ilikedlargent":2a4zhenp said:
BirdsCommaAngry":2a4zhenp said:
gmor":2a4zhenp said:
TwistedHusky":2a4zhenp said:
So 98.99999% of the blame rests on having an ineffective offense and you single out a bunch of defensive players?
Smooth.
Simplistic and almost laughable, but smooth.
PS You predicted the right outcome but you are so ridiculously wrong about the cause you don't even get to take credit for it.
Outcome is the point of football is it not?
No, it's the same as anything else in life. Process is the point. Outcome is merely an extension of process (and luck!).
The Seahawks have processed 2 wins in 6 games. The outcome is they suck
Think of it like this. If someone owns a cement mixer and he needs this cement mixer for an upcoming job, what should he do when he learns that his cement mixer is currently producing cheerios? In the time between learning this and the upcoming job, should he get very angry, kick his dog repeatedly, and eventually show up to where he's been contracted to work with excuses about why his cement mixer doesn't work and how whoever designed it should be fired? Should he attempt to determine what's currently wrong with his cheerio-producing cement mixer and fix it so he may complete the task he's been contracted to do? Or should he attempt to utilize this cheerio-producing cement mixer in a way a cement mixer would not tend to be used, such as by selling it off as a carnival attraction or for an exhibit at a science center?
The first option I've listed is a plan based entirely about an outcome. The hypothetical person is angry and doing nothing to improve his predicament. The second is about changing a process so that it may produce a presumably more desired outcome. The third option is one about realizing there isn't something wrong with the process but in how the person was attempting to use that process. What the cement mixer lost in ability to produce cement it has made up for and perhaps even surpassed with its ability to now amuse. The first person will be angry and angry for a long time over his problem. The second will be glad he resolved his issue and he'll have a fun story about his cement mixer. The third person, however, will have had a much greater opportunity to derive a larger amount of happiness from the problem.
To put this all in perspective, the 2-4 Seahawks are the equivalent of the of seemingly problematic cheerio-producing cement mixer. What I hope you'll realize is that as a football fan, and particularly as one who bases their pleasure more entirely upon the outcome of the Seahawk's games, you're choosing to be more like the person in my examples who kicked his dog, made excuses, and received the least amount of happiness from the experience with the cement mixer.
In other words, the current inability for the Seahawks to win football games isn't a problem. IT'S A CHALLENGE! They're challenging us to find ways to make the best of this current situation. By seeking conflict with fellow fans, looking for scapegoats, and contributing little else other than short statements about our gripes, we're failing this challenge. It isn't the outcome of the games that's stressing us. It's our disposition toward the outcome of the games that's stressing us!