They blamed who they should have blamed. How many times should a team have to win a game?
Now that last season is over: does this apply to the Ravens game last year?
Okay, not really comparable. This one was incredibly clear cut, not just something the team and its fans say. The ref says it, the announcers say it, the columnists say it, everybody says it.
But someone asked how we'd feel if it were the Pats. I'd be pissed. The only thing that would piss me off more is if the Pats spent their time and energy the following week letting it eat them up... then lost the next game.
I hate to say this sort of thing, because the moment you say it your own team does it (things like "you don't see the Pats getting busted for possession..." blah blah blah.)
BUT... I don't remember the Pats ever saying anything other than "well you know sometimes you get the call, sometimes you don't, these things even out, we had the opportunity to win the game, that was one of 60 some plays..." etc.
I think what the argument is, is that the Chargers got jobbed and everybody knows it... but that they weight that bad call wrongly. The question isn't "how could we have lost that one crucial play," it's "how could they rob us... and how could we give up 30 odd points BEFORE then to make it even matter?"
I can understand Lady Tom
feeling that way (or Norv, for that matter.) But it's on them to deal with it without blatantly blaming everything negative from the week on it.
I dunno. Just because our guys (thus far) handle it differently doesn't mean that's the only way to handle it. It sure does seem the more disciplined approach though, and it seems like the approach more likely to get it behind you or channeled. There's no power in self-pity.
PFnV