My pops is 66 so he was 12 when they won. He has no hope whatsoever anymore. I have heard him tell me multiple times that he will be dead before they win another one. I would do almost anything to be able to celebrate a championship with him and my brother. My brother and I were so hyped for this year and he kept telling us to relax. Jets fans don't get nice things. We were there that night in the stadium when Rodgers got hurt and he just looked over at me with that " I told you so look ".
I'm a bit younger than your dad but the dynamic sounds exactly the same. I've been telling my sons, my nephews, my friend's sons and nephews - anyone who will listen - that they can't invest their hearts. Heads sure, just be smart. Same Old Jets is a thing. I'm at the point where I'm honestly hoping that if they don't win when I'm young enough to enjoy it, I don't want them to win it at all in my lifetime and have a bunch of people standing around me fawning over me and all happy because they finally won for the old guy with the oxygen mask. Fuck that.
I was born in the September AFTER they won so like you, I am part of that tortured group that couldn't watch or enjoy that game and has been waiting ever since.
I will be thrilled regardless, it will feel like all of the suffering was worth it and I didn't bail. My fear is I am on my deathbed and the Jets are driving in the last minute of the SB and I die when they're 1st and goal at the 5...
I just have this awful vision of me being old, well past the point of no return as far as being jaded, not able to move well, my kids are grown kid with kids of their and their kids maybe even have kids, and everybody gathers around and celebrates when they win while I sit there not really being able to move much. They all stare at me, they cry for me, and they're only happy about the Jets because they pity me for how long I waited. Somehow that sounds worse than being dead. I want to be somewhere at a bar, crying my eyes out, celebrating, feeling the joy. We're running out of time man.
JD is on the hot seat, so he'll be under pressure to put together a respectable product this year and break that drought.
That's rough (not the Jets part). Blessings to you and your family. Green Guy! That was so sad and depressing. :/
