Well, don't feel lonely because you have plenty of company, this poster included. I quick snap during games into anger and I haven't done that in years. And I wonder why? Could it be that after all this time, I am actually expecting something from this franchise?
Let's start with the times and this is not discussing that except to acknowledge these times, they should be a changin' and they're not fast enough and we are weary of the situation and the fact we are so divided and angry. We are struggling to be responsive and resort to reactive in our responses to too many things. Including each other.
We are edgy and with good cause, we're going through something this nation has not gone through in 100 years and something else it's never been through. But this thread is not about that. It is about escaping that if only for a few hours at a time.
The team teases us. They look like they might actually have something here, a top level offense and a worst to first defense in just one year! Could this really be happening to us? Could our 26 years of wandering the desert be coming to an end?
And then a wheel falls off and the reaction is "I knew it, I knew it was too good to be true!!! Same ole, same ole. That's what I get for getting my hopes up". (But damn............I wanted to believe)
But just 4 short months ago, how many were predicting 11 wins? How many that this team would lead in picks and turnovers? After last year's defense? No way. Scoring on defense and special teams? The Cowboys? No way.
But yes, way. Because they did it, they became that part of the team I started looking forward to seeing not getting a refill when they took the field....assuming that I would need it.
I am not suggesting anyone change the way they go about this only that they be aware of what might be behind some of the reactions we have. We are far more frail human creatures than we'd like to admit.
The Cowboys won the NFC East after a dismal 6 win season. The Cowboys finally got started on fixing the defense and got some really good players but it still is a work in progress. The glass is half full or empty, your choice. And if you want to wait until more liquid of your choosing is added, that's fine too.
But at the risk of being corny, not only did we get a better season than most of us expected, we still got each other. Even the ones that feud, fuss and fight, what would you do without each other? Don't tell me you do not look forward to coming here.
Negative posters, positive posters, haters, homers and everyone in between all make up this forum, this family. We get on the outs with each other just like family members do. What a mixed bag, some have been around since the team was born and some have never seen this team in a NFCCG. All brought together by the common thread that sews us together. That thread that we, too often, overlook.
My friends, I do not know where this season's journey will end but what a ride! And if you are a worst case scenario person like me, you get an 18th game to watch your team play. And that sure beats not having a horse in the race.
You people make up the best sports forum in the world and you should be proud of that. ORCAs or not!
