Key To Happiness: Lowering Expectations

High expectations can lead to unrealized goals which often causes frustration and disappointment. Low expectations are often exceeded which leads to an increased sense of optimism and well being.

So it appears that the key to happiness is to simply lower your expectations, right? To simply just wake up, breathe some fresh air and be able to see one more beautiful sunrise should make you just as happy as you can be!

A small minority of Miami Hurricane football fans appear to have given up their hopes and dreams of ever fielding a National Championship team again.

It seems clear now that they have lowered their expectations to the point where winning nine games, losing to basketball schools like Duke and getting blown out by Louisville in a meaningless bowl game in some dank, old stadium somewhere in Orlando is just fine with them.

Oh, and forget about even having a chance to beat FSU. That is just crazy!

In fact, the fans with these low expectations not only fully expect and accept it to lose 3 or 4 games a season, they embrace and defend it with great passion. They are proud, progressive, modern thinking, current day college football fans. They are the new U who don't even know "The U".

These fans have set their expectations so low that it is basically impossible to be disappointed. What makes it so completely confusing to many is that they appear to be perfectly happy in their new found "safe zone".

Trust me, there is no coach, player or any real fan of any team that plans, predicts or wants to lose any game. However, after much thought and deliberation, I have decided to completely ignore them and join the "low expectation" crowd with great reluctance and trepidation.

So, I thought I would share my new "low expectation" goals for 2014:

• If Miami wins one game, any game,by one point, I will be happy.
• If at least some people show up for home games I will be happy.
• If Miami scores less than 10 points a game I will still be happy.
• If UM allows over 30 points a game I will also be happy.
• If Miami allows 500 yards a game on defense I will be happy.
• If the UM goes three-and-out on every possession I will be happy.
• If the sun shines during football games I will be hot and happy.
• If it rains like crazy during football games I will be wet and happy.
• In fact, I have decided that I will just be happy to be happy.

There, I feel so much better now. In fact, I am going to start a support group for people with low expectations. I think we will start all of our meetings by introducing ourselves like this:

"Hi, my name is ______________ I have low expectations and I feel happy!

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Comments

[BEERicane]

The Pimp once again has the defending ACC champs playing the type of game they can win, my expectations are raised.

Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | January 08, 2014 at 09:53 PM

While I agree that Pimp is exceeding expectations this year, the ACC is down as a conference. Put Iowa St, Michigan St/OSU, Arizona in the ACC there is a good chance they run the table. UNC being a traditional power would be a big win, bottom line is it would be a road win vs an unranked opponent. ACC get 5 in this year, 6 if lucky. It'll be tough for the canes to make that cut.

Next year though, watch out!

[antcane]

Ditto ogv. Brown can't foul out.

[antcane]

He should punch his azz in the tunnel

[antcane]

Beericane not so fast Al pa doesn't coach b ball

[RCCF]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10264766/jameis-winston-accuser-plans-sue-florida-state-seminoles-quarterback-police

Civil Suit for the Heisman?? UhOh..

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Wait just a minute! BEER! That's, that's! RION BROWN'S MUSIC!

[Montreal-Cane]

UM Football commit Demetrius Jackson had 24 points and 37 rebounds tonight in a basketball game.

[Ohio_Cane]

Canes football commit Demetrius Jackson had 24 points and 37 rebounds tonight in a basketball game

LOL! He playing for Larranaga next year too??

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Swoope is playing the game of his life tonight.

Now back to your regularly scheduled hand wringing over where Alverage Slogan and his career 49-49 record will be next season dressed like a mope.

[Ohio_Cane]

Swoope ate his wheaties today

[SOUP]

The Pimp once again has the defending ACC champs playing the type of game they can win, my expectations are raised.

Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | January 08, 2014 at 09:53 PM

Lovin' every minute of it!

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Must hit free throws.

[raizecane]

Good win by the Canes over UNC…...

[raizecane]

UM = 63 UNC = 57

[SOUP]

Hey, WHAT WAS THAT? Did I actually just have FUN watching a UM sporting event again?

GO CANES!!!

[BEERicane]

Solid win. Bad job of protecting the ball down the stretch, too many TOs (though the over and back and that travel call on swoope were horrible calls) the U will win another ACC title in BBall before it even sniffs one in football. The U is a basketball school, not a football school.

[Montreal-Cane]

Coach L was named ACC and National Coach of the Year for a reason.

Impressive!

[orange 'n green in the vein]

"I expect the basketball team to upset UNC today.

My expectations have been raised (not raized, though) after their last loss and UNC is as bipolar as a name brand there is this year.

Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | January 08, 2014 at 01:30 AM"

No, I never get tired of always being proved right. Thanks for asking though.

Well, for the first time since October, it really is great to be a Miami Hurricane!

