No, I hear ya, and that's a good example. It's $h!t to endure the tough times, but on the other hand, that doesn't mean that it has to last forever, IF you're willing to do something about it. Now if you don't do something about it, that's another story. Almost kind of like what you hear about people that stay in and deal with abusive relationships; they'd rather accept being continually hurt, but in their eyes, at least there's consistency in their lives, instead of dealing with the fear of the unknown that comes from breaking free of it, and all the uncertainty that comes along with it.
But I digress...
That doesn't mean that the whole time between the time you first get hurt, and the time you become strong / smart enough to not let it happen to you again is going to be painless though. There's going to be some rough stretches, but if you stay committed to improving, then you'll eventually get there. IMO it's not realistic to think that there will never be any kind of pain in life. It's a great ideal to strive for if you can pull it off, but rarely does it happen in reality.
But that's the key though IMO...deal with the suckage now, but at the same time, commit to working on making things better long-term, instead of just trying to band-aid everything and continuing to sweep the core problems under the rug. That's what I feel the issue is with Russ having to bail everybody out at the last minute. Sure, hero ball makes for great TV, but it's ultimately an unsustainable strategy against legitimate contenders that will have a good enough eye to figure out the team's weaknesses and exploit them.
I'm just thinking that if ownership doesn't embrace the fact that life has to change, and that positive, long-term change will involve some short-term pain, it'll provide ammo for the argument that the Seahawks now have "clueless ownership," and will be tossed into the same category as the Jaguars, Falcons, Giants, and Chargers. Not quite Detroit or NYJ, but one step above them...and that's not exactly a good thing.
Everyone and their grandma knows that year after year, those teams are pretenders. They make noise in the beginning to generate hype and hope, but right on schedule, they end up $h!t the bed, but somehow end up winning just enough so that their ownership doesn't question the coaching staff and FO's already questionable decisions in the name of not rocking the boat...or they just flat out don't care and figure they can make money off of the die-hard fans that fill the seats, and their share of lucrative TV deals, so they can make a ton of money without even putting out any effort to win.
And year after year, the same story continues.
