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Just Like 2013 - What's Wrong With Your Giants At Work?

Trainmaster : 11/11/2014 2:26 pm
I'm starting to get a lot of co-workers coming up to me (as they did last year during the 0-6 start) asking, "What's wrong with your Giants?" or "Wow, your Giants look/looked really bad, what's going on?"

My answer usually starts with a discussion of injuries, fully acknowledging they are part of the game. The clustering of injuries in the secondary, the new OC and offensive system etc. continue the list of explanations / excuses. Feeling the effects of multiple poor drafts / lack of talent and a coaching staff that doesn't seem innovative and slow to adjust / adapt usually round out my conversation.

Being in the Southern California area with a lot of "transplants", I have a pretty wide range of "true fans" (i.e. guys rooting for their hometown teams), including 49ers, Bears, Lions, Chiefs, Seahawks, Steelers, Jets (poor guy), Patriots, Rams, Raiders, Cardinals and Colts. Also some bandwagon Cowboy fans of course. Some are nicer than others with their, "What's wrong ... " inquiries. If they get too aggressive, the Giants winning two Super Bowls in 2007 and 2011 usually shuts them up (i.e. "And how many Super Bowls has your team won recently?")

Anyone else dealing with the questions about the Giants? What are your replies?

the  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 11/11/2014 2:28 pm : link
question usually bores me because the people asking the question really aren't truly interested...they just want to see your reaction.

So I usually respond, "they stink this year."
Last year sucked  
CruzShip52 : 11/11/2014 2:30 pm : link
It is the one benefit to being unemployed (not like there are many) but this is one, i dont have to go into an office full of football fans and hear the 'whats wrong with your giants'
Eric is right  
CruzShip52 : 11/11/2014 2:31 pm : link
Just laugh it off
Actually..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 11/11/2014 2:31 pm : link
I've found most people lead with the injury situation and recognize that Eli is doing really well.

I've heard a lot of people tell me that the giants just can't catch a break. Now maybe that's because Cruz was gruesomely injured on a Nationally televised game, but i think most of the people who follow the game at my work are pretty knowledgable fans.

For instance, when they talk about the Panthers, they mention how much of their cap is spent on two old-ass RB's. The average fan wouldn't know that. Hell, the average Panthers fan probably doesn't even recognize it.
It depends on if the person really wants a conversation.  
Peter in Atlanta : 11/11/2014 2:31 pm : link
I can usually tell. If they don't, I just say "they suck." It takes the wind out of their sails and I walk away.
RE: Actually..  
Peter in Atlanta : 11/11/2014 2:33 pm : link
In comment 11972687 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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I've found most people lead with the injury situation and recognize that Eli is doing really well.

I've heard a lot of people tell me that the giants just can't catch a break. Now maybe that's because Cruz was gruesomely injured on a Nationally televised game, but i think most of the people who follow the game at my work are pretty knowledgable fans.

For instance, when they talk about the Panthers, they mention how much of their cap is spent on two old-ass RB's. The average fan wouldn't know that. Hell, the average Panthers fan probably doesn't even recognize it.


I don't believe you when you say there are such things as Panthers fans.
I live and work  
TomTom : 11/11/2014 2:57 pm : link
in Philly. It's brutal around these parts. My response the last couple weeks is they have nothing left but a QB and a WR.
When explaining the current Giants play  
Scyber : 11/11/2014 3:17 pm : link
I usually do a variation of the Aristocrats joke using players and staff from the Giants organization. After a few minutes of my describing various lewd acts I can tell most people just want to get out of the conversation. I usually don't get asked again from that person.

There are probably a few reports to HR about my stories, but at least people know to leave me along about the Giants :)
Living in new England no one dares open their yapper to me.  
Blue21 : 11/11/2014 3:24 pm : link
But my response would be similiar to Eric's.
Cruzship52...don't go there....  
BCD : 11/11/2014 3:26 pm : link
laugh it off, you mean like Perry on the sideline?
Generally I Have A Different Experience Than Eric  
Trainmaster : 11/11/2014 3:44 pm : link
in that the majority are decent, at least semi-informed football fans and seem genuinely curious. Some are solely fantasy football geeks, but others, given the 2007 and 2011 successes, wonder what has happened.

The losing is one thing, most fans know teams have up and down years, but it's the number and severity of the blowouts that has most folks curious.
I'm lucky, 95% of my co-workers (that I know well enough to  
Victor in CT : 11/11/2014 4:11 pm : link
speak with) are Giants fans. We commiserate on Mondays.
those who ask that question  
ANGPASS : 11/11/2014 4:14 pm : link
are usually jealous fans or people who like to see other fans /people miserable along with them. Don't answer and give the satisfaction. Just tell them the game highlights are online if they really want to know.
I simply  
JoefromPa : 11/11/2014 4:26 pm : link
say paying the price of loyalty for winning two Super Bowls since 07.

This loyalty while in the short term hurting the team, in the long run is why the Giants stand out among most of the other teams root for in the NFL.
iT IS USUALLY PATRIOT FANS...  
ct.fatboy1080 : 11/11/2014 5:22 pm : link
In my neck of the woods that like to get it going. I just tell them not to worry about me, 18-1, and Eli to manningham are enough to comfort me for now. Then I tell them maybe if they are lucky,.. Tom terrific will get another shot at Eli..short pause..then I say you really don't want that do you?? That usually gives me a little satisfaction.
I tell them  
Doomster : 11/11/2014 5:58 pm : link
I slept at a Holiday Inn, and can fix that mole on their neck....
I say "they fucking suck.. that's what's wrong"  
arcarsenal : 11/11/2014 9:31 pm : link
And that's it.

Short, to the point and the truth.
I know I'm already fucked because  
Route 9 in LEH : 11/11/2014 11:55 pm : link
Well, I'm at work and nothing better than people getting chatty about it. Two of the guys are Giants fans, one is a Jets fan, and another is not really a football fan so he is just looking for a reaction. I just tell him I'm so busy with school and wasting time at work I'm way too busy to follow football that intently.

-also, why the hell does this thread have so many views?
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