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2 of the most impactful words i ever read on this forum came from a pats fan. as i recall, it was right after brady and company started their run but that person posted in here what *we* were suffering from was close to what pats fans were.
built up emotions crashed on the rocks of reality.
you believe this is gonna be "the year". you believe we got it right finally after so much fail. you believe.
and then, disappointment sets in. queue 2nd guessing. blame. toss out excuses cause you can't have that. you believed and we should win cause you saw it. given enough time and let downs, you only have 1 path left to take.
buying emotional insurance.
if i saw romo sucks then when he stinks it up i can revel in the fact that i'm right even if not objective. you see, i bought some insurance. i said romo sucks so when he does happen to have a bad play i can say i called it and how it cost the team victory even if i have no concept of what "team" means.
i have someone to blame. what makes it cool is that he's high profile. hell even the media dogs on him. but truth be told, when you look for bad, you find bad, even if it isn't there. when you hate romo, or the cowboys, or any given player, you use their negatives to accentuate your own feelings.
objectivity is out the window. you're now here to prove why a player can take down a team. why do you do this?
emotions.
i saw some good things today and some bad things today. well, that was yesterday and i'm now doing foreigner impersonations. but what did we really see in the scrimmage?
for some, what they wanted to see. for others, we saw some fire where we've not seen it before. yea the JJ hit was a bit shady but yea, he did it. he's playing. no i don't want him to take out bryant in a meaningless session but i don't want that to translate that into we're in a meaningless time.
we're not.
this is where players stand up or go home. i'm encouraged about the youth and what they're here to prove. i can't deny i've been here before and i've done this before and yea, it hurt...
but past pain from belief won't stop me from thinking maybe we're on the right path now. sometimes changes that make the biggest difference are not revamping everything.
but understanding it.
however, many have been burned by asking to believe we got it right "this time" so i can see that maybe my own belief we're making progress is my own emotional insurance.
but i loved what i saw today.
homer now out to get a donut.
built up emotions crashed on the rocks of reality.
you believe this is gonna be "the year". you believe we got it right finally after so much fail. you believe.
and then, disappointment sets in. queue 2nd guessing. blame. toss out excuses cause you can't have that. you believed and we should win cause you saw it. given enough time and let downs, you only have 1 path left to take.
buying emotional insurance.
if i saw romo sucks then when he stinks it up i can revel in the fact that i'm right even if not objective. you see, i bought some insurance. i said romo sucks so when he does happen to have a bad play i can say i called it and how it cost the team victory even if i have no concept of what "team" means.
i have someone to blame. what makes it cool is that he's high profile. hell even the media dogs on him. but truth be told, when you look for bad, you find bad, even if it isn't there. when you hate romo, or the cowboys, or any given player, you use their negatives to accentuate your own feelings.
objectivity is out the window. you're now here to prove why a player can take down a team. why do you do this?
emotions.
i saw some good things today and some bad things today. well, that was yesterday and i'm now doing foreigner impersonations. but what did we really see in the scrimmage?
for some, what they wanted to see. for others, we saw some fire where we've not seen it before. yea the JJ hit was a bit shady but yea, he did it. he's playing. no i don't want him to take out bryant in a meaningless session but i don't want that to translate that into we're in a meaningless time.
we're not.
this is where players stand up or go home. i'm encouraged about the youth and what they're here to prove. i can't deny i've been here before and i've done this before and yea, it hurt...
but past pain from belief won't stop me from thinking maybe we're on the right path now. sometimes changes that make the biggest difference are not revamping everything.
but understanding it.
however, many have been burned by asking to believe we got it right "this time" so i can see that maybe my own belief we're making progress is my own emotional insurance.
but i loved what i saw today.
homer now out to get a donut.
