Off Topic: Why do some of you do this

[papachaz]

(10-03-2011 01:00 AM)harveybirdman Wrote:  I hate this about myself, but I literally cannot watch a game without coming completely unglued when the Falcons start getting outmatched. Chat can sometimes become out outlet to vent those frustrations. I imagine that others use the functionality with similar intent.

But like Peyton always says, if you let a football game wreck your life then you have some emotional problems or have some seriously misplaced priorities. Still at some point it becomes so much more than a game. Let's face it, for some of us life is hard. Not getting into specifics because that's all relative, but suffice to say football is a welcome distraction from many of life's problems.

Eventually your team becomes a microcosm of your life, and you want nothing more for them to succeed on the ultimate stage not unlike you want success for yourself. Any setback the team experiences and causes an unwelcome parity between one's own struggles therefore the frustration can become magnified.

I haven't watched more than at passing for the past two weeks, and it some respects it makes the weekend a bit more enjoyable. However I do miss watching the team, but I don't know what to do about next week. I know I'm going to get carried away again...

excellant post and explanation. i gave this a plus one.

in addition i'll add my thought. 40 years as a Falcon fan. We've seen it over and over and over and over and....well add 30 something more 'overs' you get the point. then TD, Smitty and the current crew come along and give us hope that "hey, this ain't my daddy's Falcons anymore"....only there are just a few things they can NOT seem to grasp and fix. you know, stuff like 3rd quarter collapses, giving up 3rd and long on defense, what appears like a total inability to make adjustments IN GAME, always seeming to be able to make even a 3rd or 4th string or otherwise bad QB look like he will get voted to the probowl after playing us.

and the absolute worst one of all. Even though we've squeaked out a lot of wins in the past 3 years, and two more this year, 98% of the time we seem to play DOWN to the level of the opponent of the week. this week is a perfect example of that, there is absolutely NO FREAKING WAY that this game should have been close at all. Are we ever going to get that fire, that killer instinct that we just go out and totally dominate and humilate the lesser teams consistantly? like the AZ game last year, when is that going to become the 'norm' for us. We keep hearing about all this talent we have, when is it going to be used correctly?