Midnight Mike
2008-02-04, 05:19 PM
The five stages of Patriots grief
Stage 1: Denial and isolation
No! No! No! No! Noooooooooooo! No! No! No! No! No! Noooooooooooo! This did not happen. There is no way this happened. It's impossible. There is no way Eli Manning -- Eli Manning! -- stopped us in the Super Bowl from going 19-0. Eli Manning did not just beat Tom Brady. Tom Brady did not get knocked out of the playoffs in back-to-back years by the Manning brothers. I refuse to believe it. Such a world does not exist.
Stage 2: Anger
I have a friggin' Patriots helmet tattooed on my head! On my bald head! What am I supposed to do? I feel foolish now! I wouldn't have done it if I knew they were going to lose. I just feel so misled! I feel so stupid.
[youtubetp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8guMii5Uuw[/youtubeb]Stage 3: Bargaining[/b]
OK, look … there's got to be a way to make this right. What do you want us to do?
Stage 4: Depression
Life is not worth living.
I've spent the past five months of my life telling everyone I know how great the Patriots are and how much their team sucks. I've called radio shows. TV shows. Written countless words on Internet message boards.
Stage 5: Acceptance
OK. So we lost. It happened. We were 18-0 and lost in the Super Bowl to Eli friggin' Manning and the New York Giants. It still sounds insane to say that out loud, but facts are facts.
Truth is, I'm fine with it. That's three years in a row the Patriots haven't won a Super Bowl. What kind of dynasty is that?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ortCat=nfl (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/080204&sportCat=nfl)
Stage 1: Denial and isolation
No! No! No! No! Noooooooooooo! No! No! No! No! No! Noooooooooooo! This did not happen. There is no way this happened. It's impossible. There is no way Eli Manning -- Eli Manning! -- stopped us in the Super Bowl from going 19-0. Eli Manning did not just beat Tom Brady. Tom Brady did not get knocked out of the playoffs in back-to-back years by the Manning brothers. I refuse to believe it. Such a world does not exist.
Stage 2: Anger
I have a friggin' Patriots helmet tattooed on my head! On my bald head! What am I supposed to do? I feel foolish now! I wouldn't have done it if I knew they were going to lose. I just feel so misled! I feel so stupid.
[youtubetp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8guMii5Uuw[/youtubeb]Stage 3: Bargaining[/b]
OK, look … there's got to be a way to make this right. What do you want us to do?
Stage 4: Depression
Life is not worth living.
I've spent the past five months of my life telling everyone I know how great the Patriots are and how much their team sucks. I've called radio shows. TV shows. Written countless words on Internet message boards.
Stage 5: Acceptance
OK. So we lost. It happened. We were 18-0 and lost in the Super Bowl to Eli friggin' Manning and the New York Giants. It still sounds insane to say that out loud, but facts are facts.
Truth is, I'm fine with it. That's three years in a row the Patriots haven't won a Super Bowl. What kind of dynasty is that?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ortCat=nfl (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/080204&sportCat=nfl)