I'm gonna admit it. I broke down today. I cried. I sobbed. And now my wife is absolutely furious and said I will be sleeping on the couch.
As many people on this forum know, I am a VERY tough guy. But this broke me. The franchise just fired the greatest thing that ever happened to it. They fired the guy who won them their only Super Bowl.
They fired the guy who engineered the brilliant Russ trade and got a team everyone predicted to be one of the worst in the NFL last year into the playoffs.
I tried explaining this to my wife. She told me to man up. She said it was pathetic a grown man would cry over a football coach. She just doesn't understand. And I see a lot of people who don't understand here as well. People rejoicing. Pete you will never be forgotten.
I hear ya. How you can watch that and not tear up is beyond me.
Just to watch what could possibly be the swan song from someone who just visibly, viscerally, obviously, completely loved his job, the people around him, and the team. And just the crushing 'I don't wanna hang up the gloves, but I will help with the transition in any way possible'. Resigned to his fat. I mean, c'mon man.
Gonna miss him. I know, he petered out near the end here - but Jesus. You don't see statements like that in such a raw emotional way from humans in general that often. At least I don't. Seriously wanted to give him a hug - and the ONLY other time I wanted to do that was with Holmey riding away on his gifted motorcycle.