Seize the day

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(12-03-2018, 01:56 PM)2MinutesHate Wrote: I guess I don't really see the point anymore.  Who really should care if the Bengals are a bad team?  Laying on the couch yesterday watching the latest dismantling of our team, I stopped to reflect back on how upset I was when Taylor caught that pass from Montana in Super Bowl 23.  Then I realized that was 30 years ago.  Next, I did some quick math which revealed this: 30 years x 3 hours/game x 16 games = 1440 hours/24 hours per day = 60 days of my life I have spent watching the Bengals do pretty much the same thing year after year.  I'm not even counting all the time reading message boards, news articles, tv shows, etc.

Don't get me wrong, we've had some ups, but even more downs in that time.  At 43 years old, I am realizing my mortality and how precious time really is.  I began thinking that I'd like to spend more time with my children and the things that matter and less time with the Bengals (as interesting as they can be sometimes).  I then considered my expectations, which I have found to be completely wrong the whole time.  Mike Brown has not and perhaps cannot bring us fans the winner we've always dreamed of.  As long as he remains, the organization will not be able to move forward due to the decisions he makes.  

The Broncos were leading 21-10 at that point and I drifted off to sleep.  When I woke up, Mark Walton carried the ball as time expired.  The game was over and our season as well.  I guess I really didn't care at that point or anymore at all even.  My mentality has changed and hopefully my behavior as well.  While I will still follow the Bengals, until there are some real changes, I don't see any point in getting excited about much of anything.  

However, I still am pretty pissed about John Taylor though!  :paul: (Billups too for that matter.)

I'm very close to your age.  I think what keeps guys like us around is that we've been at the precipice, and it was during our youth.  We've experienced the excitement of your team being in the Super Bowl, and all that accompanies the lead up to the game.  It was also during a time in our lives when things like that seemed even grander than they were.....a true spectacle.  We still cling to that hope, that one day, we'll get to relive all of that, and maybe even win this time.

As for these younger cats?  I dunno.....man, you guys must REALLY be gluttons for punishment!