Quote:I think what you're seeing is reality setting in after expectations were set too high.

 

I know that's what I'm experiencing. I over evaluated the squad and coaches based on my hope that improvement was a given at a level they could not meet.

 

I think the collective bubble of hope burst last Sunday.

A family member once told me the story of sitting next to Mike Ditka on a flight out of New Orleans when he was the Saints coach. As they were talking casually during board and the passengers piled on, almost all of them said something to Da Coach about how great the team was going to be that year, and he smiled and told all of them that the Saints were going to have a great year.

 

Once the last passenger was on board, he leaned over to my relative and said, "What am I supposed to tell them? We suck."

 

Teams and coaches are certainly guilty of raising expectations beyond what they know the team is capable of, but again, what are they supposed to tell them? "We suck," isn't a great way to sell season tickets.

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