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Originally Posted by Hostile
I know the difference between the two words if that is what you are implying. I just don't agree with you. I used to coach. I didn't have aspirations for the players I coached, I had expectations. I expected them to work hard. I didn't aspire for them to work hard. I expected them to study film. I didn't aspire for them to study film. I expected them to be in shape. I didn't aspire for them to be in shape.
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I bet when you asked them to study film, you were in a gameday situation, correct? That is an expectation. If it were in the offseason, you'd want them to study film. That would be an aspiration.
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You want a softball approach to sports you might as well expect to be last place. No thanks.
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You can't be a all the time. It gives nothing but negativity. That's something you don't want your team to feed off of.
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I don't agree that in a sports situation you can learn from aspirations and not from expectations. That's a philosophy that does not work in the sports dynamic. As a coach, player, owner, fan, and media member the best way for this team to reach lofty heights is to believe that they can and expect it.
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Expectations are harder to change once they're established. An aspiration is one of those things you can change on a whim. You can't expect a guy who had a season ending injury to just bounce back. You can hope he can... but it's foolhardy to expect it.
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If you expect it you work harder. If you aspire to it you've got built in excuses for why it failed. Again, no thanks.
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You can't learn from disappointment. You can make excuses for it. You can't make excuses from an aspiration. You weren't firmly committed to an aspiration. When you aspire, you can easily identify what needs fixing. An expectation just offers a "fail and replace" approach. You don't learn anything. You are extremely critical of those who failed you. And most importantly, you don't fix it. You just give an ultimadeum to the next guy who steps up. That's not being a good sportsman. Not very professional either...