Buyers' remorse / Pig in a poke

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by martin417

For those that say inspiration is not about winning, think of the people you want to inspire as potential "fans". Winning teams have more fans than losing teams. I would be willing to bet that the University of Alabama could pull more fans to a game than the New Mexico State Aggies.

Inspiration certainly has winning as a big part, because that's one of the big ways we recognize those who excel. However, I try not to make a big fuss over winning when we can skip that and focus directly on the excellence/inspiration, particularly when we can control the latter and not the former.

The unfortunate thing about the inconsistent refereeing and strength of schedule and everything being pointed out here is it leaves those who work very hard year long and do excel without the recognition they deserve, while recognizing someone else. This does not send the message that excellence is something to strive for, but rather that you just have to get lucky and play the system.