Fingers That Need to Be Pointed
The last 18 and a half hours have been a slurry of mumbled profanity, violent revenge fantasies, stomache-crushing repressed rage.Many things went through my mind, most of them quite unrepeatable, but what is important now is, Who to blame? What does this mean? and What should we do?
First, the blame.
I put it mostly on Mike fat-ass Sherman. Every fucking year he loses to shitty teams that come in and play their hearts out. Arizona and Detroit last year, ...Chicago this year. When a team-wide collapse happens every year in similar situations, it's the coaches fault.
But there is more specific blame to spread.
It would be really keen if we had a receiver who could, you know, catch a football. These guys get paid a lot of money to do one thing, CATCH THE FUCKING BALL. And these weren't difficult passes either, these were balls that hit them in the chest.
I guess Bob Slowik hadn't quite thought out his blitzing strategy all the way through. I guess he had designed it on Madden '92 where the offences don't adjust to your calls. Did he have an answer for this? No. Did he have a plan? No.
I cannot believe Sherman went for it on 4th and 8 at the end of the game. They needed two scores, a TD and a FG. He could have kicked the FG right there and came back to get the TD. Sure, you like to get the TD first, but was going to be very difficult from their position. Like an idiot, he went for the TD, failed, and lost the game right there. He did not put his team in the best position to win the game, he made it more difficult for them and that is the worst thing a coach can do. Sheer idiocy.
I also have a finger pointed at the refs who called a particularly curious game. First, Rex Grossman fumbled the ball and the Packers recovered. On the replay, the ref said that "his arm was in motion" and thus called it an incomplete pass. The only problem is that THE FUCKING BALL WASN'T IN HIS HAND WHEN HIS ARM WAS MOVING FORWARD ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Secondly, a Packers receiver was dragged down by his facemask at the end of the game. The ref missed it. Had he called it, the clock would have stopped, the ball would have been near the 5 yard line, the Packers could have regrouped and benefitted from the additional momentum. As it was, the ref missed the call, and the Packers failed to score. And lastly, the Bears first TD took place only because the refs gave them a new first down after they failed to convert on 3rd. The refs called someone (Jue, I think) for illegal contact for reaching out and touching a Bears receiver. The defensive back did not hit him and did not alter the route, but the flag was thrown. If you believe that no Bear defensive back touched a Packer receiver ALL DAY, then you must be a Bear fan, which means you are an idiot.
And finally, I have one finger left for all the Bear fans out there. It's the middle finger. It symbolizes the number of times you will beat the Packers this year, and symbolizes the number of division wins you will have this year. So, try not to drop too many cheese fries out of your mouth with your boastful predictions of a Bears revival. Your gimmicky team pulled out every stop to win that game, and still almost blew it. That shit doesn't work for more than a game or two. So, Fuck You!
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