Football is a tough game, both mentally and physically. Really, life is that way. People are so accustomed to here and now, everything immediatly, that I think sometimes we forget that it takes time. Young teams need to experience winning and losing. They need to learn how to win games. This is a young team. It's going to take some time for us to develop a championship calibur team. That's really how it should be. They don't need anybody to come in and tell them how to do it, IMO. Teams need to learn this on their own, by themselves. We have a tendancy to look at the Cowboys teams of the early 90s and the Pats of the last few years and think that teams should be able to win multiple championships on talent alone. That's usually not the way it works. Usually, it takes time to win. Time to learn how to be a champion.
The Cowboys were an exception because once that core of players gelled, we were good almost immediatly. That's the exception, not the rule IMO. The GMen won last year but that they had lost in the playoffs 4 times in 7 years, prior to the 2007 season, once in the Super Bowl (2000) to Baltimore. They had been trying for a very long time.
The Colts lost in the playoffs 7 out of 8 years prior to winning the Super Bowl in 2006 Season.
The Steelers had lost 9 times in 13 years, in the playoffs, prior to winning in 2005 and one of those times was to us in the Super Bowl.
New England won in 3 times in 4 years but, people forget that prior to 2002, the Pats had made 4 appearances in 7 years and lost. They have since gone to the playoffs 3 straight years and lost (last year in the Super Bowl) since there last championship.
Tampa Bay won it in the 2002 season but prior to that, they had lost in the playoffs 4 out of 5 years.
Baltimore won in the 2000 season and they too are an exception as that was really their first playoff year. However, they have lost 3 times in the last 7 years in the playoffs without another championship.
Rams, like Baltimore, won it in there first playoff season in 1999. However, like Baltimore, they they went back to the playoffs 4 times in 5 seasons after that championship and lost.
Broncos won back to back in 97-98 seasons but, 14 years with 8 playoff appearances and nothing to show for it, prior to those wins. They went another 5 times in 8 years after that and didn't win another.
Packers won it in the 96 season but they spent three years, prior to that losing to us or SF before winning it. They went another 8 times in 11 season and never won another.
Throughout the history of the Super Bowl, teams have paid there dues before winning championships. Evan great teams have suffered losing before being great. It's a process. Some teams, like Buffalo, never do learn it. This team will eventually learn the leasons and win a championship IMO. Until then, they have to go through the process. I don't think any amount of talk from former champs, former players/coaches or even shrinks are going to help. I think we just need to give them time to learn to be great and the rest will take care of itself.
