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FOR THOSE WITH POLLYANNA DISEASE
1. Avoid Cowboys zone until you can make your case for positive things with sincerity and conviction. Until you can get over the doubts in your own heart you can't convince others.
2. Compare everything bad about us to either (a) someone who is better but has done just as badly at some time in the past or will do just as badly sometime in the future, or (b) someone much worse so that you can say "we could be...." and finish your sentence. (Example: We COULD have Jeff Garcia for our QB... or we COULD have Bill Bidwell for an owner)
3. Criticize and demonize anyone and everyone who is negative about the team. Call them knee jerks, call them "not real fans", tell them they only show up after losses and must love the losses. It always helps to bolster confidence when you see yourself as a victim.
4. Tell yourself and others that the NFL has changed, we aren't allowed to expect the Cowboys to be what they used to be. It's a 1 year league these days. Every day is a new day. Every year is a new year. There is no pattern here. There is nothing we can read into today from the last 13 years of no playoff victories.
FOR THOSE WITH CHARLIE BROWN DISEASE
1. Beware overdosing - there are usually a multitude of attack areas for you to feel terrible about after a loss like this one. Stick to one or it may be too much for you.
2. Avoid any pictures of Wade Phillips, Jerry Jones, and any player that you have particular doubts about, it could set off #1 before you know it.
3. Accuse anyone who still has any positive perspective about the Cowboys of being a kool-aid drinker, or a _____ lover. Fill in the blank. A Wade lover, a Jerry lover, a Romo lover... that is how it works. No one is allowed to still believe in the team AT ALL.
4. Take your pain to the absolute extreme. Go into your Jim Mora mode. We don't know if we'll win another game. PLAYOFFS? YOU KIDDIN ME? PLAYOFFS? THIS TEAM?
5. Please don't think about the Arizona Cardinals... why? Because they are a reminder that even where there are desperately negative patterns in place, they CAN be broken. Then again, you will probably say they only got to the Super Bowl to break their fan's hearts in the biggest way possible, with another sorry loss.
FOR THOSE WITH POLLYANNA DISEASE
1. Avoid Cowboys zone until you can make your case for positive things with sincerity and conviction. Until you can get over the doubts in your own heart you can't convince others.
2. Compare everything bad about us to either (a) someone who is better but has done just as badly at some time in the past or will do just as badly sometime in the future, or (b) someone much worse so that you can say "we could be...." and finish your sentence. (Example: We COULD have Jeff Garcia for our QB... or we COULD have Bill Bidwell for an owner)
3. Criticize and demonize anyone and everyone who is negative about the team. Call them knee jerks, call them "not real fans", tell them they only show up after losses and must love the losses. It always helps to bolster confidence when you see yourself as a victim.
4. Tell yourself and others that the NFL has changed, we aren't allowed to expect the Cowboys to be what they used to be. It's a 1 year league these days. Every day is a new day. Every year is a new year. There is no pattern here. There is nothing we can read into today from the last 13 years of no playoff victories.
FOR THOSE WITH CHARLIE BROWN DISEASE
1. Beware overdosing - there are usually a multitude of attack areas for you to feel terrible about after a loss like this one. Stick to one or it may be too much for you.
2. Avoid any pictures of Wade Phillips, Jerry Jones, and any player that you have particular doubts about, it could set off #1 before you know it.
3. Accuse anyone who still has any positive perspective about the Cowboys of being a kool-aid drinker, or a _____ lover. Fill in the blank. A Wade lover, a Jerry lover, a Romo lover... that is how it works. No one is allowed to still believe in the team AT ALL.
4. Take your pain to the absolute extreme. Go into your Jim Mora mode. We don't know if we'll win another game. PLAYOFFS? YOU KIDDIN ME? PLAYOFFS? THIS TEAM?
5. Please don't think about the Arizona Cardinals... why? Because they are a reminder that even where there are desperately negative patterns in place, they CAN be broken. Then again, you will probably say they only got to the Super Bowl to break their fan's hearts in the biggest way possible, with another sorry loss.
kudos...funny post!