Philosophy DB & RR live by
Many are frustrated that DB has stuck to his guns, and not caved with providing public comments on the coaching situation TODAY. Some want him to bring on Harbaugh, some want him to give RR an extension. The commonality is that many want this resolved NOW.
Others are frustrated with RR, and what he has or hasn't done with regards to the defense. Many don't understand what he has in mind, and disagree with changes (or lack of changes) he has made with player personnel, and coaching staff. Many are embarrassed at the treacle displayed at the football team bust with the song and speech and all. (As if treacly displays weren't the standard fare at most such events.)
I have read and pondered many of these posts, good and bad, expressing great frustration, ANGAR, and sometimes ennui. They bring to mind a poem from Rudyard Kipling. I believe his poem captures fairly well the philosophical stance taken by both DB & RR. I present it for those of you who just can't wait. My counsel for you, my fellow fans, is patience. We are in a bowl, we are improving, and tomorrow will be better.
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
December 6th, 2010 at 11:48 AM ^
Make it stop.
December 6th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
out the nuke.
December 6th, 2010 at 3:54 PM ^
Is this going to be a meme now?
December 6th, 2010 at 12:48 PM ^
I love pudding
December 6th, 2010 at 1:06 PM ^
Where did you find this?
December 6th, 2010 at 1:45 PM ^
Get off of 4chan and out of my brain.
PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI
December 6th, 2010 at 1:50 PM ^
and it would be hilarious.
But it didn't. Does anyone else find it weird that the cartoon puddings are eating themselves?
December 6th, 2010 at 11:55 AM ^
(As if treacly displays weren't the standard fare at most such events.)
I'm pretty confident that most of the people who are so embarrassed by this have never played a sport before.
December 6th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^
has led me to this obscure Shakespeare quote I found while trolling a Bring Back Carr website:
If thine Brandon doth fire a bounty of slings and arrows at thou head, Wizard, thou art fired. If his aim is amiss, Wizard, thou art redeemed. If it shall pass that thee first action is most true, thine Redeemer Harbaugh shall come to save the souls of the peasants.
December 6th, 2010 at 11:59 AM ^
How many nukes do you have tucked away in your basement there hackney?
December 6th, 2010 at 12:05 PM ^
You will have to be Wiki-leaks to find that sensitive information out. Lets just say I have enough to get us through Jan. 1st and more.
December 6th, 2010 at 12:09 PM ^
the NRC would like a word with you...
December 6th, 2010 at 12:19 PM ^
I am in international waters and will only speak to Hans Blix.
December 6th, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^
Touche
December 6th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^
Thought you were never going to get here.
December 6th, 2010 at 12:00 PM ^
Thanks, plus one, and good day to you, sir.
December 6th, 2010 at 12:00 PM ^
Guy wrote some great stuff.
Thanks and GO BLUE!
December 6th, 2010 at 12:04 PM ^
Can we please just let DB do his thing and let this thing play out.
December 6th, 2010 at 12:17 PM ^
Jan. 4 at the earliest.
December 6th, 2010 at 12:23 PM ^
This blog is the best!
December 6th, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
Reading Poetry?... That is soooo "embarrassing" and way below any Michigan Man. That is not the way we used to do things!!
Sincerely,
The Ice Axe
December 6th, 2010 at 12:53 PM ^
So that must mean Dave Brandon is really going to....
December 6th, 2010 at 1:09 PM ^
December 6th, 2010 at 1:51 PM ^
Possibly this week.
December 6th, 2010 at 1:59 PM ^
encroaching blackness lies bleeding on the uncaring sands of time
pain is good
pain is nice
pain is worth the sacrifice
i fling myself facefirst from this vale of tears into the black strangling nothingness that birthed me
i am but a hemorrhoid on the rectum of the universe
prostate with pain
the sky is falling
the sky is falling
the sky is falling
fear is the maggot
in my soul
it gnaws at me
i dine in hell
the menu is nothingness
i drink the bitter wine of mankind to the dregs
my cup
overfloweth
by rimshot
December 6th, 2010 at 4:06 PM ^
Many are embarrassed at the treacle displayed at the football team bust with the song and speech and all. (As if treacly displays weren't the standard fare at most such events.)
"On a BBC radio program in the late 1940s, philosopher Bertrand Russell playfully conjugated an "irregular verb" as "I am firm; you are obstinate; he is a pig-headed fool" (citation below)
More examples may be found at http://grammar.about.com/b/2009/10/21/im-firm-youre-obstinate-2.htm and http://forum.ship-of-fools.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=70;t=012294. Doubtless more are readily found.
As for the Kipling, it is less treacle and more akin, albeit more masculine and literary, to the use of Cinderella Man and It's Great to be a Michigan Wolverine, than to Groban ballads to help unite and motivate young athletes.
Thus, If is inspiring; Cinderella Man is ( a wee bit) treacly; You Raise Me Up is maudlin.
Monday, 12-06 The Detroit News reported:
Rodriguez was told that his speech drew a significant amount of negative reaction.
"Has it?" Rodriguez said. "Everybody is going to have opinions on things. That's fine."
He made clear he did not want to continue discussing the banquet.
Demonstrating he either received effective instructions or he is a fast learner. If he does stay, let us hope it is the latter.