I'm still not over it...

[ctpatsfan77]

I take a different approach to it - I hear a lot how the Pats will "win it all again" and as you said it makes it sweeter "when they do win" - well, doesn't that kind of make pulling for a team....boring? Part of the joy of being a fan is not knowing what the heck is going to happen but you show up and watch anyway....and then you show up the next week....and the next year.....and so forth.

FWIW, my personal definition of a (relatively) successful season is "winning a playoff game." Anything beyond that is gravy. And, as I've pointed out before, 18-1 leaves a really hollow feeling, but 16-1 would have been far, far worse.

 

[BradyManny]

I take a different approach to it - I hear a lot how the Pats will "win it all again" and as you said it makes it sweeter "when they do win" - well, doesn't that kind of make pulling for a team....boring? Part of the joy of being a fan is not knowing what the heck is going to happen but you show up and watch anyway....and then you show up the next week....and the next year.....and so forth.

In general, I couldn't agree more. More often than not, when I turn on - say the Celtics for instance - I am turning it on to watch a few hours of entertainment. If they win, I'll be happy, sure, and if they lose, yeah, that's not what I was hoping for. But I will have been entertained in the process. With the Celtics of the last couple seasons specifically, I found them particularly entertaining because it was a bunch of young guys trying to learn to play, and whether they won or lost was on the back burner. So I completely agree that the notion that we should only watch a given team to see them win is absurd - we watch sports for entertainment, often regardless of outcome, and I hope the recent successes of Boston sports teams have not blurred that fact.

But with the Pats in this era of Brady and Belichick, it has become something else. Yes, I long for the days of 01 when it was a wacky, carefree, fun-filled ride. But when you have arguably the best QB in history combined with arguably the best coach in history, you're expectations are set higher - and rightfully so. This team has lived up to those expectations each year and competed, and continued to fuel those expectations, even in defeats such as the last few years.

 

[patriotspride]

Why do we keep re-hashing this??!!

thats a good question.

 

[Kontradiction]

Everyone reacts to these things differently. It doesn't prove that someone is or is not a "real fan" (whateverthehell that means) if they're still suffering or are already over it.

Me, I use repression. What Super Bowl?

I use alcohol. What is this "repression" you speak of?

 

[Patjew]

I use alcohol. What is this "repression" you speak of?

Beer, wine, vodka, gin... but no alcohol.

 

[Kontradiction]

Beer, wine, vodka, gin... but no alcohol.

Touche'.

10 characters.

 

[Dino 6 Rings]

You never really get over it until you win another one. And even then, highlights of the loss still pain your guts.

Neil O drops back, throws, Interception!!!

My god. That still hurts me. But when we beat Seattle, man, the pressure of those 10 years of waiting for redemption finally lifted.

 

[Caspir]

Well that's just terrible news. How can any of us focus on work knowing that Lifer from PatsFans.com isn't over the Super Bowl? Please update this thread regularly, and notify us when you are over it so that we can all resume our normal lives.

 

[BionicPatriot]

I'm not suffering, am I not a real fan? It's 2008 boys, show up strong or don't show up at all.

You have no fire, that's for damn sure.

 

[BionicPatriot]

You never really get over it until you win another one. And even then, highlights of the loss still pain your guts.

Neil O drops back, throws, Interception!!!

My god. That still hurts me. But when we beat Seattle, man, the pressure of those 10 years of waiting for redemption finally lifted.

Really? The Steelers were out matched in that game, so if I were you I'd be dissapointed, but it still hurts? I dunno, it's not like you guys choked. With all due respect, not trying to sell your team. But your playing a dynasty so ya know...

The Patriots had no ******* reason to blow that game, none. **** spygate, screw all that other BS. It was the biggest choke ever to blow THAT game. Bleh.

 

[richpats]

You have no fire, that's for damn sure.

And you know me so well...

 

[Kontradiction]

Just because he said you have no fire doesn't mean you don't have no........ ice? :bricks::bricks::bricks::bricks:

 

[richpats]

Just because he said you have no fire doesn't mean you don't have no........ ice? :bricks::bricks::bricks::bricks:

Apparently if I'm not curled up in the fetal position saying "Why oh why?!" then I have no fire.

 

[pwes]

I'm over it. I have no clue when it happened but being reminded just now I realized that I don't care that we lost anymore. Time to move on and try again. It'll always have a slight stinging when I think about what could have been but I'm no longer moping over it.

 

[Stop Being A Jerk]

I'll never be over it. Even if we go 19-0 this year, it'll be "imagine two of those in a row". Plus, Eli Manning is a SB-winning QB because of us. That's bad enough!

 

[jmt57]

After hearing and reading many fans' thoughts, am I the only one that seems to think that all that Red Sox "sky is falling" impending doom negativity did not evaporate from our psyche but was rather transported from Fenway to Foxboro? Any fan of any other NFL team would gladly trade the results of their team with that of the Patriots' over this decade.

All this other talk is useless drivel. Losing to a team that out played you is not a choke; a choke is losing when you tense up so badly you can't function. The '86 Sox was a choke agianst the Mets. The Pats did not choke in the SB, the Giants simply outplayed them, as evidenced by their pass rush.

One last thought. There are 32 teams in the NFL. That means that if odds are correct, from the day you are born your favorite team should win their first SB when you are 16. The next SB win should come at age 48, and then a third at age 80.

In other words, we have now witnessed 80 years worth of Super Bowl victories since people stopped worrying about the impending Y2K crisis that was going to shut down Planet Earth.

Stop worrying, stop complaining, and start enjoying a great era before you miss it and it's over!!!

 

[PatsFanInVa]

"Over"? What means this "over"?



PFnV

 

[fgssand]

"Over"? What means this "over"?



PFnV

It means I went ******* over 40" waist again....d%#*!@t.