The five stages of grief - Page 3 - New England Patriots Forums

cblesz · 02-05-2008, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by WIPatriots

I did this bargaining BEFORE the game: "Dear Lord, I will accept the Clintons as the Democratic nominee if you just allow the Patriots to win the Super Bowl."

Now I might be doubly screwed.

HA HA HA HA!!!! I am laughing out loud....because I generally do the same sort of thing. Brilliant, just brilliant....

Still laughing.....

bob85ne · 02-05-2008, 09:54 AM

It was around 3:15 - 3:30 am when the game finished in th UK and I went through the first 2 denial & anger very quickly, bargaining doesn't really apply. Depression as a such was monday morning and afternoon vowing never to go near any NFL stuff until April. By the evening Acceptance as I was listening to WEEI online knowing that no one has died etc.

Still hurts like heck though.

aluminum seats · 02-05-2008, 10:17 AM

For anyone who's not a sports fan, I'm sure this idea/thread seems melodramatic, but it's really not. There is a grieving that goes on. The best thing for it is time, really. And another couple super bowls.

primetime · 02-05-2008, 10:21 AM

To be honest, this is exactly what happened. I think I'm in the acceptance phase now, but I still have denial and depression going on a bit. Oh well, only entertainment.

pheenix11 · 02-05-2008, 10:23 AM

I'm on the "WTF couldn't Samuel have held onto that INT" stage

Bella*chick · 02-05-2008, 10:43 AM

The thing about those stages is they can happen out of order AND they can recur. I took a class on this once.

I'm in denial, just trying to pretend nothing happened. But there's anger & bargaining bits in there too. The anger is nothing new, I've been feeling it all season for different reasons.

Halifax_Pats_Fan · 02-05-2008, 11:45 AM

Hey gang, first time on since the loss.

Jesus what a game, we had our chances.

Samuel, Meriweather, Hobbs missing potential picks, Eli escape, pass on the field goal, when it was 4th and 12, I was yelling my lungs out at the tv on that one, I honestly knew it was gonna come back and haunt us.

Brady had next to no time back there Sunday and you have to credit the Giant's D. They came up huge, combined with the O-line coming up lackluster.

Why couldn't Rodney have just batted that ball out, it was soooo close.

I felt sick to my stomach Sunday night, all day yesterday and when I think about the chances we had to end the game, man, it sucks.

Now, we have to think about going forward. I think what happened Sunday was the exception and not the rule. Although I would be open on suggestions on how to potentially improve that O line, if we even have to.

Without time, Brady is not Brady, same holds true for Welker and Moss.

I like seeing Welker in our uniform and I hope he is with us for a long time.

I dunno, it's a bad feeling to have so much emotional investment into a team when it losses by 3 on a perfect season.

Man.

There is next year though, it is a great time to be a Patriots fan lately.

As sick as I am I am glad we have what we have. We'll bounce back, the sun will rise again, and we will live to fight another day!!

Tommysgirl · 02-05-2008, 11:50 AM

Where is "excessively drinking to stop the pain"? Is that not a stage?

Satchboogie3 · 02-05-2008, 11:54 AM

I can't see passed denial and depression.

roman_maroney · 02-05-2008, 11:59 AM

I'm having a hard time with it. Having not seen one sports page, sports website (other than here), or sports TV and radio since sunday afternoon, I believed has helped soften the initial blow, but in turn made the state of denial drag out. Sooner or later I will have to get used to the fact that that Tyree catch is part of Super Bowl folklore, and like "the catch" and vinatieri's field goal, and images of Vince Lombardi parading snowy sidelines, we will be seeing it as long as we are watching sports. Ugh. Sometime soon, I'm gonna have to pick myself back up and dust off. Sunday was a battle in a war that has not yet been won, and there are many battles left to fight.