Jekiri was a warrior tonight. Rion Brown had it going, Lecomette played his best all around game of his short career but still has some room to improve, Reed didn't have it tonight but Swoope made up for it, Kirk brought it in the first half until foul trouble cut him off in the second. Thought Adams played well except at the charity stripe or this could have been a blowout all night long for UM, in fact the entire team tried to match UNC miss for miss there which kept them hanging around in the Dean Dome, but let's face it, beating UNC in basketball never gets old and the defending ACC champs aren't going to just throw in the towel right out of the gate due to some tough breaks their first two games!

Also, the fact that career man-to-man successful elsewhere coach The Pimp decided TO FIT HIS COACHING STRATEGY TO THE PLAYERS HE HAD ON HAND AND THEIR STRENGTHS by going 2-3 match up zone this year in a rebuilding year just to try and squeeze as many wins as he can out instead of pointing to some 300 page binder to nowhere and nothing while choking away any chance at a followup to the best season in school history is just icing on the cake being offered up by the willful ignorance infestation brigade that's showed up the last few months here. Keep spinning that 49-49 Alverage Slogan fat boy propaganda, it's getting funnier by the day as Pederast State University continues to interview candidates.

[CaneRock]

OGV, does Swoope look like He can make that Jimmy Graham transition to football? Kid has a football body to me...

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Posted by: CaneRock | January 08, 2014 at 11:27 PM

If Shannon was still the coach? Definitely.

With Alverage Slogan, $neaky Pete's kid and company as the coaches? Definitely not.

The difference between the two that I see are Jimmy was very quick on his feet and had great change of direction ability to go with surprising ups. Swoope is more ground based, a little less mobile and more a bulldozer. He'd be better in a pro set where he's employed as a run blocker half the time rather than a pure pass catcher like Graham I think.

Swoope would help the football team out more than Blake Ayles did though I bet.

[Montreal-Cane]

Jimmy Graham ‏@TheJimmyGraham 21m
My Miami boys battled tonight up at UNC and deserves that big win. Congrats. []_[]

[Montreal-Cane]

OGV you have just been hired to find and evaluate the next football coaching staff at UM...We need 9 pimps.

[Stanadrd Shriver]

When Manu learns how to finish his shots h's going to be very good. Kid is growing up fast.

Coach L is just a damned good coach. He maximizes his talent like noone can. Love watching him work with the kids.

Next year could be another special year after this group gets some seasoning this year, This team could surprisingly make it to the NIT.

[CaneRock]

The difference between the two that I see are Jimmy was very quick on his feet and had great change of direction ability to go with surprising ups. Swoope is more ground based, a little less mobile and more a bulldozer. He'd be better in a pro set where he's employed as a run blocker half the time rather than a pure pass catcher like Graham I think.

Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | January 08, 2014 at 11:39 PM

DITTO!

[CaneRock]

Since then, though, a Philadelphia NBC affiliate station posted Tuesday night in a tweet that it had learned Penn State still considers Golden in play for its job.

South Florida sports talk shows were active Wednesday with Al Golden speculation. Sports radio host Marc Eisenberg of WMEN 640 AM began posting tweets Tuesday night about receiving a phone call from an unnamed source that Golden would be leaving for Penn State. Among his posts on Twitter, Eisenberg said Wednesday morning, “A little birdie told me that Al Golden MAY be leaving #Canes Friday for #PennState. I can not confirm nor deny that phone call.”

At about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Blue White Illustrated, an affiliate of rivals.com, reported “there will be an announcement [Thursday]” regarding the naming of Penn State’s next coach. The publication also said the next coach was on his way to Penn State, but did not name him.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/08/3859111/miami-hurricanes-athletic-director.html

[herbieibis]

Don't worry about those reports about Goldie. James Franklin has a home in Destin and The Herb sees him as the Nitty Kitty's next coach.

[Hassan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xLsRI7-hBs

FOR THOSE YOUNGSTERS THIS AS A GREAT SKIT

"LOWERED EXPECTATIONS"

The world is upside down.

At Mediocre U we preach that it is OKAY to be OKAY!! No longer do you need to strive to be a 5 star recruit, you no longer have to "Maximumize" your talent. Here are M.U we believe LESS is MORE nad MORE is LESS. Sunlife=Less but it is really MORE then the OB. 500 years per game is More YPG then any Miami team ever but it is really LESS.
It is ok if you can't make the tackle as long as you "try hard" and we all know you can't Coach Effort!!! Actually we Can't Coadh that is why we are proud to be M.U Mediocre U. At M.U we believe that not only can you be Transgender but you can be Transsports. You play Tennis but you "feel" like you are a football player? Come on down we will let you start at Safety.

[Sinistercane]

Good morning Spacers

[BEERicane]

James Franklin has a home in Destin and The Herb sees him as the Nitty Kitty's next coach.

Posted by: herbieibis | January 09, 2014 at 01:38 AM

This is precisely why I worry.

[SOUP]

NEW BLOG IS UP!

[CGNC]

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