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At what point do the loses start to become numb to you? Gone are the days where for sure I would expect the dolphins to at least make it to the 2nd round of the playoffs. Back then a loss would devastate me for the week. Crazy I know..lol. I remember yelling and cheering as hard as I could. I was 12 at the beginning of our constant playoff run we had 97-01 I believe. Now? the loses just start to get numb.
 
It happened about 5 or 6 years ago.
 
It started in 2004 for me. Before that the Dolphins were always good just never good enough so all losses hurt. From 2004 to present it's not nearly as bad. I will say this though these last possession games are excruciating, sometimes I'd rather just see the fins get blown out than lose these games. With blowouts I'm usually over it before the end of the game.
 
I freak out when we win now and spend the next week asking myself... "How?"
 
I pretty much dont expect to win anymore. If we win great, if we dont, oh well.
 
I still show plenty of emotion during the game and when we win, but not as much when we lose.

I would have to say I was at my worst (During loses) during the 80s. When we lost, my week was brutal (Didn't help in Highschool there were a lot of obnoxious Jets fans), almost as bad in the 90s, but once we reached 2000, I started getting more numb after a loss each year.
 
DolfanISS said:
It started in 2004 for me. Before that the Dolphins were always good just never good enough so all losses hurt. From 2004 to present it's not nearly as bad. I will say this though these last possession games are excruciating, sometimes I'd rather just see the fins get blown out than lose these games. With blowouts I'm usually over it before the end of the game.
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Agreed and the frustration of all the close games and the ones that we don't pull out just builds on me. Let me put it to you this way near the end of last weeks game my wife looked at my face an attitude and said do you need a "snickers".
 
stopped caring, i just enjoy the game and i am even more excited and surprised if we win. When we lose it just reminds me how damn pathetic the whole team is. Although i get a little happier hoping with each lose comes the end of the regime and hopefully get a new one. Oh well!!
 
put it this way…
Life is tough enough. No need to make it harder on yourself by taking this losses personally.
It's not our fault the idiots upstairs can't put a decent team on the field year in and year out.
 
Funny, I'm 44 I have seen the good days, and the bad. I haven't missed a game for the past ten yrs, including preseason. I used to yell and scream at the tv jump up and down, but now the passion is gone. I still watch every game, every snap, and come to fin heaven everyday. It's not fun losing al the time. I know for sure I lost it when we were 1 and 15 that yr. it has not been the same since then.
 
I am continually amazed at how this organization gets idiots for HC or are on the coaching staff. Everytime I think we turn a corner, we run into a brick wall. I never get numb to it. My anger and frustration always seems to be at a boil.
 
I take the losses too hard, stay away from the sports recaps and commentaries for a few days, and if they're as terrible as the Buffalo one I saw from the stands, also stay away from FH for fear that my head would explode or I'd end up getting suspended. I can be philosophical about losing to good teams, but not giving them away to the likes of Baltimore, Buffalo and TB based on our own **** ups, bad coaching calls and one sided refereeing.
 
I never thought I'd get to this point, but I just don't really care when we lose anymore. I used to get mad and let it ruin my day, now I just shrug it off and ask my gf what she wants to do today

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