Okay fans, I'm an all-Houston teams fan just as anyone else is...and there have been lots of bashing and negative threads...but thing is what's done is done! We can not go back in time, we just have to let the smoke clear and see what we ended up with and look towards the future. Here are basically the five stages of grief (I took some info on this link) to those who are upset about the outcome of the draft. Stage 1: Denial Mario Williams is signed before the draft Friday night. Many of us are in shock and disbelief when they see the head lines running on ESPN at the bar. Stage 2: Anger At this point, we have gotten past some or all of the denial, but now we are angry about the signing. We may end up trying to drink more, yell at somebody or try hitting a wall. Stage 3: Bargaining In the bargaining stage, we are trying to come up with ways to get back what we lost or just find someone or something to blame. I have read in the chronicle and even heard on the radio where Texan fans said they would not renew their season tickets or ever watch them again! Stage 4: Depression The depression stage is just as it sounds, a time of sadness. It generally follows denial, anger, and bargaining when we feel helpless and hopeless to stop the loss. It may include crying, withdrawal, or any other way that expresses sadness. Stage 5: Acceptance The final stage is acceptance. Most often we have gone through all of the above stages and in many cases cycled through the above stages more than once before getting to acceptance. At this stage, we have (to some extent) reorganized ourselves and our thinking to incorporate the loss. This does not mean that we no longer get sad about the loss from time to time, but the sadness is now a part of us and does not keep us from functioning normally most of the time. Over time, the intensity of the sadness generally diminishes, but may never entirely go away. Armed with the knowledge of these five stages, we can now better understand ourselves and others who are going through the grief process. Recognizing the stages can increase your empathy and support for others and provide permission for yourself to go through the process in your own way and in your own time. Basically this offseason, we have great prospects in our: OL, OLB, and DE from the draft. Through free agency we picked up a couple of WRs and DLmen. Take this how you want, but if you still want to cry about Bush then keep crying because he ain't going to the Texans anytime soon (same with Vince)..
I jumped from 2 to 5. It's done and over. Doesn't mean that I will easily forgive this franchise, but I'm already done b*tching. Good luck to Mario.
Why am I not surprised to see a therapy thread. "Shutup and get out there and mow the lawn for Christs sake!" There's therapy for ya! Mowing the lawn and crying at the same time. "The Leary kids in therapy again. Their lawn looks great, it's unbelieveable!"
I jumped from 1 to 5, I'd be lying if I said my jaw didn't hit the floor there for a minute or two but overall I think it is a good pick; probably a better pick for team than Reggie or Vince would have been. Hindsight 20-20 though it would have been nice to have picked Peppers that first year and plugged in a Kitna type guy and had our shot at VY this year but that is not the way it played out. Too bad but I'm ready to welcome Mario and hopefully this will be the year we give DC some time and he proves that he is an NFL QB
