I'd become 'comfortable' with losing...

[Akronfinfan36]

and now I don't even know how to feel about Sunday's game. I've been a Dolphin fan for more than 30 years (My dad bought me a Dolphins uniform when I was 7 or 8 cuz I told him I liked their colors, and I've stuck with them ever since despite being born and raised in Browns/Steelers country.)

This is going to sound very strange, but I remember getting so jacked and nervous for big games during the Marino era and how lousy and pissed off I would be for days after a loss, that after Dan retired and we started our downward spiral as a franchise, losing almost became 'safe'. I knew we weren't going to win and I knew that no one else (friends, media, etc.) thought we were going to win so I didn't have to worry about getting nervous and stressed out before ANY games. I actually wore my beat-to-hell Dolphins baseball cap MORE during all the losing as a kind of 'phuck u' to all the Browns, Steelers and local bandwagon Pats fans.

I do truly believe they can win the game on Sunday, but I guess I don't want to set myself up for going back to those days when I would be so down after a big loss. I remember how pissed off I would be.

My wife's an RN...Maybe I'll just check myself into the psych ward at the local hospital on Saturday night...I'll probably be able to watch the game there, right?:foundout:

 

[oasis]

Haha, totally with you man, I know how you feel. Hopefully with age has come the ability to control the negative mood after a loss...at least only to Sunday and part of Monday. Or maybe not...

Interestingly, I too became a Fins fan for the same reasons - the colors/unis hooked me when I was really really young, and Danny did the rest.

 

[cowboy82nd]

It depends if they think you are a danger to yourself, whether or not you get to watch the game. That's why I'm on my best behavior this week, because I want to watch the game.

 

[72TributeBike]

I've been a Dolphin fan for more than 30 years...

Then you may remember this little heartbreaker. It was the last game of the season...another win and you're in senario for the Dolphins...you'll remember! Here is the box score:

From Week 17 - 1991 NFL Season

http://www.databasefootball.com/boxscores/gamedata.htm?dy=22&mth=12&yr=1991&tm=MIA&lg=NFL




To me...this is another one of those payback games! I was in the 400 section for that game, not my normal residence at the stadium, but it was sold out. There were SO MANY Dolphin fans...it was amazing! Dan the Man was really good that game. He really lit up the Jets. But then those goddamn Jets stole the game with two late field goals.

I was screwed up for weeks after this loss. It was the end of our season...a season that many of us thought with Dan in his prime that we could win it all.

Ack!!!!

THIS WEEKEND, WE DINE IN HELL!!!!

 

[CedarPhin]

Really can't blame you. I used to live and die by every win or loss, all the way up until last year, though my passion had started to dwindle before that. It was like watching the LA Clippers, a few good years here and there, but no staying power.

Thankfully, I was energized when Parcells and Co. were brought in, and the spark has returned for the most part.

Here's to a win on Sunday!

 

[Akronfinfan36]

Haha, totally with you man, I know how you feel. Hopefully with age has come the ability to control the negative mood after a loss...at least only to Sunday and part of Monday. Or maybe not...

Interestingly, I too became a Fins fan for the same reasons - the colors/unis hooked me when I was really really young, and Danny did the rest.

When I was younger, losses hung with me. That's what I mean by the losing becoming 'safe'. When they were losing on consistent basis, the losses didn't really bother me at all. It was really more a feeling of confusion, like 'This only happens to the Bengals and Lions'.

I've actually tempered my enthusiasm much of the year because it has been such a pleasant surprise. But it's hard to temper the enthusiasm leading up to Sunday's game.

All I have to say is..."They absolutely HAVE to beat the mutherphucking Jets.":D

 

[Akronfinfan36]

Then you may remember this little heartbreaker. It was the last game of the season...another win and you're in senario for the Dolphins...you'll remember! Here is the box score:

From Week 17 - 1991 NFL Season

http://www.databasefootball.com/boxscores/gamedata.htm?dy=22&mth=12&yr=1991&tm=MIA&lg=NFL




To me...this is another one of those payback games! I was in the 400 section for that game, not my normal residence at the stadium, but it was sold out. There were SO MANY Dolphin fans...it was amazing! Dan the Man was really good that game. He really lit up the Jets. But then those goddamn Jets stole the game with two late field goals.

I was screwed up for weeks after this loss. It was the end of our season...a season that many of us thought with Dan in his prime that we could win it all.

Ack!!!!

THIS WEEKEND, WE DINE IN HELL!!!!

I wanted Dan to get a ring so damned bad. Then Elway won 1, then another one, and that just added to it. I thought to myself...'If Dan had a Terrel Davis, he'd have one'. Of course, I realized we needed much more than that.

I remember being really f-ed up after Stoyo's missed FG in San Diego. That one stuck with me for a while. I can still remember seeing the shot of Dan on the front page of the Herald sports section walking off the field looking dejected as hell. That hurt.

 

[CedarPhin]

That 94 loss was one of the worst losses I've ever experienced as a Dolphins fan.

 

[Finnick2]

and now I don't even know how to feel about Sunday's game. I've been a Dolphin fan for more than 30 years (My dad bought me a Dolphins uniform when I was 7 or 8 cuz I told him I liked their colors, and I've stuck with them ever since despite being born and raised in Browns/Steelers country.)

This is going to sound very strange, but I remember getting so jacked and nervous for big games during the Marino era and how lousy and pissed off I would be for days after a loss, that after Dan retired and we started our downward spiral as a franchise, losing almost became 'safe'. I knew we weren't going to win and I knew that no one else (friends, media, etc.) thought we were going to win so I didn't have to worry about getting nervous and stressed out before ANY games. I actually wore my beat-to-hell Dolphins baseball cap MORE during all the losing as a kind of 'phuck u' to all the Browns, Steelers and local bandwagon Pats fans.

I do truly believe they can win the game on Sunday, but I guess I don't want to set myself up for going back to those days when I would be so down after a big loss. I remember how pissed off I would be.

My wife's an RN...Maybe I'll just check myself into the psych ward at the local hospital on Saturday night...I'll probably be able to watch the game there, right?:foundout:

I get what you mean, the pain can suck...BUT in a strange was doesn't it feel good to hurt like that again? When losses matter because something is at stake

 

[Akronfinfan36]

I get what you mean, the pain can suck...BUT in a strange was doesn't it feel good to hurt like that again? When losses matter because something is at stake

Yes. I guess I have to get used to the Dolphins winning again.

 

[67Stang]

Without failure you will never know success. We should win this game, not just hope to win. I beleive we are the better "TEAM". You can't let fear take the wheel and steer! Lets go Fins, expect to win!