Football motivation: Harbaugh vs. Belichick (merged)

turkeyneck said:

Juvenile is the NYJFL these days. Whinging for flags, crying about 'running up the score', baseless accusations, participation banners. I expect these stickers to catch on. Players will be so proud of their haul of stickers that they will want to display them more publicly. They will be marketed by the league and appear on helmets soon [licensed versions only, of course]. Certain players might even finagle a game stoppage to have the application of a record Nth sticker applied to his helmet in view of adoring fans.

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We had some friends over here to watch the Pats-Giants game (we live in MD). One of our friends is a diehard Skins fan (yes, has been miserable for 2 decades). Even a week after the fact, he was still fuming about when the Pats did the 1st quarter onside kick against the Skins, he went beserk claiming what they did was despicable and not what should be done by a "respectable" team.

It was as if he was upset at the hurt feelings of it all.

Everyone at the party that day learned what Patriot Derangement Syndrome meant.

Jump Ball Joe gets one of these for drawing a pass interference call on a long bomb:

shmessy said:

We had some friends over here to watch the Pats-Giants game (we live in MD). One of our friends is a diehard Skins fan (yes, has been miserable for 2 decades). Even a week after the fact, he was still fuming about when the Pats did the 1st quarter onside kick against the Skins, he went beserk claiming what they did was despicable and not what should be done by a "respectable" team.

It was as if he was upset at the hurt feelings of it all.

Everyone at the party that day learned what Patriot Derangement Syndrome meant.

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Definitely Patriot Derangement Syndrome. No doubt that your Redskin friend wouldn't have cared about the onside kick if it was any other team but the Patriots.

It's bizarre how much other fans hate our team.

1 good looking GOAT quarterback with super model wife + 1 standoffish arrogant GOAT coach + 15 years of NFL dominance + 4 Lomardis (and counting) = a whole lotta hatred

PatriotsReign said:

But isn't it wonderful how the Ravens have unexplainably become irrelevant?! I really do think Tom Brady paid some witch doctor to do a curse....let's see how things work out for Indy!

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Tom Brady is the witch doctor.

Harbaugh has this neat sticker for Flacco.

How many guys got Harbaugh stickers for this play?

Between this and the letterman jackets from Houston, you can see the mindset drift towards coaching the coddled athlete.

I can understand the mindset, with every kid coming up seemingly less mature with every passing year. The problem is setting lower standards and treating them like high school/college students. Men want to be treated like men, meaning challenged to be the very best at their job and striving to be in a place to best use their skillset.

BB gets this, always has. Fortunately, that is a timeless truth. It doesn't take an understanding of the Y generation, just basic understanding of mankind.

Raymond said:

Harbaugh has this neat sticker for Flacco.View attachment 11335

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Where's the ref?

robertweathers said:

Seems kinda silly at this level.

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I don't know, I thought this kind of stuff was common and effective.....

I.M. Fletcher said:

Between this and the letterman jackets from Houston, you can see the mindset drift towards coaching the coddled athlete.

I can understand the mindset, with every kid coming up seemingly less mature with every passing year. The problem is setting lower standards and treating them like high school/college students. Men want to be treated like men, meaning challenged to be the very best at their job and striving to be in a place to best use their skillset.

BB gets this, always has. Fortunately, that is a timeless truth. It doesn't take an understanding of the Y generation, just basic understanding of mankind.

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I think its gotten to be like this in Corporate America. Seems like there is more amateurish behavior and bad acting than there was 10 years ago.

The Gr8est said:

Where's the ref?

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Well, that's just another sticker.

No wonder he thinks Flacco is the best qb in the league. Look at all those awards!

even more proof that bill is the greatest coach in the history of the nfl.

as for harbaugh..stickers?? next he'll start handing out candy to the players.
i love the ravens collapse.

goheels22002 said:

How many guys got Harbaugh stickers for this play?

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The slow motion really shows the hustle and effort displayed by Suggs that helped him tackle Jules before he could get the ball out.

glm said:

The slow motion really shows the hustle and effort displayed by Suggs that helped him tackle Jules before he could get the ball out.

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I was wondering about that. But in fairness -- maybe he was defending against some sort of hypothetical fake?

Great thread, I had not read that story about Gonzalez before. And Harbaugh wow. What is the over under on years he remains HC?