What have we done?

"Should we shout, should we scream, what happen to the post war dream...."

Did we believe our own post (and pre) season hype? Or are we simply slow starters. History would point to the latter. As a fan, and it being the day after, I am forced to review my own BS posts from last night with the disgust akin to an early morning walk of shame. You see, I'm passionate about my team, and that's no excuse for my behavior but thank the heavens that I'm not Jason Kreis, because I shudder to think how the team might feel today if I had laid into them with my frustration from last night. JK isn't merely a coach, he's the leader, and right or wrong his comments about the game are warranted, and dare I say wise. He may have been throwing up in his mouth a little after the 1st goal and the 2nd may have started the '09 ulcer, but as the rest of verbally spewed at our televisions, he remembered the most important thing about leadership. If the ship has begun to sink and the wheels are wobbling to the edge of falling off, he must keep a level head. Though too early to grip the rails and hold on for the death spiral (it was only our first match) nothing would make the journey to the bottom faster than if JK was overheard on the bench predicting the apocalypse. Leadership should and must keep it together while Rome may be burning, because that is the only hope to right the ship. Can you only imagine if McArthur had stood in front of his men and triumphantly claimed "We're screwed, I'm on the first plane back to the states, good luck boys!" or FDR in his big speech to congress the day after "the day that will live in infamy" had confidently announced, "holy shit that was horrible, let's hope they don't do that again or we're really f****d"! Nay, JK did the right thing, he mentioned that we did some things right but we need to get to work if we're going to be successful; and thank God, for most of us, that were not Jason Kreis!

See you Thursday night!
GO RSL!