Comments on: The Best Steelers Museum in the World https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/10/11/the-best-steelers-museum-in-the-world/ An Introspective Steelers Site Sat, 31 Dec 2016 21:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/10/11/the-best-steelers-museum-in-the-world/#comment-1133 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:42:17 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1929#comment-1133 Al Davis—no surprises there… I’ve found in terms of musicians that most of the best musicians I know are also great people, at least if you don’t meet them too soon in their careers. I think it takes a certain amount of humility (which is often learned in the face of self-induced adversity) for most people to truly rise to greatness.

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]]> By: Geoffrey Benedict https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/10/11/the-best-steelers-museum-in-the-world/#comment-1130 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:23:23 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1929#comment-1130 I went to college in walking distance of the HoF, and worked for a guy who ran the HoF banquets for the players. He always took a shift as bartender and had awesome stories about how great most of them are, and about what a huge jerk Al Davis is (a lot of those). Just bussing tables was a great experience.

You hear so much about the bad stuff that it is kind of remarkable to find out what great guys most of the best of them are.

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]]> By: roxannafirehall https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/10/11/the-best-steelers-museum-in-the-world/#comment-1119 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:14:57 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1929#comment-1119 Another Amen here. Although I was not a Steelers fan back in the dark days, I remember the relative drought in the mid-eighties. Four years of no playoffs is nothing compared to what most other franchises endure.

I’m one who enjoys the ride every year. Making the playoffs is damn hard work and takes dedication, good players, good coaching and good luck, among other things. Those who believe that 8-8 is unacceptable and heads must roll don’t get it. The Steelers have retooled on the fly without a losing season, an amazing accomplishement. I believe we are in a position to contend through the duration of Ben’s viability as a top ten QB. We are blessed.

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/10/11/the-best-steelers-museum-in-the-world/#comment-1066 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 01:48:46 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1929#comment-1066 Amen to all!

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]]> By: Ivan https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/10/11/the-best-steelers-museum-in-the-world/#comment-1065 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 01:39:13 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1929#comment-1065 On Being 60 years old is okay”. In terms of being a Steelers fan it may be better than that.

There is something to be said about the humbling effects of failure and suffering. It is an understandable desire to shelter those we love, especially our children life’s difficulties. Then we have to deal with how the resulting sense of entitlement can sometimes amplify the inevitable setbacks, as well as dull their appreciation of the good things.

Steelers fans of a certain age can remember when a .500 record was a cause for celebration when now it presages a descent into panic. This is not to say that we should pine for the good old days, but there has to be a middle ground between that and not being able to more fully enjoy having a team having as many as four players on the offense who are the arguably the best in the game at their positions, solid talent virtually everywhere else, good coaching and management. Even though Pittsburgh has never had such riches there is this underlying anxiety; a sense that ultimate success cannot bring joy, but only a temporary sense of relief at best.

Those who have experienced the lean times seem better equipped to appreciate the value of the journey. I only hope that younger fans who have only known the times of relative fat can learn from the experiences of others rather than to have to subjected to down times themselves in order to ‘get it’.

Thanks for the sharing of your adventure and observations.

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