Is Anybody Strangely At Peace?

[Badgerinmaine]

I think I've figured out what this feels like: You've probably worked out, gone hiking, or had some sort of exercise where you think, "Man, that hurts and I feel sore all over...but it's a good sore". That's where I'm at.

[mmmdk]

NFC championships games at home don't come that often. Sure Packers surprised and did better than expected but that's BS when you're actually standing with one foot in the super bowl. This will sting and a return next season made harder. A loss in a SB vs Cheaters would not sting this badly. The Giants were better and that has to bring reality back to the avid Packer fan.

[Deputy Nutz]

I remember when I was real young and took second in a wrestling tournament. I was really disappointed because I knew that I made a mistake and got caught on my back. My mom tried to cheer me up by telling me how far I came and that I should be proud that I made it as far as I did.

I didn't talk to her the rest of the night.

Vince Lombardi would not accept this concept of being proud after a team loss to go to the Super Bowl, and neither will I.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I remember when I was real young and took second in a wrestling tournament. I was really disappointed because I knew that I made a mistake and got caught on my back. My mom tried to cheer me up by telling me how far I came and that I should be proud that I made it as far as I did.

I didn't talk to her the rest of the night.

Vince Lombardi would not accept this concept of being proud after a team loss to go to the Super Bowl, and neither will I.

That basically how I feel right now.

[Patler]

I remember when I was real young and took second in a wrestling tournament. I was really disappointed because I knew that I made a mistake and got caught on my back. My mom tried to cheer me up by telling me how far I came and that I should be proud that I made it as far as I did.

I didn't talk to her the rest of the night.

Vince Lombardi would not accept this concept of being proud after a team loss to go to the Super Bowl, and neither will I.

That basically how I feel right now.

I respectfully submit that you are both confusing being a fan with being a participant.

[Deputy Nutz]

I remember when I was real young and took second in a wrestling tournament. I was really disappointed because I knew that I made a mistake and got caught on my back. My mom tried to cheer me up by telling me how far I came and that I should be proud that I made it as far as I did.

I didn't talk to her the rest of the night.

Vince Lombardi would not accept this concept of being proud after a team loss to go to the Super Bowl, and neither will I.

That basically how I feel right now.

I respectfully submit that you are both confusing being a fan with being a participant.

Thanks for the insight Cliff Christl. I didn't know you came around these parts. Nice to have you as part of the forum.

[Deputy Nutz]

Being a fan or being a coach or player I look at competition the same exact way, a loss is just that a loss. I am not saying that this team is a failure, I am just not one to shower praise after a loss, or one to expect praise after a loss.

I take lossing extremely hard.

[Patler]

Being a fan or being a coach or player I look at competition the same exact way, a loss is just that a loss. I am not saying that this team is a failure, I am just not one to shower praise after a loss, or one to expect praise after a loss.

I take lossing extremely hard.

I always did when I played, and when I coached, and when I was otherwise actively involved with a team. But not as a fan. What's the point? What can you do, or could you have done to change the outcome. Nothing. Players, coaches and others who are Packers should not be satisfied. But for a fan, it just is what it is.

As a fan I watch games just like I watch a movie, to be entertained. I have no personal stakes in the successes or failures of the team or any of the players, so whether they win or lose means little to me shortly after it is done. My day today is no different because they lost than if they had won. The loss yesterday did not diminish in any way the entertainment they provided going 14-3 before yesterday. The only difference and regret I have is that the Super Bowl will not be as interesting to me as if GB had been in it.

Successful teams and programs are built in increments. Hopefully 2007 was just a building block for the Packers, and not the pinnacle of the Thompson era.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Being a fan or being a coach or player I look at competition the same exact way, a loss is just that a loss. I am not saying that this team is a failure, I am just not one to shower praise after a loss, or one to expect praise after a loss.

I take lossing extremely hard.

I always did when I played, and when I coached, and when I was otherwise actively involved with a team. But not as a fan. What's the point? What can you do, or could you have done to change the outcome. Nothing. Players, coaches and others who are Packers should not be satisfied. But for a fan, it just is what it is.

