Feb 03 2009
The View From A New SuperBowl Fan!
I never watch football ever but this time I did. You might ask why? I think it’s my bucket list kicking in again. You know, the list of things you do before you die? In my life, it’s not about dying, its about experiencing something I don’t normally do.
I never understood the football before, thanks to my boyfriend, now I do. He patiently explained how the game was played. I was amused, watching him finding the right words to my many questions. The funny thing is that he’s a football fan and there he is snoring away on the couch while I’m jumping up and down and cheering for both teams. Yes, I said both. It’s great to be a neutral fan. You have no favorites and you enjoy the success of each individual player.
Like when that guy ran 100 yards and scored a touchdown! First record in history there before my eyes.! I felt so privileged to share the moment with him and the world.
Meanwhile I get a text full of swear words, from my buddy who is a fan of the other team. I write back, “Where’s your joy of the sport?” I’m happy for the guy, he’s accomplished something no one else had and what about the dude who jumps up in mid air at 2 minutes 40 seconds to the ending of the game and is seen sitting on the sidelines hugging his legs and his teammates are all hugging him? It all happened so fast, I thought he had hurt himself at first. But then, I felt pretty ridiculous, when after the slow motion screen shots played, he had done an amazing thing too! He caught the ball and scored a touchdown within a foot of the far right corner back boundary.
I was sitting on the edge of my seat wondering if the Cardinals were going to win their first Super Bowl.
Then the Steelers did just that, they stole the last few points with some amazing moves.
I couldn’t help but notice a big difference between the two teams.
My very first time watching a football game from start of the game to the finish. I’d have to say the Pittsburgh Steelers, work well as team players, their movements were fluid and in unison, they were quick on their feet and were able to predict their teams every move. The youngest coach for the NFL prove how awesome his techniques were and how well his team works with him, it was awesome to watch him in action.
I celebrated his success with him and wished him more games to come. As for the Arizona Cardinals, you’ve got great players but a few have ego problems. You had one guy getting a lot of fouls, maybe he’s nervous or he’s just sloppy and his “I can do nothing wrong attitude” is getting in the way of what his coach expects of him?
My advice to the Cardinals, learn to relax, get comfortable with all the rules, develop some confidence in yourselves so you don’t resort to unnecessary roughness or holding out of desperation to stop the other players. You only hurt yourself and your team.
Work on building a stronger team and develop a type of communication between your players. It looked like too many chiefs out there, doing their own thing at the expense of their team.
If a player can’t work with the team, no matter how talented, put him on the sideline until you break his spirit and ego.
The team has to show confidence in its coach or he can kiss his job goodbye. He could be an awesome coach, but if his players aren’t listening to him, then he needs to buckled down with them for this is crucial to their success.
The other thing was that several passes were thrown with no one around to catch them? I believe if the cardinals had connected more as a team, they would have won. The many mistakes they made, held them back from winning. Still with a difference of 3 points, they gave the Steelers a run for their money!
Overall, the game was fantastic to watch. The commercials were funny and entertaining for once. You can view them at http:// www.chfi.com and click on “Super bowl Highlights”. So I just had to write a thank you note to the Cardinals and the Steelers for making Super Bowl XLIII fun and exciting to watch for my first time! Click Here For more stories and articles on Super Bowl XLIII.
