[CBFF] Old Dolphins Are Not Lessened by Undefeated Teams But by Their Own Attitude

[Phil DeNomme]

do you have that PFW breakdown of draft picks?

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Old Dolphins Are Not Lessened by Undefeated Teams But by Their Own Attitude<http://chicagobearsfanforum.com/blog/?p=1225>
> via The Chicago Bears Fan Forum <http://chicagobearsfanforum.com/blog> by
> Tom Shannon on 12/16/09
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> *Bears*
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>    - For those of you wondering what happened on the first Packer TD run
>    Sunday, here’s a pretty good break down<http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/79189677.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=packers>.
>     *Dan Pompei* at *The Chicago Tribune *also has a pretty good
>    explanation here<http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2009/12/another-look-back-at-a-play-that-killed-the-bears.html>
>    .
>    - *Brad Biggs*, also at the *Tribune*, says that *Pro Football Weekly*has done a “draft accountability study”<http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2009/12/bears-draft.html>and that the Bears don’t fare too well.  I’m not disagreeing but
>    statistically the Bears seem to be about average.  The low rating is,
>    therefore, apparently subjective.
>    - *Mike Mulligan* wrote a nice column<http://www.suntimes.com/sports/mulligan/1942118,CST-SPT-mully16.article>for The
>    *Chicago Sun-Times* which emphasized that *Virginia McCaskey* is still
>    ultimately in charge of making the big decisions at Halas Hall.  I continue
>    to wonder, along with many Bear fans, what the plan is for running the
>    organization when she is no longer with us.  She has 11 children…
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> *Elsewhere*
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>    - Some of the Cincinnati Bengals are wishing you a merry Christmas<http://www.bengals.com/happyholidays.html>.
>      Badly.
>    - The Rams have released guard *Richie Incognito*<http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/15/rams-release-richie-incognito/>.
>     Incognito looked extremely frustrated on the sidelines when the Rams played
>    the Bears a couple weeks ago.  The guy has a temper but I really think his
>    biggest problem is that he just hates to lose.  I’m not saying the Bears
>    should pick him up.  But its tempting…
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> *One Final Thought*
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>    - *Don Shula*, in an interview with the FOX affiliate in Orlando<http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/sports/nfl/dolphins/121509-shula>on the possibility that the Saints or the Colts could go unbeaten:
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> “They’re a legitimate concern.  I’m rooting secretly inside that somebody
> beats them.”
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> He then goes on to claim that he and his former players aren’t the poor
> sports people claim they are.
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> “We’re very proud of that but we’re not a bunch of angry old men that sit
> around and can’t wait for that last undefeated team to get beat.  If
> somebody breaks that record . . . I’m going to call that coach and
> congratulate him.”
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> But you still are “secretly” rooting against them.  Because you feel that
> the accomplishments of others somehow diminish your own.
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> Technically, I guess that doesn’t make them “a bunch of angry old men”.
>  Just very small ones.
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