As a fan I watch games just like I watch a movie, to be entertained. I have no personal stakes in the successes or failures of the team or any of the players, so whether they win or lose means little to me shortly after it is done. My day today is no different because they lost than if they had won. The loss yesterday did not diminish in any way the entertainment they provided going 14-3 before yesterday. The only difference and regret I have is that the Super Bowl will not be as interesting to me as if GB had been in it.

Successful teams and programs are built in increments. Hopefully 2007 was just a building block for the Packers, and not the pinnacle of the Thompson era.

Patler, obviously you don't bet on the games or talk smack with you buddies at work.

[Patler]

Patler, obviously you don't bet on the games or talk smack with you buddies at work.

You are certainly right about that!
The smack-talking thing seems pointless to me when I have no personal involvement in the contests, and I am much too much of a tight-wad to bet on anything!

[Deputy Nutz]

Being a fan or being a coach or player I look at competition the same exact way, a loss is just that a loss. I am not saying that this team is a failure, I am just not one to shower praise after a loss, or one to expect praise after a loss.

I take lossing extremely hard.

I always did when I played, and when I coached, and when I was otherwise actively involved with a team. But not as a fan. What's the point? What can you do, or could you have done to change the outcome. Nothing. Players, coaches and others who are Packers should not be satisfied. But for a fan, it just is what it is.

As a fan I watch games just like I watch a movie, to be entertained. I have no personal stakes in the successes or failures of the team or any of the players, so whether they win or lose means little to me shortly after it is done. My day today is no different because they lost than if they had won. The loss yesterday did not diminish in any way the entertainment they provided going 14-3 before yesterday. The only difference and regret I have is that the Super Bowl will not be as interesting to me as if GB had been in it.

Successful teams and programs are built in increments. Hopefully 2007 was just a building block for the Packers, and not the pinnacle of the Thompson era.

Understandable.

[mmmdk]

I remember when I was real young and took second in a wrestling tournament. I was really disappointed because I knew that I made a mistake and got caught on my back. My mom tried to cheer me up by telling me how far I came and that I should be proud that I made it as far as I did.

I didn't talk to her the rest of the night.

Vince Lombardi would not accept this concept of being proud after a team loss to go to the Super Bowl, and neither will I.

That basically how I feel right now.

I respectfully submit that you are both confusing being a fan with being a participant.

Fan is short for fanatic; are fans to be compared to extremists? Extreme kool-aid? No! Drop the rhetorical jest; striving to win is what it's all about and when you lose - you pick yourself up and come back even harder...to win the super bowl.

Just a note; in my book a participant is one who's into a sports just to be social and chatty....and doesn't care about winning.

[PA Pack Fan]

At peace with it?? Are you serious? If your fine with losing the biggest game in the last 10 years, your not only not a GB fan, your not a football fan period!

This ones a stinger. How close were we to the Super Bowl? About as close as you can get. Overtime for the NFC title. Holy crap, a chance you get about once every 10 years if your lucky.

Are you assuming we will just get better and better till we win it all. Better think again. Free agency can change a team in a hurry, next years schedule will not be a cakewalk, and we'll be picking almost last in the draft.
We have two corners that are shit and need replaced, an ancient qb, and half an offensive line thats over the hill.

These chances do not come often. Favre needs to retire.

[Patler]

Fan is short for fanatic; are fans to be compared to extremists? Extreme kool-aid? No! Drop the rhetorical jest; striving to win is what it's all about and when you lose - you pick yourself up and come back even harder...to win the super bowl.

Just a note; in my book a participant is one who's into a sports just to be social and chatty....and doesn't care about winning.

But how do you as a fan "strive" to win?? There is nothing that a fan can do between now and next fall to change anything about the Packers. You may "want" to win, "hope" to win, or even "pray" to win; but the only ones who will make a difference are the "participants" who are the players, coaches and other staff members of the Packers.

I could be as fanatic as anyone, but it would make absolutely no difference in next season's outcome.

[Jerry Tagge]

I'm crunchy.