Quote:I don't want to make too much of this, but I don't think I want Solid Snake on my team.

 

And Snake, you write in a style that makes it seem that you think you speak for others as well as yourself - the "that's all that matters" stuff. Says who?

 

Oh, and one last thing. Do you go to Jaguar games? Or I guess I should say, do you pay for Jaguar games? Well, I do. And excuse me if I don't meet your lofty "I know what's best for the team even if you rubes don't" standard, but I don't think it's out of line to expect the team to try it's hardest to win for the paying customers. 

 

You can play pretend GM at any time. The players, I hope, are trying to win games.

Lol when I played I was one of the fastest and hardest hitting players on the field regardless of who we played. I gave 110% on every play even when we were constantly getting blown out every Friday by 60+ points. The team simply wasn't that talented. There were a few bright spots but not enough. 

 

There is a reason professional football athletes only play 16 games, and dread adding more games to the regular season. It's brutal. The risk of serious injury is ever present. They get hit by the biggest, fastest, and meanest players on the planet. And if you were ask them long after their playing careers ended to provide an honest and accurate explanation of how they felt during times where they knew the season was over and there was absolutely no chance of playing in the playoffs, I bet some of their answers wouldn't deviate far from what Kurt and Marshall said. These are professional athletes. This isn't like college. These guys don't get bowl games, they get the couch albeit very expensive couches but couches nonetheless. You romanticize and uses metaphorical phrases like "gladiator", "battles", and "glory" but forget that football players are people too. That is why coaches shut certain players down during a losing season, don't play starters when they've clinched, etc etc. Of course everyone wants to win, but even those coaches know the games don't really matter. They might matter to you. You might feel better knowing the team went 4-12 as opposed to 2-14 but in the grand scheme of thing it doesn't matter. That of course is my opinion. You don't have to agree with it and I certainly don't have to agree with yours...

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