SB Nation’s Smoking Musket wishes West Virginia’s results on the field matched the players’ attitude off it:
West Virginia Vs. UConn: Too Much Swagger In Morgantown?
Bill Stewart has continually used the rallying cry of “respect all, fear none” as some type of motivational tool. Unfortunately, it’s simply not effective, mostly because it’s something you would hear from the coach of a top-ranked team. When you’re a top-ranked team, it’s easy to think your unbeatable, to think you’re easily better than a lesser team.
When you’re the 2010 version of the Mountaineers? No way, no how. I have absolutely no idea how the thought that this team is so much better than anyone creeps into the locker room. “Respect all, fear none” smacks of condescension at a time when such an emotion shouldn’t reside within a two-hour drive of Morgantown. It’s a cliche, one that does our team a disservice in the long run. Of course we better respect all, because when teams come into Mountaineer Field and push us around, we have no other choice. Why do we need a rallying cry to tell us that?
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