07-31-2015, 12:44 PM
(07-30-2015, 10:47 AM)PApinhead Wrote: But Hey!!! At least we are making the playoffs, right? We may get embarrassed in them, but at least we're making them.
That's the logic I just don't understand. "Lets be happy they're making it to the playoffs".
As if the playoff mean something when you're getting bounced in convincing fashion every single time.
The point of the playoffs in to win in the playoffs. If you never win, is there a point?
(07-30-2015, 12:32 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This.
Some people act like the enjoyment that the experienced with regular season wins never happened once we lose a playoff game. But the fact is that the future can not change the present, and the past can not change the present.
When we win a regular season game I am happy. I don't say "I don't know if I am happy or not because I have to wait and see what happens in the playoffs". And even if we win a Super Bowl that does not make me happy in subsequent years when we lose regular season games. I don't say "Well the Steelers just beat us but I am happy because we won a Super Bowl a few years ago."
Winning is fun and losing is bad. But neither the future nor the past changes what happens in the present.
Like it or not, this is exactly how a lot of people feel. A Bengals beat reporter even said last year that seasons are becoming tainted by the focus on the playoff losses. Unfortunately, that's the #1 thing our team is known for right now: playoff disappointment. That's undeniable really. I'm glad that you are able to ignore the giant elephant in the room and 100% enjoy the Bengals' wins without thinking about their playoff failures, but this isn't the case for many people.
If you got to drive a Ferrari 4 times and each time it ended with a wreck, would you thoroughly enjoy the 5th drive? Or would all those crashes be in the back of your mind, tainting your enjoyment?
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