Heyseed":2ytzpsnj said:
Broncos have beaten us more than anybody I think
It doesn't matter now
I'm an "old timer" I guess, since I'm in the 38 club. If this is true (the Seahawks have been beaten more by the Broncos than any other team), to me, this is some extra satisfaction. More satisfaction, perhaps, b/c of all the hype of the #1 offense that was said would be the undoing of the Hawks. I don't know how more satisfied I can be than simply with that 43-8 beat down, no matter what team the Hawks did it to. It was (and will always be) a thing of beauty.
(fair warning... I am going to mention XL below. If you don't want to read it, exit now.)
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I'm going to comment now on XL (your final heads up), because it was brought up and I've seen these sorts of comments pop up in relation to this SB victory. So, those tempted to accuse me of whining... don't. Remember, I'm a 38 club guy - so understand that I have a lot of years invested in this team. I don't need to be reminded or schooled on matters such as "don't blame the officials" and all the other flippant comments that get thrown around when some just don't see the weight of a problem. I have coaching experience, officiated athletic events, etc., etc., etc. I'm not just making uniformed comments.
Here's the deal:
I don't see how this Super Bowl victory changes anything about how the 2005-2006 Seahawks were treated like the only skunk at a garden party at SBXL. I don't think any of the players on that team are now saying, "Well... our goal was to just win one for the franchise and this 2013 team did it. So, it has righted that wrong." No stinkin' way. I'm not dwelling on that game, but the world saw what we saw... and a certain man charged with the responsibility of managing an equal playing field lost sleep for 4 years about that game until he finally had to come out with it to get it off his chest.
The guys on that team worked just as hard as this 2013 team did to get to the opportunity to play for a title. Not saying they would have won if not for all that has been well-documented and proved to be relevant to the outcome of the game. But, they probably would have won with all the momentum they had if not for even one of the last calls that did them in (the Phantom holding / no-call offsides that would have put them on the 1 and likely up 17-14.)
I love this current team, the direction, etc., etc., etc. I'm not living in the past. There's no sense in that. But, at the same time, there's no sense in pretending that it didn't happen or trying to forget it, either. There's much about that team and year that brought great joy. I have not forgotten that 2005 team and what they meant to me and countless other fans. That would be ungrateful. I'm grateful to those who were part of that team. Thank you Mike Holmgren, Matt Hasselbeck, Shaun Alexander, Marcus Trufant, etc., etc., etc. You will always be champions in my book. You/they had accomplished so much and brought something to the Seahawks franchise that I had only dreamed would happen in my lifetime. There are fans like me who will always feel that pain, even though we all have had to move on.
