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OK - Whose Fault Is It?

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Systems_id said:
I'm usually a nervous wreck before games but I was oddly calm about this one. The same odd calm I had about the Clemson game. In contrast I was a nervous wreck for the Indiana game. I'm sensing a pattern here.
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Normally, in games as close as this one was, I turn on the DVR and change the channel to something else. Sometimes it works out, sometimes I just erase the recording. The NC against FL, MSU BIG championship, Clemson 1 & 2--never saw the end. Don't need those images stored in my memory. But, I also did the same thing with Alabama, the overtime against Miami, etc., so sometimes it turns out well.

I became aware of the same calm sensation during the first half of this game. Since I was away watching the game, I didn't have the turn off option unless I just went home, so I may bear some responsibility here. Then again, I'm wondering if that unemotional serenity is just the manifestation of one of the stages of grief.
 
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BayBuck said:
Also at fault - whoever had their wedding on game day!
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The last time I was engaged - yes, I've made that mistake more than once - we were planning a fall wedding. I only made one request - not the 3rd Saturday in November. True to her nature (I realized later), wouldn't you know that was the only day she could make work? For various reasons, I ended up being at THE GAME that day with the guy who was going to be my best man. Saved a bunch of money and aggravation, and saw the Bucks beat TSUN.

Best decision I've ever made.
 
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E+R=O takes the blame game out of the equation. The emphasis in that is on the R/reaction. If you are directly involved in an event, and you don't get the outcome you want, then you control what you control (your development, effort, attitude, etc.) to help get a better O. Within the team, they can't play the blame game. It takes you literally no where.

Since I'm not directly involved, my R literally means nothing to the O. I have the right to bloviate, but I also have nothing to lose - beyond getting my fan feelings hurt. The coaches and players are fully invested in the O. I'm sure they are giving their all to figuring it out. But that doesn't mean that Joe Bucknut can't have an opinion about what he is seeing, and, who knows? He may even be right.
 
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OSUK said:
E+R=O takes the blame game out of the equation. The emphasis in that is on the R/reaction. If you are directly involved in an event, and you don't get the outcome you want, then you control what you control (your development, effort, attitude, etc.) to help get a better O. Within the team, they can't play the blame game. It takes you literally no where.

Since I'm not directly involved, my R literally means nothing to the O. I have the right to bloviate, but I also have nothing to lose - beyond getting my fan feelings hurt. The coaches and players are fully invested in the O. I'm sure they are giving their all to figuring it out. But that doesn't mean that Joe Bucknut can't have an opinion about what he is seeing, and, who knows? He may even be right.
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Blame can also be mistaken as Identifying the issue. Your response depends on figuring out what the issue is and fixing it with a response. However, in order to figure out the issue unfortunately blame needs to be had. Not maliciously but in the name of setting the correct course of action to respond.
 
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