Originally posted by 49erminion:
To all the naysayers who think we're going to lose this game because it's hard to resist trends and change is impossible. It's ok. What you're experiencing is human nature and voicing your worst fear is a coping mechanism. Deep down inside you also feel your expressions will somehow jinx the outcome you're expecting and the 49ers will prevail. Now jinx my jinx with more pessimism!
Lord knows enough of we 49er fans have been rightfully traumatized by several, brutal 49er losses in Cheatlink the last 7-8 years to justify using a coping mechanism. I LOVE me some coping mechanism which has allowed me to sleep some nights after a loss as a diehard fan bleedin' red and gold for nearly 35 years. So yeah, voicing a worst fear is certainly a coping mechanism and if the series between these teams were tied you could conclude that any fan who predicted a 49er loss this Sunday was doing so purely as a coping mechanism.
Unfortunately, the history between these teams the last 7-8 years (which includes the current tenure of KS) is squarely in favor of Seattle so it's not ALL coping mechanism. For any fan who is aware of the 26-16 series lead by Seattle particularly when it comes to the number of times Seattle has beaten the 49ers the past 7-8 years (check out Football Database - it's sobering), a large part of it is an objective prediction based on historical data to back it up.
Of course any team can win any given Sunday and we need to take into account the Seattle's injured players and not being as good at home compared to on the road this year. That's a given. But we also can't ignore the history as painful as it is and then dismiss it as a coping mechanism when a few fans acknowledge the sobering truth.
[ Edited by SteveYoung8 on Dec 26, 2019 at 8:18 PM ]
