Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
You were frustrated with a close Super Bowl win?
I was pretty pissed we were losing deep into the 3rd quarter to fucking Brock Purdy and that the supposed "weak Niners defense" was stone-walling us. Obviously that changed when we got back into the game, but I didn't like how wrong I was about the Niners defense after hearing from a ton of sources I trusted that we'd put up points on them.
So yeah, I don't really predict blowouts anymore because it puts me in a foul mood if we don't meet that expectation. [Reply]
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
You were frustrated with a close Super Bowl win?
Seems pretty common around here... we set really high expectations and then for a lack of a better word, "settle" when those expectations that we completely made up aren't met. Just like the Jordan video posted last night, really.
And it could be for perfectly good, rational reasons... like they're playing against a quarterback who looks like a little kid who dressed up as an NFL quarterback for Halloween, in his first ever Super Bowl.
I was trying real hard not to be pissed off while sitting at Arrowhead against the Texans in the first half of that game... didn't think they'd lose, but goddamnit it's the playoffs and it's the fucking Texans. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Yeah, it's a microcosm of modern society.
People get convinced they're right and their side/team/whatever is going to win, and then when they don't, instead of accepting that - perhaps! - they were just wrong or missed something that mattered, it has to be a conspiracy against them.
And they take it so damn personally, or like an overprotective parent who can't ever admit their kid fucked up or maybe just isn't good enough.
That's one way I've kind of removed myself from losing sleep over losses... externalize that shit, because it's external.
No need to go through the stages of grief on behalf of the team (granted, lots of people don't get past denial, as you said). [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
There are people that want a 49ers 55-10 moment.
I would love for us to win like that this time around just to shut the media and fans up about the rest of the bullshit. Leave no doubt about who the king of the mountain is... but that will likely never be a reality. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Seems pretty common around here... we set really high expectations and then for a lack of a better word, "settle" when those expectations that we completely made up aren't met. Just like the Jordan video posted last night, really.
And it could be for perfectly good, rational reasons... like they're playing against a quarterback who looks like a little kid who dressed up as an NFL quarterback for Halloween, in his first ever Super Bowl.
I was trying real hard not to be pissed off while sitting at Arrowhead against the Texans in the first half of that game... didn't think they'd lose, but goddamnit it's the playoffs and it's the fucking Texans.
I predict a blow out every week then I’m happy if the Chiefs win by 1. [Reply]
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
I predict a blow out every week then I’m happy if the Chiefs win by 1.
I assume some people bet on games and then have conflicting feelings of losing money on the spread and the Chiefs still winning (one guy next to me during the Texans game had some prop bets for a Kelce touchdown and was pissed every time Pacheco was in because he needed Hunt to do well). [Reply]