There is no UH fan in their right mind who wouldn’t just LOVE to see the UH football or baseball or any other athletic program (including men’s hoops) finish as a National Runner-up and as the #2 program in the country now or in any upcoming year. That would be just such a phenomenal achievement!
[Of course, we would all still prefer to see UH finish at #1 with a national championship.]
No one is settling. Being proud of what you’ve done is not settling. Nothing about the state of our program now is in any way, shape or form about settling. That would be the 3 decades UH spent being aimlessly irrelevant not even coming close to any modicum of success year after year.
If finishing the season as National Runner Up and #2 and being proud of and celebrating that is “lowering the bar” then you’ve lost the entire plot of what true success looks like and what even competition and life is all about.
The team has put 4 new trophies into the trophy cabinet for their efforts this year. Just because one of them is silver instead of gold doesn’t mean there’s “nothing to celebrate” as you stated. As Coach has put it, “no one ever loses at anything as long as you don’t quit”.
“True success” is winning a national championship
Thank you, we didn’t come this far and pour all resources to not win a national championship.
Spot on.
You can still be highly successful even without a first place finish.
I know I’d celebrate being the 2nd richest person in the world for example.
1st is better, no doubt. But celebrating success is allowed, should be allowed and is a part of the climb.
“True success” is winning the most national championships.
“True success” is being the winningest program in all of D1. In all of basketball!!
“True success” is having the highest program revenue.
“True success” is winning the right way and never having a scandal.
“True success” is this. “True success” is that.
Simply put, you don’t have a clue what “true success” is. lol
We need to see receipts if anyone comes with the “we have poured too much resources not to win natties” take
Take receipts.
I stand by my perspective.
There are no guarantees.
You can be successful and celebrate it without giving up on the not-yet-reached ultimate goal.
I wasn’t responding to your post. I was talking about the natty or it’s a failure guys. How much have invested in this program to believe they get to set expectations for everyone?
THIS.
That guy is Pearland without the charm. Only shows up to b1+c# on game threads and tell us that a season of 35-5 with 29 top 100 wins and an NCAA run of Gonzaga, Purdue, Tennessee, and Duke was a failure because we lost by two to Florida.
Yes!
One every-game comment I won’t miss this season is…
“Roberts is costing us the game”
Exactly. Looking at the numbers tells you that very few people actually invest in the programs at anything approaching a “championship” level.
It gets old fast, don’t it?
if this place is calling maybe our best season in program history a failure than i shudder to think about how this board is gonna look when we get in our usual R32 dogfight next tournament 
Wow.
Well…at least we can agree that everyone is entitled to his own opinion.
But…“First loser”? Let’s be clear, that’s just a silly/shallow take. Geez…have you ever earned the right to compete for an athletic championship at the absolute highest level? You can’t be a competitor if you’ve never competed. You may think you are, but you’re not.
“First loser” MIGHT be appropriate take for a “competitor” who is (or has been) actually active in the arena, but not for a “fan” who thinks he’s a “competitor” simply because he wants to see his team win it all.
That’s the perspective of…well, something. But it’s not the perspective of a “competitor”.
And who says anyone is “settling for less” simply because they celebrate the effort and achievements of this year’s team? Cannot (in your mind) two things be true at the same time? Is it really not possible (in your mind) to celebrate their effort and achievements AND also hope for/expect more in the coming years?
“First loser”… Wow. Just…wow.
Don’t forget about the directive that Lath needs to hit the weight room and go on a diet. 
Yes. Ha ha.
And make no mistake, there are other statements that repeat.
The Roberts one just stands out (from this past season) in my mind as it was so frequently stated, AND so often proven to be premature
Don’t tell me… You give out participation ribbons too?
Seeing a nutritionist and going on a diet (which I never said) are two different things.
Is the Olympic Silver Medal a participation ribbon?
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