better because of our locations, being too small, not enough corporate support, not enough alumni support, etc. etc. These are all excuses to not do anything. We should all have the montra YES WESTERN CAN.
I get frustrated with some members of our fan base because they are elated and very positive when we win a game but if we lose a game or even have a bad drive , make a mistake and give up a touchdown, they make comments like, “we will probably not win another game this year” and generally say we are doomed for eternity. I don’t believe that they believe this but I do believe that they love Western Carolina so much and they have endured such frustration over decades that their frustration boils over. Bottom line, if we weren’t the best fans on the planet, we would have ceased to support The Cats long ago. With the lack of previous leadership and our record, we still consistently draw 10 to 13 thousand fans per game. Put a consistent winning team on the field and we could easily draw 20 to 30 thousand fans. You can take that to the bank. YES WESTERN CAN!!!
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Post by CatDad on Sept 15, 2024 10:53:18 GMT -5
Full highlights (except for Elon's bad snap over the punter's head, which was huge of course)
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Post by wcugrad95 on Sept 15, 2024 11:21:15 GMT -5
Back to the support - I paid for the FloSports coverage. I didn’t see any good wide-angle views of the crowd. I did see a few shots late of the visitor section and it looked like there were some Catamount fans there. I saw the official attendance listed at just over 5100 fans for a team that is ranked, who lives close to big markets and cities, for their first home game of the season.
Compare that to us getting over 12k for our home opener. But more than that, compare it to us averaging around 10k when we haven’t made the playoffs in 40 years! I try to stay positive, and I don’t like when anybody picks on or calls out the individual players. But our fan base deserves a ton of credit for the support we provide year in and out. And coaching decisions should be fair game.
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Post by newfoundcat on Sept 15, 2024 13:42:16 GMT -5
Great team effort against Elon.
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Post by Admin on Sept 15, 2024 16:26:05 GMT -5
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Post by catamountalum04 on Sept 15, 2024 17:07:59 GMT -5
I wonder why WCU does not do an after game presser like this?
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Sept 15, 2024 17:15:12 GMT -5
I wonder why WCU does not do an after game presser like this? Very little press
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Post by wcugrad95 on Sept 15, 2024 20:08:35 GMT -5
I get what he is saying, but he does know we also missed a FG and got stopped at the 1-yard line, right? Give us 2 big plays like they had, give us 2 more FGs, give us…. and WCU wins by 14 to 21. Always coulda/shoulda.
The team who had heart won the football game. The team who wanted to spend more time celebrating and talking junk even to our D-line in the first quarter lost.
Personally, when we get on-track with O then I would love to see them in the playoffs. I feel like it would be an almost automatic move on to the next round.
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