dgack
01-05-2008, 01:16 PM
I get what Saden is saying and I don't think we should be exploiting and "using" the dead as "fuel" but at the same time, if this team had fallen apart and lost out, we probably wouldn't have held them to the same standard and said "these guys are taking Taylor's death too far and using it as an excuse for their disappointing play".
Speaking as someone who has just suffered the loss of a family member in the past week, all I can say is that it's not for anyone else to tell someone grieiving how, when, or how much to grieve.
SmootSmack
01-05-2008, 01:50 PM
I get what Saden is saying and I don't think we should be exploiting and "using" the dead as "fuel" but at the same time, if this team had fallen apart and lost out, we probably wouldn't have held them to the same standard and said "these guys are taking Taylor's death too far and using it as an excuse for their disappointing play".
Speaking as someone who has just suffered the loss of a family member in the past week, all I can say is that it's not for anyone else to tell someone grieiving how, when, or how much to grieve.
My condolences dgack
Gibbsmeatitle#1
01-05-2008, 01:56 PM
I just don't understand why his memory shouldn't be a motivating factor. They've dedicated the rest of the season to him. And why does anyone care what motivates them exactly??
Matty,
You've hit it on the head. It doesn't really matter what motivates them so long as they are motivated. I for one think you can bundle almost everything into one motivating concept, "the Team". The players aren't thinking they're playing for themselves first and then so on and so on...They are playing for "the Team" and "the Team" includes the players, coaches, Sean Taylor and whomever else you want to throw in. They also know they can beat anyone in the league with the way they're playing now.
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