I
was going to mock Mike Shanahan for being a quitter – because quitter’s never
win – but then Mike Shanahan clarified
his earlier comments. Apparently, everyone who interpreted Shanahan’s “now you're playing to see who obviously
is going to be on your football team for years to come” comment as putting the
2012 season in the Loss column while he turns his beady eyes to 2014, 2015 and 2016 were being ridiculous.
Well, 2016 assumes a contract extension so
maybe we should just leave it at 2014 and 2015.
I
like the fact that Shanahan’s meta-comments actually seem plausible. “What I meant by that is, any time you
have adversity, now you've got a chance to see all of these guys play every
game the rest of the way like it's a playoff game.” Okay. Those are the
kind of guys you would want on your football team for years to come. Makes sense.
Two thoughts on this clarification…
First,
if that’s what you meant, why didn’t you just say it?
Second,
this explanation seems only marginally better in that it seems to indicate that
Washington is just one more loss away from closing the books on 2012. Why not
go with “The only causes worth fighting for are lost causes?”
Or
maybe, “We’re playing in hopes our children will not be mocked by the kids in
the chess club?” Those kids in the chess club are straight up gangsta.
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