In the article David Maraniss talks about the Monday night football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks. He recaps the last play of the game for us, telling us what happened and also his feelings about it. He then began asking other questions about the game, what ifs. Maraniss told us that he was more upset not by the call, but by what the quarterback, Russell Wilson, and the Seahawks coach, Pete Carroll said and did. Carroll threw his arms up in the air, signaling a touchdown, almost implying that they had just won a game that was so close, yet they were the better out of the two teams. Wilson did the same thing as Coach Carroll. He made it seem like they had just won such a great game, that they had come out on top after all the fighting they had done. Maraniss talks about his beliefs and that he never thought that winning was the only important thing. Even though that play from Monday night can’t change, Maraniss stated, “But Carroll and Wilson and the Seahawks don’t have to pretend that the call was right and that they deserved to win.”
I agree with what Maraniss said. One part of this article that really stuck out to me was the part when he was talking about Vince Lombardi. “He once pulled his star corner- back out of a game when he saw him trip an opposing player, even though the refs missed it. He was always harder on his team when they played poorly but won than if they played well but lost.” I was a three sport athlete all four years of high school, meaning I have had quite a few coaches. My basketball coach had the same exact mentality as Lombardi. If we were going to lose a game, he, as well as the team, would have rather it been a good game, where we played to the best of our ability, yet just weren’t able to come out on top. I think as a coach, that is how it should be. For the Seahawks to be proud of that touchdown, that’s like a slap in the face. They know, just as well as we all know, that it wasn’t a catch. Now it would be a different story if the team and quarterback of the Seahawks admitted that, or at least were a little more subtle about it. The fact that they both reacted the way they did, was just an embarrassment to themselves. Even if that is what the call was, it makes them look bad trying to make it something that it wasn’t. It was not a touchdown.
I think you really took to heart what David Maraniss had to say about winning. I think you can really relate to the subject and that shows in your posts. It was really apparent that your strength came through in your emotions as you related your own life and situations to the Seahawks Packer game.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job at relating the article to yourself and putting your own story in it. In addition, i'm curious though when you played basketball did you ever tell the ref that they shouldn't have called a foul that was committed on you? Because I think it the heat of the game, its about winning but once you look back its about improving yourself for next time and improving yourself outside the game.
ReplyDeleteVery well done. I really liked how you related the article to yourself. I was also a three sport athlete and know that you can get many coaches that have a differnt way of "playing the game". I really like how you took the side of the author. You backed him up with how your basketball coach was like Limbardi. Could you have added maybe why the other team felt as though they truely won? Isn't a win a win?
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