Comments on: The NFL’s Problem https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/19/22512/ An Introspective Steelers Site Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:56:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: RIP Ivan Cole | Going Deep: https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/19/22512/#comment-54272 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:56:39 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22512#comment-54272 […] The NFL’s Problem: […]

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]]> By: Anonymous https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/19/22512/#comment-6391 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 07:22:04 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22512#comment-6391 I’m always so disappointed when people threaten to burn things and then just…wash them. I guess I have a dramatic family. My brother once threatened to burn his bike if something happened, although I can’t remember what, it happened and then we all went outside and watched him do it, my parents only concern that there was a hose available in case of too many flying sparks. He was about 10 at the time. My grandmother burned her wedding dress after an argument with my grandfather and my greatgrandmother burned her NRA membership card and sent a photograph of it aflame to them. Perhaps we’re pyromaniacs?

I am glad you didn’t burn anything that said Steelers on it. The Towel (caps on that T, please) is so petty and vindicative that I’m really afraid to do anything that might upset the very small amount of Steelers swag I have.

I’m glad your husband likes the idea. If I come to Pittsburgh, will he let me sit in his chair?!!

Earthling (who, by the way, got superstitious over the log in problem and has given up for the season)

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/19/22512/#comment-6377 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 01:28:51 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22512#comment-6377 Well I didn’t actually burn the shirt – I’m just washing it. But perhaps I will put it away until next season… My husband thinks your idea is excellent, and he’s pretty smart. I like it a lot.

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/19/22512/#comment-6376 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 01:27:54 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22512#comment-6376 In reply to A. Nonny Mouse.

Hey, Nonny… (Sorry, just a little choral director humor.) It was great to meet you on Sunday, and I only wish the game had ended differently, because now I suppose we can never again be in the same room when the Steelers are playing…

j/k. To your point, check out the Smolderings tomorrow for more fuel, as if more was needed…

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]]> By: Anonymous https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/19/22512/#comment-6371 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:07:22 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22512#comment-6371 So maybe they should crowd source all the plays under review. The NFL experts are doing a crappy job convincing people they’re fair and consistent, so let everyone at home take over the job

You register, you get your NFL officiating number (probably linked to a credit card so you’d have one vote per source of capital), and when a play is under review, the NFL provides to the home viewers about 10 replays and you have 2 minutes to vote with only two choices. The most popular answer decides the call and the game goes on. Maybe it would also add a boost to viewing figures as well.

It can’t be worse than what happens now. It wouldn’t matter why you voted the way you did–spite, stupidity, whatever. As far as we know, those are part of the official decision process anyway and I’d trust my drunken neighbor as much as the NFL.

As for what happens to the Steelers now– Come on, people! We’re not the Bengals so that wasn’t our Super bowl. We were good enough to beat the Patriots, Ben was better than Brady, missing key parts the rest of the team played up to their jobs, we’ll get back some of those keys and the things that went wrong will be things we won’t do again when we beat them on our way to the SB. Tomlin is great at helping these players channel anger, frustration and disappointment and I have no doubt he’ll do it this time. It took me 36 hours to believe this and his press conference was a big part of it. He’s absolutely right–how this team responds now is more important than what happened.

Or as my dad liked to say: You don’t cry over spilled milk when you’ve got a cow in the barn.

So I’m sorry Rebecca but if you put that lucky jersey in the incinerator, you’re going to have put the ashes in a bag and wave it with your towel. This will end up just a small part of the legend. 🙂

Earthling

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]]> By: A. Nonny Mouse https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2017/12/19/22512/#comment-6367 Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:26:45 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=22512#comment-6367 To add a little more fuel to the fire…. Officials gave the Steelers the wrong cues, leading to the botched ending.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2017/12/19/nfl-replay-rules-jesse-james-overturned-touchdown-steelers-patriots-mike-tomlin/stories/201712190158

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