gtexan02
10-05-2008, 05:53 PM
The reason this team lets us down over and over again is because deep down, they are not winners. This is only a semi-tongue in cheek post.
In life, there are winners and there are losers. This is a phenomenon that permeates boundaries. You see it in kids, you see it in the workplace, and you see it in sports.
Winners win. They may not be the most talented, they may not be the most prepared, but somehow they win. They score the attractive girlfriend, they get the promotion, they win the game.
Losers, on the other hand, lose. They may have the talent, they may have the preparation, but somehow, the always seem to lose. People often use the phrases "How did that happen" and "I don't understand" when referring to the feats of losers. They seemed like they would win, only to lose. This is the plight of the loser.
In sports, its easy to pick out losers. The Arizona Cardinals. The Chicago Cubs. The Detroit Lions.
We have the talent. We have good coaching. We have an amazing facility, and a fabulous owner. And yet, often times unexplicably, we lose. Time and again. Sometimes its close, sometimes its not. But its always painful.
Sometimes we win. And I start thinking "Maybe we are winners" But then something happens and my confidence is crushed again.
We are a young franchise. But I'm already afraid that we might be "Losers"
Why aren't we winners? The REASON IS BECAUSE OF OUR SYSTEM.
Let me repeat, OUR SYSTEM from when we started this expansion team.
We hired Coach Capers who decided his work in previous expansions teams didn't pay off, so he decided to build through the draft. Slowly, without buying up a bunch of talent, so that the team would be perennial contenders for years to come. This is the SAME theory that is being used to build the amazing Charlotte Bobcats franchise.
The PROBLEM with this is that our first 2 or 3 years we stood NO chance. A team of nobodies and talented rookies never has a hope in the NFL. We started CELEBRATING moral victories. Our standards were SO low that if we hung in with a good team for 4 quarters it was a victory. If we improved from 4-12 to 6-10 it was a sign of SUCCESS.
Most teams are playoffs or bust. Only in this, our 2008 season, are we FINALLY saying "playoffs or bust" This is a sure sign of loser mentality. We haven't been striving for WINNING, we've been striving for IMPROVEMENT.
The fans, the announcers, and the coaches and players all expect us to lose to good teams. They make the excuses. I was one of them. Thats why when 1 thing goes wrong, our team collapses. The Texans KNEW they were going to lose after that 27-10 TD made it 27-17. Because they expect to be losers. They are trained
Like I said before, this is probably a 100% knee jerk reaction. I'm pretty sure we have a good chance of going 3-0 over the next 3 weeks, and then everyone will forget about today. But I just wanted to point out the irony. Whats that you might say? No one was surprised that we lost in the last 4 minutes today. I saw it on the board with my own eyes. We expect to lose, because thats what we are trained to do. And we are the fans. Imagine what the players must be thinking
In life, there are winners and there are losers. This is a phenomenon that permeates boundaries. You see it in kids, you see it in the workplace, and you see it in sports.
Winners win. They may not be the most talented, they may not be the most prepared, but somehow they win. They score the attractive girlfriend, they get the promotion, they win the game.
Losers, on the other hand, lose. They may have the talent, they may have the preparation, but somehow, the always seem to lose. People often use the phrases "How did that happen" and "I don't understand" when referring to the feats of losers. They seemed like they would win, only to lose. This is the plight of the loser.
In sports, its easy to pick out losers. The Arizona Cardinals. The Chicago Cubs. The Detroit Lions.
We have the talent. We have good coaching. We have an amazing facility, and a fabulous owner. And yet, often times unexplicably, we lose. Time and again. Sometimes its close, sometimes its not. But its always painful.
Sometimes we win. And I start thinking "Maybe we are winners" But then something happens and my confidence is crushed again.
We are a young franchise. But I'm already afraid that we might be "Losers"
Why aren't we winners? The REASON IS BECAUSE OF OUR SYSTEM.
Let me repeat, OUR SYSTEM from when we started this expansion team.
We hired Coach Capers who decided his work in previous expansions teams didn't pay off, so he decided to build through the draft. Slowly, without buying up a bunch of talent, so that the team would be perennial contenders for years to come. This is the SAME theory that is being used to build the amazing Charlotte Bobcats franchise.
The PROBLEM with this is that our first 2 or 3 years we stood NO chance. A team of nobodies and talented rookies never has a hope in the NFL. We started CELEBRATING moral victories. Our standards were SO low that if we hung in with a good team for 4 quarters it was a victory. If we improved from 4-12 to 6-10 it was a sign of SUCCESS.
Most teams are playoffs or bust. Only in this, our 2008 season, are we FINALLY saying "playoffs or bust" This is a sure sign of loser mentality. We haven't been striving for WINNING, we've been striving for IMPROVEMENT.
The fans, the announcers, and the coaches and players all expect us to lose to good teams. They make the excuses. I was one of them. Thats why when 1 thing goes wrong, our team collapses. The Texans KNEW they were going to lose after that 27-10 TD made it 27-17. Because they expect to be losers. They are trained
Like I said before, this is probably a 100% knee jerk reaction. I'm pretty sure we have a good chance of going 3-0 over the next 3 weeks, and then everyone will forget about today. But I just wanted to point out the irony. Whats that you might say? No one was surprised that we lost in the last 4 minutes today. I saw it on the board with my own eyes. We expect to lose, because thats what we are trained to do. And we are the fans. Imagine what the players must be thinking