That feeling… You know the feeling… Like there was absolutely nothing that you
could have done to stop us as much as you tried. That is what was going through
my head when we lost to a team that only had negative yards on offense and scored
on a blocked punt to win a football game against a potent offense that couldn’t find
the end zone.
That feeling that if this would have been different or if I would have made this
decision or if this player did this instead of that would the outcome be different. It’s
that feeling that haunts you and leaves a bad taste in your mouth for days/weeks that
absolutely drives you crazy.
It’s that feeling that you game plan for every contingency and you forgot to game
plan for something that is very detrimental and it ends up being your down fall.
Now you have that feeling, you are in the midst of feeling it and it is driving you
crazy. Things that you enjoy, that bring you comfort, you reach for with no
satisfaction. The feeling has you.
You need to sleep but you cannot, you need to eat, but nothing tastes good anymore
because that feeling has you. You need to spend time with your family but all you
can think about is the fact that there’s something inside you that you cannot accept.
It’s that feeling.
Going through that feeling, you are left with a couple of options:
1) You can always look at game film over and over again and try to see what it
was that the other team was doing that you can call out, pointing out things that were
not really there, and then post them for the world to see. This is the lashing out part
of that feeling. It gets to you.
2) You can turn that inward and accept that you were outworked (knocked on
your ass 6 times) (really, 6 times? You allowed that to happen to you?) and let that
fuel you and your teammates (since you consider yourself a leader) to work harder.
3) Fold up shop because that feeling has you feeling like you have never felt
before and the fear of feeling that feeling again paralyzes you.
The way we dealt with it was simple. We felt that feeling and we are taking that
feeling to learn on how to do things better. You said “Its chess, not checker,” and I
agree, but that is only a part of how I feel.
I also feel that, in a way, we needed to lose to you the first time to show ourselves
that we need to become a team or someone can dismantle us that easily. The weak
will not get back up and that is why we are a bit lean in numbers but standing tall.
Instead of lashing out and making excuses, take a real deep look at yourself. Did we
have a bounty on you or did you just take an ass whipping (pause, no homo)?
From the Sideline 7/17/10
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