This is my biggest gripe right now. I will shit post making fun of him until the dogs come home because that helps me cope as a fan and (as far as I know) he’ll never hear or read a word I say so I don’t have to feel bad. In reality, I believe he is in a bad place mentally, going through something - possibly related to having a 1.5 year old at home but being on the road a lot, creating an unequal workload and resentment from wifey, etc. and the extended post season runs don’t help that - so I do have empathy and sympathy for him… but if that is the case - and it looks SO clear this dude is damn near end of his rope depressed - than just step away for a bit and get yourself some help. It isn’t heroic to play through it. You’re killing your team and infecting the room with your mopes. Take the time you need. If that’s what it is, we’ll be FINE while you’re out and MUCH better if you actually come back with your shit figured out. If that’s ISN’T the case than you need to eff off to Andromeda and never return.
Like, I get it… pro athletes have a magnifying glass on them and media pressure, etc. and falling short in the ECF twice and such makes for a lot of extra pressure, but as a man you still are a massive success, providing AMPLY for your family, able to retire very young and enjoy life, etc. I was a PTSD veteran with a baby, debt and a job barely above the poverty line who ended up going through a brutal divorce, which left me even more poor due to lawyer fees and child support, lost my job (not traded to another billion dollar sports franchise where I’d continue to be a king, just in a different city) and I’m almost positive nobody ever saw me looking as sad, pathetic and sorry for myself as Mika looks damn near every shift for like 2 solid years now. Not saying what I went through was worse (objectively, I can’t really see how it wasn’t) but JFC man, stop looking like you just saw your dog get hit by the school bus this morning, every f***ing day.
