I get that. Everyone has their own viewpoint on stuff like this. For someone whose strong reward for watching is the visceral excitement and adrenaline rush, that makes tons of sense. I have some of that in me too.And it's that uncertainty, along with many other reasons, which leads me to believe that cheering against the team is foolish. There's just zero guarantee that we tank and the QB selected isn't a bust or isn't just mediocre for another 7 years. I know the odds of success increase exponentially of getting our star at top 3.
But we only have so many games before one day it is all over and hopefully there is a great beyond where we can still watch from. Every win is precious, as precious as whatever time we have left.
Don't you feel overwhelming elation taking it to our opponent on Sundays? A loss ruins my entire week, man. I can't even watch sportscenter or inside the nfl. I'm too invested .
And it's so stupid because there are so many other things in life to enjoy or worry about. But I didn't choose this. I was born into this tribe. My father put a mini Dolphins football in my crib when I was a baby (have the photos to prove it... somewhere) and the rest is history.
If you could guarantee me a championship team after a year of tanking, I'm your Huckleberry.
But after watching decades of success I really want that again. Having now been through two decades on a treadmill of mediocrity, I'm not longer OK with doing the exact same thing and giving it a shot. I want something that is demonstrably better than before, and I'm OK with a "No Pain, No Gain" approach. If it means sucking for 1 year to give us the best percentage chance to get a QB who will be good for a decade … I'll do it. Yeah, nothing is certain … but playing lottery ticket odds for the rest of my life is depressing as hell. Two decades of false dawns. We have no great coach, and we're trying to get one, but they are really hard to find. We have a reasonable chance of getting a great QB though, if we get that top pick. To get that, either we mortgage our future picks, or we suck for one year. Of the two, the one that makes the most sense to me is tanking for one year. It'll suck … but not as much as enduring the discouraging mediocrity every year.
That's just my viewpoint. Not everyone will share that viewpoint, and that's cool.