Rakes Report #167: They're never going to love you that one specific way that you want them all to love you
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~optional musical accompaniment~ If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. There are a lot of ways you can approach an offseason. One perfectly reasonable avenue is to assume the best until proven wrong, an effective strategy if the sadness/anger/frustration you feel is roughly equivalent for a loss you expected versus one that caught you by surprise. Why subject yourself to doom and gloom instead of blissful ignorance if the postgame feeling is the same anyway? I also understand the appeal of being a doomsayer, a less popular position than it was a few years ago but still one present among the Irish faithful: If Notre Dame loses, you were right, and get to gloat. If they win, well, they won, so you get to feel good about that. All options in the middle work as well.
Rakes Report #167: They're never going to love you that one specific way that you want them all to love you
Rakes Report #167: They're never going to…
Rakes Report #167: They're never going to love you that one specific way that you want them all to love you
~optional musical accompaniment~ If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. There are a lot of ways you can approach an offseason. One perfectly reasonable avenue is to assume the best until proven wrong, an effective strategy if the sadness/anger/frustration you feel is roughly equivalent for a loss you expected versus one that caught you by surprise. Why subject yourself to doom and gloom instead of blissful ignorance if the postgame feeling is the same anyway? I also understand the appeal of being a doomsayer, a less popular position than it was a few years ago but still one present among the Irish faithful: If Notre Dame loses, you were right, and get to gloat. If they win, well, they won, so you get to feel good about that. All options in the middle work as well.