BluRmGrl said:
Oh, I've got plenty more opinions/or argument - I've just found when discussing sports, men very often won't even consider my view, so I'm usually willing to leave the conversation with that bon mot. Sports aren't life or death to me, so I can walk away from the discussion and feel no less a person. (Not insinuating that you couldn't.)
As for only mentioning Belichick, I pointed out the coach because he's supposed to be the head of the team & I believed his behavior to be in poor taste. See? That's opinion - might be popular, might be unfounded, but it's what I think and I'm entitled to it.
As for the intitial presentation of my opinion, you're absolutely right- it was 'gloaty'. Like I said before, I love to see an underdog win. I could have found a less abrasive way of making my point, but I didn't and I'm willing to take the heat for that.
Finally, please don't think that, as an American, I enjoy watching the displays from players after a big sack or an impressive tackle. I wish the NFL would be more do more to cut that crap out - not just the 'excessive displays' in the end zone after a touch down.
Like I said before, I don't hate the Patriots. I'm just glad they lost the Super Bowl and I think their head coach made a terribly low-class move. I'm not telling anyone else that's how they have to think so where's the problem?
I don't have a problem with your opinion per se, but my criticism was with the way it was presented, perhaps because i was kinda rooting for the Patriots so that i could see something really, really historic.
As i go back over your post looking for another paragraph it seems we're largely agreeing, although i don't see Belichick leaving early to be as big of a thing as you do. So perhaps i'll just round this post out with some type of cliched sitcom summation.
I'm not going to dismiss anyones knowledge of sport or anything based on gender, face to face or otherwise. Never seen the point of it. To be honest my opinion should be dismissed first because of the screw all i know about NFL despite watching a game a week (or less) for over two years.
I know you weren't insinuating anything about if i can or can't walk away from a conversation and feel less of a person or whatever because it's sport. As far as i'm concerned sports are a way to have fun, playing or as being a fan. Even if you're sitting in the rain while your team is getting whipped in front of you there's people making jokes about how crap we are and so on. And even if it isn't fun at the time usually its fun to reminisce about, although there are games i can't watch or think about because it hurts too much or is just too frustrating (heh, try following the teams i follow and not find that to be a common feeling). This has been, if nothing else, a fun way to pass some time.
And i wasn't suggesting every American loves the over-the-top displays, i was just expressing why my opinion of what Belichick did might differ from the majority (or minority, whatever).
All i can say is thank god i'm not going to be home for a few days, i don't think i could bear watching ESPN for the next week.
PS Normally i love an underdog too
Cue sappy string music, and out.
