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Welp, so much for that underdog role we love..

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i have hated that role and wanted us to get over it for so long. you know who the underdog is? a  team that nobody expects to win. you know why they aren't expected to win? because they don't. it's fine for one, maybe two years, but to be perennial underdogs means all you do is lose and achiev really nothing and all you have is hopes that maybe...someday...you'll be a winner, but then you won't be an underdog anymore.

teams with a reputation for winning can't considered an underdog.

 

"but..but we never do well when people expect a lot from us!" we need to get over that poo as well.

 

climb on top of that hill and claim your place as the best and dare everyone to come and take you off of it. have some balls instead of being some passive wuss franchise afraid of succeeding because they can't handle the pressure.

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i have hated that role and wanted us to get over it for so long. you know who the underdog is? a  team that nobody expects to win. you know why they aren't expected to win? because they don't. it's fine for one, maybe two years, but to be perennial underdogs means all you do is lose and achiev really nothing and all you have is hopes that maybe...someday...you'll be a winner, but then you won't be an underdog anymore.

teams with a reputation for winning can't considered an underdog.

 

"but..but we never do well when people expect a lot from us!" we need to get over that poo as well.

 

climb on top of that hill and claim your place as the best and dare everyone to come and take you off of it. have some balls instead of being some passive wuss franchise afraid of succeeding because they can't handle the pressure.

Please use your superpowers to post that again. I have more delicious pie for you.

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