This loss sucks. Hard. Most hyped game of the year. Depleted team (we always struggle against those), and we struggle to put it away. An awesome game thread punctuated with a catastrophic collapse.
Everyone's in the dumps, and that's fine. That's normal. But this talk of getting in the lottery reminds me of my oldest telling us he hates this family and he's going to run away. Somehow the threat gives him a sense of empowerment. Anyway, I've been saying since November and December that we're not a lottery team, that Rudy would come back, we'd go on a huge tear, and everyone would talk championship. Then we'd hit one last skid and people would look to throw themselves off bridges again.
My initial hope back (see link) in mid-January was to get back in the playoffs and face Houston. That's still a good scenario. We play up to competition. Those guys are poised for an epic collapse in the post-season, it's just a matter of whether or not it coincides with us and if we can sustain some mental toughness against them. Anyway, I'm not saying that's who we'll face, but people thought that was a laughable idea.
I was initially going to duck out for a little while on making game threads after the Memphis game. I'm experiencing significant game-thread fatigue. But I'm going to hold it together for a few more games until some of the mopey bitch attitude clears out of this place.
