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Cleatwood · 04-20-2021, 12:58 PM

(04-20-2021, 12:49 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:
(04-20-2021, 12:28 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: I don't go to games but if you think I haven't suffered through losing, then you are mistaken. Caps, Orioles, Terps and Jags..... Not exactly murderers row. I have gone to plenty of Orioles, Terps and Caps games throughout the years and most of the time, I'm going to the games to enjoy the atmosphere and party with friends. The outcome, most of the time, is largely irrelevant. It doesn't effect my day one bit. Playoff games are different though but outside of the Caps, not a lot of that happening.

Here's the list of 6-10, 7-9 or 8-8 teams from last season (excluding WFT and Chicago who made playoffs). Pats, Raiders, Chargers, Giants, Cowboys, Bears, Vikings, and Cards. Of those teams, I would say 2 or 3 have a better roster or better shot at making the playoffs than the Jags. And yet, they had 5-7 more wins than the Jags last season. I don't think the Bears, Pats, Raiders, or Giants are that much better than the Jags or even better at all for that matter.

Winning games is extremely important but the overall goal is to make the playoffs and ultimately a championship. If you don't make the playoffs, there is no difference in your record in my eyes. No playoffs means you have a lot of work to do and I would rather have a larger player pool to choose from when it comes to the draft.

I would rather the team win every game but to me, there is no difference between 3-13 and 7-9 or 8-8. Both miss the playoffs and both have work to do. Games are largely decided by 1 score. Going 7-9 vs 3-13 largely means you got lucky in 3 games. It doesn't mean you're that much better than the rest of the bad teams. They're all bad.

There is a difference to me. 7-9 means this team is improving and likely learning how to win, 3-13 the team hasn't improved much and we are likely picking top 5 again. Like you say, the outcome of a game is irrelevant to you, losses really doesn't bother you. Some people hate to lose, I'm one of them and I hope are players are like that too because I know our coach is.

When it comes to the regular season of the teams I root for, the losses don't affect me because I have no control over them. The teams I play on, I hate to lose because there are most likely things I could have done in order to win. I hate losing in anything where I am the one playing. My sports teams? Not so much anymore. I used to get upset when the Jags or Caps lost but there's really no reason to get upset.

Yikes. Guess I'm getting old..... 35!