Watching Your Team Lose

One of the difficult things in life is watching your team lose. Spending the 2 or 3 hours of pain experiencing the trauma, the disappointment, the weakness and everything that is included with losing can be so frustrating. Why is it so disappointing? Why do we hope so much for our team to win? What do we have invested in it, besides our time for those couple hours?

It is half time right now of the San Diego Chargers - Tennessee Titans Wild Card Game and the Chargers are losing 6 - 0. They look terrible out there. This is a team that made it to the playoffs? Where is our star running back, LT? Our defense is doing pretty well, but our offense just looks poor. Tennesse has been just plugging away with short gains. We keep going for these big plays to save us. Isn't that something that they should have learned from years of playing the game? Get the first down. Get the first down. Charge up the field, slow if you have to, but just dominate. We keep getting to 3rd and long and have to rely on an amazing play to save us.

Now, I am just about to start up the second half and I hope that they come out and decide to be champions. Sports can be so tough to watch. You think it is just so mental. And from playing, I know that is true. So, what is it that these guys need? Do they need Gene Hackman to come in there and give them a rousing speech?

Norv Turner was brought in this year and still made the playoffs proving us all wrong that doubted he could do it. I figured he was a terrible coach, because he does have a losing record in the NFL. He is a good offensive coordinator I guess. But by making the playoffs I figure he proved something. He could do what Marty Schottenheimer could. Now, it would be nice if he could show us that he can do even more. Let's win a playoff game.