[TonyLima]

Those assh0le comments on Twitter were clearly not from Stanford fans.  Twitter is a cesspool, that's for sure. Some people don't like Stanford and take the opportunity when a team loses to take that out on the players on that team. Too many people just enjoy being jerks online, unfortunately.  

With rampant transferring and NIL money all over college sports, they feel more like pro sports these days.  College sports feel more mercenary and more unstable.  Rosters turn over so much.  Who exactly are some fans rooting for, if their team has 7 or 8 transfer out and 7 or 8 in and some of the players they rooted hard for now play for their cross town rival, for instance?  I don't think I would enjoy that feeling.  You lose some of the relationship with players, not a personal relationship, but the feeling of following a career, the highs and lows, watching players develop, etc.  I think some fans (general observation, not Stanford specific) treat players more like rich pros than like college kids.  Nobody should be an ass online to pro athletes either, of course, but well, they often are.

As far as message board etiquette, to me seems fine to say so and so did not play well, so and so doesn't shoot threes well, coach made poor choices, etc.  Criticism even of a team you love or players you admire is part of the deal.  That's just what fans do on message boards.  We are nothing on here, meek and mild, with very, very little that is truly objectionable.  I mean look at the FB discussions everywhere, including Stanford boards.  They do not hold back about who they think is a good player and who they think is...not.   

If anyone from the program or a family member or friend reads this stuff, I would tell them just to laugh it off.  We know nothing, have no control over anything, and the criticism is almost always from a place of wanting the team to do well and wanting individual players to do well.  Sometimes fans let the emotion of the moment get to them when they are posting, let off worry steam.  Being a really devoted fan can be tough.  We have limited information and no control.  We have no way to help when things go bad.  All we can do is talk among ourselves.

Agree 100%. Any athlete who reads our stuff should … stop.

[TonyLima]

Those assh0le comments on Twitter were clearly not from Stanford fans.  Twitter is a cesspool, that's for sure. Some people don't like Stanford and take the opportunity when a team loses to take that out on the players on that team. Too many people just enjoy being jerks online, unfortunately.  

With rampant transferring and NIL money all over college sports, they feel more like pro sports these days.  College sports feel more mercenary and more unstable.  Rosters turn over so much.  Who exactly are some fans rooting for, if their team has 7 or 8 transfer out and 7 or 8 in and some of the players they rooted hard for now play for their cross town rival, for instance?  I don't think I would enjoy that feeling.  You lose some of the relationship with players, not a personal relationship, but the feeling of following a career, the highs and lows, watching players develop, etc.  I think some fans (general observation, not Stanford specific) treat players more like rich pros than like college kids.  Nobody should be an ass online to pro athletes either, of course, but well, they often are.

As far as message board etiquette, to me seems fine to say so and so did not play well, so and so doesn't shoot threes well, coach made poor choices, etc.  Criticism even of a team you love or players you admire is part of the deal.  That's just what fans do on message boards.  We are nothing on here, meek and mild, with very, very little that is truly objectionable.  I mean look at the FB discussions everywhere, including Stanford boards.  They do not hold back about who they think is a good player and who they think is...not.   

If anyone from the program or a family member or friend reads this stuff, I would tell them just to laugh it off.  We know nothing, have no control over anything, and the criticism is almost always from a place of wanting the team to do well and wanting individual players to do well.  Sometimes fans let the emotion of the moment get to them when they are posting, let off worry steam.  Being a really devoted fan can be tough.  We have limited information and no control.  We have no way to help when things go bad.  All we can do is talk among ourselves.

Agree 100%. Any athlete who reads our stuff should … stop.