Monday, September 8, 2008

What's All This Fuss About?

All the negative talk in Rams Nation is really perplexing. Last year we went what, 3-13? So in order to improve on that we only need to go 4-12. It's the same principal stores and car stealerships use when they say they are the cheapest around, or have the best deals. Legally speaking, they only need to beat the competition by $.01 to make that claim. So for the Rams to have an improved season, they only need 4 wins.

To get to 4 wins doesn't require that they win the first game. Or the second, or the third. As long as they average 1 victory per month, that's 4-12. Ok, so it's not much of an improvement and we would all love to get to the Super Bowl. THAT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN!

Why not allow yourself to be content with even the littlest bit of improvement? We all learned last year, thanks to the New England Cheatriots, that even an 18-0 season is a failure if you don't win the big one. In the grand scheme of things, whether the Rams go 4-12 or 17-1, it's all failure. So take some Valium and drink it down with Jose. Do whatever it takes to calm down and appreciate that Steven Jackson got his f'n helmet knocked off on an illegal, unflagged helmet-to-helmet hit and then bounced right back up like it was a mosquito bite. Chris Long had two nice tackles and a few pressures on McNabb, and Alex Barron had only one of the frickin 6 false starts. We know the other 5 will work themselves out, so if we only get his one per game that will be fine with me.

0-1 isn't so bad. There are 15 more games and the Hags, Cards, and Whiners all suck way more than we do. Don't give up hope, for 4-12 may just win the division. Now that's two improvements I'd take any day!

4 comments:

lovemyrams said...

It's the lack of willingness to try on most of the teams part and their lack of fire and enthusiasm that was embarrassing. They didn't even try to make a game of it. That's what's upsetting most people.

Geezer Ram said...

I agree - there was no fire whatsoever in them - Jackson was the only one I saw with any emotion at all

Anonymous said...

I fought myself about even commenting on such a defeatist attitude.

4-12 sucks - not acceptable, not progress. There is nothing good about bad and changes must be made.

Would you call it progress if you washed only one armpit today after not showering at all yesterday?

Wait- don't answer that. Losing SUCKS.

At least we have alcohol. That's progress.

Anonymous said...

Aw, c'mon guys. I know it's not really progress, but what the hell. Just trying to see the light at the end of the loooooooooooooong tunnel.