Tank Diaries: The Pain Is Good
The Thunder’s losses have continued to mount, reaching varying levels of sheesh and slowly melting scoreboards to spell YIKES
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The game is the game. This is the way it must go. I said Week 1 of deez here diareez that if you want to compete for titles for an extended period of time, this is how you give yourself the best chance. It’s not that tanking is the only way. I understand there have been franchise guys taken outside the top 5, but it behooves an organization to maximize its odds. Losses lead to wins. You just have to zoom out a little, be patient. It’s a lateral to the other side of the field, you go backward to go forward. Just means bearing down and dealing with some losses for a bit. And don’t get me wrong, it’s pretty easy to see how somebody would not be enjoying this. It’s not like I felt healthy, on May 9, watching Thunder-Kings, celebrating Moe Harkless showing up ready to play. But I don’t have to feel healthy to feel good, so have a day, Moe! Have a day! Choose the reference you like best. No more half measures. This is something you do for a billion years or not at all. Make it happen. Don’t care how much laughing the internet’s doing. Bury me.