Ron Zook used to refer to it as “noise in the system.”
It was comparable to the uncontrollable, squealing, SHRRRIIIIIEEEEKKKKing amplifier feedback that hurts the ears of everyone in the building during a loud rock concert.
Except Zook, the perpetually embattled former Florida Gators football coach, use to reference it when talking about the clanging and clattering of fans and media who create a noxious negativity around a losing football team that precipitates even more losing.
