Why all the negativity?

ShortRound

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Serious question....I was a player or coach for 36years and every year brought new hope. We busted our butts in the weight room, film room, 7 on 7 tournaments and by the time the season started we had hope. We had some great years and some bad years, but none of the teams that I was involved with ever quit, cry, pout....as a fan, I get the frustration, but why all the negatives? Why make yourself miserable? What's wrong with just enjoying it and not complain about things you have no control of?
It's cool to have different options and outlooks....I actually enjoy reading a lot of the negative posts, it's pretty comical. To each their own, I guess....I just don't get it.
Salud! I'll enjoy a drink while some of you start attacking me! Lol! Be happy!

PTSD? I can't wait for some football again though.
 

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We're fans. We watch and enjoy it, but we also want to win. Unlike being a player, we don't have the ability to play harder or prepare better. When I am driving my car I am quite confident in my driving abilities. When someone else is driving, I will hold on and white knuckle the entire ride.

Some of us like to be realistic. I see the team, identify what I think is a weakness, and rather than lie to myself and say that player is going to have a breakout year every year, only to be wrong, I say that guy is a weakness and I wish the Cowboys would get someone better to take his place. Is that what you mean by being negative?

Being negative about your team is not unique to Cowboys fans. Watch the movie "Major League" and how they depict Indians fans before and after they start winning. It is what being a fan is.
 

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Serious question....I was a player or coach for 36years and every year brought new hope. We busted our butts in the weight room, film room, 7 on 7 tournaments and by the time the season started we had hope. We had some great years and some bad years, but none of the teams that I was involved with ever quit, cry, pout....as a fan, I get the frustration, but why all the negatives? Why make yourself miserable? What's wrong with just enjoying it and not complain about things you have no control of?
It's cool to have different options and outlooks....I actually enjoy reading a lot of the negative posts, it's pretty comical. To each their own, I guess....I just don't get it.
Salud! I'll enjoy a drink while some of you start attacking me! Lol! Be happy!
I think some of these people just love pouring urine in their breakfast cereal because they like the taste. Reality is fine. Criticism is fine. Not liking a move is fine. But finding fault with literally every move or non-move made by the Cowboys is just beyond jacked up in my opinion.

I figure some team has to win a SB and every year I am hoping it is the Cowboys. And MOST years, they actually have a shot at getting it done whether they win it or not.
 

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I think some of these people just love pouring urine in their breakfast cereal because they like the taste. Reality is fine. Criticism is fine. Not liking a move is fine. But finding fault with literally every move or non-move made by the Cowboys is just beyond jacked up in my opinion.

I figure some team has to win a SB and every year I am hoping it is the Cowboys. And MOST years, they actually have a shot at getting it done whether they win it or not.

I agree with this. But I think a lot of fans don't see the light at the end of the tunnel because of the one constant - the owner. It is not hard to assume it will be another mediocre season for the Cowboys because we have been conditioned to it in 25 years. I am optimistic that the Cowboys will be a better team than in 2020, but winning a SB is a bridge too far for me. Something is missing from Jerry's teams. The Bucs had it last year. The Chiefs the year before. When the Cowboys players take the field they just don't look like champions and I think Xavier Woods admitted it when he said no one plays hard every play. Maybe getting rid of Woods will change the attitude of the entire team but I don't expect that.
 

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I'm never negative about the upcoming season, I always look forward to it. Right now I'm just waiting on training camp, hoping it can be both productive and injury-free. If others want to be negative that's out side of my control, for all I know, they could be irritated by my positivity. To each their own, the battle lines of fandom have been drawn. I will remain positive, respectful, and sometimes humorous:)

Let's Go Cowboys! :flagwave:
 

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No faith at all in the defense and no faith that Dak could really take us to the Super Bowl. Good QB and all but I have yet to see him really lead a playoff win. He struggles in the second half against tough teams to score points. We saw it many times in 2019. Minn, New Orleans, New England, Philly. 1 GWD since 2018 and that was one play after the onside kick recovery.
 

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Serious question....I was a player or coach for 36years and every year brought new hope. We busted our butts in the weight room, film room, 7 on 7 tournaments and by the time the season started we had hope. We had some great years and some bad years, but none of the teams that I was involved with ever quit, cry, pout....as a fan, I get the frustration, but why all the negatives? Why make yourself miserable? What's wrong with just enjoying it and not complain about things you have no control of?
It's cool to have different options and outlooks....I actually enjoy reading a lot of the negative posts, it's pretty comical. To each their own, I guess....I just don't get it.
Salud! I'll enjoy a drink while some of you start attacking me! Lol! Be happy!
It's not negative as much as it is pointing out what this team needs to become a real contender.
 

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Better to be negative about something this trivial than something in real life.

The assumption I do not like is the one where people try to establish how posters are in their real life based on an opinion of a football team. "You think the Cowboys suck, you must be a miserable person to be around".

I just happen to think the Cowboys are going to win the East and just might get past the division round. I mean it has to eventually happen, doesn't it? Why not this season? If I am wrong, I am wrong, no harm, no foul.

The bottom line is their season doesn't affect my season. I used to have my ego all twisted around this team and that was not pleasant for me or anyone around me.

If they go 4-13 or win it all, makes 0 difference in my life. This sport is a pass time.

Have you guys figured out how much aggregate time we spend on here as opposed to actually watching them play? They will play, actually play, 17 hours this regular season. I can do that in 2 days here. I ain't right in the head, I tell ya!
You didn't have to tell us that. We recognize the symptoms.
 

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Funny enough, the most negativity I see is between fans who can’t disagree with each other amicably. I like how you're taking every season as a new one and hopeful.

True, there's nothing to mope about right now. Who knows what this season will bring? But surely you can relate to the fan who loves their team but isn't exactly, "on the wagon," as far as the outlook. You of all people can’t begrudge them for expressing their pessimistic opinion, right? I wouldn't be surprised if at one time nearly half your posts were a variant of, "Garrett sucks."
Garrett sucks was more of a joke...... although, he did suck!!
 

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25 years. 5 total playoff wins.

There’s your answer.
So, why are you still here? If they piss you off and frustrate you, why stick with them? I mean that in general terms and not specifically, you...
 

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Let’s call a spade and spade.
We have a GM and president of football operations
who would have both been fired many years ago, based solely off their merit.
If that GM wasn’t the owner and guy running football operations wasn’t his son.
Based solely off merit and performance. They would both have been canned a long time ago and wouldn’t even be close to hired by any other teams.
Those guys deserve every single ounce of criticism they get. Every single ounce.
That doesn’t mean I try to not be hopeful and look toward the future. But there are a lot of very real and very deserved criticisms that can be levied at the organization and how it has been run for decades now.

Tampa Bays' GM Light (I think) finally made the playoffs in 2020 in his 7th year with TB. They also won the SB.
 
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