ETIQUETTE�.PITTSBURGH STEELERS STYLE�.
Primer 1: Rooting for Injuries
By Swissvale72
The Competitive Advantage
Injury:� The lone cardinal rule of rooting
for injuries�..always, always, always, always, without exception�.root for
injuries to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a competitive advantage.� Nothing personal�in fact, it�s the ultimate
sign of respect.� For
example, and I�ve oft-repeated this.� I like Tom Brady, I have the ultimate respect
for Tom Brady (�.and he has 2 in the oven, wow!!)�.every week, I root for Tom
Brady to break his fuckin� leg.�
Not only is
it okay to root for injuries to give our Steelers a competitive advantage�I postulate that it�s required�.you are less of a fan if you
don�t do it.
And�..none
of this bullshit that you don�t want to give the other team/their fans, any
excuses, any legitimacy to their whining.��
They can whine all they want�.who cares�.let �em
cry.� The ONLY thing
that matters are Steeler victories.
Classic
rooting for injuries:
The Carson
Palmer injury�.I was on the fuckin� ceiling, howling
with delight�.I�m still aroused when I see it on
film.� I KNEW when he went down, no way
were the Steelers losing that game.� In
his case, I�d like to see it happen to him again�..wimp-ass leaves the fuckin� stadium before halftime, with his team still in the
lead.� Way to be a leader, Cornholer�..watch the game from the La-Z-Boy.
The Rodney
Harrison injury�..Cedric Wilson earned his year�s pay with that one�.didn�t
give a shit that he had no regular season TDs.� Was watching that game with my Pats fan
in-laws, mild-mannered fans�..they insisted I needed psychiatric help after
that game, premised largely on my gleeful reaction to the
The expatriate injury:
It was
March or so, of �98, was watching ESPN report the signing of Yancey Thigpen by
the Tennessee Titans.� I was mother-fuckin� at the TV�.filling my living room with invective
& vitriol.� My then 8-year old
daughter, says, �Daddy, what�s wrong?�� I
say�.�That idiot just left the Steelers to sign with the Stupid Tennessee
Titans.�� She says, �Daddy�..do you hope
he breaks his leg?�� BINGO!!� Of course, I denied it�.had to lie to my kid�..said,
�No�and if I ever say that, I don�t really mean it.�� But I do mean it�.wholeheartedly!!!
I remember
Chad Brown being injured�.loved it!!� Rod
Woodson,
Leave
There is an
exception to the expatriate injury�..
The expatriate waiver:
Those
Steelers that helped us win a Super Bowl, and then left for more dough�..Kimo, Randle El, Chris Hope, now Peezy
(even though we cut him�.it was based on more dough)�.I don�t wish a broken leg
on those guys.� I do wish that they toil
in obscurity for the balance of their careers though�.ala Thigpen, ala O�Donnell,
et al.
The waiver to the expatriate waiver:
Injury to
our ex-Steelers gives us a competitive advantage�I�m all for it.� Honestly, I�m starting to get sick with all
the fuss over Peezy.�
Understand, I�m not big on favorite players�but Peezy
was my favorite�I�m also partial to double numbers�..11, 22�especially 44 �.and then 55 would be
next.�� But all this
bullshit about people continuing to root for Peezy,
cheering for him at Heinz next year,��
bull-shit on that!!
Tell you
what I�ll do though�..Peezy�s announced in the
starting lineup�if I�m there, I�ll cheer for him�.I will!! He buckles up first play, I�m rooting for him to break his fuckin�
leg�..not contradictory at all.�
My lone
hesitation with that though�..I do want Peezy to
break Tom Brady�s leg during his twice yearly tilts with the Pats.� He can�t break Brady�s leg if his own leg�s
in two.� Let�s say we�re in the playoffs
against the Fins though�I�m wishin� a broken leg on Peezy�.let him hang in the casino�.beat Levin Jones with
his crutch.
The asshole injury:
Probably
everyone roots for injuries to assholes.�
Nobody felt when Terrell Owens broke his leg.� Not much more to be said on that topic.
Limits to rooting for injuries:
Some on
this board feel differently about this, but I never root for a
life-threatening, or a disabling injury.�
I bordered on saying that I don�t root for career-ending injuries�..I
really don�t�.but neither do I give a shit if they happen.� If Rodney Harrison had never played again, I
wouldn�t give a shit�.matter of fact, when he does play, I have to expend
energy rooting for him to be reinjured�..would be
more efficient, economize on my energy supply if he just stayed injured.
Anyway, to
demonstrate my compassion�.I hate Tedy Bruschi, abhor him�.can�t stand the guy.� He does make plays,makes me hate him more�..loved when he got put on his
ass during the Addai TD run to win this year�s
AFCCG.� Can�t even accuse Brushchi of being an illegal from
Oh�my
compassion�almost forgot�..when he came back from his stroke midway through the
�05 season, I specifically rooted for a non-stroke related injury.� Some of the asshats
on this board were rooting for his �heart to explode.�� Not me�.I was rooting for the standard broken
leg on his first play back�..Would�ve been great�.Tedy
walks onto the field to a thunderous standing ovation from the Foxboro nitwits
(don�t get me started on the sports� most pronounced assholes�the Pats fan,
many of whom I know and am supposed to love), seconds later, he�s on the field,
his leg busted in two.� I even argued
that a broken leg would spare him from the potentially life-threatening injury.
So�.there ya have it folks, free yourself, don�t feel guilty about
rooting for injuries.� As a Steeler fan�..it�s more than okay, it�s your right, it�s
your obligation�.it�s your duty!!