Losing with class - Page 2 - Dallas Cowboys Forum

noshame · 02-04-2013

I'm glad as an avid NFL follower, to see so many of you in touch with your feelings....

Future · 02-04-2013

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Originally Posted by brucekr

Losing a superbowl, I dunno that I'd wish that on any team. No matter how bad you hate football teams, watching them after the defeat is horrible, especially if you've ever played a down of football in your life. I cannot stand the 49ers, but watching Navorro Bowman sit on the bench after the game, I dunno how to feel any animosity toward someone in that state. My heart goes out to them. I don't think I'd be up for having a camera and microphone stuffed in my face asking questions that were too real too soon.

I certainly didn't mind seeing that.

I was super happy as a matter of fact.

**jobberone** · 02-04-2013

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Originally Posted by brucekr

Yes, but the players don't cry during the national anthem of those games. The superbowl is what all of us played for at recess as kids. It's such a rare accomplishment to even get to suit up for one, let alone play in it. To not identify with the agony of defeat for the individuals (not the organization), I dunno, maybe I'm just being a softy tonight. But I feel their pain. I feel the pain of the 49er fans that spent 10k taking another family member with them only to watch their team fall. Damn, that's a lot to invest in one game, but to go home with that empty feeling. It's the pain of being a fan of the game...

I commend you on your sportsmanship. You can admire and marvel at the play of individual members of a team while you despise the team and hope for its defeat. I completely understand that. I can still remember sitting alone after a defeat and the memories flood back as if it we're yesterday and they are not fond memories. Not a SB to compare but it sure did sting.

I can't tell you how happy I was to see SF lose. I also noticed the joy of some of the winners as well as the agony of others. It's what makes it such a great game.

Screw SF though.

**trickblue** · 02-04-2013

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Originally Posted by crazytown41

All Jim did at the post game press conference was whine about the refs and last call. He was at the 4yd line and passed 4 times. Blame your playcalling you whiny baby.

No wonder Pete Carroll can't stand him.

All the while neglecting the fact that his center did a world class holding job on that play...

Crabapple wasn't catching that ball in bounds anyway...

CATCH17 · 02-04-2013

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Originally Posted by Beast_from_East

Yea, Harbaugh throwing his clipboard and headset about 15 times during the game was classy as well. Dude needs to get his emotions in check, acting like a 14 yr old girl everytime something goes wrong is just embarrassing.

He needs to be more like Garrett, every time something goes wrong (usually most of the game for us), he just stares at his playsheet, moves mic away from mouth, spits, then places mike back in front of mouth and continues to stare at playsheet.

I like it. It's better than losing and being stuck up and classy.

Keep it real. It's an emotional game. As long as he isn't doing anything too crazy than by all means spike your headset.

It's better to have some type of presence on the sideline vs none at all like our coach.

CATCH17 · 02-04-2013

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Originally Posted by crazytown41

All Jim did at the post game press conference was whine about the refs and last call. He was at the 4yd line and passed 4 times. Blame your playcalling you whiny baby.

No wonder Pete Carroll can't stand him.

If the defense does illegal stuff and it doesn't get called then there is no play that would work anyways.

You can't hold on to a receiver like that. It should've been a fresh set of downs. Clear as day.

BringBackThatOleTimeBoys · 02-04-2013

Someone on ESPN suggested that maybe Jim wanted to win too much.

John was calm, which is not to say he is any less driven than his younger brother, but just realizes the value of not being too uptight.

So for those that dislike Jim, you might say his disposition was his downfall in the SB and last year when they played the Ravens.

Tom [Giants fan] · 02-04-2013

The San Francisco Forty Whiners?

Phrozen Phil · 02-04-2013

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Originally Posted by trickblue

All the while neglecting the fact that his center did a world class holding job on that play...

Crabapple wasn't catching that ball in bounds anyway...

You noticed the "hook job" as well? I could not believe it wasn't called. The end zone stuff could have been called either way. SF did some pushing off at times. What they should really be upset about was the dismal performance of their DB's. At times, coverages were absolutely blown. Jacoby Jones' TD was unbelievable. Heads-up play on his part, but three guys had a shot at him.

WPBCowboysFan · 02-04-2013

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Originally Posted by muck4doo

Being around Whiner fans and their gloating for almost 30 years I relished it.

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Originally Posted by danielofthesaints

I don't know about you but when the Steelers lost at Cowboys Stadium, and when the Eagles lost some years back, I found happiness in their defeat.

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Originally Posted by CrownCowboy

My heart doesn't go out to any 49er. My heart doesn't go out to that organization in any form or fashion.

They got what they deserved and my only beef with what happened tonight is that it couldn't of ended up 20 times worse than it actually did.

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Originally Posted by Future

I certainly didn't mind seeing that.

I was super happy as a matter of fact.

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Originally Posted by jobberone

I can't tell you how happy I was to see SF lose. I also noticed the joy of some of the winners as well as the agony of others. It's what makes it such a great game.

Screw SF though.

Absolutely!!!

lurkercowboy · 02-04-2013

It would be easier to feel sorry for other teams fans (the anonymous ones I don't know) if they, in general, didn't delight in the Cowboys failures to such a degree.

If I personally knew a diehard 49ers fan (I don't) then I would feel sorry for them as a friend.

**Idgit** · 02-04-2013

I like Jim Harbaugh, so I'm not going to pile on him, but 'classy' isn't among the adjectives I'd use to describe him.

I have to say, I'm surprised how much support the 49rs get here on this board from what, I assume, are our younger fans. I'm not sure where the adoration comes from--if it's just the comparison of a good, young team and a firey coach to what we've got going on, or what--but it's weird to see. You'd hope that every good blue-and-silver-blooded Cowboy fan would be marinating today in the Niners falling short and then not handling it particularly well. I know I am.

Hoofbite · 02-04-2013

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Originally Posted by BringBackThatOleTimeBoys

Someone on ESPN suggested that maybe Jim wanted to win too much.

John was calm, which is not to say he is any less driven than his younger brother, but just realizes the value of not being too uptight.

So for those that dislike Jim, you might say his disposition was his downfall in the SB and last year when they played the Ravens.

Well they were screwed out of a TD in that game as well by a chop block call that was simply awful.

AbeBeta · 02-04-2013

It is terrible to lost a superbowl.

But you know what is far worse. Not getting there.

**ABQCOWBOY** · 02-04-2013

I thought it was a good no call on that last play. The Defender did have Jersey but the Receiver, I thought, initiated contact earlier and was basically stiff arming the DB before the ball ever got there. They were both chicken fighting. I also agree that the ball was going to force the WR to catch it out of bounds. The pressure was the key to that play. It forced a long throw and that, at the end of the day, was the deciding factor IMO.