02-10-2022, 06:31 AM
(02-09-2022, 03:25 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Nah. It's been pretty quick for me, being Wed already. Only 4 more days.
I'm actually as calm as i could possibly be, for 2 reasons. I've gone through this twice already so it's not really a "new" experience to me. Also, during the 49ers game earlier this year, the final straw finally arrived for me (i've already posted this a couple times). Long story short, i'm not going to get as emotionally invested in this team as i used to. I still watch and enjoy and read all the article and watch all the youtube videos and shows, but it's barely more than watching Seattle vs Dallas now. I root for them but i'll never get to the point again where i get even a small amount of mad at any play or game again.
The really funny part about that is, it happened before their comeback and eventual loss to SF. I had flipped out and left a curse storm (on my way to my shop to get a glue gun for my wife) so dense, it registered on a barometer and i was hoarse by the time i got to work. Then as soon as i flipped the switch off (after returning home), they score 2 TDs and then go on this run--after i've been a rabid fan for 43 years.
It's all good though cause now i can watch the game and just go about my day, unaffected, if things don't go well.
IIRC they didn't have the extra week off back then. You went right from the Champ game to the SB, so it wasn't so bad.
But yeah, I don't get worked up about what the Steelers do and it's been that way for a while. It's probably why I can post here and it doesn't bother me.
I've always said that no matter what happens on Sunday, I still have to go to work on Monday. Also, I have zero control on the outcome of the game and the Steelers don't send me a paycheck every week, so I don't get too emotionally wrapped up. It's all entertainment to me.
I have no problem separating the team that I root for from the person that I am. Call whatever player whatever you want or say anything about the organization and that's fine. It has zero reflection on me personally. A lot of people can't do something so simple.
