Very accurate
http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2016-detroit-lions-1785297993
THE LAST FEW YEARS YOU COULD FIND ME HERE RAGING ABOUT THE DETROIT LIONS WITH THE FURY OF A THOUSAND HARRISON FORDS. BUT NO MORE. WHY? WELL A FEW REASONS:
- FIRST AND FOREMOST: LOOK AT THIS SHIT. LOOK AT IT! BECAUSE THIS HANDY AND ASTONISHING CHART COMPLIMENTS OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS TRULY CRYSTALLIZES THE FUTILITY. AS DOCUMENTS OF FAILURE GO IVE SEEN SUNNIER SUICIDE NOTES. YES THIS GRAPHIC HAS BEEN SEARED INTO MY MEMORY EVER SINCE I FIRST GAZED UPON IT. I SEE A GHOSTLY IMAGE OF IT EVERY TIME I BLINK. I URGE YOU ALL TO BEAR WITNESS AND DESPAIR. AND IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AND STILL SAY “PARITY” WITHOUT PISSING YOURSELF LAUGHING THEN YOU ARE A BULLSHITTER OF SUPREME POISE
- IT’S THE SAME FUCKING SHIT THE SAME FUCKING FAILURE THE SAME FUCKING ENSUING GODDAMN FUCKING RAGE EVERY GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING JESUS CHRIST YEAR. THEY JUST FIND SUBTLE AND EXQUISITE VARIATIONS ON THE SAME INCOMPETENCE. WHAT’S IT GONNA BE THIS YEAR? WILL IT BE ANOTHER RENDITION OF THE TIMELESS CLASSIC WHERE THEY START OUT SHITTY AND CREEP BACK UP AROUND .500 JUST IN TIME TO MISS THE PLAYOFFS, FUCK UP THE DRAFT PICK AND ENSURE THAT NOBODY GETS SHITCANNED?
OR WILL IT BE THAT OLD HUMDINGER WHERE THEY START OUT HOTTER THAN FRANKENHOOKER THEN FALL THE FUCK APART AND WIND UP WITH A RECORD THAT MISSES THE PLAYOFFS, FUCKS UP THE DRAFT PICK, AND ISNT BAD ENOUGH TO GET ANYBODY SHITCANNED? HEY MAYBE THEY’LL JUST GET FUCKING ANNIHILATED, WASTE A GOOD DRAFT PICK, AND STILL NOT FIRE ANYBODY. OR MAYBE THEY’LL FIRE A FEW PEOPLE AND REPLACE THEM WITH EVEN BIGGER LOSERS. OR MAYBE THEY’LL SHOCK EVERYBODY AND BLAZE THEIR WAY TO THE PLAYOFFS ONLY TO PUT ON ANOTHER DOG-DICKING FIRST ROUND WRIST-OPENER.
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT ROAD THEY TAKE TO GET THERE BECAUSE WHEN THEY DO THE SAME THREE THINGS WILL HAPPEN: A. THEY DONT WIN THE DIVISION. B. THEY DON’T WIN A PLAYOFF GAME. C. EVERYBODY IS COOL WITH THIS. SO THE ONLY QUESTION WERE LEFT WITH IS JUST HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS CAN A TEAM FUCK UP AND FAIL? AFTER DECADES OF DETROIT LIONS FANDOM I DO BELIEVE I’VE FINALLY SEEN THEM ALL. FUCKING BAR RESCUE OFFERS MORE SURPRISES. MIGHT AS WELL SPEND MY SUNDAYS WATCHING THAT BULLSHIT INSTEAD.
AND IF YOU THINK THE FACT THAT THE TEAM IS NOW RUN BY SOME FRESHFACED NEW ENGLAND ASSHOLE WHO LOOKS LIKE HE SHOULD BE DELIVERING MY FUCKING NEWSPAPER IS GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING WELL THEN I GUESS YOURE IN FOR A SURPRISE AFTER ALL
- FUCKING MAGARY HITS ME UP EVERY YEAR FOR THIS AND JUST DELIGHTS IN POKING THE BEAR. ALL SMUG AND SMIRKING LIKE SPACEY IN SEVEN. “BECOME WRATH ZODIAC.” FUCK HIM. I’M DONE DANCING ON HIS STRINGS.
- I CLEARED THE FUCK OUT OF MICHIGAN SOME TIME BACK SO MY ONLY OPTION TO WATCH THIS SHITSHOW IS THE SUNDAY TICKET. AND THE SUNDAY TICKET IS THE BIGGEST FUCKING SCAM THIS SIDE OF THE NIGERIAN BORDER. REALLY SAYS SOMETHING THAT THE MOTHERFUCKING WWE, AN INSTITUTION WITH A PROUD TRADITION OF LOW-RENT SHORT-CON CARNIE-TYPE FRAUD AND OUTRIGHT CONTEMPT FOR ITS FANS, OFFERS A FAR MORE ROBUST AND REASONABLE PAY SERVICE
- PLAIN AND SIMPLE I’VE GOT BETTER SHIT TO DO THAN WATCH THESE SNAKEBITTEN FUCKING ASSHOLES
- AND FINALLY MY OLD MAN CALLED ME UP THE OTHER NIGHT EXCITED FUCKING EXCITED THAT THE LIONS WON A PRESEASON GAME. A PRESEASON GAME! AND WHEN I REMINDED HIM (AND I CANT FUCKING BELIEVE I HAD TO REMIND HIM) THAT THE LIONS WON ALL FOUR PRESEASON GAMES THE YEAR THEY WENT 0-16 HE SAID TO ME WITHOUT A TRACE OF AGED WISDOM: “DIFFERENT TEAM. DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT.” HOLY SHIT I STOOD THERE IN STUNNED SILENCE FOR SO LONG HE JUST HUNG THE FUCK UP ON ME. FUCKING OLD FUCK AND HIS DUMBASS FALSE HOPE. PATHETIC. IT MAKES ME WANNA BLOW HIS GODDAMN HEAD OFF LIKE LENNIE SMALL. YOU’RE JUST TOO FUCKING STUPID FOR THIS WORLD, POPS. THAT AIN’T GONNA BE ME. NOT ANYMORE AND SURE AS HELL NOT AT THAT AGE.
THERE YOU HAVE IT. AND SO IT IS IN THE SPIRIT OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS IN DETROIT LIONS HISTORY THAT I SAY:
FUCK THIS SHIT. I QUIT.