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fans are idiots. the keep forgetting that athletes are actual humans, real live persons, just like hte rest of us, and that their sport is something that's typically very important to them, and it's their job and their passion.
and instead of looking at this lie, hey, you just lost a game, you should be crying and wah wah wah because you let me down, why not turn it around.
lets say you were working all year long with a group of people at your company. you had some success, and some failure. you had a big pitch to make at the end of the year, and while you really came together as a team and put your best product out there -sure, there were some mistakes, some weaknesses, but nobody's percection is absolute, and you put your hearts and souls into it - at the end of the day, the other guys' pitch was better.
but your manager liked your work, and some of the ideas you came up with have the potential to be real winners. much of your team will be back to work on it, building those concepts into better products, but you know that for many of the people in the room, this will be your last time working together. joe and little bobby, the interns - they likely won't be coming back for another rotation. but good luck to them in school next year. and jane and ahmed, the new hires - those guys are always the first ones on the chopping block. old alfred is going to retire. and ray. ray's star is rising, and don't think they haven't noticed. ray's going to get pulled away for something bigger, you can just feel it.
you r manager planned a party for after the big presentation, anticipating that it would go well. the room is booked, it's all paid for. and he knows how hard you worked. hell, he'll be there too.
are you telling me that you're going to just go back to your hotel room and cry into your roll-aboar and garment bag? or are you going to go out with your team, and celebrate the hard work and hte good times you all had together? reminisce about how you overcame so many challenges, and all the times you stepped up to get this far. and what about sending off those guys who won't be coming back, who you may never see again except in awkward excahnges over linkedin? what about commiserating over the bitter end of it all, and how much the lead briefer on the other team looked like a big goofy doofus with floppy hair. fuck him, and his older brother too (fucking nepotism - he may be good, but that punk ass didn't work his way up like you did - he got it on his family's name).
you're going to turn your back on all of that just for one night? no. these are your people. you need to be with them, and live it up. you can write up your lessons learned tomorrow. that can wait one more night. you have months befor e the next request for proposals comes out. tonight you need to be a human.
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