I think I have become the Bulldogs Grinch.

[comrade]

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I love the fact that it is a little OTT, and that some opposition supporters are feeling quite curmudgeonly and aren't enamored in the slightest with our story. I also love seeing opposition coaches clearly bristle when commentators talk about Bevo and his relationship with his own players in hushed tones, as though other coaches are numnuts who cannot communicate.

It's not all beer and skittles - we still have amusing things like Jab Watson being #21 in Mike's top 50 and Libba missing out altogether.

The Scott brothers absolutely loathe the media love for Bevo.

To those two douche canoes I say: Soak it in fellas, long may our surf board riding, long haired, Dr Suess loving football wizard-savant reign supreme.

[Sedat]

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The Scott brothers absolutely loathe the media love for Bevo.

To those two douche canoes I say: Soak it in fellas, long may our surf board riding, long haired, Dr Suess loving football wizard-savant reign supreme.

Yep, these two in particular can't stomach the Bevo love. Chris Scott even more so because he hasn't lost to the Dogs once as senior coach.

[Bornadog]

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Yep, these two in particular can't stomach the Bevo love. Chris Scott even more so because he hasn't lost to the Dogs once as senior coach.

He will this year.

[jazzadogs]

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Yep, these two in particular can't stomach the Bevo love. Chris Scott even more so because he hasn't lost to the Dogs once as senior coach.

Bucks also despises it - probably because he has the emotional intelligence of a peanut.

[Twodogs]

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Yep, these two in particular can't stomach the Bevo love. Chris Scott even more so because he hasn't lost to the Dogs once as senior coach.

Arrogant little turd with his two man team. He was *!*!*!*!ing lucky we lost Libba and Macrae during the game last year. I can't stand faux tough guys. I Have cousins that would scare the bejeysas out of the Scott brothers and send them screaming like ninnies. Female cousins.

[LostDoggy]

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Yep.....grinchorama.

Crunchy Grinchola.

[Cyberdoggie]

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It's homeostasis. Winning the flag has totally up-turned your world view as a football follower/Dogs fan. After decades of identifying yourself and your club in a certain way, this new feeling is jarring & subconsciously wants it to return to how it was because the brain loves familiarity.

In summary, your brain is rejecting all this positive exposure and is fearful of it all turning pear shaped, leading to disappointment.

Yeah I get that feeling as well.

It's almost as if I have lost my identity as a battling loser all my life and now I don't know how to feel.

I must admit it's a weird feeling coming into the start of this season. I'm actually really pumped now but i'm sure as soon as we lose a game it will all come back to reality.

I'm fueling my battler/underdog nature by reading season predictions that think we won't back up 2016, or that the Giants are the team to beat and that it was a fluke last year. Proving them wrong is my ammunition now.

[The Pie Man]

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It's homeostasis. Winning the flag has totally up-turned your world view as a football follower/Dogs fan. After decades of identifying yourself and your club in a certain way, this new feeling is jarring & subconsciously wants it to return to how it was because the brain loves familiarity.

In summary, your brain is rejecting all this positive exposure and is fearful of it all turning pear shaped, leading to disappointment.

I think Kurt so eloquently described this as 'I miss the comfort of being sad'

[The Doctor]

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Wait til we beat some team we hate like GWS in the big one.

We will celebrate with pure unbridled euphoria. This time I think we were all emotionally charged by it all. There was great satisifaction mixed with overwhelming relief. a lot of people from outside our club suddenly wanted to know about our story and our people. Hence the mass exposure. Should we do it again I expect a lot more jealousy from the rest of the AFL & more circumspect reporting of us.

[Twodogs]

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Wait til we beat some team we hate like GWS in the big one.

We will celebrate with pure unbridled euphoria. This time I think we were all emotionally charged by it all. There was great satisifaction mixed with overwhelming relief. a lot of people from outside our club suddenly wanted to know about our story and our people. Hence the mass exposure. Should we do it again I expect a lot more jealousy from the rest of the AFL & more circumspect reporting of us.

This. Everyone else sort of crashed our party last year and while it was great and they spent the night and we even went to a party together the next day now it's starting to get a bit awkward.

To quote Paul Keating the next one will be a win for the true believers. It will be us v them. The way a Grand Final should be.

[LostDoggy]

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Crunchy Grinchola.

Good Lord!!!!

[Go_Dogs]

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I can see what you're saying mjp, however the attention and adulation was expected given the drought.

I'm looking forward to the season starting and the media focus moving on, but have enjoyed the majority of it and the level of angst it's caused the opposition fans. Long may it continue.

[The Pie Man]

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They addressed the 'drinking your own bathwater'* issue on 360 last night, Robbo believing the 2016 focus has been a bit much.

FWIW, Bob seemed pretty keen to focus on 2017.

As was mentioned in Against All Odds (which I thought of yesterday while reading this thread) this story is pretty unique. If we won 2010 after being in 3 straight prelims, sure there would've been a big focus on the drought broken, but it would've been a more conventional route to the summit. Breaking a 62 year drought from 7th after your coach and captain depart less than 2 years prior? Yeah, I'd......

* Anyone want to take a stab at the origins of this saying? Seems to be a few interpretations around.

[Bornadog]

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They addressed the 'drinking your own bathwater'* issue on 360 last night, Robbo believing the 2016 focus has been a bit much.

* Anyone want to take a stab at the origins of this saying? Seems to be a few interpretations around.

+

Urban Dictionary describes it as:

A metaphor for a person or a group of people believing their own lies and propaganda.

If true, he is using it incorrectly.

[Remi Moses]

Re: I think I have become the Bulldogs Grinch.

They addressed the 'drinking your own bathwater'* issue on 360 last night, Robbo believing the 2016 focus has been a bit much.

FWIW, Bob seemed pretty keen to focus on 2017.

As was mentioned in Against All Odds (which I thought of yesterday while reading this thread) this story is pretty unique. If we won 2010 after being in 3 straight prelims, sure there would've been a big focus on the drought broken, but it would've been a more conventional route to the summit. Breaking a 62 year drought from 7th after your coach and captain depart less than 2 years prior? Yeah, I'd......

* Anyone want to take a stab at the origins of this saying? Seems to be a few interpretations around.

I heard Robinson say that and thought I was hearing things . Was this after his weekend article on Bevo?
Robinson's becoming a bitter old drunk . Yeah it's probably gone on longer because of the history of failure , simple .