How could it not be aggravating?
The Pats beat each of the teams in the Final Four? How many times has that happened?
The Pats' HC and QB won the COY and MVP. How many times has that happened?
The Pats QB won the MVP unanimously? How many times has that happened?
The Pats lost to a team that they had beaten 45-3 about a month earlier...on their own field...after a two week lay off. How many times has that happened?
And that's on the heels of:
- Losing a SB after going 18-0.
- Losing an AFC Champ game the year before after being up a zillion points at half time.
- Not making the playoffs in 2008 after winning 11 games.
So being extremely aggravated right now has nothing to do with being an entitled or Yankee fan like sports fan. It's about dealing with a very unusual set of facts and being rightfully very annoyed.
On the other hand, we root for a relevant team. We root for a very good team. We have Brady and Belichick. Our team is likely to be in the hunt again next season.
For this fan of the Pats since the early 70s, those good things aren't chopped liver, and still, the almost bizarre set of negatives are a bummer.