Utter and Complete Disappointment

I'm done.

I am done emotionally investing in a football team that continues to disappoint me. A team that has disappointed me so much that I have contemplated giving up on teams from Indiana all together. Bottom line, they choked. The stars were aligning, the Pats had lost, we had a great regular season, home field advantage, Super Bowl in a dome, and the Colts choked. In years past I haven't been as upset as I am now. I really didn't think that they were good enough to go to the Super Bowl the last few years. But this year, this year they were good enough and they blew it.

As much as I hate to admit it, but I think Peyton can't win the big game. At least the way he plays the game now. There needs to be someone on that coaching staff that can say to Peyton, "Run this play, not the play you want." When someone says to me, "Peyton sucks, he can't win the big one." I am not going to go into my usual lengthy defense of him, but simply say, "You are right." As much as I feel for Tony Dungy and his family, I can't help but think that the coaching staff that he is in charge of did a horrible job preparing for theis game. This team has some serious issues that need to be addressed. Not issues like bringing in new personnel or new staffs, but taking a good hard look at themselves and realizing that the way things are run now is not the way to win the Super Bowl. Win lots of regular season games? Yes. Break passing records? Yes. Get a good seeding in the playoffs? Yes. Win it all? No, no and no again.

Bill Polian is good at what he does, but his holier than thou attitude has hurt this team. It gives the attitude that we will continue to do things a certain way and it will produce the desired results. Instead, maybe the team should realize why no QB in NFL history has had as much command in play calling as Peyton has, maybe they should realize that they need someone on that staff that gets in players' faces, maybe they should realize that they can't win the way things are.

A few questions from the game. 1) Did we forget that Edgerin James was the team's running back and had a great year? 2) Why in blue hell did we try a 10 yard pass on 3 and 2 with two timeouts? 3) Were we trying to show Joey Porter that all we had to do was pass the ball and that would give us the win? I would have a question about Vanderjagt here, but the more I think about it, the less I think that this loss had anything to do with him. (Alright, it had a little bit to do with him and they should cut his ass right now.)

There are many more questions, but I can't muster to ask them, because I'm done. I will follow the team next year and cheer if they win, be a little disappointed if they lose, but I am not pinning my hopes on this team anymore. They had their chance to give me a little bit of joy and excitement this year and I shouldn't be surprised that they blew it, just like everything else.