Do you have any idea how far off the reservation you have to get for me to yell about dopey fan entitlement?
The teams in the city right now spend money and try to win. Go ask a f***ing Pirates fan what it’s like to build a winner from within and have it be known that they’re never paying to keep the team together. Some of us lived through Norman Braman and Harold Katz and Bill Giles completely destroying franchises. It’s why I say over and over again that we need to appreciate how important people like Lurie are to their teams’ success. The Eagles at one point were only successful because they hired a transformative defensive mind who also hardcapped himself by REFUSING TO THINK ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. The other teams being so inarguably incompetent is part of what created so damn many Flyers fans.
The Phillies went to a WS with Harper. The Eagles went to a SB with Owens. The Eagles were consistently a good team with Kelce and won a heap of playoff games. If Brady wins that SB in OT and it means you think they wasted Kelce, you’re no better than the guy calling into WIP asking for them to run Saquon from the I formation 25 times a game because it worked for Emmitt Smith.
Why the hell is everyone so afraid to just enjoy a season? The Sixers probably aren’t going to win the title. If you let that ruin your enjoyment of the season, it’s a you problem.
All I was trying to say is I hate the feeling of knowing your team is good enough to win and you don't. Or you have that dude who is good enough to win, and you don't. Being happy or grateful for the process and being frustrated by the results can both happen at the same time.
I now realize that wasting was the wrong word to use because it implies poor management of the team around the players I listed. I don't think that is the case here or with the sixers or with anyo of those other teams/players (well except the Flyers obviously lol). You probably remember me saying "this is the path to a championship" about the PG signing and the Nola re-signing/Hoskins situation. We always agree that all we ask for from management is identifiying a reasonable path to success then reasonably make decisions following that path. Pretty consistently, we have at least one team doing that in this city.
What I'm trying to say is the frustration of watching the players not execute knowing they're a plenty good enough unit to win this thing sometimes makes me say stupid emotional bullshit in the moment, and sometimes "the moment" extends for hours after the moment actually ends. That's the biggest me problem of all. Sorry to make you rant about dopes, believe it or not, I'm not actually one of them. I just hate watching my favorite players get so close then lose. That and the fact that when I go into work I actually have to interact with those dopes, so it keeps festering. Last night someone said to me Strahm is losing them this series.