Off season optimism - Then full on kool aid chugging as we hear about guys tearing it up in training camp - Then comes denial as they continue to give away games at the beginning of the season - then reality sets in (Surprise! Its the same ol' cardinals) - then around game 10 its "where are we going to be drafting?" then as Dj says - wash-rinse-repeat.
Good one. Here is my Cardinals Calender, learn it.....love it.
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My meltdown already happen with no yelling or screaming. I watched last week as "The same ol' Cardinals" took the field, and did the same ol' crapola.
So I went back to my roots as a Cardinals fan and broke out the standard procedure. As seen below:
Jan.-Feb.: Watch the playoffs and wish the Cardinals could make it there
March: Read about Free Agency, and listen to the annuall Graves speech about how we don't need a top of the line free agent and we are going to get mid-level guys to fill in spots. Translated as: Eventhough this team annually sucks eggs, we are not going to do what it takes to improve it.
April: Watch front office screw up yet another draft for the 50th year in a row.
May: Listen to the annuall we are waiting for June 1st cuts speech.
June: Get excited for camp, and fill yourself with false hope since you are so desparate to enjoy just one Cardinals football season regardless of the fact you know deep inside they suck.
July: Listen to the new coach, and new system say how things are comming together, and about the "talent" level this squad has.
August: Waiting for the annual "The Cardinals are going to turn the corner this year" from the sports writers. And the standard Michael Bidwill "This is not your same ol' Cardinals" speech.
September: Watch the first four games. Usually come out 2-2 with 2 miraculous loses that defy logic, physics, and could not be better written in Hollywood.
October: Watch the team go about 1-3 with one or two huge blowout losses that demoralizes the team in a whole.
November: Watch the team go 0-4 and pack it in for the season by week eight, leaving the fans to talk about next year, and new players in free agency (that the team won't sign anyway), and the draft class (that the front office will screw up anyway)
Decemeber: Watch the team go 3-1 to ensure we never get a good draft spot and to give a little hope towards next season, cause you have to have hope in order to smash it into tiny, isty, bitsy pieces the following October.
Then repeat.
I moved out from the East Coast almost 30 years ago at the ripe age of 20 when I saw what my folks were actually paying THEN. It was a good move overall.
